Yahoo plus: The ubiquitous new social disorder, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
A tragedy of monumental proportion, with far reaching domino effects, has hit us as a people. To be sure, 419, internet fraud, cybercrime, advance free […]
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Re:The return of authoritarian rule in Africa,By Zainab Suleiman Okino
I had course to read your article in The Premium Times online with the above title. I appreciate your analysis but disagreed with your recommendation […]
Rotational presidency: Here comes another merry-go round
By Zainab Suleiman Okino In 2007 and 2011, Nigeria was practically on the edge of the precipice, due to intense wrangling over zoning of the […]
Mass exodus of doctors and Nigeria’s health sector crisis, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
The viral video of a recruitment exercise for the employment of Nigerian doctors to work in Saudi Arabia at the peak of Nigeria’s health crisis […]
South Africa, so unlike Nigeria, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
A few weeks ago, South Africa was in turmoil, having witnessed a reenactment of violent uprisings reminiscent of its ugly past, the apartheid era and […]
On being angry with the state and INEC, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
Let’s get it right from the start. Nigeria has been a huge disappointment to her citizens, and no one (not even those in the corridors […]
Southern governors’ balance of terror, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
Ever since the Southern Nigerian Governors’ Forum called on the federal government to convene a national dialogue and ban open grazing in the South, the […]
Matawalle’s political gamble, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
Barring any last minute change of mind, the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will soon join the ruling […]
2023: Between a nation’s survival and politicians’ lust after power, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
A few days ago, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu’s birthday was marked with a colloquium in the ancient city and most populous (this is debatable) state in […]
Understanding Buhari’s social intervention programmes
By Zainab Suleiman Okino Around 2016 or thereabout, our paths crossed. We met in the house of Muhammed Idris Malagi, the Chairman of Blueprint Newspaper […]
Sam Nda-Isaiah: The Friday appointment that never was, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
Death does not diminish its strangeness any time it comes knocking at our door. So was Sam Nda-Isaiah’s, simply known as Sam or chairman. The […]
Re: Aregbeshola: A Godfather’s Excesses
My last week’s column, Aregbesola: A Godfather’s Excesses, focused on the apparent supremacy battle between Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State and his predecessor, Ogbeni […]
The Speechless Tongue of the North, By Ismail Misbahu
As the saying goes “the fool speaks, the wise man listens.” Does it mean that those who have the monopoly of the media, and […]
Misplaced euphoria over America’s ‘flawed’ election, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
In about five days or so that Americans held the world on edge and apprehension over their presidential election, Nigerians had a field […]
The toxicity of Edo politics, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
The way issues are unraveling concerning the September gubernatorial election in Edo state, majority of people, who are least talked about may rise up one […]
Electoral reforms: Avoiding the pitfalls of the past
By Zainab Suleiman Okino Since 2010, there has not been any major amendment to the Electoral Act in Nigeria , not for lack of trying. High-wire political rivalry, […]
Ajanah and coronavirus questions for Kogi state government, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
Five days before Justice Nasir Ajanah, the late Chief Judge of Kogi state passed on, I had a chat with someone who hinted to his […]
The missing gap in Pantami-Dabiri feud, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
The battle for supremacy, clash of interest, in-fighting, and inter-agency rivalry which have characterised the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari since inception is yet to […]
The burden of public office, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
There is a trust deficit between the governed and government, and by extension, public office holders. Holding public office can make the holder very unpopular, and hated […]
COVID-19: Unseen enemy in the war without weapons, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
Apart from the recent outbreaks of H1N1 swine epidemic of 2009 to 2010, West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2015 and Zika virus (South America and Central America) […]
Exploring counter-narrative strategy in counter insurgency operation in Nigeria
By Zainab Suleiman-Okino Nothing can be as demoralizing and energy-sapping like an endless war. When a conflict rages for too long, soldiers on the front line become war-weary. The […]
The way the cookies crumble, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com The latest scandal in President Buhari’s crumbling governance structure is the open squabble over schedule of duties between the National Security Adviser, Mohammed […]
Amotekun: A “child” of controversy is born, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Although controversies still trail the South-west security initiative, Operation Amotekun in the aftermath of its launch last week, there seems to be a […]
The Oshiomhole saga and APC survival, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Six years after a successful merger of four political parties—ACN, ANPP, CPC and a faction of APGA, to form the ruling APC; two […]
Masari, Zulum: Tackling a problem from its roots, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Since the Boko Haram insurgency appeared on the scene in 2009, tens of thousands of lives of the civil populace and military personnel have […]