Saturday Column

Saturday Column

Nigeria@60: Youths respond to presidential address

On the occasion of Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary (which will run for a year) on Thursday, youths under the auspices of Kano-based Society fo

LIFE BEHIND BARS: INSECURITY AS NEW NORMAL

Back in 2001, almost two decades ago, I had lived in South Africa as a student at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in Durban. At that time, insecurity

WELCOME, NIGERIA’S HAJJ SAVINGS SCHEME

On Thursday last week, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON)launched one of the most-awaited items on the Nigerian Muslim Agenda – the Hajj

A LETTER FROM MAIDUGURI – ON PEACE JOURNALISM

Last week, your Columnist was in Maiduguri to organise a first-of-its-kind training workshop on “Shari’ah Intelligence, Constructive Alternative Narra

Elegy For Usman Gezawa – First Class In Jannah In Sha Allah

On August 6, we lost yet another of our talented young people – Usman Gezawa, that wheelchair-bound student of Computer Science at Bayero University,