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Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...

Do not pity President Tinubu

“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

Gombe Patriots Will Not Support Inuwa Yahaya’s Second Term Bid

by Mu’azu Dangabar Filiya Let us call a spade – a spade! No decent human being will propagate, support, vote or wish for the elongation...

The Evolving Poetics of the Jagaban of Borgu

Aspects of Nigeria have been compared to a dancing mask. No less so, its political leadership and followership. Like one overzealous pundit aptly put...

Who Will Vote for Inuwa Yahaya?

By Salmanu Jekadafari  The question above seems to speak the minds of some All Progressive Congress (APC) members in Gombe State. In Gombe State, the...

Provincialism, Parochialism and Underdevelopment

By nature, development ‘belongs to those who know it, not those who have it or can buy it.’ It is like a picture, which...

Barde, Inuwa: who better to run Gombawa from 2023?

November 16th 2022, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman wrote Nigerians a letter. In that letter, the INEC chairman said that there were only a...

Gombe needs a New Hand

Gombe needs help.  It really does, but not just because available data says that it is the one state in Nigeria with the second...

Angry Bees Against Nigerian Politicians

Angry bees of the wild are up in arms against the politicians of Nigeria, and the politicos are running helter-skelter for their dear lives. Just...

Tinubu and Afenifere’s Curse: Dialogue with Yinka Odumakin’s Ghost

A SATIRE ON TINUBU'S AFENIFERE FORAY Felix, what is happening? Will you guys continue to sleep and allow this man to ride roughshod over Afenifere...

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A Creative Experience of Lagos

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Majority of the people browsing the Internet are not looking for something to buy. Rather, they are looking for a solution to their problems. They will pay anything to anyone that has the answer...

Between Orji the Godfather and Orji the Cultist Governor!

Between Orji the godfather and Orji the "cultist" Governor, a serious challenge has presented itself: how to undo at the appeal court the gubernatorial damage done by the Tribunal's ruling...

Ladoja Is Done – So What?

I was born in Ibadan and I understand the rudimentary politics of that state. Since the days of penkelemes to the days of the Cicero of Esa Oke till this day, no Governor in Oyo state ever gets a "thank you" for any task no matter how major...

One Sunday Morning

My life was just meaningless dates and acquaintances...and then there was Johnny. It was like things made sense when I met him.We clicked instantly. When I met Johnny, all the noise in my head got quiet and I was happy…goofy happy…like a crazy person...

Trafficking and Dangerous Disposal of Hazardous Wastes in Nigeria: Tackling the Root Cause

Nigeria’s quest to put a halt to the reckless and indiscriminate dumping of wastes can only succeed if the government chooses to change its attitude of dangerous dumping of municipal wastes in unlined pits and water bodies...