Column No. 6

A weekly column by Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, which touches on general issues

Column No.6: The importance of telling our own stories (II)

While my novel ‘The Herdsboy’ is in the Africanfuturism genre, it will have tropes and themes that speak to the current zeitgeist in our world today,

Column No.6: The importance of telling our own stories

Some months ago, I was approached by the Daily Trust Foundation to be part of an intensive workshop that would cover a trio of some things I hold dear

Column No.6: ‘Banditry’ is back

It was pretty much déjà vu when the news broke, of the attack by ‘bandits’ on students of the Federal University of Gusau, in Zamfara State yesterday,

Column No.6: From my inbox, for the IGP

So, two weeks in a row (and now three), I wrote about things bothering me greatly, mostly the security or lack thereof in our federal capital city, Ab

Column No.6: For urgent attention of the Inspector-General of Police

Last week I wrote about a few things bothering me greatly, and one of them included how the security in Abuja – our federal capital – seems to be in a