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I fried yam and egg with it! See, my friend, I’ve moved on. Leave that matter. I know you. You don’t leave matters so quickly like that. Then you have not heard the saying, ‘there is no time to check time’ Who told you that? We move! To where? The next Tokyo Olympics, or what? Anywhere belle face? What is Anywhere Belle face? The future….
So that you and your paparazzi friends will say he’s trying to assuage his conscience? You know you guys cannot be trusted I don’t have any paparazzi friends. Besides, I said ‘anonymous defender.’ I qualified what I said. Leave the old man alone, the court has cleared him of all the allegations of sexual assault. Find something else to engage your time. You are missing…
The death of any loved one is always a painful experience. While the degree of pain may differ from one individual to another, no one can deny the disrupting influence of death. And while the coping techniques adopted by the bereaved may differ from one individual to another, there is no denying the fact that death takes its toll in many ways. The passing yesterday…
Who are Romeos and who are Homeos? Romeos are supporters of Italy, driven by the spirit of Rome, the eternal city while Homeos are supporters of England, who say football is coming home See what you have done? What have I done? Why didn’t you simply say who wins between Italy and England? Now you have invited those who wouldn’t have bothered about the game….
After President Shehu Shagari was elected president in 1979, he asked wealthy businessman and major supporter of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) what he wanted. His reply surprised President Shagari. Mai Deribe said he wanted nothing but to be made a director of Nigeria Airways! And President Shagari obliged him with appointment into the Board of Nigeria Airways.
Late Premier of former Northern Nigeria and Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello once flew one of the aircrafts in the Premier’s fleet on a private visit to Sokoto. When he returned to Kaduna, the Assistant District Officer, Alhaji Suleiman Gurin, sent him a bill for using official aircraft for private visit. He settled the bill promptly. And did not victimize Alhaji Gurin in any…
Once upon a time there was a glass window that loomed so large. The window let the people of Tush-Tush-Keli enjoy a sweet view of the other side. The view through the window fed the imagination of the Tush-Tush-Kelians in remarkable ways. They began to build, develop, create, associate, interpret, and carry out various activities based on what they saw through the window. Everything about…
Rebekah’s life proceeded without much incident until the day she overheard Isaac, her husband telling Esau, his first son to go and prepare for him special venison from his hunt so he would eat and then pronounce the blessing of the father on him. Quickly, she got her son Jacob to implement a plan that would see him taking the blessing Isaac wanted to give…
It’s five years today that former intelligence czar, security expert, lawyer and leading politician, Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, passed away. While he trod our plain, the late Marafan Sokoto, endeavored to leave his mark in the lives, institutions and societies he encountered along the way. And he left his mark in many profound ways. The catalogue of cherished and unforgotten memories by his family, friends, associates…
Where are those students who once bullied billionaire SpaceX founder, Elon Musk that he ended up being hospitalized while in school? Where are those students who attacked him and threw him down the stairs? Where are those bullies who adopted the methods of the thieves of Jericho mentioned by Jesus in the Parable of the Good Samaritan that left their victim for dead? For they…