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Relax the lockdown and learn to live with Covid-19, by Professor MK Othman

Today, the world is facing a severe and acute public health emergency due to the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. Seven months ago, this...

The sunny side of Covid-19 in Nigeria, by Professor MK Othman

In this generation, nothing has devastatingly impacted on all facets of human endeavors within the span of three months like Covid-19. As I am writing...

The unravelling of America: You’ve gotta watch to cry, by Azu Ishiekwene

 Conversation with Azu I first watched the movie in the lockdown. At the beginning, it was funny when the pair was fiddling with their entree...

Between Health Minister and missing Chinese ‘Doctors’, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter “Time and the ocean and some guiding star and high cabal have made us what we are.” – Winston Churchill Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743...

Peace Accord with Bandits: A Frankenstein Monster, by Professor MK Othman

Random Cogitations with Prof M. K. Othman Zamfara and Katsina are two neighbouring states known to have sealed a “perfect deal” with bandits known as...

The death of Almajiri system and the new challenge, by Hassan Gimba

The ARBITER Almajiri, masculine, or almajira, feminine, is a Hausa word. Almost 50 percent of Hausa is borrowed from Arabic. Almajiri is derived from the...

Let Ooni lead the war against COVID-19, by Hassan Gimba

Many individuals, especially the affluent, have done their best by contributing cash to the federal government’s efforts and some going further to as far...

When you throw stones at yourself, people will join you, by Hassan Gimba

The title of this write-up is borrowed from the late Major General Mamman Vatsa who was executed by his childhood friend, General Ibrahim Badamasi...

Nigeria and COVID-19: Why lockdown is not the answer, by Hassan Gimba

The Nigerian government is doing its best to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country. The same can be said of various state...

Can CAN open a can of peace? by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter Nigeria is at a crossroads, the kind it has never experienced before even during the period of the civil war. The way the...

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