Perspectives
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How I Saved Vanguard from Being Shut by the Military Junta
Kehinde Olaosebikan The annulment of June 12, 1993 Presidential election, adjudged to be the best in Nigerian history, was a...
NAHCON: The Indispensable Pillar of Nigerian Hajj Operations
Malam Jalal Ahmad Arabi, NAHCON Executive Chairman The Hajj pilgrimage, a cornerstone of Islam, holds immense significance for Nigerian Muslims....
Organised Labour or citizens’ rage?
Hajia Zainab Suleiman Okino Whether the national workforce is 720,000 at the federal level and about 90,000 at sub-national level,...
‘Gautan Faɗa Da Hujja Ba Gautan Faɗa Da Makami Ba’: Ishaq Ɗan’uwa Rano’s Iconic Voice
When Savannah Radio, Kano, went on air in 2002 (before becoming Freedom Radio Nigeria in December 2003), it became an...
The National Anthem, Et Cetera
Nigeria's national flag The many, heavy, and grave afflictions which denude the nation will not be off-staged by a goodwill...
Uba Sani’s Scorecard
Governor Uba Sani performing the groundbreaking for the construction of a 13km access road connecting Turawa to Dinya through Da'a...
Tinubu’s first anniversary and inconvenient truths
Zainab Suleiman Okino As part of activities to mark (not celebrate) the one-year anniversary of the Bola Tinubu administration, the...
Our Anthem, Our Failure
Nigeria's national flag In 2022, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he then was, expressed the wish to return our lost...
“Though Tribe and Tongue May Differ”: A Wokeist Look at the Old New National Anthem
Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu I used to be a songwriter and a lyricist. So, I am writing this from lyrical...
An Open Letter to William Ruto, by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong (Photo: Steve Zylius / UCI) Dear William Ruto, The images of your recent state visit to the...