Thursday Column

Thursday Column

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

Osinbajo’s dilemma

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is a man in a difficult place. He has declared for president and many Nigerians have had a thing or two to say about this

Dansadau, Sheikh Khalid and the train wreck of politics of faith

The unfortunate March 28 train attack in Kaduna has rightly continued to dominate conversations in Nigeria. Rightly, because you don’t have eight peop

‘Are you dead yet?’ some asked a dying woman on a train

I had set out to write something light this week, something zesty and hilarious, something about people getting whacked in the face for saying things