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MC Alli, fare thee well,...

MC Alli, fare thee well, by Clem...

The travails and triumph of...

The travails and triumph of Emilokan To say...

MC Alli, fare thee well, by Clem Olowole 

MC Alli, fare thee well, by Clem Olowole The announcement of the death of Major-Gen. Mohammed Chris Alli was not a pleasant way for me to start the outgoing week. The sad news broke on Monday and it hit me a few hours to bedtime. When he was appointed as the Military Governor of old Plateau state by the regime of Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida in 1985, his names got me rather flummoxed. How can a man combine two contrasting names? Mohammed and Christopher or Christian, in this part...

MC Alli, fare...

MC Alli, fare thee well, by Clem Olowole The announcement of the death of Major-Gen. Mohammed Chris Alli was not a pleasant way for me...

The travails and...

The travails and triumph of Emilokan To say that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is an enigma is not an overstatement. BAT is the acronym Emilokan...

Buba Ahmed: Exit...

The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Tuesday night served a piece of news that ended my day on a sad note. When the news filtered out, I thought I heard Uba Ahmed, apparently because the volume of my television set was a bit low. I tilted my head towards the set, wondering who was the namesake of the flamboyant onetime Bauchi state-born Secretary of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in the Second Republic that had just passed on. It was when I heard “the former Sports Minister” that I knew it was my light-skinned friend and brother, Alhaji Buba Ahmed.

Making of a...

I grew up thinking that a judicious mix of crime, sex and money might not only help a publisher turn a good profit but could also be the catalyst for a better society. But my friend, the Publisher/Editor-In-Chief of NaijaTimes, Ehi Braimah, subscribes to a slightly different model.

Titan And Migrants:...

Titan And Migrants: Two tragedies, different stories, by Azu Ishiekwene It doesn’t make sense to weigh tragedies on a scale. How do you measure them?...

Tinubu biting the...

Tinubu biting the bullet from day one, by Azu Ishiekwene Conversation with Azu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is under fire for announcing that petrol subsidy is...

On eve of...

On eve of transition, Nigerian chef cooks up a storm, by Azu Ishiekwene Conversation with Azu After weeks of being at daggers drawn over the results...

What should Tinubu...

What should Tinubu do about the assembly?, by Azu Ishiekwene Conversation with Azu Two presidents in the last 24 years provide interesting examples of how to...

Dangote refinery challenges...

Dangote refinery challenges global narrative, by Azu Ishiekwene Conversation with Azu It started like a grudge match. Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, was dealt a bad...
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