It may sound bookish but critics think it cannot be interpreted other than an alarming signal when the ruling party in Nigeria can dispense with its own sole philosopher for reasons that hav... Read more
In what gives a glimpse of what even the more reflexivist section of the (Northern) Nigerian establishment might be thinking about Prof Ibrahim Gambari’s appointment as Chief of Staff... Read more
The Nation’s version of it came in by 2.53 am from someone the popular press might not be off tangent in calling a cub Kaduna Mafia member in so far as he is educated beyond paper qualificat... Read more
As stressed as the popular space and its culture is from the impacts of insecurity and an excessively weak state, it has not lost its capacity for creativity in bringing humour to tension. O... Read more
Less than 48 hours to November 16th, 2019, Governorship election in Kogi State in North Central Nigeria, the alarm bells are ringing from the Centre for Democracy and Development, (CDD), the... Read more
For now, the tussle for presidential powers which played out last February is officially over following the pronouncement of the Supreme Court that the Appeal by Atiku Abubakar, the People’s... Read more
The volume of especially online hate speeches by followers of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) could undermine the peaceful conduct of the electi... Read more
By Prof Charles Soludo, CFR It has been an interesting week in the battle of ideas. While Prof Charles Soludo was intellectualizing the possibility of making capitalism work in Nigeria throu... Read more
As the re-run of the Kano State Governorship election draws closer, the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) which came third in the election is telling everyone that it is not true it has... Read more
Might Nigeria miraculously be returning to those glorious days from mid 1966 to late 1079 when knowledgeable, patriotic and confident technocrats took nationalist positions in shaping public... Read more
