Opinion

ASUU vs Buhari’s Government: What kind of public university do we want?

By Abdelghaffar Amoka Abdelmalik, PhD The interesting piece from Mr Salihu Muhammad Lukman, the DG of the Progressive Governors’ Forum is an indication that ASUU...

Preserve Kano zoo and botanical gardens!

By Alan Frishman, Emeritus Professor I first arrived in Kano in 1966 as a Peace Corps Volunteer. I returned in 1973 to study the...

Not all that glitters is gold: My quarrels with Nigerians’ denigrating humanities for science

By Umar Yandaki On December 18th 2020, a day that would enter Nigeria’s very long annals – as it occasioned the release of the over...

How not to cure Nigeria

  “Nigeria Is sick—but it’s fantastically stupid to suggest burning it down and start afresh,” A. S. Gashinbaki writes. “Insofar as violence have any effect...

Kankara debacle and the future of education in northern Nigeria

By Muhammad Yakubu The past few days came with terrifying stories of how gunmen invaded Government Science Secondary School, Kankara and abducted 344 students of...

Insecurity in northwestern Nigeria: Armed banditry or Boko Haram expansionism?

By Abdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim North West Nigeria has for the past four to five decades suffered from waves of crisis and violence. The trajectory of...

The impending lockdown of Kaduna State

    By Safiyanu Ladan Zaria Some few days ago, the Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai appeared in a short video clip informing the people...

Katsina, new haven of terror-banditry in Nigeria?

By Yushau A. Shuaib Was it not strange that the abduction of Kankara boys occurred on the day President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Daura, his hometown,...

Impunity will always threaten our unity

By Usman O Abdullahi In the words of Martin Luther King Jr. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. Democracy involves fair representation and...

Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission: A perspective

Bashir Kabir A quick flash back to the year 2015. This was the year of reference in regards to the rapid transformation witnessed by the...

Anti-corruption hero: President Buhari leads by example

By Garba Shehu. As he marks today, December 17 as his birthday, Muhammadu Buhari, driver of change and mobiliser of voters continues in his role...

 Aisha’s journey: From road side to classroom

By Aliyu Bashir Almusawi On 15th August 2020 when schools were all still closed due to Covid-19 pandemic, the photo of Aisha reading a storybook by...

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