Wednesday Column

Wednesday Column

Day Google Maps ‘misled’ me into python’s den

With sluggish confidence, I drove into the jigsaw called Asokoro in Abuja on a Monday morning in September, 2021. Asokoro is a nest of beauty but it m

Alhaji Mukhtar Sarkin Bai: Portrait of integrity and loyalty

Alhaji Mukhtar Sarkin Bai lived for 95 years (1926-2021). He was born into the noble family that descended from Malam Dabo Dambazau the 19th century I

Omicron: Throwing the Baby with The Bath Water

Imagine you are living in an apartment building or estate with several other people of different ethnic groups, race and religion. You install fancy s

Challenges of France in Africa

By Victor C. Ariole   Jean-Luc Antoin Pierre Mélenchon, the President of a French party known as “France Insoumise” translated as “France Unbowed

Coups in Francophone Africa: Imperialism without an empire?

By Akinyemi Oyawale On the 5th of September (this year), I received a WhatsApp message with a link from a friend which conveyed the tragic but quite c