Monday, June 22, 2026

Abdul Mahmud

June 15, 2026

From Matawalle’s mouth to God’s ears

One wonders what conception of God permits such convenient arrangements.

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle
June 1, 2026

SSS detains, releases novelist Okey Ndibe upon arrival from U.S.

Mr Ndibe has previously been arrested and detained by the SSS on two different occasions in 2011 and 2017.

Okey Ndibe
June 1, 2026

Remembering Professor Abubakar Momoh

His work traversed political theory, governance, democratic practice, and electoral studies.

Professor Abubakar Momoh
May 25, 2026

Oyo terrorist attack and its consequences

The news from Oyo should disturb the country’s conscience because it speaks to something larger than a single criminal attack.

Seyi Makinde and bandits
May 18, 2026

The dangerous moral vanity of Sheikh Gumi

Gumi has transformed himself into the itinerant interlocutor of armed gangs and violent extremists.

Sheikh Gumi and bandits
May 4, 2026

Why Bola Tinubu’s political savagery is different

To frame President Tinubu as uniquely anti-democratic in Nigeria’s history is not to deny the flaws of those who came before him.

President Bola Tinubu
April 13, 2026

Time for Joash Amupitan to be humble, honest in social media handle row

The burden that now rests on the nation’s top electoral umpire transcends the narrow issue of a social media handle.

Joash Amupitan.
March 30, 2026

Electricity crisis and the rest of us

There is something more troubling about us, about how we have come to accommodate this abnormality as though it were inevitable.

March 23, 2026

Jonathan Ishaku and Nigeria’s post-hegemonic moment 

Nigeria reached its post-hegemonic moment, not through a single dramatic event but through a slow, wearing away of legitimacy.

Jonathan Ishaku
March 9, 2026

State police and the ghosts of our past

This does not mean that state police are inherently doomed.

Bola Tinubu and Tunji Disu