Tag: Birthday tribute

Birthday Tribute, 17 Years Ago: How Isa Gusau, As Fellow Journalist, Loaned Us N1.5 Million For Correspondents’ Week By AbdulKareem Haruna

Emporium Reporters

While some or many, may write about Malam Isa Gusau’s exceptional role as media strategist to Governor Babagana Zulum, I chose to go memory lane, in my birthday tribute to a dear brother.   By the title of this tribute, I decided to recollect part of the speech I delivered on Monday, August 7, 2017, at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, press week.   I gave the vote thanks at the end of the colorful event, after serving as secretary of the press week’s organizing committee.   The last…

Marwa: Birthday tribute to an enigma By Femi Babafemi

Emporium Reporters

The danger of writing a tribute to any high profile personality in Nigeria today is obvious: the writer runs the risk of being misrepresented as a political praise singer, or at times, time and tide can cast him as a bootlicker, especially, if the subject of his adulation suffers a reversal of fortune, materially or reputation-wise. But with Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), OFR, you can safely write an eulogy because, you can be sure that ten years later, his stock will remain bullish. So, as he clocks 68…