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Kano Naval Base: Where Critics got it wrong
By Ali M. AliI watched with growing consternation the opposition to the establishment of a Naval base in Kano. The decision followed approval by the […]
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By Ali M. AliI watched with growing consternation the opposition to the establishment of a Naval base in Kano. The decision followed approval by the […]
This year, 2020 will go down in history as the year I wrote the most tributes-some long, some short to eulogize the departed, not to […]
“Every soul will taste death” Quran (3:185) If you love and care for me, tell me while I’m alive. Don’t send me flowers and write […]
“Every soul will taste death” Quran (3:185) I was looking forward to late Isma’ila Isa Funtua turning 80 to pen a tribute. It’s surreal that now, […]
(UPDATED COPY) Let me wish my mentor,Malam Garba Shehu, media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari a happy birthday as he turns sixty (60) today November […]
Let me wish my mentor,Malam Garba Shehu, media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari a happy birthday as he turns sixty (60) today November 27. I […]
“A grandmother is a remarkable woman. She’s a wonderful combination of warmth and kindness, laughter and love. She overlooks our faults, encourages our dreams, and […]
By Ali M. Ali Two important events happened to the family of governor of Bauchi state, Mohammed A. Abubakar and his wife, Hadiza Abubakar, penultimate […]
Time flies. Rapidly, especially when you are constantly engaged mentally and physically. Time just whizzes. And this is even more so when you are walking […]
On Tuesday August1ST, 2017, eminent Nigerians across political parties under the banner of Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC) gathered at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre in […]
We should lose sleep. Plenty of it. The renewed kamikaze aggression of Boko Haram elements yells for frenzied vigilance. In the last couple of days, […]
This may seem hasty, unkind even. Thirty days in the saddle and the president, Muhammadu Buhari is being ‘assessed?’ All Nigerians who can distinguish between […]
Restive citizens are up in arms. They want to ‘shoot’ lawmakers. Reason? Wardrobe allowance. Our legislators were going to gulp the staggering sum of N8.64 […]
I don’t understand this. Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara are Senate President and Speaker of the House respectively, and their party, the APC […]
Except for the time gap, our nation is more or less stuck in 1983 in 2015. Recall if you may, that in 1983,the politicians had […]
This is the civil war in my person. My head tells me the best man for the Senate presidency in the 8th Assembly is Ahmed […]
So the NWC of the PDP has balls after all? It is now tit-for-tat. It is now fire-for-fire. It is ‘talking’. It has found its […]
Fourth and perhaps the most important reason I, as an admirer of the new police boss, is weeping for him is the politics of the […]
“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the […]
“On Saturday, if anyone of you goes against the Ambode I picked, that is your end. If it doesn’t happen within seven days, just know […]
General Muhammadu Buhari’s electoral victory was long foretold. He has navigated the presidential quest grazing field long enough to strike gold. Thrice he ran for […]
The zero hour is at hand. In two short days, Nigerians with a voter’s card, the permanent variety, will cast their vote. All voters in […]
I heard this joke that was common among those critical of the PDP government led by Goodluck Jonathan. It went like this : A free […]
The title of this piece was inspired by the Godwin Daboh and Joseph Tarka spat of the 70s.It was then “If you Tarka me, I […]
It will be uncharitable to describe Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger state as an ‘autocrat”. But events lately seem to suggest that he is intolerant […]
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