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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On Monday night, the BBC’s NEWSHOUR programme, reported the passing of the Uruguayan leftwing writer, Eduardo Galeano 74, and the German writer, poet and Nobel Laureate, Gunter Grass, 87. And just as I made up my mind to write a tribute to
