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The Arbitar: Iran, Beware the Fangs of January, the Scourge of February, the Ides of March (1)

Daily Dispatch January 25, 2026

By Hassan Gimba A few days ago, I woke in the night, anxious and checking the news, half-expecting America and Israel to have attacked Iran. Given this tension, the central issue is the longstanding American-Israeli effort to destabilise Iran. Even though it cannot be exhausted in one article,

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Your terrorist is better treated than mine

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2025

By Hassan Gimba Last week, a Federal High Court judge, James Omotosho, sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison after convicting him on seven terrorism-related charges. This came after a decade-long trial in which prosecutors proved that his broadcasts and orders to his banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group incited deadly attacks […]

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From Shared Desks to Separate Worlds: The Price of Educational Apartheid

Daily Dispatch November 2, 2025

By Hassan Gimba In traditional Nigeria, especially in the Muslim North, where I can confidently say I know a thing or two, segregation was minimal. Communities were integrated, with children of various social backgrounds associating freely. This social cohesion, evident from history and personal accounts, has eroded, giving way to educational divisions that now mirror […]

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Dr Madu, the Shamaki of Fika, who became a doctor through providence

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2025

By Hassan Gimba Locally known as Dr Madu in his youth and later more commonly addressed as Dr Mamman, Dr Madu was an Iroko tree of a man, full of compassion and a burning desire to spread health wherever he found himself. His six-foot-three-inch height and athletic build — which a champion heavyweight boxer would […]

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Of Nigeria, False Friends and True Dangers: A Call for Vigilance

Daily Dispatch October 19, 2025

By Hassan Gimba I have a confession. Vice President Kashim Shettima has never been my man. I have never quite taken to him. Not that I hate the man some want to see as the Cicero of our time. But it is also not that I exactly dig the man others prefer to see as […]

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I,too, must get American in-laws, the efficacy of prayers and other matters,

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2025

By Hassan Gimba (2) Whoever tells you prayers don’t work does not know nothing! Kai, this speaking like a Yankee wannabe has pushed me off my regular lane. By the way, who has even observed that – because of this fixation with wanting to get an American-branded new wife and parents-in-law, which will lead to American kids, has made me