The prolonged struggle between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)-led state government over the control and legitimacy of local councils has created a governance vacuum at the...
Nigeria
New chapter in Nigeria’s security leadership with Gen Musa appointment
Less than a week after President Bola Tinubu declared a ‘nationwide security emergency’, the defence minister, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, resigned, citing health issues. On the same day, the president met with the...
Benin’s failed coup as a stress test for democratic resilience in West Africa
The attempted military coup in the Republic of Benin has sent shockwaves far beyond the borders of the small West African state. For Nigeria, Benin is more than just a neighbouring country; it is a country whose...
Guinea-Bissau Coup: Time for ECOWAS to change its geopolitical playbook as West Africa teeters on the brink
Recent events in Guinea-Bissau, where the military abruptly seized total control, dissolved electoral processes and detained President Umaro Sissoco Embaló on 26 November, mark yet another rupture in a region sliding...
Lakurawa’s expanding shadow: coercion and religious manipulation in Northwest Nigeria
“As I sat with the man I had come to see, two Lakurawa fighters approached us. They questioned my identity, and the man quickly introduced me as his brother, a trader from Sokoto. One of the fighters switched to...
Nigeria’s Anambra State election victory is not a win for democracy
The 2025 governorship election in Anambra State offered a paradox that cuts to the heart of Nigeria’s democratic trajectory: a decisive victory amid deep civic disengagement. Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All...
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