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I appeared in this group photograph with the Director-General of the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC),...

(First published in the Abuja Newsweek magazine in March 2003) It is easy to understand why Justice Mustapha Akanbi is...

The late Adamu Yusuf This man was appropriately described as a legend and "Mai halin Sardauna," i.e. one who emulated...

In my life, there are three people that I call Chairman, and they are related in more ways than one....

In our culture, it is said that it is never too late to offer condolences over somebody's demise. So I...

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un! One of my old friends, Ali Alkali, has passed on today. He died at...

When Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu reported for work as Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in February,...

First published in my column, Back–Bite, in Hotline magazine on November 22, 1994 JUST why are all journalists hypocrites? That's...

(First published in The Smash magazine, Katsina, in June 1999) Dear Hajiya, I write this letter with all sense of...

(First published in The Smash magazine, Katsina, in September 1999) As I write this, I am distinctly aware that somewhere...