By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi. There is an ongoing campaign by an organisation known as the ‘Tinubu & Shettima National Support Groups’, led by one Mr. Eniola Ehinafe, to have Mele Kyari removed…
Category: Opinion
No ‘big’ shoulders to cry
By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi. A typical villager I know, even his appearance gives him away, finished in one of the premier universities in the country with a very good result. He finished…
Khalil/Naseni And The Take From The Tinubu Trip
By Bala Ibrahim. It is no longer news that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is out of the country. He left the shores of Nigeria since last week, on official assignment to some…
Nigeria’s Journey to “Next Level: Possibility or Impossibility?
By Onipede Paul Oyekunle Since the return of democracy in 1999, Nigeria has been on the center stage both for the positives and the negatives like other nations of the world. The…
2024 UTME Mass Failure: Social Media to Blame?
By Onipede Paul Oyekunle A striking pattern has emerged, following the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME); a widespread failure that sent waves of shock across Nigeria’s educational system. The Joint Admissions…
Nigerian Minister of Power is Unserious
By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi. It is out of my character to be uncharitably disrespectful to others, especially the top people in the society. But the recent statement attributed to the Nigerian Minister…
Of Humility, Integrity and Shame
By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi I read someone’s comment in the social media saying, that was ‘integrity’, under the headline: ‘Minister of Power Resigns’. Because I did not read the story, I automatically…
Re: How Ganduje Hired Fake NGO To Rate Kano Low In An Attempt To Cover His Wasted 8 Years
By Edwin Olofu I read with shock and consternation, an article written by Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, spokesperson to Kano state Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf titled: “How Ganduje Hired Fake NGO to…
Where is our money?
By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi A couple of years ago, ‘Follow the money’ became a popular slogan among the elite of the ruling Republicans and the opposition Democrats during the waning months of…
Digital Economy and Youth Employment in Nigeria: Nexus, Challenges and Opportunities
By Olaogun Michael Sunkanmi The digital revolution is reweaving the very fabric of economies across the globe and decentralizing the marketplace, where businesses of all sizes, from tech giants to one-person and…
DISCOS: Agents of Darkness
By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi. The other day, I heard a member of the DISCO in charge of Kaduna state and others, reassuring their customers that the DISCO would do its best to…
Why They Are Afraid Of Ganduje
By Abubakar Umar As I prepared to pen this write-up, I scrolled through the news and read that the Kano High Court that ordered the suspension of the APC National Chairman, Dr….
Human: God’s Most Thoughtful and Thoughtless Creation
By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi Before the scholars of the Darwinian ‘Theory of Evolution’ skin me alive, let me quickly say that I am talking from the Islamic perspective, where Allah (SWT) tells…
Yusuf Bichi: Between the Spymaster and a Celebrity
By Yushau A. Shuaib I was disturbed watching videos of a young man dressed in designer outfits, adorned with expensive wristwatches, wearing exotic shoes, displaying bags of costly perfumes, and being chauffeured…
Wasteland, By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi
The political, business and the economic classes seem to loose sight of the fact that a land without a people is in another word known as a wasteland. And what is a…
CGC BA Adeniyi: Where Dedication Meets Experience, Performance Yields Lasting Greatness
…charting a path to prosperity with CGC Adeniyi’s strategic leadership and diplomatic engagement In the ever-evolving landscape of Customs administration, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, emerges as an icon of commitment and…
The Ruling Party and The Opposition
By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi. In developed democracies, like USA, Germany, Italy, Spain, etc, otherwise known as the western world, one hardly hears about the opposition until during or near elections. The UK…
Soludo And New Anambra (4): Opposition’s Clueless Politics
By Law Mefor The petty and lazy tactics of the opposition in Anambra State are characterised by the deception of the promise of a single term and propaganda. They are not adept…
Who Is Afraid Of Ganduje?
By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi. Of recent, there have been a lot of shenanigans against Ganduje, suggesting that someone is, or some people are, afraid of the National Chairman of the ruling All…
The Ibrahim Kabir Masari’s Example
By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi. It is not often that you come across a politician who spends his hard earned money on good deeds even without general elections on the horizon, like Alhaji…
INSIGHT: Why Many Young People Are Better At Gripping Than Gratitude?
Are you carried away with your current circumstances and you’ ve allowed that to define what you see? Are you among those people who sit and wait around for inspiration while expecting…
State Police: Between Invading Janjaweed Bandits And Soulless Terrorists And Fear Of Abuse
By Law Mefor For a while now, there has been a heated debate in Nigeria regarding the creation of state police. The majority of Nigerians think state police is a good idea…
Nigeria’s Detainment of Binance Executives: Separating Fact from Fiction
By Ahmad Muhammad Danyaro Recent headlines have painted a picture of two Binance executives – Nadeem Anjarwalla and Tigran Gambaryan – being “unjustly” detained in Nigeria. While their situation maybe concerning, a…
Soludo And A New Anambra (3): The Two-year Scorecard
By Law Mefor Opposition politicians are sometimes able to admit the truth and provide unflattering praise. Yes, the Prof Chukwuma Soludo administration is doing remarkably well. Even the opposition in Anambra State…
Before Their Excellencies and Honourables go on the ‘ritual’ Ramadan Umrah
By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi This article should have come before the month of Ramadan, but as the saying goes – Better late than never- is very much apt in this case. Besides,…