The Emir of Kano stool is, unarguably, the most entrenched one in the space of traditional authority in Northern Nigeria. It oozes Kano itself in terms of flamboyance and wealth that defines... Read more
By Saleh Bature The Almajiri is a demographic time bomb about to explode in (Northern) Nigeria. The earlier we address the problem the better. Some Prominent northern elders had foreseen the... Read more
An attempt to edit this text towards a shorter version failed. The entire 4000 words plus homily by His Lordship, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese at the Fu... Read more
No contact could confirm when exactly it happened but Intervention can report authoritatively that Northern technocrats concerned about the security and cultural implications of the long run... Read more
It must be great to know that residual Wilmotism is still a factor in radical politics in Nigeria. For, that must be the springboard from which comrades such as John Odah raised the alarm th... Read more
For a few hours on January 31st, 2018, the controversy in the public sphere would shift from any of killer herdsmen, President Buhari’s political future, 2019 and the likes to the political... Read more
Visible actions of the federal authority to douse the anger and corrosive criticism that followed the latest round of herdsmen violence in Nigeria’s Benue State are producing noticeable divi... Read more
It is assumed that all conflict parties in the emergency probing of Muhammad Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano, would let the tiff pass and peace reign with the abrupt suspension of the probe by t... Read more
Is it the case that the higher incidence of poverty in the north of Nigeria is a function of the nature of the northern elite, since the elite drive reality in every society and its class ch... Read more
Muhammadu Sanusi 11, the Emir of Kano’s inference about the Buhari regime ending up in the same unflattering and messy manner the Goodluck Jonathan regime ended has set tongues wagging about... Read more
