Tribute

Tribute

In memory of Muhammad Umar Idris (1977 – 2011)

Reflecting on Muhammad’s’s life I thought about all those people who live their lives waiting for a tomorrow that never comes. They hesitate in doing

Gen. Shuwa: A great civil war hero

I was 11 years old when the civil war broke out, but I recall with such vividness it’s experiences and lessons. Being branded a saboteur in the heat o

A love letter to a mother like no other

All our lives, you have lived only to bring smiles to our faces and joy to our hearts. Your heart is so large and accommodating, while you never compl

Remembering Baba Tukur Makama

Baraka Tukur Idris It is almost like yesterday but it is already one year since the tables turned for us in the vast Baba Makama’s household.  On a qu

Eclipse of the luminous moon

If death were considerate, Dr. Abdul Lateef Oladimeji Adegbite wouldn’t have been its right choice at this trying moment of the Nigerian Muslim Ummah,