Nigeria and presidential democracy: Any better alternative? (1), by Hassan Gimba
This article on Nigeria and Presidential Democracy first appeared on September 23 2019. Because it’s first of a part as indicated, many people have been […]
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Sam Nda-Isaiah: And our paths crossed, by Hassan Gimba
I first met Sam face to face in March 2015. He had the idea for in-depth coverage of states beyond “The governor said…” with which […]
Kankara and the postponed dawn, by Hassan Gimba
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. – Martin Luther King Kankara. A Hausa word for ice. This uncountable […]
As we approach 2023, by Hassan Gimba
I recall an article I read in one of our national dailies in 1982 of a citizen lamenting over the dominance of our political landscape […]
Trump’s impeachment and America’s hypocrisy, by Hassan Gimba
This was first published on the 10 of February this year. It was meant to point at how “African” American politics is when partisan interests […]
Time to end government by palliatives, by Hassan Gimba
Palliative – this ten-letter word has taken over our national discourse displacing #EndSARS. Considering how the #EndSARS protests threatened the very fabric of our existence, […]
The problem is beyond SARS, by Hassan Gimba
Perhaps the #EndSARSNow protest can only be compared to the #BBOG in terms of effect. A protest against the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of […]
An agenda beyond 60 years
By Hassan Gimba “If you are planning for a year, plant rice. If you are planning for ten years, plant tree. If you are planning […]
Hailers and Wailers: Who are more patriotic?
By Hassan Gimba This article was first published in December 2017 and repeated in August 2018. With change being the only constant in human life, […]
Journalists, lawyers and national unity
The Nigerian media has come a long way since Iwe Irohin fun Awon Ara Egba ati Yoruba (literally Newspaper for the Egba and Yoruba) was birthed on […]
FFK and the parable of swamp Hippopotamus, by Hassan Gimba
Last week, a video in which Femi Fani Kayode, FFK, threw a tantrum and rained abuses on Mr Eyo Charles, Daily Trust reporter in Cross River State, […]
Matawalle and the taming of the Dakhus of Zamfara
Zamfara, intoned differently, can mean “I will begin” in Hausa. But Zamfara, from the Zamfara Kingdom, did not start on October 1, 1996, when it […]
But Hushpuppi is just a true puppy
By Hassan Gimba “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides…to remain silent and […]
NNPC and the rest of us
By Hassan Gimba Decree 33 of 1977 saw to the birth of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on April 1 of that year through […]