Monday Column

Monday Column

Like Bush/Gore, like Adams/Obaseki

Events unfolding on the national political scene last week reminded me of the presidential election imbroglio in the United States in 2000AD, when top

Fire from Borno to Sokoto

When and how did Northern Nigeria become the Ground Zero of insecurity in Nigeria, playground for insurgents, kidnappers, cattle rustlers, bandits, ar

To castrate or not to castrate

One pandemic is yet to reach its peak but another epidemic is already knocking at the door. At the weekend, there were many stories in Nigerian newspa

Musings of a governor

Today, we peer into the mind of a fictional Nigerian second term governor as he marks five years in office. When my Commissioner for Information and m

Six weeks out of action

I have been out of the column writing action for six weeks now, to the chagrin of some readers, many of whom called to find out why. But there were ma