Column No. 6

A weekly column by Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, which touches on general issues

Column No.6: If Eedris Abdulkareem opens his mouth…

Eedris Abdulkareem may not be too well-known to Gen Z, but he’s a folk hero of sorts for conscious Nigerians, especially those who love good music tha

Column No.6: Food prices, and other Nigerian horror stories

Like most of you reading this, I have been suffering the affliction called Nigeria for a long time. Do not get me wrong: I love my country with all my

No method to Nigeria’s ‘madness’

For Nigerians, it’s still generally OK to call a mentally-ill person a ‘madman’ or even ‘mad woman’. But don’t be quick to condemn, given our position

Why we need to rename our ‘bandits’

In the news, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did quite a presidential thing, as he “condemned the tragic circumstances leading to the death of Alhaji Isa

A few letters on what the protests were, and weren’t

As has become custom whenever I write on a controversial topic, I received a torrent of messages. A reader even called me, despite the fact that it sa