The Arbiter I first met Sam face to face in March 2013. He had the idea for in-depth coverage of states beyond "The governor said..." with which state reporters inundated their newsrooms. Yobe State was of particular interest to him. So he reached out to me through a friend, Hassan Maina Kaina of the Hausa Service of the Voice of America. He might have known about me through my write-ups in various national dailies. Our parts would have crossed in 2008, but it didn't. I was publishing Pen Watch (now rested) having shifted...