Burdens of contemporary education
LAST Sunday, I drove my children back to resume the new school term. The night before, I held a discussion with them
Governor Kashim @ 47
LAST Monday, September 2nd, 2013, Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima clocked 47 years. I read that he had vigorously declined an offer
PDP implodes like an old NEPA transformer
“Hi Di Hi nga atstohuwar transhomar Nehwa dai ta kai. In tai tirihin sai a mayassuwa, in tassake kuma a zaka mayassuwa
Delightful Delta State
I RETURNED to Abuja on an afternoon flight from Asaba, the Delta State capital, last Sunday. We had been attending the 9th
Olusegun Obasanjo’s selective amnesia
“It is sad that after 53 years of independence we have no leader that we can commend. Then, we are jinxed and
IBB @ 72
LAST weekend, former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida turned 72. There was an effusive outpouring of birthday messages, with Nigerian newspapers
Let us teach our children History
I DON’T know if it is apocryphal, but I read that students in Ikenne, the Ogun state homestead of the late Chief Obafemi
Vice President Namadi Sambo’s Islamic Development Bank loan
EARLY this week, reports emerged that Vice President Namadi Sambo, on behalf of the Federal Government, had “sought the support of the Islamic
Music, radio and life
TWO weeks ago, I wrote a longish essay on aspects of Nigerian music, which surprised quite a few readers, including Uncle Sam Amuka,
Alhaji Umaru Dikko, nostalgia and PDP’s politics
A WEEK can be a very long time in politics. This is even truer within the pressure cooker ambiance of Nigerian politics. Two