Column No. 6

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

Column No.6: Why Kagara’s tragedy is Nigeria’s shame

When news broke of the kidnapping of schoolchildren and others in Kagara, Niger State, I felt my chest tighten. I later thought it strange, as one wou

Column No.6: Another Nigerian look at mental illness

For Nigerians, it’s still generally OK to call a mentally-ill person a ‘madman’ or even ‘mad woman

Column No.6: How to solve a problem like Igboho

Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemi is currently a media darling, or villain du jour, depending on which newspapers or websites you’re reading. All kinds of label

Column No 6: Out of the (in)box once more

This column debuted six months ago. While that’s just half of a year, I still find it worthy of a retrospective look, via readers’ e-mails. As I’ve do

Column No.6: The Milkmaid: When a film does more than it sets out to

Prior to watching ‘The Milkmaid’, I’d only casually read about the film on the internet and the controversy it was stoking, not with the viewing publi