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Kidnapping and 15 years imprisonment- Idris Mohammed
By Idris Mohammed
The first time I heard the issue of paying ransom in northern Nigeria was in 2018 when twin sisters were abducted by an armed group in Dauran village of Zamfara state. Their abductors demanded a ransom of N150 million…
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What NLC doesn’t know about Nasir El-Rufai-Alhassan Haruna Dambatta
By Alhassan Haruna Dambatta
Recent events in Kaduna state where the state government was in a showdown with labour forces who demanded the reversal of the unpopular policy of random sacking of workers by the state government.
The peak…
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The latitude of labour in a capitalist country- Bala Ibrahim
Thank God, calm had returned to Kaduna State yesterday, after the announcement by the president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, that the five-day warning strike in the state has been suspended. The truce was reached,…
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Right-sizing the civil service— A dream-Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde
By Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde
Right-sizing the civil service is the dream of every President, Governor, LG Chairman and concerned public administrator. Going about it without political backlash is the problem. You need the courage of my friend…
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El-Rufai and the laughable labour of labour-Bala Ibrahim
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, had yesterday Monday, 17th 05/21, pulled all its weight in labour, and laboured well in Kaduna, with the dream of lowering the living standard of governor Nasir El-Rufai, I suppose. But everything turned…
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El-Rufai: You must break eggs to make omelette- Bala Ibrahim
Going by the trend of events, all is set for a total showdown, between the Kaduna state government and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. The state chapter of the NLC had last week issued a notice of a warning strike, commencing on Monday,…
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Nigeria: The bullying baby of the betrayers-Bala Ibrahim
Since1966, when Nigeria had the first coup d'état of 15th January, where mutinous soldiers, led by Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu Kaduna and Emmanuel Ifeajuna killed many people, including the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and the…
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The failure of political, security and economic sorcery-Salisu Na’inna Dambatta
By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta
Nigeria is currently facing a triplet of experts, specialists and pundits in political, security and economic sorcery. They always predict doom for Nigeria. They are simultaneously trading their wares in a…
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Tsangaya schools: Is the reformation of Almajiri system of education in sight-Ummulkhairi Bala Bello
By: Ummulkhairi Bala Bello
The word Almajiri refers to a traditional method of memorizing the Glorious Qur’an where male children are sent to search for Islamic knowledge under the control of an Islamic scholar called Malam. They mostly…
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Scandal Probe: What is good for the goose must be good for the gander-Bala Ibrahim
From all indications, the suspension of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, is likely to open Pandora’s box, that could generate more complicated problems for the government in particular, and the…
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