ONE day in 1988, the Production Supervisor of our newspaper, Weekly Newsline, sauntered majestically into the newsroom. Let me keep his name out of this for obvious reasons. This elderly man made a loud announcement while production activities were in full spate.

TODAY, I address Kawu’s ignorant assertion that I hate Islam and the North. In particular, I will disprove the effete pablum inherent in this statement: Unfortunately, Nnanna’s deep-seated hatred for the North and strong anti-Islam bias won’t allow him to find reason in anything concerning his object of hate.

VERY early last Thursday, I received a number of text messages from some of my readers and friends; some of them very highly placed and respected Nigerians. It was about an article by our new columnist, Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, reacting to some of the views I have canvassed of recent about political events in our country.

ON Friday, June 10 former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Malam Nasir el Rufai, wrote an article on the back page of Thisday newspapers with the title: “Jonathan’s Tough Choices”. If the headline of this article suggested an objective analysis, criticism and suggestions on the best way forward, the body did not reflect it.

THERE are many versions of the story of the bombing incident at the headquarters of the Nigeria Police at Abuja on Thursday last week. For the purpose of our exercise today, I have chosen to adopt the official police version. In a statement published in the name of the Inspector General of Police, Mr Hafiz Ringim by his spokesman, Olushola Amore, the Police claimed that it was “a suicide” bombing. However, from my layman’s (and commonsense, at least so I think) point of view, it was nothing of the sort.