So much has been said but with little meaningful development has been made by our political leaders in addressing the challenge of almajirinci. For the benefit...
While it is commendable that those in power and outside the power corridor have finally realized the potential threat pose by the army of almajirai to...
One good thing about the raging pestilence called COVID-19 is the way it has been breaking down the boundaries of orthodoxy. Long-held beliefs, assumptions, and seemingly...
“As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has been...
On the 22nd of April this year I received two Whatsapp messages from a classmate who is in politics. The first is a press release by...
As it stands now, the fate of Mubarak Bala, Nigerian humanist who was arrested last week is unknown. Nobody is sure if Mr. Bala is alive...
A society which eats, debases and abuses its young is a coven run by witches. The almajiri children are innocents socialised into a culture and system...
In a recent letter to the former Emir Sanusi II of Kano shortly before the dethronement, the very respected elder statesman Ahmed Joda had (according to...
I am a humanist and my pattern of humanism is one in which my sense of humanity is engaged with spi-rituality as oppose to religiosity. In...
Birth, marriage and death are the standard trio of key events in most people’s lives. But only one ‘marriage’ is a matter of choice. However, marriage...