Imo on the precipice, By Dakuku Peterside
The mayhem in the Eastern Heartland of Imo State has left everyone perplexed. Security eruptions in Imo State appear to be an indicator of what […]
Column – Monday
Zulumnomics, civil service and Nigeria’s economic revival; By Dakuku Peterside
Nigeria is a country where there is a chasm between the leaders and the led. The distrust of the ordinary Nigerian for political office holders […]
Leadership notes from Gov Zulum, By Dakuku Peterside
•Governor Zulum Last week, at a lecture, to commemorate my 50th birthday and the public presentation of my book titled: Strategic Turnaround: The story of a government […]
Denmark takes the law into its hands? By Dakuku Peterside
Last week, something with significant but far-reaching diplomatic implications happened in security circles, particularly in the maritime security sphere. Denmark, a tiny European community of 5.3m people, […]
Rise of politics, flight of reason; By Dakuku Peterside
•Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike In a constitutional democracy, politics is the only legitimate route to governance. And the primary role of government is to […]
Nigerian women can lead, By Dakuku Peterside
•Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, DG, WTO In the year 2008, I co-edited a book with the title- African women can lead published by Kachifo Publishers under its prestige imprint. The […]
Social Contract and Northern governors’ discordant voices on insecurity, By Dakuku Peterside
It is no longer news that Nigeria is currently facing acute security challenges. The country has become a theatre of various conflicts that make millions […]
Governors take fools’ ride to next level, By Azu Ishiekwene
If there was any doubt that governors are underworked and overpaid, this week proved it. This is not the old, familiar sitting governor vs godfather […]
From Kankara to Kagara: The deification of banditry, By Dakuku Peterside
•Sheik Gumi The recent abduction of 27 pupils and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State by armed bandits is another demonstration of […]
You are my father, I am not your father; By Dakuku Peterside
Over the past few months, Nigerians have been engrossed with salacious paternity stories. After many years, men suddenly realize that children from their wives regarded […]
Herdsmen and the security challenge, By Dakuku Peterside
In the South West, Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has recently been in the news. The self-styled Yoruba activist gained popularity (or notoriety) recently […]
Challenges for new Service Chiefs, By Dakuku Peterside
The military institution is one of the most important state institutions in Nigeria and indeed anywhere in the world. Apart from their traditional mandate to […]
COVID-19 reloaded, By Dakuku Peterside
•Boss Mustapha, Chairman, PTF on COVID-19 That Nigeria currently battles with a second, more deadly wave of Covid-19 is no longer in doubt. The numbers […]
Failed States, Arab-Isreali Conflict: Ricochets of her Majesty’s Conquests, By Osmund Agbo
The geographical space that is today called Nigeria, was once looked upon as a mere trade outpost on the lower Niger by her majesty’s monarchical […]
A Postscript on Uganda’s election, By Dakuku Peterside
Ugandans went to the polls last weekend in a hotly contested election and supposedly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni for a sixth term in office. He […]
Trump: Nakedness of the ’emperor’ and lessons for Nigeria, By Dakuku Peterside
“Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.” – Mahatma Gandhi. It was apparent to some from the outset when […]
2021: Which Way Nigeria oooo? By Dakuku Peterside
Legendary highlife and Afrobeat musician, Sunny Okosun in February 1983 sang a prophetic song with the above title. In the music, the Ozzidi master asked: […]
The year 2020: A year like no other, By Dakuku Peterside
The year 2020 was supposed to be a great year. It was another Leap Year – the famed Olympic Games year when thousands of athletes […]
Leadership and the burden of insecurity, By Dakuku Peterside
•Kankara schoolboys Insecurity has challenged Nigeria, her economic development and leadership like never seen in the recent history of the country apart from the civil […]
Nda-Isaiah: Tribute to a man of ideas, By Dakuku Peterside
•Sam Nda-Isaiah It was with great shock that I received the news of the passing on of Samuel Ndanusa Isaiah, commonly known as Sam Nda-Isaiah. To most people, Nda-Isaiah […]