Tinubu, 2023 Presidential Election, and Impending National Disaster

Posted on Mon 19 April 2021 in Nigeria • Tagged with Buhari, Tinubu, Asiwaju, APC, Igboho, IPOB, Insecurity, Jagaban

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (5980497975)

By Shamsudeen Kareem

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold," is a line from "The Second Coming" written by the Romantic poet, Williams Butler Yeats, on an entirely different subject matter. But at a closer look, one would see that this line resonates more than ever with the current happenings …


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Should Nigeria have released Boko Haram suspects?

Posted on Mon 24 February 2020 in Nigeria • Tagged with Buhari, Boko Haram, terrorism, Abuja, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, President Muhammadu Buhari

Military commanders inspect arms and ammunitions recovered from Boko Haram jihadists. Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images

Jideofor Adibe, Nasarawa State University, Keffi

The Nigerian government recently announced that it had released about 1,400 Boko Haram suspects. The reason given was they had repented and were to be re-integrated …


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