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Our parlous health system and...

Our parlous health system and the Yobe...

Needed: One standard hospital per...

Needed: One standard hospital per state (2),...

Our parlous health system and the Yobe example, by Hassan Gimba

Our parlous health system and the Yobe example, by Hassan Gimba The Arbiter  In my last two write-ups, I narrated my sojourn to Saudi Arabia, where I ended up at the Makkah Saudi-German Hospital in search of Medicare. After extolling the virtues and efficiency of the Saudi model, I asked the pertinent question: Why can't we replicate the model? I went as far as requesting state governors to build one each in their states and engage the Saudi-German Hospital to run it for them for some time. It was just after the publication that I came across a statement by Katsina State...
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Nigeria, Oh Our...

The Arbiter I must confess that the above title was inspired by Eric Donaldson's song, 'Land of My Birth', from his hit reggae album, Kent...
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When the subject...

The Arbiter In January 2019, the Daily Trust newspaper had its Maiduguri office shut down by the military over its reportage on the fight against insurgency. This...
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Let’s talk hope,...

Hope is to believe with an audacity that better days are afoot, the ability to see light at the end of the tunnel. Yeah, hope is tough at the moment - what with the massacre of about 30 of our gallant soldiers by Boko Haram in Minna over a tussle of who holds sovereignty
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APC, 2023 elections...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is losing the 2023 elections big time, says a friend who, for the sake of this piece, I will...
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Readers’ reactions 

The Arbiter It is our tradition that from time to time we do give our readers’ the space to air their views on what we...
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Of banditry and...

Last week, they attacked an estate within Abuja. Gunmen, bandits, Boko Haram, those who “drag” sovereignty with Nigeria, attacked Genuine Estate, within the vicinity of Gwarimpa, Nigeria’s (some accounts say south of the Sahara’s) largest housing estate.
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Of Atiku’s sucker...

  Of Atiku’s sucker punch, Wike’s tantrums and APC’s only door, by Hassan Gimba The Arbiter Had Atiku Abubakar, Wazirin Adamawa, former vice president of the Federal...
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Of banditry and...

What any citizen in the right frame of mind should be afraid of is that the population, territory and audacity of the lawless are on the increase. The sovereignty of Nigeria is being shrunk daily. It is as if Nigeria is being overwhelmed. The security forces, gallant officers who have been paying the supreme price amidst poor welfare, stagnant morale and lack of necessary equipment, are being daily buffeted from all angles by different hues of criminals.
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2023: Let’s look...

2023: Let’s look to the North East, by Hassan Gimba The Arbiter As parties are getting set to produce their candidates, we feel the need to...
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