Line of Sight

Line of Sight

A week of the collapsing school and LG autonomy

The earth shifted last week, and 20 promising lives were lost. By now, a lot has been said about the tragic school building collapse in Jos last week

A new song in Zamfara?

This week, there has naturally been a lot of furore about Daily Trust’s reportage on the Samoa Agreement and its alleged attempt to legitimise the LGB

The Koton-Karfe royal rumble, kings and Nigeria’s democratic culture

For about a century now, Nigeria has faced a conundrum: What does it do with its traditional institution? Yet, a little over a century ago, that quest

Raising the next generation of Nigerian writers for national unity

“The only way to draw a nation’s diverse peoples together is through rewriting history, diminishing if not effacing ethnic differences, replacing them

Return to regionalism, old anthem and new nostalgia

There seems to be a wave of nostalgia sweeping across the country. Not all of it, just in the corridors of power. Following the recent reversion to th