Sheik Gumi is why we all need tribalism

If, by now, Islamic cleric, Sheik Abubakar Gumi, has not categorically denied he told the Muslim bandits he has been meeting in recent times that their enemies are Christian “outsiders,”…

Why people like Gumi thrive

Things have gone totally awry in Nigeria; logic now walks on its head and the country has become a huge jungle where impunity reigns. It would be dishonest to suggest…

New EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed who?

The nominee for the position of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, is going through his Senate confirmation as you read this. Barring any unforeseen events, he…

Kagara: The coup de grace to Northern monopolisation

It’s a pity that the #BringBackOurGirls advocacy has suddenly died down. It’s a pity that yet another group of schoolboys has been abducted. And it’s a pity that we don’t…

Sunday Igboho is not the solution – or the problem

Last Monday, the seemingly intractable crisis between Fulani herdsmen and South-West inhabitants got some breakthrough when the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria gave in to the demands of…

Joe Biden’s inauguration: historical or historic?

Congratulations to President Joe Biden. After the embarrassing treatment that America, the God’s own country, got during its recent presidential election, the siege was finally over on January 20, 2021,…

The Abuja-Kano Road will not be completed

As you have probably heard, the Muhammadu Buhari government will now complete the reconstruction of the 375km Abuja-Kano Road (AKR) Project in 2023. One week ago, Funso Adebiyi, a Director of the…

Why COVID-19 spares the poor

Have you been wondering why ordinary folks seem to be less affected by COVID-19? Whenever my drivers, home helps and security guards come back from their leave at home, I always…

This is why Elon Musk is very rich

There is nothing that has not been said about Elon Musk, especially now that he made it to the top of the list of the world’s richest. Many unsavory epitaphs…

Kukah: The sermon that rattled Buhari’s men

More than a week after the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, delivered his Christmas Day message on the state of the nation, the controversy it…