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As We Approach 2023, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter I recall an article I read in one of our national dailies in 1982 of a citizen lamenting over the dominance of our...

Of ASUU, Fintiri and self-control, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter Two issues have spurred me today. The first may have some significant risks, but the second is undoubtedly risky. Firstly, I want to...

Time to end government by palliatives, by Hassan Gimba

The Arbiter Palliative – this ten-letter word has taken over our national discourse displacing #EndSARS. Considering how the #EndSARS protests threatened the very fabric of...

WTO, Nigerians attack US over opposition to Okonjo-Iweala

Nigerians have taken to the social media to blast U.S President Donald Trump and his administration for opposing Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the consensus...

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...

Nigeria’s independence: 6 images from 6 decades

As Nigeria prepares to celebrate its independence anniversary, the BBC‘s Nduka Orjinmo selects six images, one from each decade, that represent watershed moments in the...

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 Cross...

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