Ese Oruru (Aisha Chuwas) In April 2020, then governor of Kano State in north-west Nigeria, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, took time off his expensive preoccupation with denying the ravages of the Corona Virus on his state to preside over the “conversion”…

“This is a sprawling slum with more than its fair share of brothels and shacks. This is no place to raise children at all!”, said Tamuno, as he drove through Festac Town’s First Avenue.  “If you ask me, I’d say…

Unfortunately, many of us want to harvest where we have not sown. To harvest resources, you must have sown some seeds. So, the question here is: How do I harvest major resources? Do you have a vision? A God given…

Today, Nigerian leaders are busy playing the biblical couple, Ananias and Sapphira, on allegation that they abet genocide in Nigeria. They do this while being enveloped in how to rig the 2027 elections. As they do, Citizen Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is…

God tells us what He knows we will not understand. Jesus says, “What is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.” (Luke 16:15). This automatically means God hates the person the world loves. It also…

The sad reality of Nigeria is not a “Christian genocide” but the genocide of BOTH Christians and Muslims by a handful of savage and barbaric terrorist militias that falsely claim to be Muslims, but that do not in actual fact…

Nigeria’s young population is a call to action. It is a reminder that the time to invest, nurture, and empower is now. Education must be reimagined to reach every child, particularly those in underserved regions and public schools. Government, private…

But EFCC was set up to punish crime, otherwise it might have been named Economic Assets Recovery Commission. Its reporting is for Nigerians to be informed perpetually, as I detailed previously. That EFCC appears to be institutionally unperturbed that NASS…

Omoyele Sowore …when the chronicle of this struggle is finally written, history will not remember those who paralysed their own people in the name of resistance. It will remember the man who dared to confront power on its own sacred…

In vain President Donald Trump cried out that he is no king, and does not intend to be one. However, many United States (US) citizens did not appear to be listening. At least some seven million of them did not…

The decolonisation of Western Sahara is not just a matter of history, morality, politics and diplomacy. It is, first and foremost, a matter of justice. Therefore, human beings, especially those committed to emancipatory politics, development and justice, should empathise, solidarise…

At the crack of dawn on Monday, 20 October, the usually bustling arteries of Abuja were transformed into a fortress. By 6:00 a.m., combined contingents of soldiers, police officers, and operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) had fanned out…

In the Name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, may the blessings and peace be upon our beloved master Prophet Muhammad, the last of Prophets, on his family, and…

This week, I was in Kano attending the sixth social influencers summit. I am a fan of the annual event and I have attended all of the editions since it started in 2019. I have found it to be a…

This week, I was in Kano attending the 6th social influencers summit. I am a fan of the annual event and I have attended all of them since it started in 2019. I have found it to be a useful…