Sudan: Africa’s Forgotten Battleground
The ongoing civil war in Sudan, which has escalated dramatically since April 2023, has grown to become one of the most consequential conflicts in contemporary Africa. The war can no…
The ongoing civil war in Sudan, which has escalated dramatically since April 2023, has grown to become one of the most consequential conflicts in contemporary Africa. The war can no…
Listening to Kenyan President William Ruto diss Nigerians with a smile from faraway Italy, one would think he had taken a page from Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard. It was…
Every now and then, former president and one-time military ruler, Olusegun Obasanjo offers insights and snippets of information on what is happening within successive Nigerian governments that have been elected…
The short answer is yes – but there’s a long answer. There is, in fact, more than one inside story about why President Bola Ahmed Tinubu removed the Minister of…
There is a kind of evil that does not announce itself with a cutlass or a gun. It comes in a budget line. It wears a suit and babariga. It…
Six months after his appointment as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan appears determined to beat the record of Professor Maurice Iwu as the…
There are a few countries where lawyers and courts are as gifted in twisting judicial pronouncements as those in Nigeria. It is not merely the wigs and gowns, relics of…
One can argue that every political decision made by President Bola Tinubu in the last one year or two, has been a response to the lessons from the 2015 electoral…
In many parts of the country, the rains poured down earlier in the week, bringing much physical and psychological relief from the searing heat. The absence of electricity from public…
There is a saying that Trump Always Chickens Out – TACO. It has nothing to do with the popular American fast-food chain, Taco Bell, but Americans love that nickname for…