Dr Mahmud Modibbo Tukur was an intellectual power house who not only dissected colonialism in Northern Nigeria, but also caused the re-examination and reinterpretation of colonial sources.  His death by the roadside on November 15, 1988 at 44, remains unexplained. But very few academics have taken to the path of intellectual rigour that marked his […]

THE journalist is needed everywhere, but is endangered everywhere. Hence humanity declared May 3 as World Press Freedom Day to highlight the importance of the profession and the need for freedom of the press in the context of current global affairs. Tragically, the day has become like a body count of journalists killed, those of them […]

THIS year’s May Day was an opportunity for Nigerian labour centres to examine how workers are faring under the laws and their general well-being in a stifling socio-economic society. It was an occasion which revealed that even their quest for justice, in a supposed arbitration system, can be quite problematic. Justice Benedict Bakwaph Kanyip, President of […]

THE streets of the world exploded on Wednesday as workers and students, marchers and protesters, sent May Day calls and, in several cities, clashes erupted over local needs and international concerns. The streets of France, Greece, United States, Chile, Cuba and several cities around the globe, quaked over the Gaza War. In Nigeria where abysmally […]

If this is the experience of a privileged elite with international connections, you can imagine what nameless locals with no connections are undergoing in the hands of a clearly angry military.