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CLOSE SHAVE

Three days ago while sharing a memory in my post I wrote: "15 years ago, I never gave a th…

BENEFITS OF FREE NIGHT CALLS

In the early hours of Wednesday, November 7, 2018, just a few minutes to 2:00 a.m., Mubarak Ahma…

BACK TO MAIDUGURI

05/11/2016 I know not why I'm excited to be in Maiduguri again after 34 years. The last and…

A DREAM COME TRUE

The Board of Directors, FASAB FOODS Nigeria Ltd, met for the first time since the company came i…

EYEBALL TO EYEBALL WITH DEATH

Don't be surprised if I celebrate my second birthday today because death and I stared eyebal…

HAPPY 34TH ANNIVERSARY TO MY WIFE

I will start the celebration with the words of a famous Hausa singer, Dr. Mamman Shata Katsina, …

THE LAST WORD WITH MY MOTHER

Today is exactly eight years since my mother died. She died on September 27, 2012. I spoke with …

ABILITY IN DISABILITY

Today I came across another not so lazy youth...a blind young man who, rather than beg, decided …

TRIBUTE TO MY LITERATURE TEACHER

Recently I reported in a post how I found on Facebook, my principal/provost, a Briton, Mr. Paul …

HILARIOUS!

My wife told me a hilarious story about how she was undecided about marrying me while we were co…

THE INTEGRITY TEST

Today, I came across an honest, not so "lazy youth" at a car wash. After washing my c…

UNSUNG HEROES

In spite of the rot and sleeze of corruption we live in, there are still people who are honest a…

RESISTANCE TO CHANGE?

In an apparent show of resistance to change, we woke up today to find that someone has changed t…

STREET NAME

My boulevard in Katsina has been renamed. The roads in the estate used to be named Road A, B, C,…

REMINISCENCES

When I woke up this morning, I suddenly had the urge to eat "Alkubus", a local delicac…

PREPARATION FOR DEATH

When our course for Entrepreneurship Development Program for Retiring Officers came to an end at…

TARIHIN IBRAHIM NAMOWA BAKORI

Shi Ibrahim Namowa Bakori, kakana wanda ya haifi uwata, bafillace ne na Æ™asar Daura, waÉ—anda a k…

GRASSCUTTER FARMING

Ever heard that you could rear grssscutter as a form of farming to earn money the way you rear c…

EASY MONEY

The attitude of many of our youths never ceases to amaze me. Recently, I had an interesting enco…

CORRUPTION EVERYWHERE

Today I had a field day staring at corruption in the face at Mallam Aminu Kano International Air…

419 IN ROYAL GARB

A friend of mine told me how he was intimidated, hoodwinked and bamboozled into parting with his…

NOT LAZY YOUTHS

Today I was fascinated by a simple technology that fetches a lot of money to some not so lazy yo…

COULD THIS BE TRUE?

May 25, 2016 It was like a jigsaw puzzle and the pieces have not quite fallen into their places…

FACE TO FACE WITH A JINN

Although the existence of Jinns is confirmed by the Holy Qur'an and even science, I have alw…

TIME TO TAKE A BOW

In a few days, I commence my pre-retirement leave which terminates in three months, at the end o…

INTRIGUES IN HIGH PLACES

The story of the mace stealing at the Nigerian Senate and the attendant rowdiness reminds me of …

YOU CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL

I'm always wary of giving lift to security agents since I read a post about a policeman who …

A DECADE OF SERVICE

April 2, 2018, marks my tenth year as a Zonal Director at the National Broadcasting Commission. …

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

When I set out for the morning exercise today, I was marvelling at the coolness of the morning b…

MY PROFILE

Ahmed Tijjani Abdulkadir is a teacher, journalist and a broadcast regulator, working with the …

HELP AT LAST!

Recall that a few months back, I reported on this wall that a guy had come up with an interestin…

BUYER BEWARE!

I wouldn't be telling you this story if one little chiseler hadn't tried to gyp me out o…

WHAT LOG BOOK?

Recently, one of our drivers was flagged down by officials of Federal Road Safety Commission (FR…

KALLABI

One of my nieces, Rakayya Ayyuba Adamu, a graduate of Bayero University, Kano, BUK, has ventured…

THE LAST HOURS OF MY LATE BROTHER

Nine years ago, today, my immediate younger brother, Sanusi Abdulkadir, was felled by armed robb…

CROSS COUNTRY

I have driven for more than 2,000 kilometers in the last few days, which is quite a record, even…

RE: PISSED OFF WITH KEDCO

Yesterday, I lamented on the ill treatment I received from the Kano Electricity Distribution Com…

PISSED OFF WITH KEDCO

For more than two weeks now the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, KEDCO, has denied me elec…

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