Tribute

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The big elephant has fallen

Yet, the death early yesterday of the redoubtable Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero still elicited shock in Kano State, all over the North and all over N

ADIEU, GOOD EMIR ADO BAYERO!

Bayero, CFR, LLD, JP, Emir of Kano, and No. 1 Reader of The Saturday Column.I was personally close to the Emir; first, as writer of a column which he

Goodbye, Atika Balal

I’d known her for almost a decade now and since our first meeting within the Media Trust family we had been good friends. Beyond the newsroom, we also

Late Garba Idris: We miss you

The day I will never forget in my life is April 23,, 2014. Innalillahiwainnailayhilrajiun. If only I could erase it from my memory, but then it’s impo

Prof Yakubu Nasidi: One year after

Over the years virtually all of us that were recruited at the same time with him moved to other institutions in Nigeria. But despite the many doors an