The peculiar absurdities of Kwara politics
THIS week the Kwara State House of Assembly held a public sitting on a proposal to re-name the four-year old Kwara State
Ilorin: The Eternal Colour And Taste Of Ramadan
I returned to Abuja from Ilorin via Kaduna, on Monday. I had been away for nine days. It is one of my
Professor Umaru Pate: The intellectual as kingmaker
LAST Saturday, in Yola the Adamawa State capital, Northern Nigeria’s first professor of mass communications, Umaru Pate, was turbaned as Kaigama of Adamawa. It
Troubling Issues From The Security Crises In Northern Nigeria
A few weeks ago, I sent a text to General SarkinYaki Bello, the Coordinator of Counter-Terrorism in the office of the National
FCT’s Bala Muhammed, privileged access and consequential Abuja matters
Last week, I spent almost five hours in discussion with Bala Muhammed, Minister of the FCT. It was at that level of
Nigeria’s out-of-school children
In this season of high-wire politicking, it probably means nothing to the Nigerian ruling elite. But the social consequences might sooner, rather
Prince David Agboola Abegunde: Teacher, administrator and leader
IT was my old friend and classmate, Olayinka Olarewaju, who sent a text two weeks ago, announcing the passing of Prince David
Who stole my ‘Bleashing’?
IT was one of those stories that might have been missed in a newspaper. But there it was in Vanguard newspaper of Tuesday,
Sule Lamido, Jigawa Summit and what Obasanjo didn’t say
LAST Thursday morning, I placed a call to Sam Nda-Isaiah, Chairman of LEADERSHIP newspaper. He said he was at an event, would call me
Isa Yuguda: The serial opportunist’s burden
ISA Yuguda, the Bauchi State governor, seems to be angry! So angry that he decided to do what amounts to a grand