By Ndagi Abdullahi
The year 2036 was a historical one in the history of NASA. It was the year the Kennedy Space Center achieved the incredible feat of constructing the Atlantis – the first spacecraft that can travel faster than… Continue reading
By Ndagi Abdullahi
The year 2036 was a historical one in the history of NASA. It was the year the Kennedy Space Center achieved the incredible feat of constructing the Atlantis – the first spacecraft that can travel faster than… Continue reading
By Ndagi Abdullahi
I belong to the Dzwakwa family of Patigi. Our pure Nupe, non-Fulani, royal bloodline runs back to Etsu Zhimada through Tsudi to Etsu Yisa known to Hausa chroniclers as Sarki mai Sakandami or the King with the… Continue reading
By Ndagi Abdullahi
In the year 1839, known as the Year of the Sinsaragi Grass in Nupe history, over two hundred thousand warriors from all parts of KinNupe and even beyond gathered for the Battle of Zunmago, the Mother… Continue reading
By Ndagi Abdullahi
I met a Chinese diplomate on the flight from Lagos to Abuja. He fell in love with me when he learnt I am a Nupe woman.
Three days later Wang Lei called and asked me out… Continue reading
By Ndagi Abdullahi
The year 2036 was a historical one in the history of NASA. It was the year the Kennedy Space Centre achieved the incredible feat of constructing the Atlantis – the first spacecraft that can travel faster than… Continue reading
By Ndagi Abdullahi
After nine years of marriage to Ya’Nnakaba without a child, my father married my mother, who immediately gave birth to me, a boy. Ya’Nnakaba’s hatred for me knew no bounds.
But Ya’Nnakaba changed in later years and… Continue reading
By Ndagi Abdullahi
I was a leading scientist working with the Russian company Tyazhpromexport, TPE, building the Ajaokuta Steel Mill in Nigeria in the 1970s.
In Nigeria I fell in love with an American scientist called Dr. Edith.
The Americans… Continue reading
By Ndagi Abdullahi
My grandfather, Major Ianfield, was a member of the Royal Niger Company force that conquered the Bida in 1897. He subsequently became obsessed with Bida and the Nupe Nation.
So my grandfather befriended the royalty, griots and… Continue reading
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Secretary to the Government of Niger State (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, shortly after revalidating his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Mashegu Ward, Matane Unit, Mashegu Local Government Area of the state.
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Governor Abubakar Sani Bello after a closed-door meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono in Abuja. The meeting was centred on empowering farmers, and the need to develop the sector by supporting farmers in order to improve productivity.
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Niger Governor congratulates 1st female Nigerlite to attain the rank of Police Commissioner
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Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Committee for Registration and Revalidation Exercise, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello resolves party’s registration impasse that has engulfed Delta State.
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Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and Chairman North Central Governors’ Forum flagged-off the All Progressives Congress (APC) Registration and Revalidation Exercise for North Central Zone of the Country. Governor Bello, who is also the Chairman of the National Registration and Revalidation Committee (NRRC) of the Party, revalidated his membership of APC at the Alkali Mustapha Unit, Central Ward Kontagora, to signify the commencement of the exercise in the Zone.
