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A very sad preface As the inferno of politicized Sharia carelessly lit in a moment of political desperation and hegemonic delinquency spreads to the farthermost corners of northern Nigeria, political

Restructuring and elite conciliation revisited We live in interesting times. The relations of power are being constantly redefined, whether it is physical power, military power, geopolitical power, intellectual power, cultural

Homo erectus is our distinguished ancestor or extinct cousin. Up till about a quarter of a million years ago, the short stocky fellow roamed the North African wilds with impunity

A monstrous political blizzard confronts the entire world in the Middle East. Having blitzed the Iranians into near submission, the American and Israeli coalition is unable to call victory as

So, here we are before darkness closes in on once again on the land of the Shahs.  Persia, or ancient Iran, the empire of oriental splendor, of magnificent plumes and

Last week, Nigerians went to the polls in some key electoral segments of the nation.  The outcome was an emphatic victory for the ruling party, particularly in the Federal Capital

Once again, Nigeria faces a troubling conjuncture with what has been described as a make or mar election around the corner. Many experts and leading political practitioners have averred that

The moment of Murtala Mohammed Last week, Nigerians commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed. It all seemed like yesterday. But it is half a century

It has been unseasonably cold in England.  An icy fog lays a brutal siege on the entire country from Inverness to Portsmouth. The ambience in Birmingham is grey and dreary