Sunday Column

Sunday Column

How to squirrel-proof the presidency

Last week as he completed his Eid el-Kabir prayer at the Daura Eid ground in his hometown, President Muhammadu Buhari chose to walk home.  I am advise

Times that try the souls of men

For Nigeria, it has arrived. ‘It’ is what Thomas Paine, an American philosopher, characterized in 1776 as “the times that try men’s souls.” In his “Th

The donkey bill

The news media reported last week that the senate of the federal republic has before it a bill for a law to save donkeys. It is in its second reading.

Rock bottom as Next Level?

Out of the blue last Tuesday, the beleaguered Major General Muhammadu Buhari administration, which is desperate for funds but even more desperate for

Let Buhari have London

As last week closed, President Muhammadu Buhari was on the verge of returning to the United Kingdom for “medical care”.  He was to have departed for L