Monday Column

Monday Column

President Attahiru Jega?

Hardly anyone has thought seriously about this opening question in this election so far, and just maybe, not even the man himself. And yet, for a numb

From the outside looking in

By December 17 this year, President Muhammadu Buhari would be 80 years old. He would still have a few months left of his second and final term as Nige

President Yemi Osinbajo?

Of all the leading contenders for president of Nigeria this election cycle, hardly any will be more difficult to assess than Vice President Yemi Osinb

Like PDP, unlike APC?

In a paraphrase of the old Hausa adage, let us say that there is no bad government but bad opposition. The APC government is in a deeper crisis than t

Africa in a troubled world

Ideas are liberating. They are liberating not only because they tend to endure for much longer than humans, which they do, but also because some ideas