Thursday Column

Thursday Column

Mmesoma, JAMB and the metaphor of a Nigerian scandal

Once, when I was still known as just Abubakar Adam, my name at birth, I happened to get into JSS One with a boy who had the exact same name and surnam

What’s the big mystery in the endless killings in Plateau?

Some things don’t make sense on the surface, like the recent claims by one Taibat Abubakar of Ilorin that a certain Abubakar Salihu, whom she neither

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