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Sustaining successes against bandits and terrorists in Nigeria, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, Aug. 22 -- On 16 August, Nigeria's National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, announced that security services had captured two terrorist leaders who have been on the wanted list for a lon... Read More


"Success" and the Tinubu reforms, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, Aug. 15 -- The general verdict of the Nigerian people has been that the reform package of the Tinubu Administration has been a failure. The evidence for this is that virtually every Nigerian ... Read More


Defending ourselves against atrocities, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, Aug. 9 -- This week, the Zamfara terrorism kingpin, Bello Turji, released 32 kidnapped persons and agreed to stop attacking farmers, following a series of meetings with some Islamic clerics i... Read More


Okello Oculi (1942-2025): The poet who taught politics creatively, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, Aug. 1 -- My good friend and senior colleague, Okello Oculi died on 26 July, aged 83, after a brief illness. Originally from Uganda, Okello has lived in Nigeria for the past 48 years and rais... Read More


Eat and quench: Let's listen to what our food is telling us, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, July 25 -- Our food is normally composed of a lot of dirt - poison, dangerous chemicals, GMOs - and we are all rapidly eating ourselves to death. The easiest way of demonstrating this is to r... Read More


Female politicians as double minority: A documentary, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, July 18 -- In a significant step towards amplifying the voices of women in politics, a new documentary that shines a spotlight on the triumphs, challenges, and resilience of women shaping Nig... Read More


Prebendal rule and the democracy challenge in Africa, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, July 11 -- The post 1990 return of democracy in Africa skipped many countries that had established successful dictatorships that stood firm. In Equatorial Guinea, the 82 years old dictator, T... Read More


Who is afraid of the coalition?, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, July 4 -- The "owners" of political power in Nigeria appeared to have entered panic mode on Wednesday when the platform of the opposition, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), was to be lau... Read More


Nostalgia: Paris and radicalism in student life, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, June 27 -- Last week I was in Paris, following a surprise invitation to attend a conference on the internationalisation of African higher education and research. The conference was opened by ... Read More


June 12: Democracy and hardship, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, June 13 -- Yesterday was supposed to be a national celebration of democracy, involving the remembrance of the great events that followed the annulled election of 12th June 1993, over 30 years... Read More