Opinion: General Christopher Musa’s Epiphany: From Negotiation to the “Iron Wall” Strategy

EditorJanuary 17, 202608 mins

General Musa By Erasmus Ikhide For years, the Nigerian security discourse has been a pendulum swinging between the soft touch of “appeasement” and the hard edge of “annihilation.” As the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, takes the mantle, we are witnessing a profound and necessary ideological pivot. The man who once, in his…

Opinion: Peter Obi and the strategic messiness of real reform

EditorJuly 6, 2025017 mins

By Paul Okolo In Nigeria’s turbulent journey towards nationhood, the pursuit of power is rarely gentle. It is a contest of vision, grit, and, more often than not, grim necessity. Let us speak the truth without any softening proverb: nation-building is not a walk in the park. It is a prolonged tug-of-war between lofty ideals…