Tag: Gimba
There is pain behind that smile. Just do your bit
by Hassan Gimba One learns every day. Anyway, a man is supposed to learn from cradle to grave, as said by the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (SAW). And so, I have learnt a...
Gaza: Just Humanity. Nothing Religious, Nothing Ethnic
By Hassan Gimba Victory is with patience. Success is with endurance. And war is a matter of turns. – Imam Ali, Nahj al Balagha, saying 189. Gaza. A four-letter word...
Healing Nigeria in the spirit of Adha
By Hassan Gimba This article was published on July 26, 2021, after the Eid-ul-Adha or Eid-ul-Kabir of that year. It remains relevant and vital, with a few adjustments,...
Readers’ comments on Of journalists’ deaths, security lapses and cut-throat taxes
By Hassan Gimba Inna lilLahi wa inna ilaihir raji’un! May Allah have mercy upon their souls and grant them Aljanna Firdausi. My condolences to you and through you, to...
Of journalists’ deaths, security lapses and cut-throat taxes
By Hassan Gimba Last week was a dark one for journalism in Nigeria. The light of two of its bright stars, Hajiya Amina Alhassan Ahman and Haruna Dauda Biu dimmed and...
Which Among His Favours Are We Denying?
By Hassan Gimba I borrowed my headline from a surah in the Holy Qur’an— Suratul Rahman. Ar-Rahman in English means “The Beneficent”, and is known for...
The Arbiter: Re-readers’ comments
From time to time, we give our readers a chance to make their voices heard through their input. Well, it has been quite a while since we did that. We will start a...
General Buhari as an Enigma
By Hassan Gimba On Friday last week, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former House of Representatives Speaker and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal,...
Now, Nigerians will start reporting Nigeria
By Hassan Gimba Nigeria these days reminds me of the popular children’s novel back in the day, One Week One Trouble, written in 1972 by Anezionwu Nwankwo Okoro, a...
Can Buni tame the Lake Chad curse?
by Hassan Gimba That is the question. Perhaps we should first take a look at Lake Chad and Mai Mala Buni, the governor of Yobe State and current chairman of the...
