Wike and the Abuja Master Plan, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman Last week, I wrote about the danger of Abuja gradually drifting towards the urban failures...
Before Wike Turns Abuja City to Jakarta, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman There is something deeply unsettling about watching Abuja, a city conceived as one of...
Obasanjo, Atiku and the Burden of Broken Trust, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman In politics, alliances are often built on interests, sustained by necessity and destroyed...
Tinubu Takes the Bull by the Horns on Insecurity, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of a major restructuring of the Nigerian...
Nigeria’s Democracy and the Aluta Continua, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman On June 12 every year, Nigerians are invited to celebrate democracy, reflect on the nation’s...
Owo Verdict and the Death Warrant Question, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman On June 3, 2026, Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, delivered...
On the Killing of ISIS Second-in-Command in Nigeria, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman For years, the global war against terrorism was framed largely through the lens...
Understanding South Africa’s Xenophobic Violence (II), by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman Early this month, the argument was made that xenophobic violence in South Africa is not...
Is Nasir El-Rufai on the Peril? By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman There is something almost Shakespearean about the current phase of Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai’s political journey....
The Electoral Act and the Crisis of Electoral Confidence, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman Nigeria’s electoral laws have always mirrored the country’s uneasy relationship with democracy...
Examining Nigeria’s Health System and Preventable Deaths, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman My last week’s column, ‘The Agony of a Columnist,’ was written from a place...
Nigeria Banditry is once again trapped in a familiar and dangerous cycle: confronting a grave national security threat through emotionally charged narratives, partisan framings, and poorly...
