THIS article was published on July 26, 2021, after the Eid-ul-Adha or Eid-ul-Kabir of that year. It remains relevant and…
Browsing: Hassan Gimba’s Column
INNA lilLahi wa inna ilaihir raji’un! May Allah have mercy upon their souls and grant them Aljanna Firdausi. My condolences…
LAST week was a dark one for journalism in Nigeria. The light of two of its bright stars, Hajiya Amina…
ABOUT three weeks ago, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was in Katsina, where he charged the Nigerian Army to end the…
FROM time to time, we give our readers a chance to make their voices heard through their input. Well, it…
IN A tête-à-tête with journalists last week, the Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, openly disagreed with retired General Theophilus…
SOMETIMES in life, one comes across people whom one is at a loss for words on how to present to…
ON Friday last week, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former House of Representatives Speaker and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal,…
This is a repeat. It was published on 24/12/2023. Readers may find it still relevant. RIVERS, a state so rich…
“Today, nearly everything is made in China – except courage; it’s made in Palestine.” – Anthony Bourdain. ANYONE conversant with…
“It’s a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.”…
This was first published on March 12, 2018, nine days after her death. It is repeated wholly with only a…
HAS anybody wondered why the generality of the first set of our educated citizens revered the United Kingdom and aped…
THINGS are happening fast, and in an ever-changing world, keeping track of them is becoming increasingly difficult. This is not…
AS long as I remain the minister of defence, our soldiers will marry the prettiest women, live in the best…
THERE have been pressures on me from pro – and anti-Abdourahamane Tchiani elements to weigh in with my two-pence opinion,…
SOME time ago, I had an oblique conversation with Governor Mai Mala Buni about my health condition, and something related…
FOR those who may not know, considering that I am a journalist and he is a politician, the first time…
THERE is no doubt that trust was the main determiner in making earlier citizens pay taxes willingly. There was trust…
THERE is this hullabaloo that has enveloped the country, with debates all over, in some instances threatening to degenerate into…