Immunity Clause: To Go Or Not To Go
Ever since the return of Nigeria to democratic rule in 1999, one of the most hotly debated issues has been the existence of an immunity clause in the constitution, and[…]
Author: Mark Amaza
The Unending State Police Debate – Mark Amaza
For many years, the debate on whether or not Nigeria needs to reform its police system from a unitary one to a federal one, which will allow the states to[…]
How many more states are needed? – Mark Amaza
One of the most crucial aspects of the on-going review of the 1999 Constitution is the demand for the formation of new states out of the current 36. As at[…]
Negotiating Terrorism and Nigeria’s Democracy – Mark Amaza
A few days ago, an alleged spokesperson of the Boko Haram terrorist sect contacted journalists and announced the willingness of the sect to dialogue. He went further to lay down[…]
In Nigeria, We Die Cheap – Mark Amaza
Ugochukwu Ozuah was just fresh from honeymoon with his bride over the weekend. Five days after his wedding, he was seeing off a friend who had come to pay the[…]
Not A Way To Fly – Mark Amaza
One of the most commonly seen descriptions of Nigeria is ‘a country with very poor or almost inexistent infrastructure’. These words are neither an exaggeration nor a fallacy. We are[…]
Boko Haram: Lessons for the North – Mark Amaza
It is no longer news that Northern Nigeria has been and continues to be ravaged by terrorism and, to a large extent anarchy in many parts. The Boko Haram terrorist[…]
A disastrous scarcity mindset – Mark Amaza
The previous week, I came across this blog post discussing a report published by the United States Institute of Peace on Nigeria’s seemingly endless indigene-settler conflicts. The report gave numerous[…]
Can a Dialogue Ever Happen? – Mark Amaza
In February of this year, I wrote an article on this site about whether the idea of negotiating with the Boko Haram terrorist group was one that should be supported[…]
A Ban to Improve Education – Mark Amaza
About a month ago, I came across this interview by the senator representing Kano Central, Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed. In the interview, he justified his introduction of a bill that seeks to[…]