Successive administrations in Kaduna State who had contended with bloody and destructive religious riots had at one point or the other resorted to legislation to rein in religious extremism in the state. So far, the most far reaching of the legislation remains the Regulation of Religious Preaching Edict No. 7 of 1984, which has been amended twice – in 1987 and 1996

Some ten years ago, in January 2006, I wrote, in one of my newspaper columns,‘A Season’s Toast to ‘that average-sized man with the heart of a lion and the deeds of Samson called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who (was) playing the yeoman’s job of selling modernity to good old Lagos and setting it firmly on the path of global glory and esteem.

Fanatics and extremists in Nigeria have a new poster boy to manage their propaganda. He is the coordinator of the Every Nigerian Do Something, ENDS, project, Dr. Peregrino Brimah, who brands himself a political observer. No one should envy him his new task. It is a difficult one because lies and half truths are needed to market a bad product, which will require its peddler to be rabid because it is potentially risky for the nation’s wellbeing.

FOURTEEN years ago, a student movement, the student democratic forum at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria invited President Muhammadu Buhari to deliver a lecture titled Discipline and Accountability in Democratic Leadership.

WRITING this, my third article on the economy, I’m keenly aware that the question Nigerians want answered is: what is government doing to address our economic challenges?