Essays

Is it the same thing to be against Brexit as to be against the breakup of Nigeria? Yes, but…

Not atheism but secularism working with ecumenism is the issue – interlocutors please take note! [For Tai-Solarin and Chike Obi, heroic secularist forerunners]

‘True Federalism’ as Panacea

I went to church today and tremendously enjoyed the service, would you believe it

Walter Rodney and 2020 Africa

And why are we so blessed-the uneasy mix of grace and truth in friendship (For Femi Osofisan at 70)

The Buhari administration has issued its ‘minimum program’; we, the people, must now issue ours

When “Hear Word! (Naija Woman Talk True)” came to Harvard – finally

Democracy without Parties

Deregulation – in a fantastically deregulated economy that is neither pro-labour nor pro-business

Socialism and its tangled archives of victories and defeats: for Edwin Madunagu @ 70

Onumah triggers discourse on federalism

Neoliberalism at home and abroad in the world: a postscript

Whatever Happened to Planning?

Megabanks, megachurches, mega-looters: neoliberalism at home and abroad in the world (3) [Random thoughts and notes]

The Urgency of Security Question

Counting Votes or Counting Bodies

What Buhari Can Borrow From Lula

The Buhari Social Agenda

Buhari’s ”mission accomplished” embarrassment: some hard, bitter lessons ahead?

The Takeaway from Paris 2015

Memories of Bala Chima at a time like this

Between social-cannibalistic injustice and foundational justice: open letters to the President of the NBA and the AGF

Before Oshiomhole is crucified….