My Mode of Thinking

Before the JUSUN Strike, Nigerians witnessed a series of strikes by the staff members of different establishments and parastatals of government. ASUU Strike of 2003, which lasted for almost 7 months stood out for its uniqueness in the history of strike in Nigeria. Now that the giant ASUU seemed to be asleep, JUSUN is fully awake. In this piece, LEADERSHIP’S MUHAMMAD KABIR YUSUF traces the origin of the damaging but avoidable strike. In the wake of 1st December of this year, all the judicial establishments were closed, the gates of which were covered with leaves and branches of trees to symbolize strike. The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) ordered all its members to get off any official duty of the judiciary. This from that date crippled all the activities of one of the three arms of the government across the nation. A visit to the High Court and Sharia court of Appeal in Kano by LEADERSHIP revealed that the activities of the normally very busy places is minimized to someth...

Sa'idu Babura is a Professor of Oral literature with special interest on Northern Nigeria literature. An academic staff member of the department of English and French of Bayero University, Babura taught Northern Nigeria literature not only in Nigeria but also in Germany during his sabbatical leave. In this interview with MUHAMMAD KABIR YUSUF, Babura comments on the recent rennaisance of northern literature including the international conference on northern literature hosted by Bayero University Would you like to shade some light on the background of this conference? The department of English and French in 1988 called a meeting and collectively decided that literature in Northern Nigeria is an area of research and cause that ought to be promoted. In the same year the department hosted the conference on literature in Northern Nigeria two years later, we hosted the second one on the same topic. In those conferences, many scholars have in Bayero University and Ahmadu Unive...

From the way ANPP Governors are decamping back to PDP, it is tempting to think that Nigerian democracy is heading towards single party democracy. For the clarification about this, LEADERSHIP’s MUHAMMAD KABIR YUSUF discusses with a member of the inner caucus of the ANPP honourable Ibrahimn Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila. A two term member of the house of representative and currently the deputy minority leader in the house, Kawu says it all about the future of ANPP and Nigerian democracy at large. Excerpts  Honourable, how comfortable are you with the judgment of the Supreme Court over the 2007 presidential election dispute ? Well, I am very much comfortable since the Supreme Court is the last resort for the common man. The thing is that what ever judgment comes from the supreme count we must accept it. This is irrespective of whether the judgment pleases us or not. The way the judgment is passed is encouraging. It portrays the improvement in the judicial sector. Three out the seven ...

Originally posted on dandalin-siyasa@yahoogroups.com By MUHAMMAD KABIR YUSUF HAMDANI   I have been a member of this group for a number of months now. But I have been a passive member. For all along, I have been observing what is going on in here without daring to contribute. The recently heated Shi'a-Sunna debate has honestly kept me interested. Even if not for the concept discussed, but at least, for the mere fact that an intellectual exercise is going on here. As this exercise is going on, other members of the group further intellectualized the discourse by questioning the moral credibility of the debate. Whether it is proper to discuss religion in a politically inclined group is the furtherance of the already existing intellectual activity. While all these are going on, I still decided to maintain my silence, even though, it is tempting to say something even when one doesn’t have a meaningful contribution to make. When a member made a posting on Fa...

Title: OH, ME! Author: Nafisah Ahmad Sulaiman Publisher: Informat publishers Reviewer: Muhammad Kabir Yusuf (El- Hamdani) Email: mkyhamdani@yahoo.com , mkyhamdani@gmail.com E. E. Sule believed that "Women writers in Nigeria have been accused of exploring feministic themes excessively at the expense of literary aesthetics". At the individual level, none of the Nigerian women writers from Zaynab Alkali to Chimamanda escaped the accusation of the literary critics of being feminist. Now that this new title OH, ME! came our way, are we to expect the arrival of yet another feminist into the community of the Nigerian literary works? The answer to this question seemed negative. For what we are encountered with, within the covers of this new title is more than a feministic theme. It is a general survey of life with multifaceted strata.At best, the play written by Nafisah is more than an attempt to produce a literary masterpiece, but also to redefine the moral burden attached to li...

Batu: Muraja'a Take: Bayi A Gidan Dabo: Tarihin Shamaki Inuwa Dan Sarkin Zage Mawallafi: Nasuru Wada Khalil Kamfanin Da Yayi Wallafi: Gidan Dabino Publishers, Kano, Nigeria Wanda yayi muraja'a: Muhammad Kabir Yusuf Gabatarwa: Duk lokacin da akayi maganar bauta a nahiyar Afirka, abu na farko da jama'a ke fara tuna wa shi ne tarihin dibar mutane da aka dinga yi daga wannan nahiya zuwa sauran nahiyoyin Duniya musamman ma nahiyar Amurka ta Arewa da ta Kudu da kuma nahiyar turai kama tun daga karni na 15 har zuwa karni na 19 domin bautar dasu a gonakin turawa da sauran ma'aikatunsu. Wannan kasuwanci na bayi wanda akafi sani da suna (Atlantic slave trade) ya samo asali ne daga bukatar turawa ta bunkasa tattalin arzikinsu da habaka shi ta hanyar noma wanda ya haifar da bunkasar masana'antu (industrial revolution). Daga cikin kimanin mutum miliyan goma sha biyu da aka diba daga yankin na Afirka, ana kaddara cewa mutum miliyan goma ne suka samu isa kasashen waje domin kim...