Sunday Column

Sunday Column

Column • July 18, 2020 05:48

CORONAVIRUS 12 – ON SHEHU DAN FODIO’S “YIMRE AAFIYA”

Last week’s piece on this page, “May Allah Preserve Our Health” appears to be fortuitous. The very next day after the article appeared last Saturday,

Column • July 12, 2020 02:38

Magu’s Arrest: Edge of the Abyss

Four years ago, Ibrahim Magu, as the acting EFCC chairman, called for a “high-powered” probe into a Thisday report linking him with arms fraud. In a s

Column • July 5, 2020 05:04

Oshiomhole’s debts

Exactly three years ago in this space, I took a bet.   Adams Oshiomhole, the former labour leader who became Edo State governor, could be the ace in t

Column • June 21, 2020 00:53

Now that Buhari has murdered sleep

It takes a lot of outrage for the citizens of the state of a sitting president to take to the streets against him. In the past couple of weeks, citize

Column • June 14, 2020 00:07

Democracy Day Disappointments

Any adult Nigerian who believes one word of Nigeria leader Muhammadu Buhari’s “Democracy Day” speech two days ago needs a doctor. But let us step back