Ahmed Dodo

Dear Malam, Congratulation on your well deserved victory as the next executive governor of this great ‘state of learning’. Your coming, I must confess, was timely and viewed by many like me across the state and beyond as a gift from God to this battered beautiful state. This letter Ranka shidede , is to intimate you of my sudden home return as one of your citizens who had hitherto packed his mat, pillow, stove and bucket, hastily out of this beloved state due to the various katakata and wahala , that over the years have been bedevilling Kaduna- garin gobnor ; including the daily decaying of virtually all the social, economy and political structures long enjoyed by the citizens of the once liberal state. I had to shuffle myself as I could no longer stand all the ethno-religious crises, nepotism and the disgraceful community segregation and myopic division fast gaining strength across the state.  I was sick and tired of seeing the ruins that had became our once vibrant public ...

Staff writer Ahmed Aliyu , examines the rising profile of APC Presidential candidate and former V.P Alhaji Abubakar Atiku among some electorates across the geo-political divide in the country and his recently released draft policy. Ask Solomon Ogboh, a 36 year old indigene of one of the states in South- south  Nigeria why he wants Atiku Abubakar as the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the first thing he is sure to tell you is the famous generous character of the former number two man in  the country. The ‘ Atiku’s’ windfall’ they call it.  And believe it, Solomon is not just the only one with this view, many Nigerians cutting across all the geo-political regions subscribes to this outlook. The Nigerian political history no doubt will not be in full compilation without the name:     Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Nigerian Vice-President and undoubtedly the most popular and undisputable number two man since Nigeria Independ...

Dear Malam, Congratulation on your well deserved victory as the next executive governor of this great ‘state of learning’. Your coming, I must confess, was timely and viewed by many like me across the state and beyond as a gift from God to this battered beautiful state. This letter Ranka shidede , is to intimate you of my sudden home return as one of your citizens who had hitherto packed his mat, pillow, stove and bucket, hastily out of this beloved state due to the various katakata and wahala , that over the years have been bedevilling Kaduna- garin gobnor ; including the daily decaying of virtually all the social, economy and political structures long enjoyed by the citizens of the once liberal state. I had to shuffle myself as I could no longer stand all the ethno-religious crises, nepotism and the disgraceful community segregation and myopic division fast gaining strength across the state.   I was sick and tired of seeing the ruins that had became our once vibrant pub...