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Monday Column by Mahmud Jega
Most Uncommon Royal Blokes
At the weekend I dug through several sacks of personal books and magazines but could not find my 1978 copy...
Where To Sit and Eat
Every African must have seen a free-range hen, its numerous chicks in tow, moving about the yard scrounging for bits...
The New Top Northerner
When the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Administration is inaugurated on May 29, most national and international eyes will be on the...
Send that letter to Mar-a-Lago
The novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s letter of last week, pleading with US President Joseph Biden not to recognize February’s presidential...
Two chiefs in one village
Anyone who expected the period of transition to new administrations in the country on May 29 to be tranquil has...
Like Sifisi, like Elu Pi
Of the many political salvoes fired on the Nigerian political scene last week, one that most heralded the shape of...
Flip flop, flip flop
It is either a sign of confusion or a sign of maturity, depending upon the angle from which you look...
As attention turns to Governors
In some quarters the dust is yet to settle from the presidential and National Assembly elections of February 25 but...
Rigging claims don’t add up
A member of the British House of Lords, when told that money is difficult to come by these days, said...
Tricks while we wait
In 1940, at the height of the Battle of Britain during World War Two, BBC started a daytime radio programme...