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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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Ganduje: Gradually going gaga? Bala Ibrahim
It was Edward Dalberg Acton, the historian, moralist and English nobleman that said, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."
At no time in the history of Kano politics is this…
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The foreign face of insecurity- Thomas Wakilim
By Thomas Wakilim
It is curious to observe that Nigerians who have been so agitated and outspoken about the various disturbing dimensions of the raging insecurity plaguing the entire country in recent months continue to limit their…
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#PantamiWillStay: Pantami is a national benefactor- Abdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim
ByAbdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim
I find it absolutely hypocritical whenever people try to make it seem as though Shiekh Dr Isa Ali Pantami’s views more than 15 years ago was alien.
I personally could remember having a shirt with the picture…
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The absent aspect of Alkali’s agenda-Bala Ibrahim
Whether true or false, since yesterday, Saturday, 17/04/21, the social media has been awash with clichés in circulation, captioned, “The new Inspector General of Police has released his 12 point agenda for quick implementation.” The agenda…
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