Enlightened Self Interest and the Leadership Question, By Jibrin Ibrahim
What Nigeria has lacked in its recent history is a leadership with a vision and a sense of enlightened self-interest. ...
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The Centenary of the Amalgamation that Never Was, By Jibrin Ibrahim
In the years leading to the centenary of amalgamation, there has been a lot of writing, especially on the Internet ...
Joy, Periwinkles and Christmas in Calabar, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Spending Christmas in Calabar is a thing of Joy. From first December each year, the whole city begins to party ...
Differentiating APC from the PDP, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Increasingly, the APC is asserting itself as the game changer in Nigerian politics. It has shown that it is possible ...
Obasanjo’s Love Letter to Jonathan: Learning from Our Former President, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Since Premium Times broke the story of General Obasanjo’s letter to President Jonathan, a debate has been raging on his ...
Our Mandela and Our Future: These Terrible Oppositionists, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Mandela, our Mandela is the first individual to become a truly global brand without opposition and dissenting views. We all ...
Cautionary Appeal On Opposition Wish List, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Some years ago, as ASUU militants, we frequently lamented the fact that Nigeria had never been ruled by someone who ...
The Conference, the Sovereign and the Ethnic: Historical Signposts, By Jibrin Ibrahim
On the 20th November, some of us were invited by the Presidential Committee on the National Conference or Dialogue to ...
Dangers of a Partisan Nigerian Police, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Power is deceitful and often, people in power think they can do anything they want to do. It was the ...
APC and the Challenge of Improving Political Parties, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Last Tuesday, major leaders of the opposition, the APC and the G-7 group of estranged PDP governors converged in Sokoto ...
The Norms for Civil-Military Relations in Nigeria, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Last week, I participated in the interactive session on civil-military relations at the 2 Division of the Nigerian Army in ...
Conversation with my ASUU Comrades [II], By Jibrin Ibrahim
In my column last week, I called for a broader strategy by ASUU including taking the National Assembly more seriously ...
Conversation With My ASUU Comrades: Let’s Get Real, By Jibrin Ibrahim
This is a difficult conversation for me given my history of active engagement in ASUU, especially during its formative years. ...
Engaging the National Dialogue Process, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Today, President Goodluck Jonathan will inaugurate his 13-member Advisory Committee for National Dialogue. In his 2013 Independence Speech to the ...
Deepening Democracy: Jega and the Collateral Damage of a Transforming Polity, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The level of political tension in the country is extremely high because for the first time in the history of ...
