Opinion

Unending quest for medical tourism AREWA AGENDA- DESPITE the growing criticism against medical tourism by top government personnel to foreign countries, there seems not to be a way out of what has become a costly official indulgence. Just a few...

Is Nigeria in Trouble? By Gidado Y. Shuaib The title of this piece is a poser triggered by a blunt remark by Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the formidable political arch-rival of a former Edo State Governor and immediate past Chairman of...

El-Rufai's Obstinacy and Fate of the Kidnapped Afaka39 By Abdulmumin Giwa It appears up till now that there has not been much progress concerning the release of the 39 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Kaduna kidnapped by gunmen...

YSF Convenes Activists, Advocates Towards Almajiri Rights, Reform Abdulazeez Etudaiye In its efforts continuous efforts to enhance the lives of children, a non-governmental Organizations for social inclusion, Young Support Foundation (YSF) on the 25the of March held a webinar session on...

Frequent Power Outage and Unregulated Billing In Kaura Namoda Community Kaura Namoda as the second largest city in Zamfara has continue to remain in darkness and economic devaluation due to incessant power outage over the years. It is worthy to state...

Fa'izu Alfindiki and Kano Municipal Chairmanship. By:Mukhtar Dauda Raula. The bashful man who once sways the gavel as the Senior Special Assistant to Kano State Governor on Information and later Special Adviser to Governor on Public Affairs cum incumbent Kano Municipal...

Still on EFCC and Jafaru Mohammed By Sani Wakawa When in 2003, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) hit the ground running under the authority of its pioneer Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the media firestorm that trailed the wake of...

Re: Open Letter to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi By Sheikh Dr Ahmad Gumi The first basic rule of judgment in Islamic Jurisprudence is the proper knowledge of the case. Not hearsay and conjectures. Then the judge must be fair. You cannot judge...

Addressing a problem with a problem through linguistic shyness AREWA AGENDA - Nigerians tend to be so decent that we often shy away from calling certain things their names just so that we do not appear immoral or amoral. A...

Ilorin and Dare Babarinsa's Crisis of Ignorance By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu I have just read Dare Babarinsa's typically disrespectful piece about Ilorin, which he titled "Ilorin and the crisis of identity". He actually should be pitied. This is because he made...