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Why we need North-East devt commission

One of  the  greatest events  of  the 21st century in sub-Saharan Africa is arguably the Boko Haram insurgency that has brought so

Masari and his investment drive

Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari’s determination to change the focus and fortunes of the state and its people for the better has again been h

Reflections on UNIMAID at 40

The University of Maiduguri in North-east Nigeria is 40-year-old. Justifiably, the community and its well wishers have found reasons to celebrate on t

Budget impasse, executive excesses: National Assembly to blame

It is at a time like this that fans of late Afro beat maestro and social critic Fela Anikulapo Kuti must be lamenting his demise on August 2nd, 1997.

Facing Mount Kilimanjaro

Four friends, rather on the wrong side of fifty, set out to climb Africa’s highest mountain recently. They flew by different routes to the attra