Category: Column

Distinguished Senator Cow And His Human Rights As the sitting president in 2016, General Muhammadu Buhari told the Emir of Katsina that “It would be foolhardy for someone to just…

The King Has No Friends Marcus Brutus, the villain of William Shakespear’s epic drama, Julius Caesar, poetically defines the emergence of dictators thus: …But ‘tis a common proof, That lowliness…

One Kano, Two Emirs There can be only one Oba (king) in a palace. That was how our forebears arranged our traditional settings. The saying in Yoruba that Oba kìí…

My Pension, Your Pension In The Hands Of ‘Lagos’ Lagos does not have restraints when it comes to spending money. His first name is Nínál’owó (Money is meant to be…

Northern Nigeria’s Paedophilic Mass Weddings “Could you ‘please, possibly, perhaps’, send me to Kano?” I told my editor last Wednesday. “You will meet me there” was his response. I laughed.…

Minister Tahir Mamman And His Varsity Age Limit. Oluwafemi Ositade is a 17-year-old student of the Ambassadors College, Ota, Ogun State. He is a child every parent would want, and…

Mr Jaguda, Proceed To Prison Before Your Beans Gets Cold Mr Jaguda proceed to prison before your beans gets cold The best place to eat beans is prison. You eat…

Mike Adenuga’s 71 Resilient Steps We were in Abuja on an official assignment; one of the entertainment engagements of Globacom then. The phone rang. The leader of the team, a…

Why Were Miyetti Allah And Tinubu’s Iyaloja In Ibadan? The tiger approaches the dog for a game. It offers its tail to the dog to touch and play with. The…

Onitiri-Abiola And The Madness In Ibadan Date was Monday, August 29, 1955. Oba Isaac Babalola Akinyele, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, sat on his throne. There was an august visitor to…