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#EndSARS and a Revolution that never was, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter A kingdom (nation) can endure with unbelief, but it cannot endure with injustice – Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio in Bayan Wujub ul-Hijrah alal Mukallafi. For two...

The problem is beyond SARS, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter Perhaps the #EndSARSNow protest can only be compared to the #BBOG in terms of effect. A protest against the Special Anti Robbery Squad...

An agenda beyond 60 years, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter “If you are planning for a year, plant rice. If you are planning for ten years, plant tree. If you are planning for...

Nigeria @ 60: A nation in need of a just society, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter Nigeria ought to be a great country. We have all that is needed to transform our country into the envy of even the...

Mechanizing Nigerian Agriculture: Efforts and challenges II, by Professor MK Othman

Nigeria is amazingly blessed with both human and natural resources making other countries grin with envy. Nigeria is richly endowed with 91 million hectares of...

Hailers and Wailers: Who are more patriotic? By Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter This article was first published in December 2017 and repeated in August 2018. With change being the only constant in human life, a...

Journalists, lawyers and national unity, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter The Nigerian media has come a long way since Iwe Irohin fun Awon Ara Egba ati Yoruba (literally Newspaper for the Egba and Yoruba) was...

FFK and the parable of swamp Hippopotamus, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter Last week, a video in which Femi Fani Kayode, FFK, threw a tantrum and rained abuses on Mr Eyo Charles, Daily Trust reporter in...

Matawalle and the taming of the Dakhus of Zamfara, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter Zamfara, intoned differently, can mean “I will begin” in Hausa. But Zamfara, from the Zamfara Kingdom, did not start on October 1, 1996,...

With a Leventis, who wants a Shoprite?, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter For 15 years, Shoprite, a South African multi-national retail group, has been the place for shopping for the elite, middle class, socialites and...

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