Thursday Column

Thursday Column

Faruk Lawan and the death of hope

On Tuesday, June 22, yet another chapter in Nigeria’s storied journey to good governance came to a long, slow and painful end when Honourable (read di

President Buhari’s media blitzkrieg

The second positive is that he did, finally, address Nigerians and allow Nigerian journalists

Tweeters and preachers of hate

The logic of the Hausa is often funny and striking. In this instance, the Hausa proverb that says that the cane that is used in chasing off the first

NIN, wasted billions and Nigeria’s 200 million ghosts

The last time I made enquiries at the NIMC offices about this,

A week of three tragedies

His demise, when it finally occurred last week Wednesday, with as much drama as expected had something sorely anticlimactic about it. The Nigerian mil