Present here, I fully expect, is the Youth contingent of this undertaking. We are still within the United Nations designated “Year of the Child”, and that makes youth involvement doubly appropriate as an integral part of our encounter. This is not mere sentiment. As some of you here may...
‘Who Speaks for the North’ is the title of a research paper written by my friend Leena Hoffman, a Chatham House fellow, in 2014. This question is even more pertinent today than when she first raised it six years ago.
Evidence abounds that the north of Nigeria is one of...
I woke up to the above-titled but ignorant piece circulated social on media. While the article dwelt on what the writer considered as Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki’s accomplishment as a two-term Governor of Kwara State, it struggled to convince that Saraki’s successor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed underperformed. Predictably, the piece...
The regular culture of every straying political office holders is that they are friendly during the electioneering period that precedes elections and subsequently swearing-in to their respective offices.
Politicians that fall into this category will promise heaven on earth while campaigning to their people. They make available a well prepared...