Writing in academia can feel like learning multiple languages at once. As you progress from undergraduate essays to graduate work and perhaps doctoral research, the expectations keep shifting. Yet understanding these shifts can make the journey much more manageable. Let’s start with some good news: academic writing doesn’t have to be dense or difficult to read. […]

The publication and formal public presentation of a former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida’s memoir, A Journey in Service, last week has expectedly opened up conversations and debates around the eight years rule of the retired dictator. General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, now 83 and wheel chair-bound, also used the occasion to raise money for a presidential […]

One by one, the elders are taking a leave of us, perhaps tired of this fetid  putrescence of a noxious earthly abode, to attend a big conference which seems to be happening in heaven, according to a senior colleague with an acerbic sense of humour. The conference is for good people only, he intoned. Just take […]

“Every form of legality is bound to degenerate into oppression”-Joseph Conrad Military coups as alternative transitional processes in government have become topics of discussion once again with the resurgence of the phenomenon in Africa. Sudan has been under military rule for nearly 40 years. Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger and Gabon are now under military rule. […]

On the 20th day of February 2025, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida unveiled his autobiography titled A Journey in Service.   One of the major highlights of the autobiography is Gen. Babangida’s account of the events that led to the annulment of the presidential election held on June 12, 1993.  Nearly 32 years after the annulment of the […]

Do people follow titles, or do they follow courage? What role does integrity play in the essence of true leadership? And can the pursuit and defence of justice serve as a harbinger of outstanding leadership? These are timeless questions, their answers woven into the fabric of history. While titles may bestow authority, they do not define […]

The almost eternal cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, is fuelling a widespread violence, mass displacement and extreme human suffering in the country and its neighbours like Burundi. With violence surging in Eastern DRC, almost unabated, displacement is soaring, crimes against humanity are being reported, and the fragile healthcare and support systems […]

From last week, continues the  narrative on the rise and fall of political parties, with reference to the crisis presently afflicting both the APC and PDP, an argument that the development is a familiar story traceable to political parties that held sway during the First and Second Republics The possibility of a single party structure […]

By Dele Sobowale “Ditch foreign aid or remain trapped”. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, February 2025.  The call to African states in general and Nigeria in particular, to stop relying on foreign aids could not have come at a more appropriate time. The return of Donald Trump as President of America can be likened to two natural disasters which […]

Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, the retired General and head of the 1985-93 military junta who styled himself  ‘President’  has again intruded into our national consciousness. On Thursday, February 20, 2025, the General who was disgraced out of office 32 years ago,  unleashed  an unguided missile he called an autobiography. Titled: ‘A Journey In Service’, it was a failed […]