A week in Borno
I SPENT most of last week in Maiduguri, Borno state, participating in a retreat for political office holders. I have not returned to
Obasanjo vs National Assembly: Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
ADDRESSING a conference of the (rather innocuous, pardon my ignorance) Academy for Entrepreneurial Studies in Lagos, last week, former President, Olusegun Obasanjo,
Reinstate Justice Salami Now
The news broke last week that a committee of the National Judicial Council (NJC), headed by Hon. Justice Maryam Aloma Mukhtar, had
Sacking Lagos medical doctors: Segun Ayobolu’s courage
THE ACN never ceases to describe itself as a “progressive” political party. My conception of being progressive is class-based; the party that
Muhammadu Buhari: The meaning and politics of language
“Kare jinni, biri jinni”: Hausa Metaphor WHEN General Muhammadu Buhari received a group of CPC loyalists from Niger State, in Kaduna last week,
Boko Haram and the ethnicity narrative
LAST week, a suspected ‘operational commander’ of Boko Haram was allegedly arrested in the Farawa Quarter of the city of Kano. If
The 1914 myth and de-legitimisation of Nigeria
I SHARE the indignation which informed VANGUARD’s editorial of Monday, May 7th, 2012, titled “NIGERIA-MISTAKE SINCE WHEN?” The editorial noted that “contenders for
Rashidi Yekini and our compassion deficiency
I was in total bewilderment last Friday evening when news broke of the tragic death of former national football star, Rashidi Yekini.
The politics of national security
PDP got it wrong from the beginning. The party started by saying Mr. A can rule, and Mr. B cannot rule, according to