By Silas Mordi Former Nigerian vice president, Atiku Abubakar recently announced his support for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who was arrested on terrorism charges in 2021. He called Kanu’s continued imprisonment an “abuse of power” and an attack on the rule of law. Atiku…
By Ejiroghene Barrett In his address marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary, President Bola Tinubu presented a narrative of a nation at a definitive turning point. The speech was a blend of historical homage and economic report card. It was also a call to national purpose, meticulously crafted to project an image of a government firmly…
By Kwame Osei, The recent ruling by Circuit Court Judge Samuel Bright Acquah denying bail to Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, raises many questions about Ghana’s fragile post-election landscape. On September 12, the Accra Circuit Court remanded the outspoken New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bono Regional Chairman for a second time. The court charged…
By Aliou Cissé The scene is hard to wipe of one’s memory. Five African presidents, from Gabon, Mauritania, Senegal, Liberia, and Guinea-Bissau, sit at a table with Donald Trump in what is supposed to be an important meeting among Heads of State. Trump shrugs off the need to recognise these leaders with a careless hand…
By Ejiroghene Barrett The aspirations for democratic self-governance that once inspired political movements during the colonial and post-colonial periods have been diminished by a crippling Erosion of faith in the principle. The democratic system, which has been consistently celebrated as the cornerstone of a just and inclusive society, has increasingly been strained by its own…
Maada Bio of Sierra Leone (L) and Bassirou D.Faye of Senegal (R) exemplars of the new generation ECOWAS leadership. By Lindsay Barrett As the members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gather on Sunday 22nd June 2025 for a major summit meeting in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, it will not be surprising if a…
Togo’s first elected president, Sylvanus Olympio (L) was ousted in the first military coup I sub-saharan Africa by Military officer, Gnassingbe Eyedema (R) By Ejiroghene Barrett On January 13, 1963, Togo earned global notoriety for the murderous end of its visionary leader. The assassination of the president, Sylvanus Olympio the first post-colonial African president to be ousted…
By Sam Olayemi Lagos, Nigeria, June 9, 2025 The World Bank calls it aid. The Nigerian government calls it necessity. But for the average Nigerian, the latest $1.08 billion loan approved this March feels like another turn of the screw. The country now owes the World Bank more than any other African nation, $17.32 billion…
President Maada Bio (L) in a handshake with Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, on a trip to Bridgetown, Barbados. The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, recently delivered a speech at the Oxford University Africa Society’s annual conference in which he advocated that the narrative of Africa’s social condition…
Dr. Fatima Maada Bio the wife of President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone is widely regarded as one of Africa’s most outspoken first ladies because of her highly vocal stance in support of the interests and demands of underprivileged members of society. Very early in the tenure of office of her husband she indicated…
