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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 Cross...

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...

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...

NNPC and the rest of us, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter Decree 33 of 1977 saw to the birth of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on April 1 of that year through the...

COVID-19: The litmus test for leaders, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter In the beginning, it was like a sad but amusing story from a land at the other end of the world. People were...

Now that MMB is APC interim chairman, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter That the All Progressives Congress (APC) was galloping towards disintegration was obvious. That other political parties, especially the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which...

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