Niger coup: Propaganda and reality
Roughly three years ago, I penned my thoughts on the impending coup culture in Africa in the pages of this Daily Trust column, dated August 23, 2020,
Wednesday Column
Wednesday Column
Of empathy, public policy and government preferences
The current policy crisis rocking Nigeria tends to affirm the belief that often governments are the architects of the problems that engulf their natio
A register of vulnerable ghosts
“There is a big question mark on the integrity of the so-called national social register,” said Governor Charles Soludo, adding that “we don’t have a
Attention advisers! Tell Tinubu palliatives won’t work
President Bola Tinubu’s team of economic advisers must help him, and very quickly too. They were all here when the administration of Muhammadu Buhari
Portrait of the government critic as a hater
Side note: The election of every new president produces two contrasting legions who dedicate their lives to criticising and justifying the activities