Tag: Boko Haram

Selonnes Pundit’s Choice: |  One War, Many Fighters

Friday| August 13th, 2021   Daily Analysis  In July 2021, about 1000 hunters were inducted to join the multitude of state-sanctioned groups holding forth against Jihadist fighters in Nigeria’s northeast zone. …

Policy Brief 83-21| Whither Nigeria’s Manifest Destiny to Lead Africa? 

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze   There was a time when Nigeria’s leadership role in African affairs was taken for granted. Nigeria was deemed Africa’s bellwether, a notion …

Policy Brief 67/19:  Waning Strength of Government

Oseloka H. Obaze || Promoting democracy requires constant shielding of its sustaining institutions. That’s moral and strategic imperative. The expedient practice of mixing accepted international democratic norms, with self-serving precepts …

Selonnes Consult Policy Brief 61/19: Is Nigeria Bedeviled By The “Ungoverned Space” Syndrome?

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze  Ungoverned space is a new concept applied to an old problem, namely the lack of effective government presence in parts or places within …

  A Time to Reflect: Herdsmen/Farmers Conflict 

 Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze Independence anniversaries offer important opportunities to reflect on the course of national events. As Nigeria’s 58th independence anniversary being marked today, coincides with …

Restructuring Nigeria: Not When, But How?

By Oseloka H. Obaze Nigeria is at risk unless it finds the courage to restructure. A nation in dire straits, Nigeria has a choice, to restructure by plan or by …

Change Tempered by Pessimism, Anchored by Hope

One year is too brief a time to assess President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency.  But the past twelve months offered Nigerians a window of an unfettered glimpse into the president’s leadership …

Snares of Disparity Politics in Nigeria

Nigerians were astounded and unsure of how to react to the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and former Senate President Ken Nnamani, on 25 April 2016, aimed at breaking the …

HERE TO SERVE –Advocacy for good governance

Book Review by Elsie-Bernadette Onubogu HERE TO SERVE –Advocacy for good governance by Oseloka H. Obaze Ben Bosah Books, 2016, 264pp, $20   Oseloka H. Obaze’s “HERE TO SERVE – …