There are centuries’ worth of theorising on the idea and meaning and implications of a “social contract”, or “compact”; the...

The last time we were faced with a task of national reconciliation as grand as this one, was more than...

If President Jonathan loses, the truth will be that it was a self-inflicted outcome.

It is a testament to the clout of Nigeria’s Governors that, since 1999, only one of the five men who...

This is the month we’ve waited four years for. By the time this column appears on Monday February 16, Nigeria...

Last week I promised to write about President Jonathan’s achievements. It would be silly and disingenuous to try to argue...

Five years later I am more than convinced that, even after taking into consideration all of his achievements – and...

Diezani Alison-Madueke, Buhari, Jonathan, and Shekau all make the list.

Northern Nigeria shares more in common with Senegal than it does with southern Nigeria – the arid sprawl of land,...

All security, like all politics, is local.