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Asymmetric warfare is like a thief who enters a house not through the door, window, or roof, but through the pipes that run into it. It sounds impossible, so the owner spends his money on the gate, CCTV, bulletproof doors, burglar bars, and armed guards. Since the thief cannot matchContinue Reading

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The 2027 elections are just two months away, and nothing about the opposition tells you that they are serious and that they are ready to wrestle power from the ruling APC. The APC has a whopping 12.9 million registered members; the PDP has 2.4 million; the ADC has between 1.2Continue Reading

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Nigeria’s Ministry of Steel Development is on the path of bureaucratic redundancy: an institution whose industrial ambitions remain disconnected from the country’s manufacturing reality. Since 1999, successive governments have promised to transform Nigeria into a steel-producing nation. Under Olusegun Obasanjo, Olu Agunloye served as minister of power and steel, followedContinue Reading

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Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola case in Abuja has placed Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate under intense scrutiny. The ministry has identified 44 contacts, but that number is from the health ministry, while the WHO insists investigators are still trying to reconstruct the patient’s movements and exposure history. With symptoms developing afterContinue Reading

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Candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu is formidable enough without the presidential halo. Now, with all presidential powers at his command, he has to be considered a frontrunner in the forthcoming elections. But there are headwinds signalling the fact that although he is redoubtable, he is not unbeatable. The problem with manyContinue Reading