Monday Column

Monday Column

Of terror and development in Northern Nigeria

Everything has a cost. And the reign of terror that has gripped most parts of northern Nigeria over the past decade or so has its costs too. Not often

Lekki Panel Report as ‘institutional’ fake news in the age of post-truth

Last week, the federal government, through the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described the report of the Lagos State Judic

So, what is Nigeria?

Following my introductory piece on Nigeria’s biggest problems penultimate Monday, the elder statesman, Alhaji Mukhtar Gidado, called me from Kano for

NMMA Awards: Nigeria’s Pulitzer prizes?

When Joseph Pulitzer conceived the now famous awards of the same name in 1904, he wanted the original four prizes in journalism to represent, variousl

What are Nigeria’s problems?

What are the three biggest problems that Nigeria faces? What is the single biggest problem of the country? Which are the most pressing problems that a