And so Hajiya Zainab Mahmoud Kawu finally passed away on the 15th of September, 2009. I received a text message from her son, Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, at about 10.30 in the morning. It was a simple statement full of gloom and resignation. Instantly my own tragic memories came back to me. Losing your mom defines […]
Last week’s BarkByte entitled “ITS DICTATORS WORLD…” generated a number of reactions (some of which shall be published here in due course). The tone and target of the responses varied; but they all converged on one view: there was something fundamentally wrong with the way the settlement of Darul Islam was invaded, its inhabitants uprooted […]
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His insatiable quest for cheap publicity must have compelled Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State to commit his biggest, ugliest and most tragic blunder yet. While the nation was still reeling from the clumsy and brutal handling of the Boko Haram violence which occurred in Bauchi, Yobe and Borno States, trying to decide who was […]