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Reductionism and the national question: restructuring or grievance? (I), by Usman Sarki

Reductionism and the national question: restructuring or grievance? (I), by Usman Sarki

“The co-existence of several nations under the same State is a test, as well as the best security, of its freedom.” — Lord Acton Nigeria’s convoluted debate on restructuring has endured for decades because it supposedly speaks to questions of power, identity, representation, resource distribution, security, federalism and belonging. Precisely because the debate has been […]
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The beauty of corruption

The beauty of corruption

And in any case, even if the case is deemed watertight, judges can , with methodical ruthlessness dismantle reason. Lecturers award A’s to poor papers of willing female students . There is a spreading insensitivity to immorality. In the good old days you could just mummify the case by buying a perpetual injunction. But take heart, money has many ways of creating reasonable doubts . The very rich don’t go to prison. Imprisonment is not their portion.

Buhari in London

Buhari in London

AS I write, President Muhammadu Buhari is in London attending the first Anti-Corruption Summit that has ever been hosted in the United Kingdom.

Crooks, torturers and God’s Own country

Crooks, torturers and God’s Own country

THE terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001 (9/11) in which nearly 3,000 people were killed, was a nightmare for humanity. But while people mourned across the globe, some schemed to make fortunes out of it even if it meant sending more innocent people to untimely graves. This is the case against two American psychologists; James Elmer Mitchel, 64, with a 1986 doctorate from the University of South Florida, and ‘Bruce’ Jessen who are accused of running a “Joint criminal enterprise”. Three of their victims have returned to hunt them in the courts.

Bakasi Boys to the rescue?

Bakasi Boys to the rescue?

IT is very interesting how the state governors of Southern Nigeria have reacted to the aggression of territorial Fulani militias masquerading as “herdsmen”. Let us take samplers.