Borno and Nigeria’s Growing Distance from the President, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Over the past few weeks, the National Assembly, political and civil society have made clear demands that the service chiefs whose terms have expired should make way for a new set of leaders that might be able to bring renewed zeal and tactics into security revisioning. The president has however…
Obiageli Mazi: Why No Nigerian Teacher Should Earn $100 Or Less Monthly, By Olabisi Deji-Folutile
Honestly, I was expecting people to express their anger and dissatisfaction with a system that pays a teacher who has been on the job for 31 years a meagre N35,000 per For someone to invest that number of years in schooling and still earn less than $100 a month after…
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Visa Ban: Come and See American Wonder, By Owei Lakemfa
Nigerians should not regret being barred from migrating to a country where black lives don’t matter. I love Americans as I love the rest of humanity, but how do I love a country that has planted millions of landmines, but not a single one in its own territory; a country…
Boko Haram: The Politics of Targeted Killing of Christians, By Jibrin Ibrahim
When people know that they are being targeted and killed for their belief, it does not help much to tell them that they are also being manipulated, because they know that their victimhood is linked to their faith. To understand the manipulation component, they must see more concerted state action…
Who Shall Overcome?: Islamic Extremism in Northern Nigeria, By Kate Meagher
While appropriate military measures are required to end the insurgency, the importance of more inclusive statecraft and economic policy cannot be over-emphasised. It is not Islamic ideologies that have produced the tinderbox of extremism, but narrow market ideologies that have pushed the disaffected to desperation. The rise of violent Islamic…
Imagine If Leah Sharibu Was A Nigerian President’s Daughter, By Olabisi Deji-Folutile
Is it possible for a child of any sitting Nigerian president to suffer the fate of Leah? The federal government will leave no stone unturned in its bid to rescue the president’s child. If it means deploying the entire nation’s military power to fight the Boko Haram sect or spending…
Ake Festival 2019: Grey Matter From Africa’s Literary Giants, By Jibrin Ibrahim
It was an opportunity for us Africans to situate ourselves on the world stage, not so much to compare ourselves with others but to ask ourselves two questions: What stories can we tell and what experiences should we reflect upon to inspire us to improve our lives and livelihoods? Secondly,…
More Bullets and Fewer Prayers, By Majeed Dahiru
To contain the current spate of insecurity in Nigeria, more bullets are needed and fewer Faced with the current reality of the inability of Nigeria’s security forces to secure the entire stretch of the Nigerian territory, there is an urgent need to review Nigeria’s gun laws to allow for a…
President Buhari’s Choice of Sadiya Umar Farouq, By Hannatu Musawa
Kudos to the president for not only creating this much-needed Ministry, but for having the foresight of making a choice from one of his own; from choosing his capable daughter, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, to reach out to Nigerians affected by humanitarian crisis and disaster, in trying to lift as…
Of Drones, the Governor and Saudi Prayer Warriors, By Azu Ishiekwene
If five years of warring against Boko Haram and Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) have brought Buhari’s commanders and the political elite to the point where they have suddenly realised that entering prayer contracts using public funds is no longer an absurdity, much less an offence, the clerics excoriated…
