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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...

Pray, who wants Zulum dead?, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter Anybody who chooses to write the truth about our dear country, Nigeria, does so with a heavy heart. You cannot write about your...

GMO, safety and the question of food security in Africa, by Professor MK Othman

How do we achieve zero hunger in Africa? This is a multimillion question that has a combination of multiple answers. Zero hunger is a...

But Hushpuppi is just a true puppy, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter  “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides...to remain silent and indifferent...

Zainab Gimba, the petrel in the hallowed chambers

The Arbiter Dr Zainab Gimba, a university don and three-time commissioner in Borno State is not known to me in person. Though we share the...

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