Tribute

Tribute

Remembering Hajiya Hadiza Mamman Yunusa, Queen of Our Souls

The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom. -Aristotle My mother’s heart was the most nurturing and loving schoolroom I could have

Alhaji Abdullahi B. Yawa: Adieu my mentor

This is one of the difficult tributes I’ve authored in my career as a writer. It took me 72 hours to produce a draft of this piece because of the heav

Fatima Muhammed Barnawi: Nigerian-Palestinian fighter for Palestine

Fatima Muhammed Barnawi died on November 3rd, 2022, at the age of 83, in the Palestine Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. She was subsequently buried in Gaza C

Abubakar A. Othman (July 22, 1958–October 29, 2023)

The news of Dr Abubakar Othman’s death in the evening of Sunday 29th October 2023 will remain one of the most devastating shocks of my life. It will a

Adamu Fika and the persona of the old-school remarkable bureaucrat

Prof. Tunji Olaopa Nigerians have by now reconciled with the demise of Alhaji Adamu Fika, Wazirin Fika, former secretary to the federal government, an