When Gen. Muhammadu Buhari was overthrown in a bloodless palace coup in 1985 mounted by the then Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, the...
On 21 May 2012, 21 US scholars whose research focused on sub-Saharan Africa and Nigeria in particular, wrote a letter to then Secretary of State...
What is going on in Nigeria today is beyond comprehension. I have no clue what the young man called Nnamdi Kalu wants from the Igbo,...
No, you are wrong. No one could have possibly predicted that political drama season would premiere with a serving minister endorsing another candidate in his sitting...
The Defence Headquarters has labelled the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a “militant terrorist organisation”. This was made known yesterday in Abuja in a statement...
In the eyes of the apparatchiks of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, and tub-thumpers of President Muhammadu Buhari, there is no vacuum in the presidential...
The saying that two wrongs don’t make a right is golden and has more usefulness now than ever before. What President Muhammadu Buhari did and...
Those who thought that Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting would be the political funeral for Minister of Women Affairs Aisha Alhassan may have exaggerated her...
Several guests were here when President Muhammadu Buhari was in London. It’s been my intention to inform the President about them. But some may accuse...
It was not enough for the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Aisha Alhassan, to say that she has pitched her political tent with former Vice President...
The TIN-for-bank-accounts policy, while well-intentioned, risks undermining financial inclusion, triggering economic instability, and imposing unnecessary burdens on millions who are...
Nigeria’s insecurity cannot be solved by just adding more officers while the system remains broken. Recruiting without addressing training, equipment,...
The Tiv people are not asking for special treatment. They are asking for recognition of their humanity, their pain, and...
In North Central, banditry, kidnaping, and intercommunal clashes are becoming rampant, especially in states like Niger, Benue, and Kogi state....
Beyond the Nigeria Police leadership itself, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has equally demonstrated unwavering commitment to a...