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Frustrations of a Dancing Wannabe President (1), by Hassan Gimba

Frustrations of a Dancing Wannabe President (1), by Hassan Gimba The Arbiter There must be something that does not sit well between Adamu Maina Waziri, a...

An agenda for national rebirth (4), by Hassan Gimba

An agenda for national rebirth (4), by Hassan Gimba To continue on this unending topic, we will look at how leaders and followers ought to...

Nigeria and Presidential Democracy: Any Better Alternative? (2), by Hassan Gimba

Nigeria and Presidential Democracy: Any Better Alternative? (2), by Hassan Gimba We have looked at various forms of government in the first part of this...

Open Letter to Ndigbo, by Hassan Gimba

Open Letter to Ndigbo, by Hassan Gimba The Arbiter There was an outcry last week when Ebubeagu Operatives, a security outfit formed by the Imo...

Nigeria, Oh Our Nigeria, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter I must confess that the above title was inspired by Eric Donaldson's song, 'Land of My Birth', from his hit reggae album, Kent...

When the subject sees through the king, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter In January 2019, the Daily Trust newspaper had its Maiduguri office shut down by the military over its reportage on the fight against insurgency. This...

Let’s talk hope, by Hassan Gimba

Hope is to believe with an audacity that better days are afoot, the ability to see light at the end of the tunnel. Yeah, hope is tough at the moment - what with the massacre of about 30 of our gallant soldiers by Boko Haram in Minna over a tussle of who holds sovereignty

APC, 2023 elections and the prophecy of Bogaru, by Hassan Gimba

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is losing the 2023 elections big time, says a friend who, for the sake of this piece, I will...

Readers’ reactions 

The Arbiter It is our tradition that from time to time we do give our readers’ the space to air their views on what we...

Of banditry and a shared sovereignty (3), by Hassan Gimba

Last week, they attacked an estate within Abuja. Gunmen, bandits, Boko Haram, those who “drag” sovereignty with Nigeria, attacked Genuine Estate, within the vicinity of Gwarimpa, Nigeria’s (some accounts say south of the Sahara’s) largest housing estate.

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