Thursday Column

Thursday Column

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

Murder she wrote

In November, 2017, Nigeria stood still after the murder of a young man who belonged to the so-called elite class of Arewa. Bilyamin Bello had been sta