Thursday Column

Thursday Column

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

Crime, punishment and bush ‘repentance’

Sadly, due to issues with my laptop, I could not deliver a new piece today, but here is a rerun of a still relevant column with appropriate update. No

The military is paying today for undermining the police yesterday

It is an oft-repeated assertion and is certainly true that the Nigerian military is overstretched and overwhelmed because the Nigerian Police is not p

Between priest, president and the rest of us

The Catholic priest, who has to his credit something Buhari had never enjoyed—a huge following in the South East

Revisiting that Orkar Coup

Last week, April 22, marked the 31 anniversary of the Gideon Orkar coup. For this week’s column, I am reproducing a piece I wrote on the 30th annivers