Thursday Column

Thursday Column

Tinubu’s century of days in office: A honeymoon on a bed of thorns

To say the last one hundred days have, for all intents and purposes, been some of the most dramatic in the history of Nigeria would not be an exaggera

Zamfara, Kano allegations as acid test for the judiciary

The judiciary has always, historically and otherwise, been subjected to critical scrutiny because of its sensitive stock in trade. The determination o

Donkeying or monkeying around: What kind of Senate is Akpabio’s running?

In Aesop’s Fables, we read of a donkey that climbed the roof of a building, hopping and prancing about playfully until the owner climbed up after it a

Niger Republic on the front burner, and Prof. David Jowitt in my heart

The Hausa people have a rather controversial proverb that one hears thrown about when situations call for caution. It says that if your neighbour’s be

Vive la révolution! Or not

Once upon a time, something was going wrong in a country. The government was bad, inept and corrupt. The people were suffering, groaning and praying f