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Monday Column

Column • July 27, 2020 05:31

Memorable takes from Shinkafi Summit

A webinar is a little short of the real thing. It has more gadgets than people assembled in a conference room but with many hundreds more hooked in th

Column • July 20, 2020 00:24

Which tactic is there left to try?

Every now and then, an important item in the news tends to remind me of something. When Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said last Tuesday that this count

Column • July 13, 2020 04:30

Loyal friend for 35 years

I cannot remember exactly when and where I first saw Barrister Inuwa Abdulkadir, Magatakarda Babba of Sokoto, Chairman of NAFDAC, Pro-Chancellor of So

Column • July 6, 2020 00:55

Hushdogs and hushpuppies

First, some attempted definitions. A hushdog is a training collar worn on a dog’s neck, which effectively controls barking using gentle vibration and

Column • June 29, 2020 04:47

Not out of the question

In this business of column writing, a small news item sometimes triggers an avalanche of thought. At the weekend I saw a small story in the Nigerian o