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The Tinubu regime seeks to deny the opposition a party platform, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, April 3 -- Power always creates an illusion that those who wield it can dismiss the rule of law and do anything they like and get away with it. History is however full of examples that show t... Read More


Credible 2027 elections and national security, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, March 27 -- Yesterday, I participated in a workshop organised by the Alumni Association of the National Association of Security Studies on the theme of credible elections and national securit... Read More


Boko Haram is exhausting: Please obliterate them, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, March 20 -- I am tired of writing about Boko Haram. It is mentally exhausting to be chronicling death, destruction and despair for over two decades. The Boko Haram narrative started with its ... Read More


Nigerian politicians: Signifiers of their criminal culture, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, March 6 -- Let me start with a caveat - not all Nigerian politicians are criminals. Some are indeed decent human beings keen to serve their communities and constituencies. Such politicians ar... Read More


Governance and the search for the common good, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- My column today simply outlines the call of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria for governance to be based on the search for the common good. This was articulated in a commu... Read More


Biodun Jeyifo (BJ): Fond memories of a committed intellectual, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- We lost Prof Biodun Jeyifo, or BJ as we fondly called him last week, not long after we organised an 80th anniversary symposium in his honour. At the event, his bosom friend. Dr Yem... Read More


Nigeria on the brink as we handover sovereignty to the Americans, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- In my column of 9th January entitled "Nigeria in Trump world: The dangers ahead," I warned about the way in which President Tinubu is handing over our country to American imperiali... Read More


Machina Emirate celebrates Kole Shettima, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- This weekend, the Emir of Machina, Alhaji Dr Bashir Albishir Bukar Machinama turbaned Dr. Kole Shettima as the Zanna Yuroma of the Emirate. This exalted position is only given to pe... Read More


Framing a political philosophy for Nigeria, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, Jan. 23 -- Nigeria has not consciously addressed the question of designing the country's political philosophy based on the knowledge of its history - precolonial and colonial, the failures of... Read More


15 January, 1966 and the legacy of the military, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- Yesterday was Armed Forces Remembrance Day signalling the emergence of the military sixty years ago. On the 15th of January 1966 to be precise, a certain Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu add... Read More