Monday Lines

Why we should fear the Nigerian Taliban

Some years ago, an editor-friend told me that he was slapped from behind by someone during his first pilgrimage to…

4 years ago

The President is back

Twenty-four hours after paying an inter-infirmary visit to his co-Londoner, co-APC founder, comrade and power-sharer, President Muhammadu Buhari came back…

4 years ago

Buhari: 658 days to go

Six hundred and fifty eight days from today, Nigeria will be free from Muhammadu Buhari and his government. To count down…

4 years ago

Kyari and his hushpuppy

The mountain top is a great place to be, but it is very slippery. History is full of cases of…

4 years ago

The honest Emir of Muri

Deep, dark secrets are snakes; they shed old skins to torment their keepers. So it is true that some Nigerians…

4 years ago

Nigeria Customs of death

Grand ancestor of Nollywood, Ayinla Olumegbon’s  ‘Wole Wole Arufin’ (The Lawless Sanitary Inspector) was very popular in the 1970s. The…

4 years ago

The north’s misguided anger towards southern governors

Aye ti ba je! (the world has gone bad). A US dollar exchanged for N504 at the weekend. What this…

4 years ago

The cats in Igboho’s house

IT was in Hubert Ogunde’s ‘Jayesinmi’ that we last saw witches transforming into cats - black cat, red cat. I…

4 years ago

Nigeria’s pandemic of hunger

Our Minister of Agriculture is Alhaji Muhammad Nanono from Kano State. The Minister of State for that ministry is Alhaji…

4 years ago

Abuja’s Acts of terror and error

“Whatever the party holds to be the truth is truth. It is impossible to see reality except by looking through…

4 years ago

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