Category: Bala Ibrahim’s Corner

By Bala Ibrahim. “I, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, do solemnly swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that as President of the Federal …” It’s all done and dusted and today, May 29, 2023, stands out as a day with a difference, for reasons that are numerous. However, because of time and

By Bala Ibrahim. Perhaps because I am not academically sound, whenever a person introduces himself as an academic, he or she sends a twinge of envy into my silly sentimentality. The sentiment graduates to envy, if he or she is prefixed with the title Doctor (Dr.) and instantly prance to ostentatious pang of jealousy, if he or she is denominated

By Bala Ibrahim. The law says and I quote, “Any person who levies war against the State, to intimidate or overawe the President or the Governor of a State, is guilty of treason, and is liable to the punishment of death. Also, attacking the state through the form of war or trying to overthrow the government of the day is

By Bala Ibrahim A few days back, while I was reminiscing over the victory of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, in Kano, and calling on all democrats to respect the wish of the majority, reports came in that some scoundrels descended on the house of the popular Hausa singer, Dauda Rara, famously known as RARA, looting and setting it

By Bala Ibrahim The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the final result of the Kano gubernatorial election, 2023, wherein, it gave victory to the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Abba Kabiru Yusuf. This may not be in line with the wish and aspiration of some of us, yours truly inclusive. But that is the beauty

By Bala Ibrahim The President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, has added his voice to the appeal made by the people of conscience, who have been at the forefront of raising concerns, with regard to the need of getting a befitting governor for Kano state, in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections, scheduled for Saturday,18/03/2023. In a special message to the good

By Bala Ibrahim Kano is facing a heavy political storm, that could make or mar the future of the state, depending on the action or inaction of the electorate. The need to understand the situation, alongside the imperative of doing the right thing can not be over-emphasized. Everyone is crying about the misgovernance of the state, under the perceived poor

By Bala Ibrahim If not for the surprise sprang by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, by today, the people of Kano would be ready to queue up, in their push to elect a new governor and the set of parliamentarians that would run the affairs of the state. Lagos and Kano are two laboratories to watch, because in the

By Bala Ibrahim In my nearly six and a half decades of existence as a Human being and a Nigerian, I have come across a lot of astonishing and embarrassing experiences, caused on to leaders, which gave me surprises and sometimes dismay, but nothing as flabbergasting as the last night’s news of the postponement of Nigeria’s Governorship and Parliamentary elections,

By Bala Ibrahim. I am not a lawyer, so my argument here may not necessarily pass the test of legal scrutiny. I am also not good with figures, having failed maths with honours at the school certificate level. But although I didn’t study history in school, my memory is relatively good, and I want to rely on it to interrogate