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The recent state visit to Nigeria by the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, sent me careering down to my kidhood days in faraway Kumasi, Ghana. My first experience with India …
Beyond Narendra Modi’s visit to Nigeria Read More
In the face of unimaginable adversity, Alice Loksha and Ganiyat Popoola’s unbroken spirits shine like beacons of hope. Alice was a nurse working with UNICEF when she was kidnapped by …
Alice, Ganiyat’s unbroken spirit and Hamdiyya’s saga Read More
Equatorial Guinea, the tiny nation in the Central African region, has been in the news for a wrong reason. Before now, the oil-rich country with a population of less than …
Behold Ebang, a descendant of King Solomon? Read More
Penultimate Wednesday, the National Sports Commission (NSC), like the phoenix, rose from the ashes of the Sports Ministry. Created by the Gowon administration in the early 70s, the NSC, pioneered …
Agenda for new NSC helmsman Read More
This piece was first published in this column in 2017. Its recall became necessary following a recent experience a young man had around the popular Sokale Roundabout in Kubwa… a …
Driving under the influence of women Read More
The telecoms industry in Nigeria has conjured something of an industrial earthquake which no other industry has been able to duplicate. The growth and expansion in the industry is unfathomable. …
Banking boom, telecoms’ woes Read MorePenultimate Friday, the Jigawa Commissioner for Special Duties was arrested by the Kano Sharia police for allegedly playing an away game in his uncompleted building. The suspect, Auwal Danladi Sankara, …
The danger of away games Read More
One of the arguments that pre-dates the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration is that of sustenance of the subsidy regime or otherwise. Economists have argued that removal of subsidy, mostly …
Tinubu, FG’s N10trn subsidy funds and challenge before states, LGs Read More
Even a stone-hearted devil must be undoubtedly empathetic to the plight of Mallam Amadu Yakubu, a devastatingly physically challenged person living in one of the most neglected communities in Jigawa …
Salamatu-WOFAN succour: Story of Amadu and his neglected community Read More
Headline inflation rose in September by 0.55 per cent in apparent defiance of the futile anti-inflation war by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). CBN is tormenting the economy with …
Why inflation defies MPR hikes Read More
Nigeria’s war-time Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Jack Gowon, joins the nonagenarian club today, October 19, 2024. Achieving the age of 90 is no mean feat in a country where …
Hurrah, Go On With One Nigeria is 90! Read More
On Monday, 7th October 2024, my book with the above title was unveiled at the Coronation Hall of the Kano state government house before a high-level audience from 10 countries …
Sasakawa Africa Association: Three decades of fight against hunger, poverty in Nigeria Read MoreThe fight against food inflation is yielding rather insignificant dividends. Even as it has sluggishly declined to 37 per cent, prices of most food items are still beyond the reach …
Food inflation: Insecurity, infrastructure deficit factors Read More
In an instructive piece titled, “Insecurity, Cynics And President Tinubu’s Whirl Stroke,” this column had, a fortnight ago, highlighted the efforts of the Renewed Hope Agenda as it borders on …
Tinubu’s redline to terrorists and political will of the commander-in-chief Read More
As I write this piece, the additional 14-day ultimatum that began on Monday, September 23, 2024, after the 21-day expiration, would end on Monday, October 7, 2024. This means that …
#StopASUUStrike: What are the options for ASUU strike? Read More
L Nigeria’s spiraling inflation may be climbing down at the moment. Fitch, a leading global rating company, had predicted three months ago that Nigeria’s inflation rate has reached its peak …
Spiraling inflation: The retailers, transporters factors Read More
Sustainable peace is the anchor on which the prosperity and integrity of any nation is hinged. A lot depends on peace because in the 21st century global economic dynamics, investments …
Insecurity, cynics and President Tinubu’s whirl stroke Read More
I had two encounters with Dr. Aliko Dangote. One from a distance when he presented the 2016 Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria convocation lecture and the other when I was …
NNPCL-Dangote impasse: Tinubu should save Nigerians Read More
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olukoyede Olanipekun, recently announced a policy thrust that would rock the foundation of corruption in Nigeria if implemented courageously …
EFCC and Nigeria’s lawless bankers Read MoreIt seems some of our men of God enjoy being in the eye of the storm at all times. Today, if they are not tackled over fake miracles; tomorrow, they …
Spiritual products: NAFDAC should stick to its guns Read MoreConsidering the fact that I have been waging a one-man war against pastorpreneurship in this column for close to a decade now, readers who have been following my crusade must …
Damina’s grouse with commercial ‘gospelism’ Read MoreThe 33rd Summer Olympics held in Paris ended last Sunday. The United States of America, the People’s Republic of China and Japan enjoyed dominance over 203 other countries that participated …
Persistence of Nigeria’s Olympic flops Read More
“In this life, everyone is someone’s enemy or friend.” This quotation is native to me.” It is about 20 ago that I coined it and lent it to my brother …
Criminality masquerading as protestation Read MoreOn August 4, 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu addressed the nation amidst a wave of violent protests engulfing several states. The protests, which began peacefully on Thursday, August 1, 2024, …
Tinubu’s call for unity amid nationwide protests Read More
Professor Tunji Dare was the first person to be my boss. With a post primary school certificate in my kitty in the late 60s, I found my way to Birnin …
Prof. Dare: Tribute to my first-ever boss Read More