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Chris Akor
Who is a terrorist? Politics of categorisation of…
Christopher Akor examines the politics around the categorisation of individuals and groups as terrorist…
An atavistic longing for a strongman and the war against…
Our worst fears have been confirmed. The Buhari that returned to the country last August after more than a hundred…
Repeating mistakes of the past
One of the characteristic of the Nigerian state is its resort to brute force and deadly violence to suppress…
Why the courts do not annul presidential elections in…
If you’ve ever wondered why no court in Africa has been bold enough to annul a presidential election, the actions…
How are elections financed in Nigeria?
Ahead of preparations for the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, I repeat a piece I did in February 2016…
How corrupt is the Nigerian police?
Last week, I talked about the report of the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in collaboration with the United…
Are Nigeria’s institutions damaged beyond repair?
In years past, appointments into government ministries, departments and agencies were usually not advertised and…
An encounter with the Nigerian state
Wale Adebanwi and Ebenezer Obadare in their edited work, Encountering the Nigerian State ask some pertinent…
How a society that fights corruption looks like
Although grand or high-level corruption is said to retard the development of a country the most, petty or low-level…
Behind Nigeria’s failed anti-corruption wars
Last week I had argued on this page, in response to Olu Fasan’s argument that the “onus of proof” puts excessive…
What is needed to salvage Nigeria’s shambolic…
With the recent dismissal of the asset declaration case against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, not many…
The transition at Etisalat
The worst seems to be over for Etisalat, the troubled Nigerian telecom firm, as it agreed on a win-win…