Tell Magazine

  Recent developments in Kano State have compounded the more than 25 years of economic decline, but stakeholders are not relenting in their efforts to restore the lost glory of the ancient city, hitherto regarded as centre of commerce in northern Nigeria   Kano is a city under siege. The Boko Haram insurgency has taken a huge toll on it, compounding the steady decline of its once buoyant manufacturing sector and commercial activities. The siege could be felt on arrival at the Kano Railway Terminus. Unlike the Kano of old when arriving at the railway station in the city at…

    Beyond being a shocker, Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to step aside due to old age and ill-health may have revolutionised the Catholic Church while also serving as a moral compass for sit-tight rulers across the world   Come Sunday, March 3, 2013, the Roman Catholic Church will commence the process of electing a new Pope as the College of Cardinals go into a seclusion called the Papal Conclave. For many of the cardinals who will participate in this process, this is one assignment that is least expected at this time and season. Not only that, it is one…

    The victory of Super Eagles at AFCON 2013 was not the product of excellent football administration as it exposed the rot, chaos and ineptitude thereof, but can it become the springboard for effective reform?   It was the finest hour of their career so far. The expansive banquet hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, looked magnificent in exquisite gold, green and white. The tables, seats and tablecloths were all a unity of gold, green and white, like the walls, ceiling and massive chandeliers. Twinkling white Christmas lights refracted joy, happiness and fulfilment. Everything and everybody were alive with…

    Controversy trails claim by the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra that nine of the corpses found floating on the Ezzu River in Anambra State were its members arrested by police last year   About one month after several unidentified corpses were found floating in Ezzu River in Amansea town, Awka North Local Government area of Anambra State, Nigerians remain in the dark as to the identities of the victims and how their lifeless bodies got into the river.   In spite of promises and assurances from high places, police detectives remain clueless as to…