Sultan of Sokoto

Sultan of Sokoto

The Last Sultan of Sokoto

It is an irony that the most powerful monarch today in Northern Nigeria and the most powerful man in Nigeria are both “highly” trained security personnel, yet insecurity is ravaging the length and breadth of…


Sultan of Sokoto

The Sultan Joins The Wailers

When Bob Marley and the Wailers started creating evergreen hits decades ago, they never knew Nigerians who dare to criticize Muhammadu Buhari will be tagged as Wailers. Last week the Sultan of Sokoto commendably joined…


Sultan of Sokoto

The Sultan, Miyetti Allah, And Boko Haram

There is a Kenya proverb that says, the Hyena cannot smell its own stench. This proverb encapsulates what is happening to the elites of Islamic northern Nigeria. From the Sultan of Sokoto to his subordinates…


President Goodluck Jonathan and Sultan of Sokoto

Almajiris, Sultan of Sokoto and Goodluck Jonathan

About a decade ago, when the Goodluck Jonathan administration embarked on the Almajiri Education Programme which built and equipped 157 Tsangaya (Almajiri) Model Schools across Nigeria, he got a cold shoulder from the Sultan of…