Essays and Commentary
2025
- The Tragedy of an Evil Genius: Review of Ibrahim Babangida's 'A Journey In Service' (The Republic)
- The African Union Is Giving Djibouti’s Diplomatic Model a Try (World Politics Review)
- Can Nigeria's Centre Hold? A Look at Recently Created Regional Commissions (The Republic)
- 2025 Will Be a Year of Change for Africa’s Continental Leadership (World Politics Review)
2024
- Ghana's Democracy Is Not the Outlier It Is Made Out to Be (World Politics Review)
- Ondo 2024 Governorship Election and the Hallmarks of a Recessive Democracy (The Republic)
- Mr Tijani Goes to Abuja (TechCabal)
- What Really Shaped the 2024 Edo Governorship Election? (The Republic)
- Nigeria Is Coming Apart at the Seams (World Politics Review)
- Is Nigeria Better Served with Parliamentary Governance? (The Republic)
- The Niger-Benin Rift Spells More Trouble for West Africa (World Politics Review)
- The Saga of the Kano Emirate (The Republic) - Winner of The Republic's Best Politics Essay 2024
- So far so disappointing: Tinubu's first year (The Continent)
- What has President Tinubu achieved in his first year in office? (Democracy in Africa)
- Mali's Military Misadventure (CDD Blog)
- Geopolitical Competition is Reshaping West Africa (World Politics Review)
- Togo's Constitutional Crisis (CDD Blog)
- What Next for President Faye? (CDD Blog)
- Alliance of Sahel States (AES): Yet Another Regional Bloc in West Africa (CDD Blog)
- Credible elections are needed to avert future coups (with Jumo Ayandele) (Africa@LSE Blog)
- Senegal: A Model Democracy in Crisis (CDD Blog)
- Nigeria’s elephants in the room (Africa Is A Country)
- Three major lessons from a year of elections in Nigeria (Democracy in Africa)
- The African Cup of Migrations (Foreign Policy)
- On Eagle’s Wings (AFCON 2024 coverage) (Africa Is A Country)
- ECOWAS’ Setbacks Reflect Nigeria’s Waning Regional Influence (World Politics Review)
- Analysis: Is Ivory Coast’s AFCON the latest African ‘sportswashing’ case? (Al Jazeera)
- A Region in Uncertainty: 2024 in West Africa (CDD Blog)
2023
- Identity, personality and bias (The Continent)
- The politics of hosting AFCON (Africa Is A Country)
- Liberia welcomes a familiar face (CDD Blog)
- The next coup: Coming to a state near you? (The Continent)
- There is no youth monolith (Africa Is A Country)
- Rounding off a Year of Elections - Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi go to the polls (CDD Blog)
- Is the next coup coming to an African state near you? (Democracy in Africa)
- Coups Are Exposing the Shortcomings of Africa’s Regional Organizations (World Politics Review)
- Too Big to Fail? Evaluating the Tinubu Cabinet (CDD Blog)
- Tinubu’s cabinet nominees: Renewed hope or recycled tropes? (African Arguments)
- Will Nigeria Reclaim Its Role as a Regional Power? (Foreign Policy)
- Niger Coup d’état - A Test for West African Democracy (CDD Blog)
- Uncertain Future for Sierra Leone's Democracy (CDD Blog)
- Victorious (Individualism in Sports and Politics (Africa Is A Country)
- Is the Party Over in Nigeria? Personality rules in a country where political parties were once kingmakers (Foreign Policy)
- Nigeria’s political evolution? Reflections on the 2023 elections (CDD Blog)
- Can Nigerians be optimistic about the future? (Stears)
- Could Adamawa elect Nigeria’s first female governor? (Premium Times)
- The United States of Nigeria: How Feasible Is Restructuring in the Aftermath of Recent Constitutional Amendments? (The Republic)
- The God(win) of Small Things: The Challenge in Finding Apolitical Central Banker in a Partisan Landscape (The Republic)
- Analysis: 2023: Nigeria’s most consequential year since 1999 (Premium Times)
- Big Brother as a Window Into Nigerian Politics: Why Do We Respond to Reality TV and our Elections so Differently? (The Republic)
- 2023 Polls: How Winners Emerge (The Explainer)
2022
- Analysis: Why Nigerians shouldn't focus on presidential elections alone (Premium Times)
- Life Imitates Ball: Geopolitics, Qatar and the FIFA World Cup (The Republic)
- Analysis: Nigerians are dissatisfied with democracy. This is how to solve the problem (Premium Times)
- Analysis: The international implications of Nigeria’s 2023 elections (Premium Times)
- Towards 2023 Elections: Uncertainty as campaigns begin in Nigeria (Premium Times)
- A Decision for Nigeria: The 2023 Elections (Democracy Paradox)
- The Inevitability of Bola Ahmed Tinubu: The Unsurprising Candidacy of APC’s Presidential Nominee (The Republic)
- The Game Before The Game: The Ekiti and Osun Gubernatorial Elections in Nigeria (Democracy in Africa)
- In the Mould of Aminu Kano: Rabiu Kwankwaso and the Kwankwassiya Movement in Kano (The Republic)
- Nigeria's New Kingmakers (Democracy in Africa)
- More than a pastime (Africa Is A Country)
- How do you solve a problem like the NTA? (Culture Custodian)
- A Heartbeat of An Election Away: What Will 2023 Mean for Yemi Osinbajo? (The Republic)
- The Obasanjo Doctrine: The Importance of Foreign Policy in Present-Day Nigeria (The Republic)
- The Dilemma of a Ruling Party: The Challenges Ahead of APC’s Quest to Retain Power (The Republic)
2021
- From Well-Worn Fatigues to Well-Tailored Suits - Review of Joseph Garba’s ‘Diplomatic Soldiering’ (The Republic)
- What well-trodden routes to power tell us about Nigerian politics (African Arguments)
- Assault on Nigerian diplomat in Indonesia : Call for action (Punch Newspaper)
2020
- The state vs federal debate for policing in Nigeria (Stears)
- Measuring Crowns for New Nigeria (Culture Custodian)
- On Awards, Nollywood and Our Heritage of Storytelling (Culture Custodian)
2019
- Don’t blame INEC: It is designed to fail (Stears)
- Governance is not Politics (Stears)
2018
- Are Nigerian Political Parties bad for our Democracy? (Stears)
- The 37th Governor (Stears)
2017
- Mayor of the F.C.T.? (Stears)
- Nigerian Presidential Succession: Who Comes Next? (Stears)