Nigeria @ 54: A long way from home
By Ali M. Ali.
Our nation, Nigeria, turned a year older yesterday. Note, please, "our nation, Nigeria", not Biafra, not Oduduwa and certainly not Arewa...
Oritsejafor in the $9.3m temple of doom
By Ali M. Ali.
Chances are that this piece will be dismissed before it is read. Why, you dare to ask? Because it is just...
Mark’s declaration: Monkey resembles man
By Ali M. Ali.
The monkey resembles man is a crude translation of the Hausa proverb ‘Biri ya yi kama da mutum’. With that, I...
Arewa: One region, several voices
Ali M. Ali.
There, currently, exists two distinct major pressure groups in the North each claiming to be an ‘elders’ assembly. One goes by the...
Putting Sheriff and Ihejirika on ‘High Jump’ mode
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno state, is peeved. General Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd), former Chief of Army Staff, is also provoked. Both...
