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Memories of Baba Alkali, 10 years on

Since you passed away on 2 April 2006, ten years now, Baba Alkali (as you were fondly referred to in the Liman Umaru family), the family you left behi

A shining light flickers out

I was going to post my birthday wishes to Rufa’i Ibrahim on his Facebook page earlier in the day on 2nd April, then procrastinated for no partic

When time fails to erase memories of Ahmed

Ahmed Baba! Wednesday April 6th, 2016 made it exactly one year since you left this world. I know you are gone forever, but honestly speaking, the real

I Knew Rufa’i Ibrahim

It is with a heavy heart that I write a tribute to Mallam Rufa’i Ibrahim, my good friend of forty five years. He passed away on 2nd April 2016 a

Memories of a quintessential scholar and administrator

It is exactly thirty-eight years now that Nigeria, particularly present-day Nasarawa State, lost a gem, an intellectual giant, a fountainhead that ill