Saturday Column

Saturday Column

Column • December 1, 2018 01:27

KILAF: Celebrating The African Language Film

A couple of weeks ago in Kano, the maiden edition of Kano Indigenous Languages Films Market and Festival (KILAF) 2018 took place. It was the first fes

Column • November 24, 2018 01:27

All about Boko Haram

Readers may recall that last week, at the bottom of the Letter from Russia piece, I had announced in that there was going to be an “International Conf

Column • October 27, 2018 01:41

RE-…And You Call This Democracy?

This Friday at his Jumu’a Khutbah, my local Imam Shaikh Sani Shuaibu of Bilal Mosque in Kano, delivered a sermon on exactly what this Column said last

Column • October 19, 2018 23:53

…And You Call This Democracy?

“Daya…! Biyu…! Tara…! Sha Biyar…! Talatin…! Dari…! Dubu…! (“One…Two…Nine…Fifteen…Thirty…One Hundred…One Thousand…!) This was real-time ‘counting’ of p

Column • October 13, 2018 00:41

RE: BEROM: WHEN 1,000 IS COMPLETE

Professor Salisu Shehu, Deputy Secretary General, Nigerian Supreme Council on Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) “Matters Arising from the Plateau”: The NSCIA, u