Eniola Bello, Managing Director of THISDAY Newspaper, will present his two-volume book, SHADOWS: Protest Essays on Africa’s Most Consequential Country (1999–2023), at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, on July 23, 2026.
The book presentation will feature a keynote address titled “Strengthening Electoral Institutions: Pathways to Free, Fair, and Peaceful Elections in 2027,” to be delivered by Prof. Joash Amupitan, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Spanning over 900 pages, SHADOWS is a collection of selected essays critiquing Nigeria’s search for purpose during the first 25 years of the Fourth Republic.
In the book, Bello, who is also known by the moniker EniB, offers a rigorous, episodic narration of Nigeria’s democratic journey over the last quarter-century, chronicling the country’s “democracy in action” — including the critical institutional issues, policy triumphs, and systemic challenges that have shaped its contemporary history.
In the book, he reflects deeply on the complex socio-political dynamics, expectations, and milestones of that period.
