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Revisiting the Ahmad Al-Assir Saga

Today’s piece re-examines the wider security implications of the arrest of radical Muslim Cleric, Ahmad al-Assir, by Lebanese authorities at the Beirut’s Rafik Hariri...

Of Buharists, Jonathanians and a Simple Analysis of Political Immaturity

"We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe It is appalling to know that...

Low Oil Prices, In Final Analysis, Good For Nigeria

Tumbling crude oil prices—with some analysts expecting the price per barrel to hover for some time around $30—is the gravest handicap Nigerians have faced...

Anambra’s Latest Gift to Nigeria’s Fledgling Democracy

At the end of last week, Nigeria’s Supreme Court gave a judgment that many newspapers and online groups interpreted rather decisively and excitedly. Headlines...

Lines Between Points

Cecil Rhodes dreamt of a highway linking Cape Town to Cairo, an ambitious project at the time but not impossible. After all the Egyptians...

The Ghost of Sankara and June 12

October 15th 1987 will forever remain indelible in the annals of political history in both Burkina Faso and Africa, for on that day of...

Random Thoughts: Fighting Corruption with Corruption

I have been musing over the conundrum above for a very long time, even before this new dispensation of the sincere and stern President...

Buhari: Biting the Bullet!

President Muhammadu Buhari is living up to the status of the strongman Nigeria needs at this critical juncture in our national life. Prior to...

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