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Monday Column by Mahmud Jega
When senses take a leave
The most disturbing video that I accidentally saw in a long time was from Saturday morning’s sordid events on Rukuba...
Olympic goats and camels
A last minute gold medal bagged by its women’s volleyball team enabled the United States to top the medals table...
Four viewpoints on Kyari
The dilemma facing many Nigerians at the weekend was, if you have a very good police officer, kind of one...
48 hours in Akwa Ibom
Nasiru Zahradeen’s phone call, inviting me to join in a quick trip to Akwa Ibom State, immediately revived my flight...
Language that bandits understand
Just like when he used the uncommon phrase “dots in a circle,” President Muhammadu Buhari has popularized another phrase this...
Abandon ship. Everyman for himself
The most traumatic event in the life of a sailor, as we read in the tales of mariners during our...
Most likely to secede
One rainy day in Kaduna in the 1990s, Aminu Umar Argungu drew my attention to a humorous short item in...
When elders find their voice
The statement put out at the weekend by South Eastern state governors, Ohanaeze chieftains and community leaders, which disowned IPOB...
Dots in a circle
The Arise TV interview lasted 45 minutes, but critics immediately mounted a forensic audit of President Buhari’s landmark local media...
Shaving has reached forehead
Last week, we should have heard the deafening sound of the Buhari Administration blowing its own trumpet to mark the...