Friday Column

Friday Column

Addressing the epidemic of multiplication of government agencies

For longer than Nigerians can remember, successive governments have been making promises of cutting Nigeria’s huge cost of governance in the face of d

Kano’s gov’ship tribunal outcome: Recalling 2019

On Wednesday, the Kano State Governorship Electoral Petition Tribunal sacked Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as governor afte

Wagner: Weaponizing Francafrique for Military Dictatorship

This week, the controversial Wagner Group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, died when his plane was blown off the sky. He was a man of many talents said the

Mustapha Gajibo and the dream of building the Nigerian electric vehicle

After some discussions on the encouraging story of a young entrepreneur on our Barewa Old Boys WhatsApp group, a couple of classmates and I decided to

Africa and the grand return of the military

The coup in Gabon this week is most unlikely to be a regime change. Gen Brice Nguema, the head of the junta is a relation of the Bongo family and star