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Legal practitioner Abdul Mahmud has formally withdrawn his petitions against Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Amabua Muhammed, citing ongoing efforts to resolve related disputes through peaceful...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...
By Abdul Mahmud “People are asking why are we not killing terrorists even if they have killed others. Well, even in the Bible, the prodigal...
By Abdul Mahmud Nigeria’s democracy is once again approaching a dangerous bend in the road. The campaign season for the 2027 elections has not formally begun;...
By Abdul Mahmud In a world often dominated by the clamour of politics and the pursuit of personal gain, the quiet acts of giving back can...
PRESS STATEMENT I wish to address the recent developments concerning the Resident Association of Fatima Gold Estate and the disputes that have arisen between the Association,...
By Abdul Mahmud There was a country blessed with every gift a nation could desire and cursed with rulers who mistook noise for wisdom. Rivers ran...
By Abdul Mahmud Writing about the Nigerian ruling class often feels like opening an old storehouse to take inventory of what has disappeared. Each visit reveals...