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Trying times in Taraba

On Thursday March 19, 2020 Governor Darius Ishaku returned to Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, after a prolonged absence from the state on account o

The spiritual significance of COVID-19

Howbeit that our civilization was able to land a man on the moon , but could not detect and control a virus so tiny in a dimension that it strains the

“Middle Belt’’, a crisis of definition and inclusion

One of the top promoters of the ‘’Middle Belt’’ idea once told me that by definition the concept encompasses all ethnic groups in northern Nigeria min

Coronavirus: Being precautious is best

I woke up to the news of Nigerian schools shutting down, including universities. This jolted me into the reality of how serious the coronavirus is. We

Almajiri schools and matters arising

The Senate proposed that almajiri schools be upgraded and given new models. This makes me really sceptical. The idea is a good one, but for how long w