Category: Column

Nigeria Nor Be Kenya “Kabiyesi, the message which I bring you today is the message of all the women who have left their stalls, their homes and children, their farms,…

Hunger For Us, Jet For Them “Good morning, sir, what do you think about the southwest governors’ forum and their recent collaboration efforts? Let’s leave Tinubu for a week or…

Between Our Govt And New York Times The New York Times in its June 11, 2024, edition described Nigeria as a nation of 200 million citizens who are skilled at…

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…