Politics & Security
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria
Although it is dangerous to entertain doubts towards the threat of COVID-19, Nigerians may have justifiable reasons to be sceptical about the government’s approach. Read More...
Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions Nigeria’s Vision 2020—How far?
The target year, 2020, is here and it is worth asking how much of Vision 2020 has been actualized. How have Nigeria’s development indicators compared with those of advanced countries, the first 20 of which Nigeria had aspired to join by 2020? Read More...
The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem
After 60 years of independence, Nigeria has failed to establish significant political leverage on the global scene and is not the African superpower many tout it to be. Read More...
The Roots of Violence Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis
As Anglophones became increasingly associated with the opposition, the discrimination they faced as a linguistic minority intensified over the ensuing decades. Read More...
Moving Beyond Semantics Examining the ‘Biafran Genocide’ Claim
Having accomplished a plethora of historical firsts, observations from the Nigeria-Biafra conflict can act as important references to better understand the evolving dynamics of warfare. Read More...
Beyond the War Nigeria’s Approach to Deradicalizing Ex-Boko Haram Combatants
OPSC will live beyond the war being waged against Boko Haram. But such a programme to reintegrate former insurgents must also acknowledge the victims and communities most affected by the insurgency. Read More...
The Right to Dissent Citizen Freedoms and Nigeria's Story of Permanent Unease
What are the permissible boundaries for intelligence and policing actors in a democracy? And who defines the limit of freedom of expression in a democracy? Read More...
A Disaster Waiting to Happen? Nigeria’s Unchecked Population Growth
A nation’s wealth are its people; but only if they are productively harnessed and provided with the sufficient tools and necessities of life. Read More...
Poet in the Time of Buhari Nigeria at 59
The country is burning, both in dream and in wakefulness. To which part of the flames must he, the firefighter, turn his hose? Read More...
Phobia or Scapegoatism? The Nigerianization of Crimes in South Africa
The rivalry between South Africa and Nigeria has affected the relationship between citizens of both countries to such an extent that they see themselves as being in a perpetual competition. Read More...
