Wednesday Column

Wednesday Column

The making of Madawaki of Ilorin

Ilọrin Emirate, unlike others in northern Nigeria, has a unique composition and peculiar history. It is dominated by people of different ethnic backgr

More upvotes for His Eminence

It all started with a note of caution from the indefatigable Professor Ishaq Akintola, director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), today it has snowbal

That’s not so obvious, Mr President

When as an undergraduate I read “The gods are not to blame” because it was on our syllabus, I fell in love with the many proverbs and other idiomatic

Return to regionalism, old anthem and new nostalgia

There seems to be a wave of nostalgia sweeping across the country. Not all of it, just in the corridors of power. Following the recent reversion to th

Nigeria, torn between market system and command economy

Nigeria, in principle, runs a market-based, free enterprise economy. That connotes that the forces of demand and supply, within a defined regulatory f