Thursday Column

Thursday Column

From Rapa Nui to Rapa North

For decades, most of the world has been fascinated by the Rapa Nui Island in the South eastern Pacific Ocean and what happened there. The 1000 or so g

Nigeria’s demographic time bomb

Yesterday, I gave the 9th Annual Population Lecture Series of the National Population Commission on the theme of population, rights and peace. I agree

Lekki: Why we should all be ashamed

In this country, there is always someone or something drawing a line in the sand and people are always expected to fall on one side or the other. Reli

Maina’s hell still greater than pensioners’ heaven

The most striking image of the week in Nigeria has to be that of a clean shaved, pudgy-faced smiling man. A zanna cap of beige and brown threads sat s

Kidnap stories

The week before, as most Nigerians know, there was an attack on a train heading from Kaduna to Abuja. Fortunately, there was no fatality in that incid