Articles and op-eds

Given that addressing Nigeria’s insecurity crisis has got to be President Tinubu’s number one priority this year, I think he should launch this 2026 Lake Chad Security Plan 

For nearly two decades, Nigeria has lived with terror like an unwanted houseguest, eating from the kitchen, sleeping in the living room, rearranging the furniture of normal life. We adjusted our schedules around kidnappings,...

It has now been almost two weeks since “terrorists” said to be fleeing joint Nigerian–American airstrikes on positions in Sokoto State reportedly struck Borgu LGA communities in Niger State, slaughtering more than 40 innocent...

In the past 48 hours, the United States military carried out large-scale airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS) targets across Syria, the most recent wave in an ongoing campaign that has persisted for more than...

The United States launched a powerful strike against groups it says are affiliated with ISIL (ISIS) in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day, a move announced by President Trump after weeks of rhetoric about terrorism...

In moments of national crisis, there is a tendency to reach for simple labels and explanations to make sense of complex tragedies. There are multiple types of conflicts unfolding in Nigeria which cannot be...

For more than a decade, terrorism has turned Nigeria into a nation at war with itself — from Boko Haram’s savagery ravaging communities in the North-East to so-called bandits and kidnappers in the North-West...

On November 1st, U.S President, Donald Trump issued what many are calling an unprecedented threat to a sovereign African nation. “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will...

The air in Abuja is thick with outrage. It’s not the familiar stench of insecurity or the chronic haze of corruption that hangs over the nation, but the collective indignation triggered by President Donald...

[1] I have always believed that it is our innovative spirit that will get Nigeria out of the economic doldrums and give us a gross domestic product (GDP) of $2trn in the not-too-distant future....