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Monday Column by Mahmud Jega
Sirika, in one fell swoop
In nearly eight years as Minister of Aviation, he failed to get Air Nigeria off the ground. But in one...
Three court orders in vain
There is a local adage that when a fowl comes after you early in the morning, you should [in Nigerian...
Thirteen Years Without History
Imagine, just imagine, that someone delivered a sharp knock on your head that wiped out thirteen years’ memory from your...
Eight billion on a small globe
There was a small tremor on Tuesday last week when the United Nations declared that the world’s human population had...
Run-off election is unlikely
The Independent National Electoral Commission said last week that “in line with its tradition of adequately preparing for eventualities,”...
Jumping to a conclusion
Of the many shocking stories to come out of Nigeria last week, easily the most puzzling was why a woman...
14,000 heads are better than one
Governors all over this country must be green with envy at the quantity of advice that Rivers State Governor Nyesom...
Log in thine eyes
If the US government’s security agencies are so good at spotting terrorist attacks before they happen, how come they did...
Should everyone own a gun?
Within our living memory, he was an uncompromising stickler for law and order, a fearless civil war commander who fought...
Why is Tinubu so confident?
Why did All Progressives Congress presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu declare at the Kaduna Investment Summit on Saturday that,...