This article was first published in December 2020. In light of recent U.S. airstrikes targeting terrorist groups linked to transnational…
Browsing: Hassan Gimba’s Column
MANY things happened in Nigeria last week that will trend for a time. Among them were two weighty revelations, one…
LAST time, we parted with the following words: ‘So, with all this before us, where do we turn? How do…
TWO weeks ago, in what may aptly be termed security diplomacy, Nuhu Ribadu—the super cop who proved his mettle as…
LAST week, a Federal High Court judge, James Omotosho, sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison after convicting…
WE have seen how America behaves when it sets its sights on invading a country. All the indices regarding Nigeria…
“You have to be very careful introducing the truth to the Black man, who has never previously heard the truth…
DONALD Trump, the 47th President of the United States, released a video on Truth Social threatening military action against Nigeria…
IN traditional Nigeria, especially in the Muslim North, where I can confidently say I know a thing or two, segregation…
LOCALLY known as Dr Madu in his youth and later more commonly addressed as Dr Mamman, Dr Madu was an…
I HAVE a confession. Vice President Kashim Shettima has never been my man. I have never quite taken to him.…
THERE are these two half-brothers I opened my eyes to find yapping at each other, like two Rottweiler puppies tearing…
WHOEVER tells you prayers don’t work does not know nothing! Kai, this speaking like a Yankee wannabe has pushed me…
CONTEMPLATE this: I am someone born in Kaduna just after Nigeria was born, cut my teeth in the undulating plains…
I HAVE been under the weather for the past six weeks, a period during which I have not gone to…
ABOUT two weeks ago, Nigeria lost one of its finest police officers who rose to the peak of its Police…
THE over 100-year history of the Nigerian railway system, which pioneered the rapid opening of the country, is a mixed…
GENERAL Christopher Musa, the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, recently urged us to learn combat skills to protect ourselves when…
BUT in reality, they do not know who they are, having become vessels for the new indolence that has deprived…
IN the past year or so, I have become a sad man. I feel sorry for myself, as I cannot…