Is’haq Modibbo Kawu kawumodibbo@gmail.com I returned to Kaduna yesterday evening to the story of the passing of the venerable Dr. Christopher Kolade at the age of 93. He lived a very long
My name is Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, FNGE, representing the Nigerian Guild of Editors Chairman and Distinguished Delegates, Nigeria matters. We are the only African country with all attributes to become a
Asalamu Alaikum, Your Excellency. Happy 59th birthday. On a day like this, you will receive several messages from people from all walks of life. Some would be sourced from official relationships, and
Is’haq Modibbo Kawu kawumodibbo@yahoo.com It was Issa Aremu’s tribute which alerted me
On Monday, June 16th, 2025, I drove the 58 kilometers from Abuja
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THIS week, an emergency meeting of the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council, held in Kaduna. These are
“The PDP appears to have added public brawling to its list of accomplishments. The self-proclaimed largest
Last week, the House of Representatives suspended debate on the Pension Reform Act because of the
“How many decisions-including ones of great historical significance that impact millions of people-are made by men
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Sometime in the month of June 1983, Vice President, Alex Ekuweme, during one of his campaign rallies, was reported as saying that the austerity measures his government clamped down on the country,
During the 1980s, I was very actively involved in the Nigerian trade union movement. I had been elected as the chairman of my local chapter of the Radio, Television and Theatre Workers’
During an international anti-apartheid conference in November 1988, Ike Nwachukwu, Nigeria’s External Affairs Minister, seized the opportunity of the august gathering, to remount the old hobby horse of Nigerian foreign policy- demands
Mankind is in a state of constant change. “The journalist’s task is to write about and, in a sense, promote changes, to prevent society from becoming ossified. Journalists should always test the
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November 11th, 2005. It was just supposed to be another day of the year. Last Friday,
Our weekly Edictorial Planning meeting last week, chose as cartoon of the week, a piece that
The major plank of Obasanjo’s economic policies since 1999, is the privatisation policy that was not
Early this week, President Obasanio was in Lome, Togo to hold a meeting with other West
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On Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025, I received a very short message from Mrs. Abiola Aderibigbe, daughter-in-law
I returned to Kaduna yesterday evening to the story of the passing of the venerable Dr.
Is’haq Modibbo Kawu kawumodibbo@gmail.com I returned to Kaduna yesterday evening to the story of the passing
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I have been fascinated by writing about people, places and events for decades; and I have therefore written about, commented on, and analysed, the African Culture, condition, as well as the international situation, at several levels.
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I woke up on Thursday, May 29th, 2025, to a tribute to Ngugi wa Thiong’o, written by my California-based friend, Adeyombo Aderinto. That tribute alerted me to the passing of that giant of African writing; certainly, one of the greatest names in
