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Four tears: Nigerian Television Authority at 40

One wet morning of August 1977 my trip to assume duty at NTV, Kaduna was temporarily halted on the bridge at Rigachikun village as a result of an acci

President Buhari, Nigeria is at tipping point

In many ways, the massacre of scores of persons and abduction of many more by Boko Haram insurgents at a checkpoint in the town of Auno, some 25 kilom

When complaint is seen as messy and divisive

The recent statement by the presidency cautioning citizens from protesting against worsening insecurity and Mr. President’s refusal to remove the serv

Re: Restructuring or secession, what does the South-West really want?

As expected, my two part piece on the above subject matter generated a lot of comments. And quite unsurprisingly most of the responses were from my Yo

Remembering Murtala Ramat Muhammed: A Fulani, Nigerian

Murtala Ramat Muhammed’s ancestry can be traced to two of the five prominent clans of the Fulani that led the 19th century jihad in Kano. On his pater