Pointless debate on Tinubu’s certificate, by Suleiman A. Suleiman
The ongoing debate about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s educational certificates is not and should not be the defining issue in a Nigerian presidential election. We cannot always reduce serious questions of governance in a presidential election to fitful hysteria about the academic credentials of candidates. For a sitting president, the certificate controversy is not very useful […]
The unholy pilgrimage
If the perpetuators of her murder are not apprehended, there could be a repeat in another part of the country
The Osu Conundrum
The girlfriend was good enough to have sex with, but not good enough for marriage
America shocks the world!
So Hillary Clinton, the Democrat, has lost to Donald Trump, the Republican; and my dream of seeing a highly accomplished female installed as President of the most powerful nation on earth is lying in tatters.
Trump to the White House, the world to the doghouse
I DID not prepare myself for a Trump Presidency. Despite my analysis which pointed at a different direction, I tried to convince myself that the American electorate had matured with age. However, I thought electing him was a likelihood. So in my March 11, 2016 column titled ‘If Americans throw Trump at us’ I wrote:
Challenges before Sultan Abubakar III
LET me start by congratulating His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, leader of the Nigerian Muslim faithful and the most prestigious traditional ruler in the land. He has just celebrated his 10th year on the throne amidst great pomp and pageantry, with the-who-is who in Nigeria, including our President and his Deputy in attendance.
