Africa in the New Global Order: Playing the Recolonization Victim Card Is a Losing Strategy
Assertions that the West is preparing to recolonize Africa distract from real geopolitical threats. In a world defined by great-power competition, Africa’s future depends not on victimhood, but on strategic confidence, value addition, and collective leverage.
Opposition’s Hyper-Hysteria over E-Transmission: A Case of the Boy Who Cries Wolf
By Wale Alonge Even before a single vote has been cast, Nigeria’s opposition has already declared the 2027 elections rigged and democracy murdered. Their hyper-hysteria over the e-transmission provisions of the newly enacted Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal & Re-enactment) Amendment Bill 2026 has reached such absurd heights that one would not be surprised if election […]
U.S. Military Strike in Nigeria: A Blow to National Pride and a Projection of Weakness
A U.S. military strike on Nigerian soil has ignited serious questions about sovereignty, national pride, and security leadership. Beyond counterterrorism claims, the incident exposes troubling vulnerabilities in Nigeria’s control of its airspace and territorial integrity.
Winning the Reform Battle, Losing the Street?
“Nigeria’s problem is no longer the absence of reform ideas, but the collapse of trust between the state and its citizens. In such an environment, even technically sound policies can quickly become political liabilities.”
Brains, Not Bullets: How Nigeria Can Defeat Terrorism, Banditry and Extremism
When there is crisis and chaos in the jungle and the lion, the king of the forest, is under distress, even the snail, in its slow motion, proclaims itself the king of horned animals. So it is with Nigeria’s current crisis of insecurity. Every Dick, Tom, and Harry has suddenly become a security expert, diagnosing […]
The Misuse of “Genocide” in Nigeria’s Public Discourse
Contextualizing The Horrific Killings in Nigeria Within The International Convention Against Genocide By Wale Alonge Since President Donald Trump’s 2020 threat to “invade Nigeria” to stop what he called “the targeted genocide of Nigerian Christians by Muslims,” the term genocide has gained sudden, viral currency across Nigerian social media. It is now used casually, cavalierly, […]
Fear Is the Enemy: Nigerians Must Resist 2027’s Weaponized Terror Politics
By Wale Alonge Administration after administration, the Nigerian state has failed in its most basic responsibility: guaranteeing the safety and security of its citizens. Ordinary Nigerians live in perpetual fear, often petrified to leave their homes after dawn. Let’s accept this as the backdrop before the usual critics start targeting the messenger. As the 2027 […]
Trump’s Threat of Military Attack: Tinubu Should Not Kiss the Ring
By Wale Alonge Here is my take on President Trump’s recent bombastic threat of military action against Nigeria — supposedly to stop alleged targeted killings of Christians, a narrative that is largely unsubstantiated. There is little doubt that Trump, from intelligence briefings, knows the claim that Nigeria is complicit or inactive in these killings is […]
The ShopRite empty shelves video: a critical economic analysis
By Wale Alonge Executive SummaryThis paper critically examines the viral video of empty shelves in a ShopRite outlet in Abuja, which has been used to portray the Tinubu administration as a failure. While the imagery is powerful, it is also misleading. The reality is more complex: Nigeria is undergoing painful but necessary structural reforms. The […]
A Tribute to Professor Tunde Adeniran at 80: A Life of Scholarship, Integrity, Service, and Stewardship
By Wale Alonge It is indeed the honor and privilege of my life to write this tribute in celebration of a great man: a public servant in the best tradition of the word, an elder statesman, an academic of unparalleled brilliance, a servant in the Lord’s vineyard, a patriot, and above all, the true epitome […]