View from the gallery
Monday Column by Mahmud Jega
Intelligent as the giraffe
I have a cheering View From the Gallery for you this morning. It is this: don’t be dispirited too much...
Bandit Bello Turji, King of Gobir
Listening last week to the anguished cries of leaders of the Gobir Community Development Association over the fate that...
Computer, please add these up
As last week ended, the House of Representatives was reported to have invited INEC Chairman Prof Mahmoud Yakubu to brief...
One blow seven die
With the possible exception of insecurity, nothing makes Nigerian hearts to beat faster than the prospect of fuel price increase....
CAN we justify this stance?
I had read about the United States Government’s delisting of Nigeria from the list of “Countries of Particular Concern” with...
Light moments at Paris Forum
Convincing hard-nosed French businessmen to bring their Euros to invest in Nigeria was serious business, and all government officials and...
Big splash in Paris
It is not easy to make a big splash in the world’s most visited city. An estimated 20 million people...
Jaw-breakers and tongue twisters
Before the arrival to prominence on the Nigerian political scene six years ago of Professor Ben Ayade as Governor of...
Between bandit and terrorist
The latest clamour in Nigeria, which has been gathering speed like a tornado in the past month, is for the...
If jug falls on stone…
It is related in the Talmud that “If the stone shall fall on the jug, then that is unfortunate for...