The death at 10 pm last Thursday of Dr Emmanuel Udah Olowu at the National Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria is no news anymore. All those who should hear the death of the almost 65 year old academ... Read more
Bringing Coronavirus under control is as medical as it is global power politics. That makes it interesting that it is Donald Trump who has been heavily criticised for his handling of the pan... Read more
It is a season of misery in way specific to two Nigerian cities: Otukpo in Benue State and Lagos in Lagos State. In Lagos, the misery came from the explosion in Abule Ado Sunday. Explosion,... Read more
Amazon, the online global supermarket has, in a totally unplanned manner, emerged the biggest beneficiary of the Coronavirus pandemic. It is such that it is paying its employees £2 an hour e... Read more
The Intriguing Politics of the Fall of Tidjane Thiam, the African Financial Whiz kid, in Switzerland
The Swiss society, comments a well located observer, is like many societies, not open enough. One moment, says the commentator, you’re a hero but only not to be Swiss enough in another momen... Read more
Bayero University, Kano Sociologist in training, Aminu Ali (aminuali@yahoo.com) wonders in this piece if there is really no cause for alarm about President Buhari and his team’s theory and p... Read more
Italy, Spain, Switzerland and France are, by now, completely shut down. These are some of the most dramatic cases. There are others in Asia. Unless African leaders have a joker, it would not... Read more
He might have worked somewhere else before but it was at The Nation he put a stamp on journalism by, amongst others, effectively combining salesmanship, advertising, editorial, (He was State... Read more





















