Essays

Yet who precisely is Abel? The answer is simple and clear: Abel is Gideon Akaluka, the young man from Benue state who was dragged out of a Kano police station by a barbaric mob and whose head was cut off and placed on the end of a long pole for allegedly desecrating the Koran.

Is it any wonder that on October 12th 1960, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Saurdana of Sokoto and the Premier of the Northern Region, said

”Do not call a conspiracy what these people call a conspiracy, neither fear ye their fear but sanctify the Lord your God in your heart and Let Him be your only fear”- ISAIAH 8:12 In an essay titled ”Afenifere: A Syllabus Of Errors” which was written in 1998 and published in Gamji.com, Emir Sanusi Lamido

”Aside the 105 soldiers killed by Boko Haram, additional 34 soldiers were killed 2 days ago but it wasn’t in the news”- Deji Adeyanju. Mr. Deji Adeyanju is absoltely right. The most heartless and reprehensible thing that our government could have done is to cover-up the fact that 105 of our soldiers were killed by

In the light of the horrendous events that took place in Paris last night I believe that it is time to eliminate and exterminate every single Jihadist terrorist on the face of the earth. We must show them no mercy and we must hold no quarter.

“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it but in the end, there it is” – Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of Great Britain (1940-1945 and 1951-1955).

I am saddened that the former Governor of Kano state, Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso, a man whom I have always considered a friend and one whom I have always respected could insult our reverred Yoruba elders. A few days ago, during a function in Ibadan, it was widely reported in the media that he asserted that

This brings us to the unfolding situation in our country today. It appears that the Fulani leaders of yesteryear were far more honest and forthcoming in the expression of their views and disposition about the south than the ones of today. Let us consider the following.

I am not a Biafran and neither am I igbo. I do however believe that it is the inalienable right of any human being or ethnic nationality to aspire to be free and to be able to determine their own destiny. The right of self-determination is enshrined in international law and it is guaranteed by