Appoint me as EFCC chairman. Don’t even think about it! My reason is that all the past chairmen were hounded and or disgraced out of office. Take a look, sir. 1. NUHU RIBADU: The first chairman of EFCC was appointed in 2006 by President Obasanjo, and he was sacked by the next President, Umaru Musa …
Yesterday, Saturday, I watched the Nollywood movie, ‘Up North’, which was released two weeks ago on September 28. It is a movie in which the North and the South (read: Kannywood and Nollywood) meet in a marriage of convenience ending in tantalising results. As comedies go, ‘Up North’ comes with twists and turns that make …
After ‘Up North’ (the movie), give us ‘Down South’ Read More »
I wish to congratulate two of my colleagues in journalism and members of our WhatsApp news-group on their unique feat of bagging doctorate degrees yesterday, i.e. Theophilus Abbah and Hameed Bello. I have worked with Abbah years ago when I was Editor of Leadership daily and he came in as Editor of Leadership Sunday. Hameed …
Never too late to learn: A thought on Theo and Hameed’s feat Read More »
Sharhin Littafi LITTAFI: Rupert Moultrie East 1898-1975: Tarihinsa Da Sharhi A Kan Gudunmawarsa Ga Adabin Hausa (Juzu’i na 1)MARUBUCIYA: Aliyah Adamu AhmadKAMFANIN WALLAFA: Whales Adverts Limited, KadunaSHEKARA: 2017SHAFUKA: 360 Kowa ya san Alhaji (Dakta) Abubakar Imam. Idan ba ka san shi ba, ballantana kuma a ce ba ka taɓa jin sunan sa ba, to ba ka …
Manya ɗibar fari: Tarihin Rupert East, tsanin adabin Hausa Read More »
Anybody saying the Shiites could be made to become “hardened” through the ongoing strong-arm security response to their demonstration in Abuja does not appear to know them properly. Theologically they do not harbour “hardening elements” in the mould of, say, the Boko Haram as some analysts think. For one, they fully believe in “boko” (western …
On Wednesday, September 1, 2010, Aliyu Ibrahim Kankara posted the following article in his blog called Taskar Mamman Shata. In it, he clearly admitted, “In 1993 I began writing Shata’s biography, alongside collecting his albums.” He added: “I met Ibrahim Sheme in 1997 whom began writing his own Shata’s book earlier then I, may be 1988 or 1990.” This, …
Sheme Began Writing Shata Biography Before Me, Says Aliyu Ibrahim Kankara Read More »
Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is a man whose sense of judgement I would not rush to condemn. His anti-corruption crusade in the banking industry has led to the jailing of hitherto untouchable bank executives and the bail-out of the five big banks that were brought almost to their knees by those thieving, irresponsible bank CEOs, …
The Hausa film industry was thrown into mourning yesterday with the death of one of the leading actresses, Hajiya Amina Garba (a.k.a. Mama Dumba), who died in Kano.Mama Dumba, popular with her role as an elderly, responsible mother or wife of a rich man in the movies, died at the age of 52 three weeks …
Succour appeared to have come the way of Nollywood penultimate week when, in a rare gesture of goodwill towards the arts in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan announced a $200 million stimulus for the entertainment industry. The money is worth about N30 billion. Speaking in Lagos during the 30th anniversary celebration of the Silverbird Group, the …
So much has been said about the propensity of Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to count on the meaning of his first name to reach great heights in life. It is related that right from kindergarten, the man had leaned on a smiling providence to lift him up from obscurity to the limelight. The same streak …
