How Sudan became the factory for violent Jihadism in Africa

In the 1990s, one state did what most jihadist movements could only dream of: it gave them a capital city.

Sep 30 • Geopolitics with Oladimeji

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The Death of Ja'afar Mahmud Adam and the Rise of Boko Haram

Northern Nigeria's most credible warning against extremism was silenced at dawn prayer and the men who killed him were still, at the time, barely a…

Sep 26 • Geopolitics with Oladimeji

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How Abubakar Gumi Brought Wahhabism and Political Islamism into Nigeria

Long before Boko Haram or any of the militant movements that have since convulsed northern Nigeria, there was Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, a…

Sep 21 • Geopolitics with Oladimeji

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Why Yemen Will Never Be One Country

The deep history of a land that has never been a single polity, the Saudi compulsion to control it, and the Iranian hand now closing on the Red Sea…

Sep 19 • Geopolitics with Oladimeji

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Fault Lines: Terror in Northern Nigeria and the Fight for West Africa's Center

Terror in Northern Nigeria isn't a northern problem. It's a West African one and the region is running out of time to treat it that way.

Sep 14 • Geopolitics with Oladimeji

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RUGA: Inside The Policy That Nigerians Called a “Fulanization” Agenda

How a cattle settlement plan detonated in five weeks, and why millions of Nigeria still don’t believe it was ever really about cattle’s.

Sep 12 • Geopolitics with Oladimeji

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Turan Rising: How Turkey Built a Sphere of Influence Between Central Asia and the Middle East

Ankara has a map it likes to show off. It stretches from the Bosphorus to the Altai mountains, threading through Baku, Ashgabat, Tashkent, Bishkek, and…

Sep 7 • Geopolitics with Oladimeji

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What is the Future for Nigeria’s Middle Belt Minorities? Three Roads Through the Storm.

A look at the ethnic minorities of Nigeria’s Middle Belt, who they are, what they’re facing, and where the next decade might take them.

Sep 3 • Geopolitics with Oladimeji

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August 2026

How the Fall of the USSR Handed Türkiye a Once-in-a-Century Opening

For 70 years, Türkiye sat on the edge of the Soviet Union, a NATO frontline state facing a closed border. Then, in December 1991, that border simply…

Aug 31 • Geopolitics with Oladimeji

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Pax Yorubana

The Case for a Civilization Without an Empire

Aug 24 • Geopolitics with Oladimeji

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March 2026

The Yorùbá Nation - the Emerging Hegemon of West Africa Coast

Association of Gulf of Guinea Nations: Strategic Imperatives for Regional Stability and Hegemonic Leadership in West Africa.

Mar 14 • Adejumo David Adebayo

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February 2026

The Interrupted Peace: From Colonial Consolidation to the Resurgence of Precolonial Conflicts

Since 1893, the Yorùbá World has experienced relative peace, but the peace may be over in 2023, marking 130 years.

Feb 17 • Adejumo David Adebayo

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