Tribute

Tribute

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

Emmanuel taught me to ride, and a million other things

My husband, Emmanuel Obinyan, believed all things are possible and so never doubted in his mind, his capacity or ability to change the world. He left

In tribute to Hajiya Bilkisu

Due to my inability to personally visit and commiserate with the family of Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, a veteran journalist and one of the over 1,000 pilgri