The Plumb Line
Silver or gold, we have not
The original title of this piece was in French, "Retournant de Paris sans le prix". The English translation would have...
Sign this ‘media crop’ is failing
President Tinubu, last week, appeared to have done a double take on the ongoing nationwide (or is it?) protests when...
Hunger’s blaze of fury
Thursday, Aug. 1, manifested the very thing those that advised against the planned 10 days of "hunger protests" feared: violence....
Malformed umbilical cord severed
The Supreme Court, July 11, finally cut the umbilical cord that connected state governments with local governments in a sort...
Beware the enemy within
The other day, I watched a video clip running on social media. The voice-over was warning of a plot by...
The beautiful one is born
The Economist has described the outcome of the July 4 parliamentary election in Britain as massive shifting of the political...
A giant cut down to dwarf
If you're tired of being addressed as a giant, how about being treated or mistreated as though you were a...
The drummer boys again [2]
The following is the concluding part of Alkasum Abba's cerebral piece in which he takes us through the 'sins' of...
The drummer boys are out again [1]
Akin, the hero in Cyprian Ekwensi's novella The Drummer Boy is a skillful drummer with a silky voice. People like...
The stumble, the fall, the speech
For President Bola Tinubu, the celebration of the 2024 anniversary of June 12 couldn't have begun on a more awkward...