Honouring The Elderly, Securing The Future In Jigawa State How the healthcare reforms of Governor Umar Namadi Danmodi are restoring dignity to the aged while protecting the youngest generation._ By Lamara Garba…
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Daniel’s Denial And The Bwala Brouhaha
By Bala Ibrahim Like in every business or professional practice, there is a risk called occupational hazard, which comes as a danger, or threat to physical or the psychological health of the…
When A Gentle Light Goes Out: The Demise Of A Quintessential Dandago
When A Gentle Light Goes Out: The Demise Of A Quintessential Dandago By Lamara Garba A deep wave of disbelief and sorrow swept through Bayero University, Kano the moment the tragic news…
When A Gentle Light Goes Out: The Demise Of A Quintessential Dandago
When A Gentle Light Goes Out: The Demise Of A Quintessential Dandago By Lamara Garba A deep wave of disbelief and sorrow swept through Bayero University, Kano the moment the tragic news…
War’s First Casualty: Truth in Nigeria’s Social Media Age
By Adamu S Ladan The ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus is widely credited with the timeless observation that “in war, truth is the first casualty.” Centuries later, that phrase remains profoundly relevant as…
Renewed Hope for Civil Servants, By Abdulhameed Musa Abdullahi
The recent approval by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of a new gratuity package for retiring federal civil servants is a welcome development that deserves recognition. For many years, civil servants under…
Abba Care: A Lifeline of Compassion in Kano State
Abba Care: A Lifeline of Compassion in Kano State By Lamara Garba Azare In Kano State, compassion has found structure. It has found funding. It has found direction. Under the leadership of…
From Appointee To Agitator:Decoding The Real Motives Behind Galadima’s Attacks On Governor Yusuf And The DSS
From Appointee To Agitator:Decoding The Real Motives Behind Galadima’s Attacks On Governor Yusuf And The DSS By Mohammed Babagana Abubakar In the theatre of Nigerian politics, certain actors have mastered what analysts…
Opposition Or Indirect Embalement:The Strategic Question Kwankwaso’s Arithmetic Forces Kano To Confront
Opposition Or Indirect Embalement:The Strategic Question Kwankwaso’s Arithmetic Forces Kano To Confront By Nworisa Michael Coordinator, Inter-tribe Community Support Forum It is a common knowledge that Kano politics has never been ordinary….
Galadima’s Allegations Against Governor Yusuf,The DSS: Politically Motivated, Essentially Baseless, Institutionally Dangerous
Galadima’s Allegations Against Governor Yusuf,The DSS: Politically Motivated, Essentially Baseless, Institutionally Dangerous By Najeeb Nasir Ibrahim National Director-General, The Unifier Project Abuja The Unifier Project, a national civic organization committed to democratic…
Kano State Government To Ex-Commissioners:Why Office Property Are Not Yours
Kano State Government To Ex-Commissioners:Why Office Property Are Not Yours By Barrister Aminu Hussaini In every functioning democracy, one principle must remain sacred: public assets belong to the people, not to those…
Galadima’s Failed Script: How An Evidence-Free Allegation Unravelled Under Scrutiny
Galadima’s Failed Script: How An Evidence-Free Allegation Unravelled Under Scrutiny By Shariff Aminu Ahlan The recent press briefing by the Kano State Government has done what facts always do when brought to…
Galadima’s Failed Script: How An Evidence-Free Allegation Unravelled Under Scrutiny
Galadima’s Failed Script: How An Evidence-Free Allegation Unravelled Under Scrutiny By Shariff Aminu Ahlan The recent press briefing by the Kano State Government has done what facts always do when brought to…
Freedom Of Speech,Not Freedom From Consequence:A Citizen’s Call For Responsible Public Commentary
Freedom Of Speech,Not Freedom From Consequence:A Citizen’s Call For Responsible Public Commentary By Nworisa Michael Coordinator, Inter-tribe Community Support Forum I have followed, with careful and sustained attention, the recent public exchanges…
Why Galadima’s Campaign Against Governor Yusuf Fails The Test Of Crediblity
Why Galadima’s Campaign Against Governor Yusuf Fails The Test Of Crediblity By Com. Munir I. Publisher In politics, timing does not merely reveal strategy, but also reveals motive. The timing of Alhaji…
While Arewa Is Bleeding, Its Leaders Are Fighting
By Kadaria Ahmed Let us start with what we know. Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, former FCT Minister under President Olusegun Obasanjo, and one-time Director-General of the Bureau of…
Securing Kano: Gov Abba Please Replicate Ganduje
By Abba Anwar With the deteriorating security condition across parts of the North, Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf needs to tighten belt and secure the state for better. While effort within…
The Shifting Political Landscape in Kebbi South: Who Truly Deserves the Senate Seat? (III)
By Mal. Abdulhameed Musa Abdullahi Politics is not mathematics alone. Politics is about justice. It is about fairness. It is about people. Across Kebbi South -from the busy markets of Yauri to…
Murtala Day: Remembering a Leader, Renewing a Nation
By Adamu S Ladan February 13 is not just another date in Nigeria’s history. It is a solemn reminder of the tragic assassination of General Murtala Ramat Mohammed in 1976—an event that…
From Murtala’s Defiance to Diplomatic Dependence
By Babayola M. Toungo Fifty years after General Murtala Mohammed thundered that “Africa has come of age,” Nigeria now risks advertising to the world that it has come of dependence. The distance…
2027 Begins In Kano: Abba Kabir Yusuf Formally Received Into APC As Tinubu Consolidates Northern Political Stronghold
2027 Begins In Kano: Abba Kabir Yusuf Formally Received Into APC As Tinubu Consolidates Northern Political Stronghold By Lamara Garba From the moment Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima touched down at the…
Why Young Nigerians Should Pay Attention to the Eight-Year Tenure Rule
By Abdulhameed Musa Abdullahi As a young Nigerian who follows public affairs closely, I see the recent reminder on the eight-year tenure rule for directors and the fixed tenure for permanent secretaries…
Political Organization : Why Gov Abba Should Adjust
By Abba Anwar It was evidently clear that, yesterday’s grand political gathering to formally welcome the Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, into the fold of the ruling All Progressives Congress…
2027 Elections: INEC & Citizens, Time to Rise to the Challenge
By Abba Dukawa Following mounting public pressure, the leadership of the National Assembly was compelled to amend Section 60 of the Electoral Act, allowing presiding officers at polling units to electronically transmit…
Illicit Drug Trafficking and Swallowing Death for Wealth
By Victoria Ojonide Like many Nigerians at the start or end of a long day, I was scrolling through the news without much attention when one headline forced me to stop. A…