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Almajiri: Still hanging fire

Old habits, they say, die hard. And those habits with taproots deep in culture and ignorance, like the Almajiri system of imparting the Quranic educat

Recollections as Govt. College Keffi celebrates 70 years

Throughout last week the old boys of Government College, Keffi, and their associates have, at one event or the other, been celebrating the 70th year o

Wanted: 1970s-style think tank

Two years ago, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said at a Daily Trust Dialogue session that problems continue to fester in this country with no solution i

A Nation without a leader

Who leads Nigeria? In nominal terms, President Muhammadu Buhari is, having first been produced in 2015 by a largely-credible election. In practice, ho

Africa and the danger of resource-back loans from China

When I got an email from the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) informing me of a planned press release today (Thursday, February 27 2020) o