THE promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies is the focus of goal number 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
Browsing: Hassan Gimba’s Column
NIGERIA is a country of one week, one issue; but insecurity, spreading over the nation like a cancer in a…
AS reporters and analysts, we must inform, based on trends, and where possible, raise the alarm, hoping that those in…
ON MONDAY, January 8, I lost my mother. She died at the age of 85. Despite the age being ripe,…
LAST week, we got a dose of what investigative journalism ought to be. Umar Audu, a promising young journalist, proved…
AN IGBO adage says that when an anomaly persists for one year, it becomes the norm. So slowly, steadily but…
RIVERS, a state so rich because God blessed it with an abundance of crude oil and gas, is named after…
IN the first part of this write-up, we saw how in 1983, the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), afraid of…
IS there something with the presidential system of democracy we have twice adopted for ourselves that necessitates involving the courts…
“A corrupt judge is more harmful to the society than a man who runs amok with a dagger in a…
THERE is no Nigerian that will tell you he is not aware of the NLC even if he does not…
THIS was a speech delivered by Dr Hassan Gimba, publisher of Neptune Prime online newspaper and a syndicated columnist, at…
It’s worth noting that this article was originally published on December 3, 2017, yet its relevance persists to this day.…
SO, Malam Adamu Fika, the Wazirin Fika, is dead. Called home by our Creator who loves man more than man…
THIS article was first published in December 2017, repeated in August 2018 and September 2020. With change being the only…
FOR five years now, I have been advocating for our currency to be strong rather than for salaries to be…
This was first published by Daily Trust on Saturday, 17 November 2012. It encapsulates my mission and how I want…
We have, over time, developed a culture of now and then giving our readers the opportunity to be heard. Today…
“The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonourably, foolishly, viciously.” ― Julian Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot…
IN the past three years, at least eight African countries have witnessed military coup d’états. This is coming when it…