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    By Editor A human rights lawyer, Barrister Badamasi Gandu, has accused the Kano State Police Command of attempting to cover up the circumstances surrounding the death of a Civil Defence officer, Mustapha Small, during a clash between...
    By Babangida Amadu   The management of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has appealed to the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) to urgently restore electricity supply to the facility after a recent disconnection reportedly led to the death...

    Goodbye to the second Elizabethan era

    By Furera Bagel, PhD In many years to come, if I’m Lucky to attain longevity, some young ones may ask, “what were you doing when...

    A rainbow can never wash off his colours

    By Haroun Muhammed Growing up, I was taught how to laugh in-between the lines, in monosyllables that come off neat and harmless. Nobody taught me...

    It is not hard to become a victim

    By Furera Bagel, PhD  Who remembers those screen savers we used to have on our phones? Well, there was a time I got an interesting...

    Where AbdulJabbar got it wrong

    By Prof. Yakubu Magaji Azare Translation is not haphazardly done. I followed the entire debacle that lasted slightly above five hours with the attendant result from...

    Where AbdulJabbar got it wrong

    By Prof. Yakubu Magaji Azare Translation is not haphazardly done. I followed the entire debacle that lasted slightly above five hours with the attendant result from...

    Is deforestation contributing to climate change in some parts of Nigeria?

    By Furera Bagel Three years ago, a day after Eid-el fitr, residents of Bauchi town and its surroundings experienced a terrible sandstorm for the first...

    Last man standing: Alhaji Aminu Dantata @ 90

      By Munzali Dantata Aminu Dantata was one of the eighteen surviving offsprings of Alhassan Dantata when I was growing up in the 1960s. Most of...

    How do we solve our drug problems?

    By Furera Bagel, PhD  The other day I was at a pharmacy in my area trying to get some medicine when a man came in...

    Celebrating books

    By Furera Bagel, PhD   What is the worst thing that can happen to you? I was once asked and my response was, “to find myself...

    The rise of domestic violence in northern Nigeria

    By Furere Bagel, PhD. In the year 2016, her husband in a fit of rage murdered a relation of mine just because she failed to...

    Celebrating women: Why men should empower their women

    By Furera Bagel, Ph.D A few years ago when my sister was then working for Save The Children,  she sighted a little boy of about...

    In defense of Salihu Tanko Yakasai

    By Dr. Sule Ya’u Sule Let's get one thing clear from the beginning. I think Salihu Tanko Yakasai’s arrest is an overreaction. You can say...

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