Monday Column

Monday Column

Governor Bago’s burden

It has been a year since the governor of Niger State, Alhaji Mohammed Umar Bago, assumed office. I don’t know to what extent the governor is aware of

Cultural independence, seriously

In the 1950s, the late pan-Africanist and Ghanaian president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, had a brilliant, even revolutionary, idea for Africa which he phrased

Tinubu in Kano

Any observer of Nigerian affairs over the past week would struggle to decide which of the two is more vexing: the government’s completely unnecessary

Engaging World Bank, IMF again

Nigerian public commentators generally speak of the World Bank and the International monetary fund (IMF) flippantly and simplistically as “enemies of

Destroy This Temple

If you have ever used a Nigerian road, you are familiar with the experience of the motor vehicle breakdown requiring the intervention of a mechanic.