In the early hours of Wednesday, February 4th, 2026, news broke of the tragic killings of dozens of people in the outlying communities of Woro and Nuku in the Kaiama Local Government
“To be an enemy of the U.S. is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal -Dr. Henry Kissinger. In recent days, Nigerian media platforms have been filled with
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
Asalamu Alaikum, Your Excellency. Happy 59th birthday. On a day like this,
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The week before the end of his controversial tenure as (unmerited) Head of Service, Steve Orosanye
The “Mother of Apologies” came last week from the former governor of Borno, Ali Modu Sherrif:
LAST weekend Sokoto hosted the cream of Nigerian political society. They were in the ‘Seat of
LONG before it became accepted wisdom, I had been an advocate of negotiation with the Islamist
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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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Last week, the Program Manager of the United Nations Habitat in Nigeria, Professor Johnson Bade, revealed
The press reported this week that an Abuja High Court had granted bail to Chief Ralph
The news broke last week that a committee of the National Judicial Council (NJC), headed by
The media reported at the weekend that President Obasanjo expressed disagreement with the open political space
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Do people think once they say, “We believe”, that they will be left without being tested?
When the news broke of the passing of Biodun Jeyifo (BJ), one of the first persons
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The recent collaborative venture between veteran Highlife musician, Victor Olaiya and contemporary artists, Tuface Idibia, has led to an emotional outpouring of analysis. Early this week, the internet group, NIGERIA COLLECTIVE also enthusiastically weighed in, about the bridge between musical generations. Invariably,
