For a first time visitor to Guangzhou, China (the last time that I was in this city, was 13 years ago, in 2013), it’s probably the first place to visit. The area
When the United States and Israel launched their illegal attack on Iran on February 28th, 2026, many assumptions underlined what amounted to a frightening blitzkrieg. The Israeli Prime Minister, the war
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
Is’haq Modibbo Kawu kawumodibbo@gmail.com I returned to Kaduna yesterday evening to the
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Olusegun Adeniyi, Presidential Aviser on Media, was an august visitor in my house on Sallah day.
Last week, I made a case for Nigerians to support our armed forces as they confront
It was my colleague and friend, Garbadeen Muhammed, who once described the Niger State Governor, Dr.
I AM writing these lines in the JIGAWA HOTELS room that I have been lodged in since
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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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Rather like a shell-shocked soldier just recovering use of his faculties, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was
There is an air of palpable tension hanging over the international community in respect of the
The news broke out early this week that representatives of the government of Sudan and the
A major element of the 2004 Budget presented recently by President Olusegun Obasanjo to the National
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When the ruling APC submitted Vice President Kashim Shettima’s form as the running mate to President
For a first time visitor to Guangzhou, China (the last time that I was in this
When the United States and Israel launched their illegal attack on Iran on February 28th,
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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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TWO weeks ago, I wrote a longish essay on aspects of Nigerian music, which surprised quite a few readers, including Uncle Sam Amuka, VANGUARD’s publisher. He asked me a few questions about where my knowledge of Nigerian music came from. In the days
