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Sasakawa Africa Association: Three Decades of Fight against Hunger and Poverty in Nigeria, On Monday, 7th October 2024, my book with the above title was unveiled at the Coronation Hall of the Kano state government house before a high-level audience from ten countries and twenty states across Nigeria – a story for another day. This week, I am presenting the …

#StopASUUStrike: What are the options for an ASUU strike? As I write this piece, the additional 14-day ultimatum that began on Monday, 23rd September 2024, after the 21-day expiration, would end on Monday, 7th October 2024. This means that the government must urgently act to avoid ASUU’s declaration of trade dispute. In my article “#StopASUUStrike: Can the Nation Afford ASUU’s …

Salamatu-WOFAN: Celebrating World Peace Day in Kudai and London   Are Nigerians aware of the World Peace Day, September 21, 2024? How can you have peace when unsure of the next meal? Can peace rein in an atmosphere of hunger, poverty, insecurity, and resentment? Like many Nigerians in my class, life’s daily struggles had me forget about the historic 2024 …

NNPC-Dangote Impasse: Tinubu Should Save Nigeria   I had two encounters with Dr. Aliko Dangote. One from a distance when he presented the 2016 ABU Zaria convocation lecture and the other when I was in the ABU Council delegation to condole him over the death of his brother, Alhaji Sani Dangote. In the first encounter, Dangote presented a paper titled …

Re: Dogged and Kindhearted Gimba: Celebrating Four Decades of Bosom Friendship In my over thirty years of academic life, I have written more than 200 scholarly papers (journals, conference proceedings, workshops, etc.) and authored and edited some books. Now, writing as a pseudo-journalist, I found one fundamental difference between the two writings. In academic writing, you can finish the paper …

Dogged and Kindhearted Hassan Gimba: Celebrating Four Decades of Bosom Friendship Our friendship, forged in the crucible of the School of Basic Studies of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, was a unique bond that transcended the typical student camaraderie. We were both teenagers and graduates of our secondary schools, where we emerged as local champions and gained admission into the …

Readers’ Comments on Dangote’s Refinery and Food Security A weekly article has always been a tasking assignment in the face of several contending issues demanding time and attention. Academic activities- teaching, research and knowledge dissemination, community services – consultancy, mentorship, etc- are time-consuming and attention-seeking events. So, the best way to sustain weekly articles is to allow the views of …

Re: Hardship Protest – Let’s Avoid Doom’s Day- FEED BACK The period from 1st to 10th August was the most challenging time for our nascent democracy and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his cabinet members. It was when Nigerians vented their anger, frustration, and dismay to political officeholders with grave consequences. Some people lost their lives, and some lost their …

Re: GMO in Nigeria – How Safe is TELA Maize? Today, I am publishing readers’ comments on the GMO article, which undoubtedly generated multiple reactions and questions. Some questions were privately posed, and I had to respond through social media handles. GMOs are human innovations and products of science and technology. Knowledge is very vast, with many intricacies sometimes beyond …

Hardship Protest: Let’s Avoid Doom’s Day Pressure is mounting, the time is ticking, and the atmosphere is pregnant with flammable air waiting for a minute spark to explode, marking the arrival of Doom’s Day. The inferno of Doom’s Day may consume all of us and our belongings. In the inferno, there would be no king or enslaved people, as all …