Saturday Column

Saturday Column

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

GUNS MAKE THEM BOLD; DRUGS MAKE THEM RECKLESS

Though many commentators may this week be discussing THE SIEGE ON THE CAPITOL as an existential threat to US and ‘international’ democracy, this Colum

2020: I REMEMBER A YEAR…

In my half-a-century-plus sojourn on this earth, I have never seen a year like 2020 – may a similar one never be repeated and may Allah protect us aga

ADIEU, SHEIKH AHMED LEMU

We woke up Thursday with this grim announcement from Brother Nuruddeen Lemu: “Inna lillahi wa inna layhi raji’un. It is with sadness and reverence to