Fatherism Must End
At a time when the national debate hangs on the gloomy issues of Fulani herdsmen, kidnapping and banditry, it is encouraging to hear an informed person selling a magic bullet.…
At a time when the national debate hangs on the gloomy issues of Fulani herdsmen, kidnapping and banditry, it is encouraging to hear an informed person selling a magic bullet.…
Let’s have a comic diversion today from weightier matters of our national life. Because what I want to discuss can only be comic, if not also idiotic and otiose. Yes,…
If there was any doubt that governors are underworked and overpaid, this week proved it. This is not the old, familiar sitting governor vs godfather nasty fight. It’s a brawl…
Since the shameful drama witnessed at Dr. Tosin Ajayi of First Foundation Medical Centre’s burial last week, it’s been so difficult to look the other way. In fact, the story…
Let me give due credit for the idea of this piece. President Muhammadu Buhari had said recently that elites in the country were not giving due accolades to his administration…
As the World Trade Organisation (WTO) formally announced the appointment of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General this week, a Swiss newspaper received her with a disgraceful headline: “This Grandmother…
A warning sign of an earthquake is widely believed to be dogs becoming restless. According to a study, dog owners said they observed strange behaviours from their dogs before the…
Almost everything in our country is accompanied by some sort of furore. You do, you are damned. You don’t do, you are damned. No wonder President Muhammadu Buhari often says…
The fight against terror in Nigeria has been a theatre of the absurd. What began as a tiny spark of itinerant fanatics taking a pledge against western education mutated into…
Let’s go back in time to May 2004, when the lands of Yelwa-Shendam, in Plateau State, had turned crimson. Primitive fury and hatred were unleashed, leading to internecine bloodbath. Hundreds…