My Last Conversation with Mama HID Awolowo
My first encounter with Mama, Mrs Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, was on November 5, 1983 after the Presidential election, which Papa AWO conteste
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Abdulkadir S. Kuso: Truly a father to all
It is one thing to be a generous giver and another thing to be easy-going and approachable. Some affluent people in the society are magnanimous,
Hannatu Chollom: A political amazon gone home
In her last moments on the hospital bed where she lied for 12 days, Ngo Yop Hannatu Chollom was still breathing social justice. She still spewed fire
Tribute to HRH Alhaji Halliru Dantoro Kitoro III (1938-2015)
I had the privilege of coming across the Late Dantoro, the Emir of Borgu, sometime around 1990 after my return from Maiduguri as commissioner of
Between town and scholarly gown: Tribute to Prof. Tijani el-Miskin
Even when we were kids in Maiduguri in the 1960s one could safely have forecasted that Tijani el-Miskin, who died recently in the Hajj stampede, would