Sadly for me, my fifty years of studying political science have not helped me much in understanding Nigerian electoral politics.…
Browsing: Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim
We live in interesting times when leading imperialist countries have stopped pretending about the international rules-based order. They are now…
On 11th December 2025, we lost our dear comrade and friend, Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed. Sokoto, as we all called him,…
Nigerians have not had it so bad in recent history. The country is unravelling, and the government is vacillating between…
Power always creates an illusion that those who wield it can dismiss the rule of law and do anything they…
Yesterday, I participated in a workshop organised by the Alumni Association of the National Association of Security Studies on the…
I am tired of writing about Boko Haram. It is mentally exhausting to be chronicling death, destruction and despair for…
The Nigerian State is crumbling. There is widespread violence orchestrated by state actors, and state-supported actors at the same time,…
Let me start with a caveat – not all Nigerian politicians are criminals. Some are indeed decent human beings keen to…
My column today simply outlines the call of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria for governance to be based on…