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By Abdul Mahmud On 13 February 1975, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed was killed in Lagos. Fifty years later, the date still matters because his leadership belonged...
By Abdul Mahmud When salary arrears arrive too late, they function little as relief or reprieve. They arrive as shock, as irony, as a reminder of...
By Abdul Mahmud Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve stands as a measure of collective wisdom. The debate surrounding the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and its proposed route through...
By Abdul Mahmud The Rivers State House of Assembly last week served impeachment notices on Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu respectively. The notices...
By Abdul Mahmud Writing in this column last November, I reflected on Governor Okpebholo and the figure that has come to embody his style of power,...
By Abdul Mahmud We are here at last in the decisive year before the 2027 General election; and under a political sky shaped by cooptation, consolidation,...
By Abdul Mahmud This new year scarcely requires a seer to reveal its gravity. It stands as a decisive threshold for both Nigeria’s political class and...
By Abdul Mahmud The decision of the Adamawa State Governor, Rt. Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri CON, to grant pardon to Sunday Jackson marks a moment of...
By Abdul Mahmud “Nigeria has seen this play before. A public accusation is hurled from a lofty platform. The accused stands exposed before the nation. Applause...
By Abdul Mahmud The photograph released by Amnesty International Nigeria of Mary Talmon, one of the women shot dead during a protest in Adamawa, confronts our...
By Abdul Mahmud The National Security Adviser recently announced that the miracle of two hundred and fifteen abducted pupils from Papiri is doing fine. Though, they...
By Abdul Mahmud A woman lies on a hospital bed. Her life is running out. Doctors stand by her. Her family prays. Online friends are losing...
By Abdul Mahmud There are times when a country’s silence becomes louder than public statements. Nigeria has lived through such a season, one that the famous...
By Abdul Mahmud On Thursday 27 November 2025, I found myself driving through the gates of Mambilla Barracks in Abuja. It was my first time inside...
By Abdul Mahmud Tomorrow, Thursday 27 November, scholars, activists, and citizens will gather at the University of Jos for the Frantz Fanon Centennial Conference. It is...
By Abdul Mahmud The world is turning and reinventing itself to confront new destructive ideologies. Saudi Arabia is turning with it and reinventing itself. The country...
