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When Death Strikes: Tribute to Malam Isa Gusau- Sule Ya’u Sule
By Dr. Sule Ya'u Sule
It was one of the most difficult phone calls I had to make, afraid of the response that I may likely get. At the same time, I needed to calm my nervousness which was raised by someone on one of the platforms I!-->!-->!-->…
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Media Trial: Judging a book by its cover- Abdurrahman Abubakar
By Abdurrahman Abubakar
Judging a book by the cover most at time gives a bad deduction. A thorough read might have made one understand it better. It is similar to jumping into conclusions on allegations against fraud, and mismanagement!-->!-->!-->…
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Adieu the Lion- Auwalu Anwar
By Dr. Auwalu Anwar
On Wednesday, 27th December 2023, the former Speaker, the House of Representatives (2000−2003), Rt. Honourable Ghali Umar Na’Abba, died at the National Hospital, Abuja around 3.00 a.m. I had been associated with him!-->!-->!-->…
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The Quintessential Abdulganiyu Rufai- Adnan Mukhtar
By Adnan Mukhtar
No doubt Abdulganiyu Rufai Yakub is a quintessential leader whose track record has proven his versatility and capacity in different sectors.
Rufai has exhibited high qualities of leadership as Secretary of the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Media Trial: Is Tinubu’s Obazee team a mirror of Buhari’s ode probe panel?
By Yushau A. Shuaib
In the past couple of weeks, the media has been awash with reported cases of monumental scandals involving individuals and organizations associated with the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu!-->!-->!-->…
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Why a President should not be a Minister- Hassan Gimba
By Hassan Gimba
An Igbo adage says that when an anomaly persists for one year, it becomes the norm. So slowly, steadily but surely, it is becoming a norm, an accepted aberration, for a president in Nigeria to appoint himself as a!-->!-->!-->…
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Rivers must not overflow, Mr President! Hassan Gimba
Rivers, a state so rich because God blessed it with an abundance of crude oil and gas, is named after the many rivers that border its territory. Forty percent of Nigeria’s output of crude oil is produced in the state. It also has deposits!-->…
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Preserving Democracy: A Plea to uphold justice in Kano- Dahiru Muhammad Hashim
By Dahiru Muhammad Hashim
In Nigeria, democracy stands at a critical juncture, and the very foundation of the nation's governance is trembling under the weight of corruption. The judiciary, designed to be the guardian of justice, finds!-->!-->!-->…
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Why we should stop going to court after elections (2)- Hassan Gimba
By Hassan Gimba
In the first part of this write-up, we saw how in 1983, the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), afraid of defeat, capitalized on Shehu Shagari’s perceived likeability and reversed the election timetable and started with a!-->!-->!-->…
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Kano Guber: The echoes of past similar cases- Dahiru Muhammad Hashim
By Dr. Dahiru Muhammad Hashim
Today, I write not only as a keen observer of political affairs but as a concerned citizen deeply troubled by recent ugly trends in our democratic landscape.
In the aftermath of the tribunal's decision!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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