As Ilorin Sets the Pace Again, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman When history is written about the evolution of Islamic leadership in Nigeria, the city of...
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...
Code Noir: The Law That Turned Black Humanity Into Property, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman History is often remembered through wars, revolutions, speeches and monuments. Yet...
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...
NDC As A New Bride, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman In Nigerian politics, new parties arrive the way comets appear in troubled skies. They appear suddenly,...
ADC and Its House of Confusion, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman In the space of a few days, the African Democratic Congress, ADC has managed to...
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...
Atiku, Why Again? By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman In Nigerian politics, ambition is not unusual. Neither is persistence. But when a politician has been on the...
What Are Our Universities Producing? By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman There was a time in Nigeria when education was not merely a pathway to employment but...
Understanding South Africa’s Xenophobic Violence, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman There is a tendency to explain xenophobic violence in South Africa as a spontaneous eruption of...
The War Beneath the War, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman When the rivalry involving the United States, Israel and Iran is discussed in newspapers or on...
The United States, Israel and the Iran Question, by Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman In the theatre of West Asian geopolitics, few rivalries have proved as enduring,...
Savannah Shield and the Security Recalibration of Kwara State By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman On Thursday, 19 February 2026, at the historic Sobi Barracks in...
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....
