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Insecticide and deodorant

This Republic has been bereft of memorable phrases until last Tuesday when Senator Shehu Sani [APC, Kaduna Central] said the Buhari administration spr

Did we loot The Gambia for Yahya Jammeh?

  Finally, last weekend, Africa was saved another political and humanitarian mess when President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia agreed to surrender t

ON THE PLIGHT OF PENSIONERS!

As a counterpart to last week’s article on President Trump, I had intended this week to write on the exit of Obama (especially, despite his enor

Clearing Babachir Lawal or self-indictment

This week, the big story is that President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate in response to the lawmakers’ indictment of the Secretary

Nigeria: Swagger, conceit and reality check

This piece was inspired by the transcript of a speech given by Princeton Nathan Lyman, former US Ambassador to Nigeria (1986-89) and South Africa (199