We have, over time, developed a culture of now and then giving our readers the opportunity to be heard. Today…
Browsing: Hassan Gimba’s Column
“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…
AT about 1 am, on the cold night of Friday, August 2, 2019, exactly two months after celebrating his 34th…
First published on September 23, 2019, and repeated on August 22, 2022. WE have looked at various forms of government…
First published on September 23, 2019, and repeated on August 22, 2022. SINCE man became aware of himself and realised…
NIGERIA is mobilising countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to fight the coup plotters of the…
“ANY man whom Allah has given the authority of ruling some people and he does not look after them in…
LAST week, the federal government, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), banned two loan app banks, permanently…
WHO has not had an old car before? The type of car that makes you become a friend to the…
THIS was first published on October 29, 2018. Considering the resuscitation of the issue by the new Kano State Government,…
This was published July 13, 2020 but still relevant. DECREE 33 of 1977 saw to the birth of the Nigeria…
THIS was first published on July 26, 2021 after the Eid-el-Kabir of that year. I find it still relevant and…
“If we are true to ourselves, we cannot be false to anyone.” – William Shakespeare. RECENTLY, there have been people…
“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them…
“So many people are hanging on by the thinnest of threads. Treat people with kindness, you could be that thread.”…
TODAY marks the end of the two-term tenure of a man who came with tremendous goodwill, the kind never before…
IN the system of governance we practise, there are three arms – the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. The Legislature is…
THIS writing was first published on 6 July 2020. With changes of leadership soon at the federal and state levels,…
MY column of last week with the title “Like Mamu, like Abdulsalami and the billion naira firefighter” drew the attention…