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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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Osinbajo as the successor would be a victory for all-Bashir Suwaid
By Bashir Suwaid
At the beginning of this administration, President Muhammadu Buhari together with Yemi Osinbajo spent a lot of time listening to people’s concerns about the economy, education, health, security & lots more, listening…
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Jigawa @30: Governor Badaru’s calculative transformation-Ahmad Muhammad Danyaro
By Ahmad Muhammad Danyaro Leaders require some attributes to be able to attain unrivaled positions such as courage, intelligence, foresight, maturity, compassion, etc. Well–positioned and revered leaders normally possess such attributes…
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SLS@60: The making of an African Statesman-Ibrahim Ado-Kurawa
By Ibrahim Ado-Kurawa, Friends, admirers, and family of His Highness Khalifah Muhammadu Sanusi II commemorated his sixtieth birthday in style. Dinner, colloquium, and launching of SDG challenge were held to honor this exceptional…
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2023: The fuss about regions -Adetayo Balogun
By Adetayo Balogun
It’s just more than 500 days to the 2023 Presidential election, and the permutations and possible combinations have started as to who Nigerians should vote. More loudly, discussions about the region to produce the next…
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OBJ: Metaphor of 2023- Muyiwa Lekan
By Muyiwa Lekan After successfully breeding two presidents and suffering a post-natal abortion of the third, the nation’s prolific king-maker and former president Olusegun Obasanjo(OBJ) has suffered a blow below the belt in his fourth…
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Ganduje, Gawuna and the quest for the right successor
By Hisham Habib Kano state governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje will soon exhaust his second term as the governor of the most populous state, and will surely have to step aside for a successor either from his party or the opposition.
His wife…
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Connecting the unconnected: How CITAD is bridging digital divide in northern Nigeria- Ali Sabo
By: Ali Sabo Internet connectivity is becoming part and parcel of humans’ lives all over the globe, but the story in the undeveloped countries most especially those living in the African continent is different and not encouraging. Millions…
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