At the no-nonsense rate the Benue State Government is going in arresting cattle, enormous public funds would be required in…
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“So, did you join the #RevolutionNow protests yesterday?” “Which Revolution?” “The #RevolutionNow protest led by Omoyele Sowore. The security people…
Introduction Ten years since the launch of violent attacks against innocent citizens, it is pertinent to find out exactly what…
The aphorism by the Yoruba that “whoever does something that is unusual will experience a consequence that is unusual” perfectly…
The enduring civil rule, not yet democracy, in Nigeria came about as a result of the heroic struggle or if…
Dateline: December 15, 1991. The prospect of ethnic cleansing was palpable and war drums sounded unusually loud in East and…
We always say there are no permanent friends or foes in politics. Well, the same can be true beyond politics…
US President Donald Trump is a master of the withdrawal method. That said, it is often forgotten that the United…
Obviously, the Nigerian Presidency is scared of any form popular resistance that would ultimately culminate in the abortion of the…
Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election has ended, but the contest is ongoing at the tribunal. Politics is a mean game -…
It is the back of the man with a blunt cutlass that suffers. (A person who does not make adequate…
The DSS cannot be accused of being fair-handed and unprejudiced. It has always been the political police of the existing…
I will start my admonition using the popular theoretical framework of the trolley problem, a thought experiment in ethics. The…
It was something of a shrug moment. One of the world’s largest digital platforms had been fined $5 billion for…
The oil resource curse has been Nigeria’s bane. This reality is well known. Yet no discernible effort is being made…
It may well be a finding of some implication should Julian Assange find his way into the beastly glory that…
After several knocks and post-inaugural countdown by Nigerians and the media, President Muhammadu Buhari bowed to pressure. He sent 43…
Viewed objectively, it will not be a wrong assertion to conclude that the global object of strategy as used in…
Perhaps, Nigeria’s former military ruler, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, meant well for the country in initiating a roundtable on security with…
It is sad to see the media replete with stories of violent crimes and the seeming helplessness of the people…
The first rush of enthusiasm on looking at this is clear: a high-achieving swimmer on the circuit – the Australian…
The challenge of development is arguably one of the greatest problems that have dominated world history. Aside from being difficult to…
Atiku Abubakar and Adedeji Adeleke are two particularly angry Nigerians and their anger is well-placed! While the former was a…
The BBC World Service took its listeners to the English cathedral town of Ely, set in picturesque Cambridgeshire, during the…
Reinforcing failure is trying to solve a problem with the same washed-out tools, methods and live-ware. A president is as…
For every time Stanley Meets Mutesa as described by David Ribadu, from the pre-colonial days till recently, the story ends…
In June, last year, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun came to the expected terminus of his job as national chair of the…
Last week, I had written about my beloved Arewa and the dire situation that she finds herself. I ended that…
The Fourth Estate, that historical unelected grouping of society’s scrutineers, has become something of a rabble, and, as a confederacy…
The Supreme Court is not the highest Court in our land. Our highest court is the court of public opinion…