Dr Madu, the Shamaki of Fika, who became a doctor through providence, by Hassan Gimba Locally known as Dr Madu in his youth and later more commonly addressed as Dr Mamman, Dr Madu was an Iroko tree of a man, full of compassion and a burning desire to spread health wherever he found himself….
Of Nigeria, False Friends and True Dangers: A Call for Vigilance, by Hassan Gimba I have a confession. Vice President Kashim Shettima has never been my man. I have never quite taken to him. Not that I hate the man some want to see as the Cicero of our time. But it is also not…
Of Two Half-brothers And Their Ceaseless Spat, by Hassan Gimba There are these two half-brothers I opened my eyes to find yapping at each other—like two Rottweiler puppies tearing at each other for the fattest bone around. I came into this world and met them at it; I am sure I will exit it…
I, too, must get American in-laws, the efficacy of prayers and other matters (2), by Hassan Gimba Whoever tells you prayers don’t work does not know nothing! Kai, this speaking like a Yankee wannabe has pushed me off my regular lane. By the way, who has even observed that – because of this fixation with wanting to get an…
I, too, must get American in-laws, the efficacy of prayers and other matters, by Hassan Gimba (1) Contemplate this: I am someone born in Kaduna just after Nigeria was born, cut my teeth in the undulating plains of Fika, ran around on the cloud-caressing plateaux of Gembu where I started my primary education but was…
The healing power of true friendship, by Hassan Gimba I have been under the weather for the past six weeks – a period during which I have not gone to my office. Though being visible almost always online may suggest otherwise, I do mean it in the literal sense. And ironically, what dipped me under…
“Oga Yellow, see your boys” and The Israeli Licence, by Hassan Gimba About two weeks ago, Nigeria lost one of its finest police officers who rose to the peak of its Police Force. Solomon Arase died at a relatively young age for an elite. With improved nutrition, general welfare, and medical health services, 69 is…
The Generals’ Call, Our Rails, and Our Fear for the Future (2), by Hassan Gimba The over 100-year history of the Nigerian railway system, which pioneered the rapid opening of the country, is a mixed bag. There was an upward curvature amidst stability, before the cankerworm of corruption stagnated its growth, reversed its fortunes and…
The Generals’ Call, Our Rails, and Our Fear for the Future (1), by Hassan Gimba General Christopher Musa, the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, recently urged us to learn combat skills to protect ourselves when faced with danger. He made this point as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He likened the acquisition of martial…
AI as the new indolence, that Netanyahu call, Salah’s tweet and our Kwam mentality (2), by Hassan Gimba But in reality, they do not know who they are, having become vessels for the new indolence that has deprived them of self-awareness and natural knowledge. Their goals converge on nothing more than the hurry to ‘outrich’…
