General Tchiani: The arbitrary detention of human rights defender Moussa Tchangari must end, By Jibrin Ibrahm
Moussa Tchangari. © Photo: Aurora info I join the UN working group, Amnesty International and the others calling on Niger's...
AB Mahmoud and the three stages of public service, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Former NBA President, Abubakar Mahmoud. Photo: Legal Naija. AB Mahmoud is the bearer of a rich legacy of public service...
My concerns about the dangers of introducing state police remain, By Jibrin Ibrahim
I think the mood of the Nation is that Nigeria needs to establish police services at the state level to...
No sheriff in town so bandits/terrorists kill as they please, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Nigeria's President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If President Tinubu had kept his inauguration-day promise that he would focus on providing security...
The state of the nation, By Jibrin Ibrahim, et al.
The Fourth Republic has been in place since 1999. Over this period, the country’s democratic process has been emptied of...
Party primaries and the end of democratic politics, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The political party primaries are enough reasons for concern and anxiety about the forthcoming elections. The political parties showed absolute...
What the National Party of Nigeria taught President Tinubu, By Jibrin Ibrahim
President Bola Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: @officialABAT) The leaders of the NPN never abandoned the idea of single-party rule. They set...
Celebrating a mentor: Comrade Segun Osoba, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Dr Segun Osoba Segun Osoba is respected as a sharp historian and social scientist who carried out profound analysis of...
Nigerian electoral politics: A view from Mars, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Sadly for me, my fifty years of the study of political science has not helped me much in understanding Nigerian...
Africans must wake up: Imperialism is a paper tiger, By Jibrin Ibrahim
For too long, we accepted the lie that the West is out to promote the forces of democracy, rule of...
Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed: The passage of a committed comrade, By Jibrin Ibrahim
On 11th December 2025, we lost our dear comrade and friend, Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed. Sokoto, as we all called him,...
Tinubu is unravelling the nation, By Jibrin Ibrahim
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Nigerians have not had it so bad in recent history. The country is unravelling and the...
The Tinubu regime seeks to deny the opposition a party platform, By Jibrin Ibrahim
President Bola Tinubu President Tinubu has almost total control of all branches of government, executive, legislative and judicial. He also...
Credible 2027 elections and national security, By Jibrin Ibrahim
INEC Chair, Professor Joash Amupitan. We need to pose such larger questions in any serious reflection on credible elections and...
Boko Haram is exhausting: Please obliterate them, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Maybe the question to pose is that after two decades of terrorism, why has Nigeria not publicly posed the question...
Nigerian politicians: Signifiers of their criminal culture, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Let me start with a caveat – not all Nigerian politicians are criminals. Some are indeed decent human beings keen...
Governance and the search for the common good, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The Catholic Bishops concluded on the positive note that a better Nigeria is possible if we all contribute to building...
Biodun Jeyifo (BJ): Fond memories of a committed intellectual, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Late Professor Biodun Jeyifo (BJ) We lost Prof Biodun Jeyifo, or BJ as we fondly called him last week, not...
Nigeria on the brink, as we handover sovereignty to America, By Jibrin Ibrahim
President Bola Tinubu and President Donald Trump It is shocking that for the first time in our history, we are...
Machina Emirate celebrates Kole Shettima, By Jibrin Ibrahim
This weekend, the Emir of Machina, Alhaji Dr Bashir Albishir Bukar Machinama turbaned Dr. Kole Shettima as the Zanna Yuroma...
Another “betrayal” in Kano: Kwankwasiyya and its aftermath, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The godfather’s expectation of unquestioned loyalty, rooted in the belief that the godson’s political rise and survival are owed entirely...
Framing a political philosophy for Nigeria, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The working model of the Nigerian State is the promotion of the interest of individuals, factions, cliques, etc. within the...
15 January, 1966 and the legacy of the military, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Yesterday was Armed Forces Remembrance Day signalling the emergence of the military sixty years ago. On the 15th of January...
Nigeria in Trump world: The dangers ahead, By Jibrin Ibrahim
President Bola Tinubu and President Donald Trump ...it is clear that Nigeria is in a dual crisis of leadership and...
Adamu Baikie (1931–2025): Commemorating an architect of Nigerian education studies, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Professor Adamu Baikie On his return to Ahmadu Bello University, Mr Baikie became the architect of education studies. He was...
