Ebenezer Obadare

Why Buhari Failed

When Nigerians needed him to deliver, President Muhammadu Buhari fell short

Nigeria is Boiling: Can a New President Hold the Country Together?

Nigeria’s February 2023 general election should have been a triumph of democracy. For the first…

“A Religious War”

Nigeria’s close-run presidential election was not about religion, until it was

The Uses of Anger

Those on the socioeconomic margins understand one thing: civility is sometimes a luxury they cannot…

Peter Obi and a Dream Deferred

Peter Obi may have lost the Nigerian presidential election, but he and the movement he…

What Now for the Igbo?

The Igbo political elite faces the challenge of transforming an unimpeachable moral argument into a…

The Lagos-New York-London Echo Chamber

Desperate to will a preferred candidate to victory, Western journalists fell into a tunnel vision…

The Art of Ruling for Life: How Do Africa’s Many “leaders” Do It?

That the African region is home to majority of the world’s longest-ruling heads of state…

The Papal Theory of Underdevelopment

Pope Francis’ diagnosis of the causes of African underdevelopment is simplistic, condescending, and ahistorical

Whither Political Freedoms in Africa?

When it comes to civil liberties in Africa, Western governments and institutions must put their…