LIFE (For Bashir Tofa)
Ephemeral Is this life with bunches Of promises. Some are so lucky To live like candles Lighting others, While they ...
Month: January 2022
The many wisdoms of the late Bashir Tofa
The cold hands of death in the early hours of Monday, January 3, 2022 took away for good the gentle ...
Meet Thomas Fuller, the “Virginia Calculator”
Thomas Fuller, an African sold into slavery in 1724 at the age of 14, was sometimes known as the “Virginia ...
Benjamin Adekunle, ‘The Black Scorpion’
The legendary Brigadier Benjamin Adesanya Maja Adekunle (1936- 2014), a.k.a. ‘The Black Scorpion’, was one of the most successful military ...
African writers demand justice for detained Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija
The Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) has demanded that the Ugandan authorities allow the detained novelist, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija unfettered access ...
Nigerian politician, Bashir Othman Tofa, dies at 75
A top Nigerian politician, businessman and author, Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, is dead. Family sources said he died in a ...
APC promises rancour-free national convention
The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured that it would conduct a rancour-free ...
President Buhari’s New Year message
Full text of President Muhammadu Buhari's New Year message HAPPY NEW YEAR! We remain grateful to the Almighty God for ...
I made $22.3m in 2021 – Davido
The Nigeria-American artiste took to his verified social media page on Friday to announce the amount. He wrote, “Made 22.3 ...
Sardauna and Tafawa ride through Kaduna
Premier of the Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello (Sardaunan Sokoto), and the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa, driving through the ...