A leading light of Northern Nigerian public service
Last week we picked snippets from the book written by Abdurrahman Okene, In the Service of My Country, showing his beginnings from Okene, to the heigh
Monday Column
Monday Column
Roll out drums; Africa is 60
Roll out the big drums because the mother of all continents, Africa, is 60 this year. Please bring out the biggest African drums from Zululand. Many o
Don’t call me at 9 o’clock
Once upon a time, there were very few television stations in operation in Nigeria, and they only operated for a few hours a day. In those days most st
Sultan, new father of pacifism
He might have said it in what sounded like in passing, but the remark that His Eminence Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad made in Lagos last Friday encapsulated
Draw up your plan for 2020
Alhaji Jamilu Aliyu Zannah, who rejected his appointment as Zamfara State Commissioner for Education last week, gave as his reason Governor Bello Mata