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Kano 2023: Is Gawuna that popular-Adamu Danlami
By Adamu Danlami
Death has never been preferable to life. Ideally, no one will want to lose a loved one, but it is inevitable to lose and be lost one day.
The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna recently tasted yet…
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That attack on CBN Governor Emefiele- Mamman Maisalati
By Engr Mamman Maisalati
It was not any surprising to see some bread and butter youth organisations craving for crumbs by churning out all manner of press statements on issues they know nothing about. This is the same thing that came to…
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Between Mele Kyari and Dangote refinery- Callistus Uzoma
By Callistus Uzoma
It is remarkable that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC) is undergoing profound transformation at a time of perceived corporate despondency with national economic implications. Most significant of the…
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Gumi is wrong. War can end banditry-Mahmud Jega
By Mahmud Jega
The widely disseminated statement by Kaduna-based Muslim cleric Dr Ahmed Gumi titled “War has never been a solution anywhere anytime” is too sweeping to be true. He was referring to the Nigerian Army’s recently stepped-up…
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Pantami Again: When august visitors gather for digital innovation-Yushau A. Shuaib
By Yushau A. Shuaib
It was on August 23, 2021, that a man in a black suit walked into our office at 9.30 am. He introduced himself as the Protocol Officer in the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy and announced that the…
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Why politicians split up: A conflict of interest or a conflict of mistrust-Adamu Aminu
In normal democratic possibilities, there is nothing more joyful for an outgoing leader, than to see his deputy taking over - to succeed him from where he stops.
The succession, in terms of continuous executions of meaningful policies…
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Why Governor Badaru is called ‘Baba mai Calculator’ in Jigawa-Habibu Nuhu Kila
By Habibu Nuhu Kila
Many have sought to know why the Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, is being called ‘Baba Mai Calculator’ by the citizens of the state.
The phraseology is roughly translated to mean ‘the man who…
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Cabinet Reshuffle: The fallacy of forecasting the fire from the furnace- Bala Ibrahim
There is a popular Hausa adage that says, “Ana zaton wuta a maqera, sai ga ta ta tashi a masaqa”. This literally means, while the fire is expected to start from the smithy, it turned out to ignite from the textile, or cotton mill. In a…
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Terrorism and FG’s humanitarian interventions in the North- East-Musa Ilallah
By Musa Ilallah
It is worth beginning this piece by looking at the evolution of Boko Haram, (Westernization Is Sacrilege) founded in 2002 by Muhammed Yusuf in Maiduguri, North-Eastern Nigeria. Since 2009 when Muhammad Yusuf was killed,…
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Leadership, liabilities and lamentations-Bala Ibrahim
The commonest definition of leadership is given as, the process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal. To be a good leader, therefore, one is expected to have certain qualities,…
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