Senator Abdullahi Adamu at 80: A life of service, wisdom and grace (2), by Usman Sarki
“Salus populi suprema lex esto” (“The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law”), Roman maxim The first part of this series reflected upon the life, character and formative influences that shaped Senator (Dr.) Abdullahi Adamu, CON, Turakin Keffi, into one of the foremost public figures of his generation. It suggested that the enduring measure […]
Frivolous show-offs!
Last week, a British TV station, Channel 4, screened a documentary titled “Lagos To London: Britain’s New Super-Rich”. And I couldn’t believe my ears or eyes.
16 American massacres and the Dollar
IT was the familiar, but unpalatable news from the United States,US. The unfolding horror, was not Hollywood, but an American reality; a gunman is holed up with hostages whom he is busy eliminating. This was June 12, 2016, and 29-year old American,
Nigeria cannot be broke
IN his justification of the recent increase in the pomp price of fuel, the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, postulated that the issue was not about oil subsidy but that Nigeria was skint.
Beyond Buhari’s Tom-and-Jerry with Fayose
IF you examine the battle of wits between President Muhammadu Buhari and his most outspoken critic, Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, you will see yet another déjà vu of Nigerian politics; a theatre of the absurd where the same drama sketch is repeated at different epochs but not necessarily by the same thespian talents.
Ode to MKO: A parody of Shakespeare
This is the day about which the supremest sacrifice was paid by ‘one’, so that the tree that is dear to us all –of our democracy- may thrive. He that shall witness this day from hence should, yearly, remind his neighbors and his friends; and say to them ‘this is the 12th day of June’, the day that the gods themselves, of ‘democracy’ hath made.
