Nigeria, and particularly our state, Sokoto, will this week host the Secretary of State of the USA, John Kerry, on a two-day working visit. Our August visitor is an important guest whose contributions to his country’s diplomatic engagement have received praise from many quarters. His commitment, and by extension that of President Barack Obama, to... Read More

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Cheta Nwanze: Sacking the entire police force won’t be such a bad idea

by Cheta Nwanze A few minutes ago, a bomb went off at the Municipal Bus Terminal in Nyanya, Abuja. There have been many casualties. May God rest the dead. Sometime last week, Georgia’s former Prez, Mikheil Saakashvili was in Lagos to talk down on us about economic success. One of the things he mentioned, was... Read More

April 12, 2014

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#LaughItOff: Why did the Benue mystery chicken speak in Arabic?

by Zara Mustapha – Warning: No chicken was forced to speak to our correspondents while putting up this bizarre story. We’ve heard bizarre stories but this might be the oddest of them all. An unidentified chicken in Makurdi apparently thought simply crossing the road was no longer fashionable choosing instead to dazzle residents by speaking… in... Read More

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January 26, 2014

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Incredible: Drama as young girl discovers mystery Islamic writing on a tree in Oyo (PICTURED)

by ‘Jola Sotubo A school in Oyo has been besieged with visitors after a student found some inscriptions in Arabic on a tree. The JSS1 student, Abdulsalam Selimot, found the mysterious writings at her school, Community Grammar School, Amuloko in the Ona Ara Local Government Area of Ibadan, the state capital, while waiting for her... Read More

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August 9, 2013

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Opinion: Nigeria’s glittering Almajiri plan

by Garba Shehu The Almajiri education policy of the Jonathan administration is important, not because it is a pioneering effort. In Kano, I know of the past efforts of the military administration of Governor Ndatsu Umaru who attempted, in a vigorous way, to merge the Arabic and Boko (western) schools complete with an edict to... Read More