“The Lion King In a land where the earth stays ever green, And the sky stretches vast and blue, Nature…
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ALL roads will lead to Abidjan Sofitel Hotel today where the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), fondly referred to…
Happy 70th Birthday, Bros!!! TODAY, January 10th, 2025, you celebrate your 70th birthday. Alhamdulilah! We thank Allah for your life.…
“The living are just the dead on vacation.” — Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949), Belgian playwright and poet. LIFE is made up…
AS we patiently waited with others for the elevator to arrive on the ground floor of the Nigerian Mission to…
IN a nation beleaguered by different forms of security challenges that include, banditry, terrorism and insurgency from groups such as…
Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun! I SAW many calls put to me shortly after completing the circumambulation of the Ka’aba.…
GREATNESS is not noisy, this I learnt from my principal, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON the Governor of Gombe State, a…
IN the illustrious realm of Nigeria, where tradition meets modernity, one name shines brightly, resonating with grace, elegance and unwavering…
KASHIM Shettima, Nigeria’s Vice President, was born 58 years ago, on September 2nd, 1966. And what a year to be…
I’VE written this before. Ten years ago, but this man’s story is new every time. To me. And to many…
The icon for Who Apologies Are Unnecessary Among those who insist that truth-telling is an indispensable form of nation building,…
IT was with heavy heart that I took a phone call that informed me of the passing away of my…
I HAD met Aketi very early in my legal career. I didn’t have the privilege of meeting him before I…
DEATH is inevitable! The legendary Malam Isa Gusau is no longer with us. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun (Indeed,…
THERE couldn’t have been a more poignant last chapter to a man’s life than my final text exchange with him.…
IT was one of the most difficult phone calls I had to make, afraid of the response that I may…
THE shocking passage of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu SAN in the early hours of Wednesday morning is a huge loss not…
I FIRST heard of Hajiya Hussaina in her late mother’s room, one of my favourite aunts, Hajiya Azumi (Aisha) who…