PDP: The Sack of Sheriff, a Breath of Fresh Air for our Party
The sack of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the chairman of our great party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, came to me as a very big relief. The sack was…
Deregulation and the politics of public policy
This thing called democracy, particularly the Nigerian brand, never ceases to throw up new and intriguing lessons about the relationship between government and the people, and the larger, complex socio-political…
On the Menace of Cattle Herders in Nigeria
There has been a rash of proposals to resolve the menace of cattle herders’ invasion of Nigerian farmlands, who are killing unarmed Nigerians (children, women and men) and burning down…
No matter how long you’ve been travelling in the wrong direction…
There is a saying that no matter how long you have been travelling in the wrong direction, the best solution remains to turn back. This was what came to my…
Britain and Nigeria Are “Fantastically Corrupt
One of the off record welcome hospitality that the Conservative Prime Minister of Britain, Mr. David Cameron extended to Nigeria’s President who attended the May 10 Anti-corruption Summit in London…
Parresia Publishers to release We Are All Biafrans by Chido Onumah
Parresia Publishers Ltd and African Centre for Media and Information Literacy in partnership with Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation will on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, present to the public a new…
The Sultan, Nigerian Muslims And The Fulani Massacres
As Nigerians come to terms with the wholesale massacre and genocide against villagers in plateau, Taraba, Kaduna, Benue and Enugu (and to a lesser extent in parts of Edo and…
Buhari: Who is sabotaging the sheriff?
Bonnie Honig, political theorist and author of ‘Emergency Politics: Paradox, Law, Democracy’ wrote: “Democracies must resist emergency’s pull to focus on life’s necessities (food, security, and bare essentials)” as they…
Buhari: Cleaning the Augean Stables
Augeas, the mythical king of Elis, kept great stables that held 3,000 oxen and had not been cleaned for thirty years – until Hercules was assigned the job. Hercules accomplished…
Who governs Nigeria?
During the Jonathan administration, an outspoken opposition spokesperson had argued that Nigeria was on auto-pilot, a phrase that was gleefully even if ignorantly echoed by an excitable opposition crowd. Deeper…