Ways and Means: Contradictions in our policy-making space
In May last year, the Nigerian Senate tripled the government’s borrowing from the constitutional provision of five per cent to a whopping 15 per cent.
Wednesday Column
Wednesday Column
The ‘pampalak’i’ they ignored
Growing up in Kano, in the 70s and 80s, meant having access to a great deal of religious preaching. There was the one at ‘makarantar allo’, the tradit
This ‘retraction’ is not enough
The initial title of today’s piece was to be: “No, this isn’t Islam” and was meant to be a response to the so-called ‘cleric’ who said the First Lady
The changing face of Matamela
Almost 30 years ago, when I arrived in South Africa, I was enchanted and thoroughly impressed by the men and women known the world over as anti-aparth
How Isa Gusau inspired Daily Trust’s integrity award
The outpouring of grief over the death of Isa Umar Gusau, our former colleague and the spokesman to the Borno State governor, was not a surprise to me