Thursday Column

Thursday Column

2023: Nigeria’s dance of the masquerades and quadrennial costume party

Every harvest season, Nigerians in villages are treated to a spectacular street party of music, dance, feast and bazaar. In most cultures, it is the s

Melaye’s burden, Nigeria’s burden

Enemies of Cousin Dino Melaye were at their best recently over a video shared on social media in which he was inspecting the uncompleted building of h

Ochanya, Nafisa and Naziru and the battle for the children

As a country and as a people, Nigeria and Nigerians need to have an honest conversation about how to care for children and what should and should not

The woman died

On Tuesday, April 19, a woman died at the 44 Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna. Her name was Fatima Abubakar. She was 66 or thereabout. A mother of si

From Chrisland to a presidential pardon: A series of very bad decisions

Two scandals have continued to agitate conversation in Nigeria this week. One was triggered by the actions of children, some as young as 10, in a plac