Kashim Shettima, Senator Na’allah’s Plane And A Kaduna Trip
He received the tragic message this morning. Kashim Shettima’s friend, Engineer Umar Zubair, died suddenly today in Kaduna, and the Janaiza prayer
EGYPT: TRAVEL IN THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS
The last time I visited Cairo, the capital of the Arab Republic of Egypt, was five years ago, in September I had
Kashim Shettima, Dutse, and Emir’s coronation
We landed at the Dutse Airport at 11:05hrs. For me, this was a moment of poignant remembrance. Between 2013 and 2014, I
Port Harcourt: Of Flyovers, Billboards, And More
I arrived in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, January 10th, 2023, for a 48-hour visit. The last time I visited, three years ago,
IT’S A LONG DRIVE TO BIRNIN GWARI
We landed at the old Kaduna Airport Terminal this windy afternoon, and waited for the plane that brought His Excellency Bola Ahmed
Maiduguri truly surprises
I have been coming to Maiduguri, over the past couple of decades. It’s a city that I have an intimate familiarity
Light And Shade In Borno
The flight to Maiduguri, last week Tuesday evening, had been delayed for more than three hours. And at a point, not a
To and from Dutse by air
Early on Monday morning, I arrived at the Abuja airport to do a flight to Dutse, the Jigawa state capital. I
Ilorin to Lagos by road
I am typing these lines somewhere in Ikeja, Lagos. I arrived on Sunday to attend the funeral ceremony of Funke’s mother. Funke
Travel in Borno: In the heart of insurgency (2)
IT is amazing to always behold the resilience of the human spirit. And in my Borno sojourn, the human spirit was asserting
Travel in Borno: The pains of the insurgency
In the end, the return journey by road from Maiduguri to Abuja, took fifteen hours! It was certainly one of the scariest