Nigeria cannot be a functioning state unless it is first a nation
The difference between a “state” and a “nation” is significant. A state is a legal-cum-political entity with a territory, government...
- Thursday, June 04, 2026
BusinessDay
The difference between a “state” and a “nation” is significant. A state is a legal-cum-political entity with a territory, government...
The Afghans have a history of seeing off an invading superpower. In the 1980s, the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan, but...
A common view in political economy literature is that the disciplining forces of globalisation constrain the behaviour of governments; that...
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), Nigeria’s former military ruler, will be 80 tomorrow, August 17, 2021. Congratulations are in order....
Recently, in an unprecedented protest, Nigerian newspapers jointly published the same front page, with a bold headline: “Information Blackout”. They...
Less than two years from now, President Muhammadu Buhari will no longer be the president of Nigeria. He will lose...
The world is fretting about population decline. Everyone is talking about a fall in humanity’s numbers, with most Western and...
The recent kidnap and extradition of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from Kenya and...
The fear of ethnic domination and conflict over power and resources are at the heart of the recurrent inter-ethnic tensions...
Just over a week ago, on June 25, I was a guest, virtually, of two brilliant Nigerians, each leading a...