By Maryam Abdul-Aziz Usman DAMATURU — Nguru Local Government Area has emerged dominant at the third edition of the Yobe State Spelling Bee Competition, producing all three top winners. Zainab Mohammed Grema of Reading Model School, Nguru, emerged winner of the Yobe Spelling Bee 3.0. Mohammed Ishaq Madaki of Government Day Junior Secondary School, Nglewa, […]

It was five years on Tuesday since I wrote a tribute to the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, who was 65 at the time. Our paths first crossed after he was named Sultan following the tragic death of his brother, Muhammadu Maccido, in the 2006 ADC air crash in which 93 persons were killed. […]

Travelling is good for the soul, a) especially if the place you are travelling AWAY from is a frustrating country like Nigeria. And b) especially if the places you are travelling TO are less stressful. Nigeria is deeply, deeply, deeply mired in corruption, spectacularly failing to rescue its teeming masses from hunger and being badly managed by […]

Dolly Rebecca Parton-Dean taught the world that poverty is not a reproach. Not a DNA or a sin. In fact, that it can be a badge of honour worn with pride. In her 1971 classic “Coat of Many Colours” she stitched a true story of poverty with the Biblical story of Joseph and presented humanity unforgettable […]

AGAIN, the matter of fuel subsidy has dominated national discourse in the last few days, with President Bola Tinubu, former vice-president and ADC presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, NDC presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi and a host of others have had not a little to say about the issue. The matter was reignited when Alhaji […]