Saturday Column

Saturday Column

MURTALA AFTER 45 YEARS – A HERO FOREVER

“Dan Najeriya na gaskiya/Allah Ya jikan Janar Murtala…” so sang Musa Dankwairo in 1976 when General Murtala Ramat Muhammad, Nigeria’s finest lea

STILL ON LEADERSHIP: A MIDTERM REMINDER

Allah says “Fazakkir!” “Remind, as the reminder benefits the believers.” Every four years or so (generally every midterm through a political term), th

RESTRUCTURING: TIME FOR PMB TO CONVENE HIS OWN CONFAB

Earlier this month, this newspaper, the Daily Trust, convened yet another of its highly-celebrated and nationally-acknowledged Annual Dialogue. The ne

BIDEN: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY REMAIN THE SAME

The French say “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” or, loosely, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” This is our take on th

SARDAUNA: 55 years after — the LABOUR OF OUR HEROES PAST…

The line in our National Anthem “The Labour of Our Heroes Past Shall Never Be in Vain” apparently does not refer to “our’ heroes such as Ahmadu Bello