Arts & Life
Dadasare: The first northern woman in many fields
BOOK REVIEW TITLE: It Can Now Be Told AUTHOR: Dadasare Abdullahi INTRODUCTION: Aliyah Adamu Ahmad PUBLISHER: Informart Publishers Ltd., Kaduna...
Musa Bityong: A soldier’s fate
Musa Bityong was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Niɡerian Army when he was executed by firinɡ squad by the ɡovernment...
Ugokwe and Buhari
Both Lt. Colonel Chris Ugokwe and the then Brigadier Muhammadu Buhari men joined the Nigerian Army in the early 1960s...
Mary Slessor and Janie Slessor
Mary Slessor (2 December 1848 – 13 January 1915) was a Scottish, United Presbyterian missionary who went to work in...
Major Bulama Biu, first Academy Regimental Sergeant Major
Major Bulama Biu was born on March 15, 1934 at Biu, now Borno State. After his formal Elementary School education,...
‘Kwaraption’ – A review
TITLE: 'Kwaraption' EDITORS: Khalid Imam and Ola Ifatimehin TYPE: Anthology of poetry written in Engausa PUBLISHER: Whetstone Art and Information...
Ladi Dosei Kwali, Nigeria’s best-known potter
Ladi Dosei Kwali (1925-1983), the woman on the twenty naira note, was the best potter in Nigeria. Popularly known as...
When giants meet…
L-R Premier, Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello (Sardauna of Sokoto), Dr. E. Eyo and the Premier of Western Region, Chief...
Hermit’s Paradise
There was a cleansing whiteness and quietness to the house, a kind of purity that forced one into the now....
Bola Ige, other UCI undergrads in ’53
These are undergraduate friends at the University College, Ibadan, in 1953, all decked out in traditional attires. Standing from left...