Thursday Column

Thursday Column

Nigeria’s guardians are fragile little things too

Sometimes, in searching for something small, one ends up exhuming more than he bargains for. That is when the Hausa would say a needle has dug up a ho

National Security: A bizarre approach to problem-solving

Once upon a time during the Obasanjo years, a man (whose name I shall not mention) started fomenting trouble by agitating for a breakaway republic. Hi

The Tomato War (February 24-March 3, 2021)

On June 15, 1859, Lyman Carter, one of about 30 Americans living on San Juan Island, which at the time was a subject of a border dispute between the U

Nigeria’s paternity crisis

Once upon a time, fatherhood used to be a matter of faith. A man could be assured that the woman he called his wife would be the mother of his childre

COVID-19: To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?

When scientists began searching for a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in early 2020