Revisiting Zangon Kataf 28 Years After
BY SIMON REEF MUSA In 1992, a bloody clash involving the Hausa community in Zango town in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and the Katafs who now…
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Why The Killings Won’t Stop In Southern Kaduna
BY SIMON REEF MUSA Last weekend’s human slaughter in Southern Kaduna caught the attention of Nigerians and the global community as no fewer than 27 persons were hacked to death…
Kukah: Trailing Footprints Of A Matriarch
BY SIMON REEF MUSA When Mrs. Hauwa Kukah died on Friday July 10, 2020 at the age of 86 in Kaduna; that day ended a life that was dedicated to…
EXCLUSIVE: Investigators Find N200m In Magu’s Home
BY SIMON REEF MUSA, ABUJA – The uncertainties over the fate of suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has taken a turn…
COVID-19: When Not To Be Apathetic To Education
BY SIMON REEF MUSA The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday June 29, 2020 assured Nigerians that plans had been finalised to open schools in order to allow…
Resolving This Fraud Called North
BY SIMON REEF MUSA The North that once gave vent to regional development now insists against devolution of power, with its former peaceful ambience now enmeshed in bloodshed and destruction….
Turning Green Fields Into Deserts For Profit
Destruction of the fertile ecosystem by wood merchants has turned Southern Kaduna, especially the Ikulu Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, into an endangered environmental zone,…
North And Search For Peace Amidst Violence
BY SIMON REEF MUSA This week, an amorphous body of northern extraction called the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) announced the formation of a security outfit known as Shege-Ka-Fasa. The…
SOKAPU: That Meddlesome Interloper Called ‘Tajudeen Ademola’
BY SIMON REEF MUSA My attention has been drawn to a garbled article purportedly written by a certain character called ‘Tajudeen Ademola’ with the title: ‘The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union…
Shared Moments With Bishop Kukah @67
BY SIMON REEF MUSA Erudite and cerebral Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, who turns 67 today, is a consummate and distinctive symbol of intellectual prowess whose towering figure in Nigeria’s sometimes…