My last trip to Gombe was in the first week of October, 1996. The state had just been created and I was on hand to explore, firsthand, the qualities the Sani Abacha administration saw in Gombe, to have excised it out of the old Bauchi state. Like the five other states created in 1996, Gombe was basically a rural settlement. It turned out General Abacha was right. It was apparent then, that Gombe, with its abundant human and natural resources was a far-flung outpost to attract much attention from the metropole. Give it to Gombe and its residents. It was…
Author: Abdulrazaq Magaji
Here we go again! Over the past several weeks, some members of the Federal House of Representatives have been drumming support for a return to parliamentary system of government. In the Senate, a committee has been set up to tinker with the presidential system in a way that will make it, in the opinion of its promoters, responsive and people-oriented. While we pray that the exercises do not turn out to be another jamboree, it is important to point that we could have achieved something close to a people’s constitution at less cost and devoid of any razzmatazz by adopting…
Trepidation best describes the mood of many public office holders in the twilight of their career. If truth be told, many regard post retirement years as a hellish and dreadful experience. To others, retirement is synonymous with physical and mental fatigue which only a nonactive and solitary lifestyle can cure. With this mindset, many pass off opportunities to prepare for the fresh and exciting opportunities that post-retirement years present. Not so for Yusuf Bolakale Lawal, Ph.D, fsi, fnim. He prepared for another life after exiting the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on February 1, 2022, and has since assumed…
