IN politics, moments arise when loyalty to a platform must give way to loyalty to the people. There are seasons when courage is not found in standing still, but in moving forward with clarity of purpose. Kano State stands at such a moment. The planned defection of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to the ruling All Progressives Congress is not an act of betrayal. It is a call to responsibility, a deliberate choice shaped by necessity, foresight, and the overriding interest of Kano and its people. Perhaps power, when isolated, grows weak. Governance, when detached from the centre, struggles to deliver.…
Author: Abdulkadir Ahmed Ibrahim, FNGE
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‘World Class Leader, Manager, Educator, Motivator, Visionary and Master Trainer’ AT the beginning, his two year (1982 to 1984) sojourn at Manchester University in the United Kingdom (UK) was to further his education where he acquired an M. Sc in Chemical Technology (Petroleum Chemistry and Hydrocarbon). But the quest for additional knowledge delayed the return to Nigeria of Kabir Kabo Usman, as he remained in the UK for additional four years (1984 to 1988) at his alma mater and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Chemistry. While in the UK, the British uncovered the exceptional abilities of Kabir to…
PRAWA (Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action) is a Nigerian non-governmental organization that works to promote security, justice, and development in Africa by advocating for human rights, institutional reform, and rehabilitation for prisoners, ex-prisoners, torture survivors, youth-at-risk, and their families. Established in 1994 by Dr Uju Agomoh, an expert in Justice and Prison Reforms, Human Rights Training, Advocacy, Programme Design and Assessment, primarily to promote Security, Justice and Development in Africa, the organization with headquarters in Abuja and branch offices in Enugu, Kano and Lagos, has over the years been designing and implementing various training and capacity building projects for prison…
ISLAM emphasizes the importance of voluntary lawful acts including kindness, compassion, social justice and community welfare. These acts that also encompass the obligatory alms giving (Zakat) and the voluntary generosity (Sadaqah) can summarily be described as charitable acts. As a fundamental cornerstone of Islam, the key aspects of Charity specified in the Holy Qur’an and the Hadith (Teachings of Prophet Muhammad SAW) that the Faithfuls are enjoined to comply are: • Zakat (Obligatory Charity) which is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is a mandatory annual tax on a portion of a Muslim’s wealth, used to support the…
IT was pomp and pageantry added with splendorous glamour on Saturday June 22, 2024 at the ancient, commercial and cosmopolitan Saminaka town, the seat of Saminaka Emirate and headquarters of Lere Local Goernment Area, in the north-eastern part of Kaduna State. The day which was the 7th day after the Arafat of 1445 AH will always be remembered with nostalgic happiness by the peaceful, hospitable and industrious people of Saminaka who trooped in their thousands and witnessed the turbaning of four eminent personalities with different titles and distinct portfolios by His Royal Highness, the Emir of Saminaka, Alhaji Architect Musa…