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Crisis, Herdsmen, Nigeria, Policy, Security

Camp Ruga

July 8, 2019 — 0 Comments

Elections, Nigeria

The Elections that Weren’t

February 16, 2019 — 5 Comments

Corruption, Elections, Nigeria, Policy

Scorched Earth

February 6, 2019 — 0 Comments

Art, Nigeria

Art and Her Society

December 19, 2018 — 0 Comments

Boko Haram, Crisis, Jos, Nigeria, Police, Policy, Security

Wild Wild Web

November 26, 2018 — 0 Comments

Nigeria, Policy, Security

President Buhari, whether wilfully or otherwise, has placed the various peoples of this country on a war footing. Virtually every identifiable group, from religious to ethnic to idealogical, is up in arms over this matter, both literally and figuratively.

The Elections that Weren’t

As the world looks on in tickled silence, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the general elections. That’s a problem. But the funny part is that it was done the morning of the day, literally 5 hours before voting was due to begin. Of course it’s not the first time this has happened. […]

Scorched Earth

About a month before what is arguably the most trepidiously anticipated election in contemporary Nigerian history,the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is seeking reelection, charged the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, to the Code of Conduct Tribunal with false declaration of assets. The prosecution went further to seek (and subsequently receive) […]

Art and Her Society

The recent call by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for Nigerian celebrities to “utilise their platforms to promote voter education, youth inclusion and non-violent participation in the 2019 elections”, is a good one. However, it got me thinking – should he have even had to call for it? […]

On Security

When the higher ups discuss insecurity in the country they typically speak of the Northeast as if it were the only battlefield. Consider extra-judicial killings by security agents, ritual murders, kidnap murders, armed robberies that carry out ISIS-style attacks in broad daylight and yes, BH begins to look rather contained from the point of view […]