Dear Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON, Congratulations on your successful exit from Aso Rock without the use of force or the tragedy of untimely death. In fifty-five years of Nigerian post-independence history, only Olusgeun Obasanjo and Abdulsalami Abubakar have been able to achieve this feat. But, before you handover, here’s a final farewell … Continue reading
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How would Africa be today if colonialism never happened?
On Quora, I turned some attention to the “what if?” in alternate African history: How would Africa be today if colonialism never happened? Africa would simply be (no) more or less like Europe or the Middle East is today. Political Geography: A number of folks think the modern political geography would simply align with the … Continue reading
ON CERTIFICATED PRESIDENTS | A Short Legal Study by Ayo Sogunro
A persistently irritating headline in Nigeria’s political news today rotates around the high school certification or otherwise of General Muhammad Buhari. This is not only a distraction from the relevant issues and questions, but it is also a debate brought about by a totally arbitrary and irrelevant insertion during the drafting of the 1999 Constitution. … Continue reading
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