What you Need to Know About Nigeria’s 2024 Half-year Inflation Report
By Zekeri Laruba Idakwo
Nigeria's inflation rate has skyrocketed to a staggering 34.19% in June 2024, marking the highest reading since March 1996. This alarming surge is likened to a wildfire, spreading rapidly and leaving...
Transforming Nigeria’s Health Sector: The SWAp Advantage
By Chinedu Moghalu
At the beginning of efforts to reimagine Nigeria’s health sector for improved quality outcomes in September last year, the Government and its partners chose to confront the longstanding challenges with a fresh and innovative approach....
Part 3: Marriage Between Prince Ado and Princess Maryam
By Yushau A. Shuaib
Weblink: https://yashuaib.com/2024/07/ilorin-princess-kano-queen/
Surprisingly, the then Emirs of Ilorin and that of Kano did not unite the young lovebirds in marriage. In conformity with the cultural tradition, Maryam and other eligible maidens and princes were...
Part 2: Afonja and Alimi, A Brief on Yoruba and Fulani of Ilorin
By Yushau A. Shuaib
https://yashuaib.com/2024/07/ilorin-princess-kano-queen/
Though people in Ilorin primarily speak Yoruba, their traditional and religious leadership comprises Fulani, Gambari, Kanuri, Nupe, and other ethnic groups. At the start of the 19th century, Kakanfo...
Tribalisation of Emirship: The Story of Ilorin Princess Turned Kano Queen
By Yushau A. Shuaib
Web: https://yashuaib.com/2024/07/ilorin-princess-kano-queen/
Part 1: Politicising Emirate of Kano
Recently, there were rumours that some individuals and groups had been hired to tarnish the reputation of the late Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, and...
Nigeria Customs in the Eyes of the National Assembly
By Abdulsalam Mahmud
Not everyone will agree. But the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is performing outstandingly well in discharging all its core mandates. Particularly in the past year, the agency has remarkably generated massive revenue for the...