Zaria public library or a shattered bed of bats and rats? A call upon the government
By Maryam Shehu I write with a heavy heart and bleeding eyes to the extent that my sights are closed, and I can't catch a glimpse of the words that…
Children’s Day: A trip down childhood lane in Gyallesu Zaria
By Maryam Idris Bappa Introduction It was May 2023, and as I surfed the net for ideas on how to spend children's day with my family, I imagined that my…
Mourning as fire outbreak kills four-member family in Zaria
By Uzair Adam Imam Kofar Gayan Low Cost, Zaria, was thrown into deep mourning when fire outbreak in the area resulted to the death of a four-member family on Friday.…
Zaria residents, let’s be more security conscious
By Safiyanu Ladan The nefarious activities of bandits in Zaria and its environs are walloping. It was in 2019 that, for the first time, I heard about the kidnapping incident…
As former Wazirin Zazzau goes to court
By Safiyanu Ladan The death of Emir of Zazzau Alhaji Dr Shehu Idris on 20 September 2020 has thrown hundreds of thousands of people across the length and breadth of…
Gunmen storm Zaria, abduct woman on sickbed
By Uzair Adam Imam Unknown shooters abducted a woman patient on her sickbed in Zaria Local government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday. The shooters were said to have arrived…
An unpopular view of the post-conflict dilemma in Sokoto and Zamfara
By Khairat Suleiman Jaruma I sat down in the car, slightly annoyed that the Corolla 2003 didn’t have a Bluetooth connection. I love to listen to music when travelling and…
Abductors of Zaria council workers demand 100M ransom
By Hussaina Sufyan Ahmad On Friday, abductors of the Zaria Local Council workers in Kaduna State contacted individual families to demand ransom, ranging from N15m, N20m to N100m on each…