Boko Haram and Islamist separatism in Northern Nigeria

Nigeria’s complex, complicated security challenges, which have seen the northwest corner ravaged by trans-border bandits, farming communities in its north-central parts pillaged by killer herdsmen and its north east axis over run by Boko Haram insurgents has reduced Africa’s most populous country to the continent’s largest human slaughter slab. Fifteen Continue Reading

Matters arising at APC and PDP

So sad that Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, until last weekend, chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will not stay further at the helm of the party, to welcome the next batch of opposition governors defecting to his party. Three more are said to be on the queue to be Continue Reading

APC And Abdullahi Ganduje’s Resignation

It is now confirmed that Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, 75, Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has resigned from his position as Chairman of the party. He has had quite a storied career as a politician, serving under Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso as Deputy Governor of Kano State, 1999 – Continue Reading

As Fubara capitulates!

Expectedly, opinions have remained divided on the truce between the feuding parties in the Rivers State crisis as hammered out by President Tinubu, particularly in terms of what it bodes for the peace of the state. Going by the sketch of the details already in the public domain, it is Continue Reading