by Moses Ochonu Here’s what’s on my mind this morning. Buharists are always asking us to applaud the president for every little tokenist and symbolic gesture even when such a gesture is late, ineffectual, and compelled by public pressure. It’s a form of emotional blackmail of course, but no matter. Because of its track record... Read More

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July 17, 2017

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Moses Ochonu: Atiku’s road to Damascus on restructuring

by Moses Ochonu Atiku is saying all the right things about restructuring and resource allocation, positioning himself as a different kind of northern politician, one that is not afraid to have the difficult conversation about reforming our over-centralized governing and resource allocation formula and the dangerous dependencies and suspicions it has engendered. Atiku is positioning... Read More

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July 8, 2017

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Moses Ochonu: Where are African victims in the emerging working class anti-globalization discourse?

by Moses Ochonu In the aftermath of the last US presidential election, I have been trying to re-understand America, a country that I have adopted as my own. Shocked and humbled by the outcome of the election, and as a lifelong student of the human condition, I’ve been trying to better comprehend the economic and... Read More

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July 4, 2017

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Moses Ochonu: Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim is a hypocrite

Hypoby Moses Ochonu Nigeria has minted some overnight hyper-liberal commentators. In the last two days, they’ve been lecturing us on how the private life of Senator Abba Bukar Ibrahim should remain private; how an intimate transaction between two (or three) adults violates no laws; how the senator’s private actions do not in any way affect... Read More

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June 30, 2017

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Moses Ochonu: Why Nigerian universities need to move into the 21st century quickly

by Moses Ochonu Still on Nigeria’s nineteenth century universities operating rigidly in the twenty first century, here is another depressing instance of how the system’s inflexibility is hurting their financial bottomline, defeating the purpose for which they exist, and shortchanging students and potential students. An interlocutor, a stakeholder in the higher education sector, sent me... Read More

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June 26, 2017

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Moses Ochonu: This simple innovation can help Nigerian universities raise revenue

by Moses Ochonu Such is the rot in Nigerian universities that the system needs deep, disruptive reforms to become compatible with the educational trends and needs of the 21st century. I have identified the problems of Nigerian higher education in many forums, problems ranging from poor teaching and research to a lack of accountability on... Read More

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April 16, 2017

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Moses Ochonu: My favourite Buharist

by Moses Ochonu My favourite Buharist is Maiwada Sanusi. We’ve never met in person but I like him. He sends me occasional private messages on Facebook extolling Buhari and declaring his undying adulation for the president. He tells me to temper my “Buhari bashing,” as he calls it, with an acknowledgement of what he argues... Read More

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April 13, 2017

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Moses Ochonu: Sexual repression in Northern Nigeria – A provocation

(A short excerpt from my recent lecture on Boko Haram at the University of Pittsburgh) by Moses Ochonu Muslim-majority Northern Nigeria houses a sexual economy in which access to sex and the female body, whether mediated by marriage or concubinage, is almost exclusively reserved for older, mostly Western educated, well off men. There is no... Read More

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March 1, 2017

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Moses Ochonu: Buhari and conspiracy theories: Mahmud Jega is right

by Moses Ochonu I study Northern Nigeria for a living. I am a Lugardian Northerner. I grew up in and schooled in Northern Nigeria. I know that conspiracy theories have a high resonance in the region. I know that implausible and sometimes ridiculous alternative explanations and alternative facts circulate in the region to devastating effect.... Read More

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February 20, 2017

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Moses Ochonu: El-Rufai, hypocrisy, and executive Incitement

by Moses Ochonu A couple of my interlocutors have written to say that Audu Maikori deserves to face justice for sending out a false tweet. I have no issue with that. There is a new law in Kaduna against incitement and if he is in violation of it and the state’s prosecutors feel they can... Read More

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November 25, 2016

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Moses Ochonu: Neoliberal globalisation, the white working class and American exceptionalism

by Moses Ochonu Much of the whining about the American working class falling victim to neoliberal globalization is rooted in American exceptionalism. Everyone else has supposedly reaped a windfall from neoliberal free trade. It is a narrative with very little sympathy for, or solidarity with, the victims of globalization around the world – particularly in... Read More

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May 17, 2015

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Opinion: This is what Buhari should do on corruption

by Moses Ochonu Even if Buhari were to move against corruption along the lines of the above suggestions, the real test of his presidency’s anti-corruption stance would be in the way he confronts and manages the corrupt politicians and interests that funded his political ascent. President–elect Muhammadu Buhari is two weeks away from being sworn... Read More

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