Democracy and Governance

In May 2000, the British Broadcasting Corporation asked me to contribute an online opinion piece that would x-ray the prospects...

Politics is speech, money is also speech, but whose money speaks in politics? In politics, money is not just speech,...

Each year, 25th April has been designated as World Malaria Day to focus energy on strategies to eliminate the disease....

Muhammadu Buhari’s triumph over Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28, 2015 presidential election has unleashed a fever of hope in...

As I made my way into the cabin, I saw him and his sister both seated in business class. He,...

On 14th April, the world commemorated one year in bondage of the 219 Chibok Girls. It was a dreadful day...

We have hired General Muhammadu Buhari as our new president, now what? Whether re-hiring a sitting president or a new...

I was in Senegal last week for a conference and for the first time in a long while, it felt...

Dear General, On behalf of “Mama Peace” and myself, I would like to congratulate you again on your historic victory...

General Muhammadu Buhari will inherit a country in a quandary. So much looting has gone on and so much high...