Moreover, the optics of Prof Soyinka’s critique, while poignant, risk conflating correlation with causation.
Nigeria cannot protect constitutional rights when an armed sect decides who lives or dies.
State police will not be served à la carte, nor will it be a matter of variable geometry. Every state governor will see it as a necessary accessory of power.
None of the three Guineas is thriving, but in Guinea-Bissau, recent events are twisting that nation’s fate into profound misery.
The politics of erasure begins with language. When Christian villages are attacked at dawn, leaving dozens dead, our country describes the incident as a clash.
It’s not Trump’s fault that Nigeria is where it is.
Honesty is the first step toward justice.
The question he raised is simple: On whose mandate do judges stand? The judges cannot duck the issue posed by the president’s symbolic choice of battleground.
Uzodimma was right about the need for the media to take a long, hard look at itself.
