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Zamfara and Nigeria’s Failing Security Architecture

It was recently revealed that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had helped to reach a truce with the bandits and terrorists in Zamfara State. In light of this event, a video was allegedly from one of

How Constitutional Loopholes Caught Up with Edo State Assembly

  It was not too long ago that an existential crisis rocked the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. Backed by the Police, a faction in the house chose to sideline another faction in plenary proceedings to make legislative pronouncements.

ThrowBack Thursday: National Conference (2014)

The 2014 National Conference is arguably the only properly conducted National Conference without an ulterior agenda. The conference, which was inaugurated in Abuja by former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, on 17th March 2014, had some of the brightest

Goodluck Jonathan Calls on Buhari to Implement the 2014 National Conference Report

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revived the long-dead call for the implementation of the National Conference report which took place between the months of March and August 2014. While speaking at the public presentation of a book in honour of

ThrowBack Thursday: Nigeria’s Census of 1991

Censuses in Nigeria have always been a controversial affair. This, perhaps is caused by political reasons influenced by the numbers and allocations to be appended to each demography and geographical zone. The results of the 1991 census, which has been

Another Round of a ‘Baba Go Slow’ Administration

Just last week, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), said it has sued the Buhari-led government to a Federal High Court for keeping some of the aides who served in his first term without appointing them. In a dramatic

The Trial of Sen. Elisha Abbo in the Public Court

In these days of social media, the dispensation of justice has been democratised. Within an hour, more than 300,000 people can mobilise and demand for the head of a criminal. Social media has proven to be a more effective tool

Throwback Thursday: Abuja – the New Capital City (1991)

On the 21st of December, 1991, the Federal Government under the leadership of General Badamosi Babangida, finally made the move to name Abuja the capital of Nigeria after years of preparations. The city and state of Lagos was already overcrowded

Why is the FG Setting Up Ruga Settlements at the Expense of Nigerians?

When the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, revealed to the press last week that some officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture had invaded the state with their contractors to begin the building of

The Wave of Attacks against Nigerians in Diaspora

Admittedly, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri, has had a lot to deal with of late. So much that one begins to wonder what the role of the Foreign Ministry is again. She is

How Increasing Desertification is Fuelling Security Tensions in Nigeria

The surge of militancy in the northern part of Nigeria began with the Maitatsine. That died a slow but painful death. Its carcass was, however, woken up by the Boko Haram, a group of thugs originally loyal to and used

The Dangerous Politics Of Sycophants And Mobs

No one ever knew that the appointment of aides by the recently elected Senate President would evoke such a furore in the media. But seeing the attention and protest being visited on the appointment of a severe Buhari critique and

An Election Which Continues To Haunt Us

In the quest to defend its disproportionate figures and general incompetence at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT), INEC is now caught in a web of lies and scandalous tales which could forever damage its credibility. When the People’s Democratic

ThrowBack Thursday: When Zaki Biam Was Sacked (2001)

All around the world, unfortunate things happen day in day out. But the type witnessed in the Zaki Biam massacre of 2001 is the type rarely perpetrated by a nation’s military forces against the citizens it is meant to protect.

Throwback Thursday: The Apo Six Murders

Fourteen years ago, a gruesome murder became the talk of town. Fourteen years later, the mystery of the Apo Six is left to be finalized and proper justice, still to be served. The Apo Six were a group of five

Reflecting on Democracy Day

It was twenty years on May 29th since the return of nascent democracy to Nigeria. For those who have survived the high tide of Nigeria’s history from the time of Independence on October 1st, 1960, they are well aware that

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