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Is Atiku the Mugabe of Nigerian politics?
Following my interrogation of the Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s presidential aspiration and the urgent need to cede the nomination of the...
Kano people cheer as Zaura provides potable water for communities
Succour is finally coming the way of communities in Kano State, with the total rehabilitation of abandoned and dilapidated boreholes,...
Imperatives of manpower development in Ogun civil service
The civil service refers to a sector of government that comprises workers that are employed on professional merit rather than...
Ibrahim Datti Ahmad: An influential Muslim leader (1936-2021)
He was born in 1936 in Kano. He attended Gidan Makama Primary School, after which he proceeded to Kano Middle...
It begins: The manifestation of ’60s in 2020s Southwest
It seems to me the battle line is drawn between two political giants of the Yoruba nation. Like the decade...
Buhari returns to Dodan Barracks, 37 years later
On August 27, 1985, he was taken out of Dodan Barracks, the then seat of government, in Ikoyi, Lagos, by...
The tragedy called Zamfara State
For almost two decades now, Zamfara state has been in the news; sadly, for all the wrong reasons. If it...
Reflections on the North: Zaura as the Sardauna of our time
Abraham Lincoln’s quote, “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle,” is...
Principled Political Choices are not Betrayal
I have seen a statement made by me, many years ago, to celebrate the 60th birthday anniversary of Senator Bola...
January 15 coup: 56 years after
This date was a turning point in Nigeria’s history because it terminated the First Republic and initiated the crisis that...