By Hassan Gimba In 1984 there was a universal review of the dystopian novel Nineteen Eight- Four, sometimes written and published as 1984, written by George...
By Hassan Gimba NGO is the acronym for Non-Governmental Organisation and as the name suggests, they are non-profit bodies formed to carry out non-governmental functions and...
In the past few months, there has been some incessant din over the plight of education across the country, how deplorable it has become and...
What is happening in Kano should be of concern to not only the Kanawa or Northerners but to all Nigerians. Kano, as we all know,...
“The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonourably, foolishly, viciously.” ― Julian Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot Till the rivers run dry and...
There was an outcry last week when Ebubeagu Operatives, a security outfit formed by the Imo State Government killed some suspected gunmen. Some people came out...
I must confess that the above title was inspired by Eric Donaldson’s song, ‘Land of My Birth’, from his hit reggae album, Kent Village, released in...
In January 2019, the Daily Trust newspaper had its Maiduguri office shut down by the military over its reportage on the fight against insurgency. This made...
Suspected bandits have set ablaze Shuwari primary school in Buni-Yadi, the headquarters of Gujba local government area, Yobe State and also abducted the Head Teacher of...
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future, someone once said. Even though there are enough reasons to continue with the treatise on banditry and...