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Monday Column by Mahmud Jega
Ask Chinese for fifteen things
I was mighty pleased to read in the newspapers yesterday that President Bola Tinubu appointed Mr. Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe as...
A governor as returning officer
Early in the day on Sunday, I tuned in to the television set to catch up on results from Edo...
Only the latest calamity
One city wag said the Biblical-proportion flood that overcame whole sections of the city of Maiduguri last week was second...
Not difficult to govern?
There are only three other people who know this matter first-hand nearly as much as former President Olusegun Obasanjo does....
Across the board price cuts
When I first heard about it, I clapped and did a jig. Late last week, screaming headlines in print, online...
Six blindmen and elephant
There was this short story we read in our primary school English textbook many decades ago. Lifted from ancient Hindu...
Wages of Zanga Zanga
The biggest casualty of the #EndBadGovernance protests in this country so far have been the lost lives. No one knows...
Well Now, Zanga Zanga
This week may either see the biggest anti-government protests in Nigeria since #EndSARS in 2020 or, if the combined efforts...
Foul tongue of Danbilki Commander
A viral video on the social media last week of the Kano-based “Sojan Baka” Alhaji...
That missed shot at Trump
Trust Western media channels to ensure that for the next week and more, no story in this world makes it...