Bogus Council? And What in Nigeria Does not Wear the Mask of the Fake?

Nigeria, July 1 -- In recent days, the country has been thrown into a storm, not just dust, over a matter involving the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, that reads less like bureaucracy and more lik... Read More

Calculated Risk as the Way of the Politician

Nigeria, June 25 -- True, I had not really paid attention to the direct verbal comments of the Kano political godfather, kingmaker, and idol beyond other reported speeches. However, I just stumbled on... Read More

Would Prof. Patricia Lar Manko Be UNIJOS' First Female VC?

Nigeria, June 23 -- On 1st June 2026, the University of Jos advertised its soon-to-be-vacant vice-chancellorship. The message was clear: Prof. Tanko Ishaya's single five-year term, which began 1st Dec... Read More

Knives Are Out for Kano Singer, Rarara

Nigeria, June 19 -- Dauda Adamu Kahutu, popularly known as "Rarara", one of northern Nigeria's most influential political praise singers, has suddenly found himself bleeding in the court of public opi... Read More

Public Court, Talk Show, and Social Media: The New Arena of Conflict Management

Nigeria, June 14 -- We now live in an age where justice no longer wears only a wig and gown. It wears makeup, faces a camera, and trends in 280 characters. The courtroom has been cloned, first by talk... Read More

Story Retold: A University Grade Is Not the End of the Discussion

Nigeria, June 10 -- The relationship between student and lecturer in Nigeria has long carried the weight of royalty and commoner, emperor and servant, god and follower. A lecturer hands down a verdict... Read More

Tears for Fati Karishima!

Nigeria, June 2 -- I stumbled on clips circulating across Hausa social media, an interview with Kannywood star Fati Karishima on Hadiza Gabon's talk show. Like thousands of viewers, I found myself inf... Read More

Sallah Feast as a School for Children and Adults

Nigeria, May 27 -- Dear Child, Long before modern science and laboratories, people discovered many medicines simply by observing nature. They noticed that some plants resembled parts of the human bod... Read More

Blowing the Whistle on a Spouse's "Misconduct"?

Nigeria, May 24 -- A story surfaced online that cracked open uncomfortable questions about how we resolve conflict in marriage and the faulty scripts many of us still follow. Gistmate Media reported t... Read More

Between Governors and Party Chairmen

Nigeria, May 21 -- The ongoing APC primaries have exposed a reality that would have been unthinkable in earlier decades: party chairmen now watch from the sidelines while governors call the shots. It ... Read More

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