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"I came to realise 419 was a pretty unsuccessful business model..." The phone rings. Who the hell calls at 3...

‘In one fell swoop, all the contending groups in Ogun State PDP - the Olusegun Obasanjo’s, Jubril Martins Kuye’s and...

I waited a week to see if the spirit of crusading journalism for which I knew the Minister of Information,...

The author writes in Nigerian pidgin English. By Pa Monday My name na Pa Monday. I don dey for dis...

The author publishes comments by readers on earlier articles. As the series in this column approach one year, it will...

Collective forgetting – otherwise known as mass amnesia – is one way Nigerians cope with their scandal-marred, misshapen lives. In...

I had made up my mind that I would not write about, watch or talk about politics or politicians this...

Most of today’s Christians do not have the kind of faith Jesus is looking for. Jesus says the kingdom of...

“You shall not oppress or afflict a resident alien for you were once aliens residing in the land of Egypt....

When rumours started spreading that the official visitor to the Golden Jubilee Convocation of the University of Lagos, President Goodluck...

ALL things being equal, it is safe to predict that 2015 is the terminal date for the set of rulers...

Wise men speak because They have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato Since the advent...

The “you” I am addressing in this essay does not include the in-too-deep spokespersons of the current state of Nigeria...

I’d like to thank the African Studies Course Union of the University of Toronto for the honour of being asked...

Wednesday February 13th was yet another "Murtala Day”, being the 37th anniversary of the gruesome killing of the foremost Nigerian leader, General Murtala...

The Nigerian Judiciary, through the decision of Justice Abubakar Talba of an Abuja high court on January 28, 2013 on...

I have a pitch for a great, blockbuster movie; I think I just may have to call Peter Jackson about...

Continued from last week. Thus, by 2010 Prof. Adamu had become one of the world’s leading authorities on Hausa media popular...

​What a funny week for love? While the whole wide world was celebrating Valentine’s Day, some in the anti-love crowd...

The modern Christian church, with its mega-pastors and highfalutin cathedrals is nothing but a counterfeit of the true church of...

“When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearances so that they may appear to...

Having been charged under the Penal Code, the EFCC comfortably tied the hands of Justice Talba. The judge could have...

Aside from the fractionalization of the PDP in the South-West, which has affected the fortunes of the zone, Yoruba leaders...

In a country of hagiography, where books are written to praise successful men and women, the recent publication of “Popular...

Continued from last week. Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu was  born in Daneji, the city of Kano, northern Nigeria, and he...