Recently, someone sent me an unsolicited WhatsApp message. As a columnist, and being naturally curious, I read any written message sent to me. After all, column ideas can come from unusual sources. However, on this occasion, after skimming the message, I dismissed it right away. Why? Well, the content of the message was too outlandish that only the credulous would readily believe it.
According to a story attributed to “a senior Presidency insider” and “exclusively confirmed” to a news outlet called “ISTA News Bulletin” President Bola Tinubu planned to rename Nigeria as the “United States of Nigeria (USN)”, transfer significant powers to the states and abolish Sharia law across the North. The proposals for this radical redesign of Nigeria were set out in a document code-named “Project True Federation”, with President Tinubu expected to present a bill to the National Assembly by December 15 to give legislative effect to the
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