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Thugs Disrupt Peaceful #BringBackOurGirls Protest
It has been over a month since the abduction of over 200 school girls from a secondary school in Chibok Borno state in Northern Nigeria. Since that time, protests have erupted in several cities across...
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‘Who Speaks for the North? Politics and Influence in Northern Nigeria’ by...
The late Emir of Kano Dr. Ado Bayero, with English Prince Charles. Photo Credit: BBC News The Royal Institute of International Affairs, aka Chatham House, recently released a report on northern...
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Maryam Writes About Her Experience at Obama’s Fellowship for Young African...
Photo credit: U.S. Embassy Nigeria Maryam Shehu Mohammed is one of the 500 young leaders selected from around Africa, to participate in President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative in the U.S....
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#BringBackOurGirls Coordinator, Hadiza Bala Usman, Speaks at the UN
One of the Founders, and a Coordinator of the #BringBackOurGirls movement in Nigeria, Hadiza Bala Usman, spoke at the United Nations Headquarters in New York about the movement and the Chibok girls....
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Speaking at ARI Event on Urban Violence in Africa
On Wednesday 08 October, I will be participating in a panel discussing Urban Violence in Africa. This is an event organised by the Africa Research Institute, a think-tank in London. Specifically, I...
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‘What Does Boko Haram Want?’ ~ Insights from Ahmad Salkida
Ahmad Salkida, Nigerian journalist with access to the leadership of Jama’atul Ahlus Sunna Liddawati Wal Jihad or Boko Haram, gives rare insights into the group’s ideology, modus operandi and gives his...
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Appeal Fund & Collection Drive for IDPs from North-East Nigeria
A consortium of local NGOs in Nigeria is launching an appeal fund to support the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-East. According to the UN (as indicated in the flyer below) about...
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VIDEO: My Presentation on Politics and the Boko Haram Insurgency at ARI London
The video of my talk on the fragmentation of political cohesion and the ‘Boko Haram’ insurgency at the Africa Research Institute (ARI) London, in October this year, is out. It is 21 minutes long....
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BBC Focus on Africa Commentary on Recent Boko Haram Attacks
Earlier today, I was invited to the BBC Headquarters in London, for a brief chat on the recent attacks and massacres in Baga by Boko Haram in Nigeria, and the government’s response to it. It was aired...
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Aliko Dangote to Discuss ‘Doing Business in Africa’ in Oxford
The University of Oxford is hosting Aliko Dangote, the world’s richest black man and Africa’s most well-known industrialist tomorrow, 16 February 2016. In particular, the Oxford University Africa...
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