Thursday Column

Thursday Column

A December to remember

Harmattan is my favourite time of the year. With its cool daytime breeze and freezing nights, wrapped up in my blanket enjoying a good book, it’s the

Buhari @78: President or mannequin?

Today, December 17, President Muhammadu Buhari turns 78. His storied life has not been short of ironies. The biggest of these ironies, it would seem,

The gift of sight: Big fights, small wins (I)

Two years later, I still visit his shop whenever I go to the market for groceries. And he never let me go without a complimentary carton of soap.

Complementary Chinese medicine and MLMs: Yay or nay?

It’s a recurring joke really. A patient comes for consultation and after he or she is done, reaches into his bag and brings out some bottles of pills.

Is police brutality the next public health hazard?

Years ago, on my way to pick up the children from school, I was stopped at a police check point. It was at the height of Boko Haram crisis in Kano and