Thursday Column

Thursday Column

Service chiefs and sacrificial lambs

It is ironic that after he was decorated by Vice President Kashim Shettima, the new Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun…

Prof. David Jowitt’s 60-year odyssey to becoming Nigerian, and sundry issues

Prof. David Jowitt is 80 years old. He is one of the newest Nigerians in town. He was born British, and exactly 60 years since he first arrived in Nig

House speakership: 74 bills and the driving seat of the Green Chamber

Like a ball juggler in a circus, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has found itself in a delicate balancing act. This is not because the Sout

Goje v Yahya’s reenactment of Caesar v Brutus in Gombe

One of the most gruesome acts of political perfidy in history was committed on the Ides of March, 44 BC when Roman dictator, Julius..

Bye-bye, Bubu, happy survival Nigeria

 In 2001, after the September 7 civil mayhem and killings in Jos, Plateau State, a new greeting was born. You see, after the breakdown of order in wha