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By Abdul Mahmud The American-English poet, T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral is, on its face, a play about the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in...
By Abdul Mahmud The recent demonstrations in Ghana, where some protesters openly demanded that Nigerians leave their country, should trouble every thoughtful Nigerian for reasons that...
By Abdul Mahmud The 30 June deadline issued by the Afrophobic marchers in South Africa to African migrants to leave South Africa has now passed into...
By Abdul Mahmud Public officials often forget that their words travel further than their offices. A minister, adviser or presidential spokesman may regard an interview as...
By Abdul Mahmud Nigeria is fortunate to have many citizens who profess loyalty to the country. Some express that loyalty through public service, civic engagement and...
By Abdul Mahmud Governments often lionise those they choose, but history reserves its own place for those it recognises as true heroes. For anyone who followed...
By Abdul Mahmud Our country has become accustomed to almost anything, from food scarcity and high food prices to inflation. Power outages no longer provoke outrages...
By Abdul Mahmud Finally, our country has arrived at that stage of national maturity where everybody accepts suffering as a public policy and inconvenience as a...
By Abdul Mahmud The announcement came with the familiar triumphal cadence of modern counterterrorism warfare. Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, confirmed that a joint operation conducted...
By Abdul Mahmud There are moments in the life of a country when a single story captures the collapse of everything that once held its people...
By Abdul Mahmud “When I came in the school was in a sorry situation; one, there was no teachers.” That sentence, delivered by Monday Okpebholo in...
By Abdul Mahmud Professor Wole Soyinka needs no introduction. His full name, Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka, carries a weight that extends far beyond Nigeria, and even...
Legal practitioner Abdul Mahmud has formally withdrawn his petitions against Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Amabua Muhammed, citing ongoing efforts to resolve related disputes through peaceful...
By Abdul Mahmud Lately, I have found myself haunted by a vision of our democracy not as a living, breathing system of hope, but as a...
By Abdul Mahmud Insecurity is increasing because election is coming. As soon as the election is over, watch out, the first two weeks you’ll not hear...
By Abdul Mahmud The Easter holidays offered me a welcome pause, a season of rest and reflection. In that quiet interval, I turned my mind to...
