Ebenezer Obadare

A Loud Silence

Pentecostal leaders’ avoidance of the #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria speaks volumes about the protests’ ethnoreligious…

The Myth of the ‘Leaderless’ African Protest

Rather than being leaderless, contemporary African protests are being steered by a leadership no one…

A False Dilemma

Bad governance, not dissent, is the real threat to law and order in Nigeria.

A Sense of Foreboding

Nigerians’ frustration with the Tinubu government threatens to spill over

Rumors of a Political Capture

Accusations of influence peddling in the heart of its presidency raise the ugly scepter of…

An Opportunity to Reimagine ECOWAS

The split between ECOWAS and the mutinous AES states may be just what the regional…

Who Needs an Emir?

The ongoing Emirship tussle in Nigeria begs broader questions about the place of traditional rulership…

A Second Coming?

 Among a cross section of Nigerian Christians, support for former US President Donald Trump remains…

The OBJ of Illiberalism

Nigerian statesman Olusegun Obasanjo’s rejection of liberal democracy is heartfelt—and wrong

Ethnonationalist Rumblings

Why seeming democratic progress has failed to staunch agitation for self-determination in Nigeria