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PMB: One hug for kiss another hug for kill-Bala Ibrahim
Late Chief MKO Abiola, (may his soul rest in peace) used to say, “You have to be close to someone to kiss him, but you also have to be close to him to bite him.”
Yesterday, Thursday, 6/05/21 featured another surprise from President…
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Coup Scare: Could the government be complicit- Bala Ibrahim
I remember an instance, when the then governor of Lagos State, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu raised alarm about an attempt to assassinate him, after an incident in which four people with him were killed. Governor Tinubu said assassins shot at his…
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In search of night of power ( Lai Latul Qadr)
By Muazu Muazu
The importance of the last ten days of Ramadan cannot be overemphasized.
Islam does not approve of monasticism --------- but it does ask us to take periodic breaks from it.
The mandatory Salat is a perfect example.…
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Strategic moves to end food insecurity in Nigeria- Musa Ilallah
By Musa Ilallah
Since his assumption of duty as Nigeria's duly elected President on May 29, 2015, President Muhammad Buhari has not left anybody in doubt as to what his government will be doing for the 4 year period he will preside over…
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Insecurity: The sobriety of Saraki’s suggestion- Bala Ibrahim
To start with, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki is not in my good books, and it may take a long time before he gets imported into them. But while he is serving that sentence, he has done something yesterday, Tuesday, 27/04/21, that…
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El-Rufai: The execution of the exemplar- Bala Ibrahim
Since last week, when I saw the sudden upsurge of some video clips circulating in the social media in Hausa, wherein a fluent and powerfully persuasive person, probably speaking from the podium of a mosque or a place of worship, admonishing…
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Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu at 65-Ibrahim Sheme
By Ibrahim Sheme
On this day, April 25, the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu, clocked 65 years. He was the VC of NOUN from 2016 to February 11, 2021. When his…
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The Definition of Ramadan-Muazu Muazu
By Muazu Muazu
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the most important month of the year - the month of prayers and reflections. It is the month that the believers await with eagerness.
Fasting during Ramadan was…
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The ding-dong between the dingbat and the dumbass- Bala Ibrahim
Pursuant to my article of yesterday, Tuesday/20/04/21, captioned, Ganduje: Gradually going gaga?, which touched on the perceived excesses of the governor of Kano state, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, a rejoinder was published by one Mahmud Sani…
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Where Bala Ibrahim got it wrong-Mahmud Sani Adam
By Mahmud Sani Adam
I read a piece by Bala Ibrahim, a senior colleague in the pen profession and former staff of the Hausa Service of the BBC, which appears in an online news medium and other social media platforms.
The piece, titled:…
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