“I also came to apologise for failure to protect you fully. We are doing our best to minimise such incidents. You should continue to forgive us” – Mallam Nasir El Rufai, Daily Trust, Thursday, March 2, 2020.
Although it carries … Read the rest
EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu
By the time the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, first claimed that the deadly coronavirus disease was caused by corruption, I had long concluded that his dimness was genuine. In 2018, Channels TV host, … Read the rest
Almajiri
Old habits, they say, die hard. And those habits with taproots deep in culture and ignorance, like the Almajiri system of imparting the Quranic education to the youths, die harder, if at all.
As we can see very clearly, up … Read the rest
Since the novel coronavirus disease began wreaking havoc in China in January, one wish many Nigerians had nursed was that it would not come into Nigeria. But because of the affinity between China and Nigeria, many knew it was a … Read the rest
President Muhammadu Buhari and Abba Kyari
In nominal terms, President Muhammadu Buhari is, having first been produced in 2015 by a largely-credible election.
In practice, however, it has become increasingly clear that Nigeria has no leadership.In five years, Buhari has disappeared deeply into the vapors of … Read the rest
Nigerians protesting the bloodshed in the country
As an association, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has proved its consistency and staying power in its decades-old interventions in Nigerian affairs. The bishops are unlikely to change. Their exposure, depth and training will cause them to constantly … Read the rest
Dele Momodu
Fellow Nigerians, let me say emphatically that nothing travels faster than bad news. We were all enjoying our supposedly tranquil country, with the equanimity of mind that comes from being a long-suffering people bedevilled by man-made problems, when suddenly all … Read the rest
Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad
Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad’s Supreme Court will go down in history as easily Nigeria’s most blatant bastion of supreme injustice. In the last one year, it has shaped up to be the graveyard of electoral mandates.
It either sanctifies transparent … Read the rest
Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II
Will it move the North?
Emir of Kano, His Royal Majesty Muhammadu Sanusi 11, cannot be said to be the first Northerner to ex-ray the problems of the North. But speaking from his peacock throne of royalty, whatever he says … Read the rest
President Muhammadu Buhari calls for peace
In the wake of the killing late last week of 30 farmers by bandits in Dankar and Tsauwa villages in Batsari Local Government Area of Kastina State, President Muhammadu Buhari issued a stern warning to the communities affected not to … Read the rest
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