“Nigeria’s security outlook is depressing. The unending attacks suggest a failure of intelligence. Government must rethink its strategy now.” — Bola Ahmed Tinubu, 14 April, 2014...
Not long ago, a well-worn phrase began to echo again in Nigeria’s public conversation: “We need more boots on the ground.” It is a phrase that...
Last week, a Federal High Court judge, James Omotosho, sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison after convicting him on seven terrorism-related charges. This...
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said in his press statement today that former INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has been appointed an ambassador by President Bola Ahmed...
It is the raw underbelly of Nigerian politics: a toxic cocktail of ethnic entitlement, economic despair, and insecurity sharpened into a political blade. Between Bola Tinubu...
In 2020, The Atlantic published an explosive story, which claimed that in 2018 Donald Trump told advisors he could not understand why someone would fight and...
Leadership is not a forever task. Any leader that wants to lead forever doesn’t have a target and does not represent the interest of the people....
By Farooq Kperogi A social media contact familiar with Lt. A.M. Yerima reached out to me after my last update to say that the young man...
The recent decision by the United States to classify Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” has stirred global attention, but it also risks overlooking significant...
A few weeks ago, I went to get my hair fixed in a salon around the city, and not too long after I got in, a...