In the late evening of a Friday, on 14th September 2024, shortly after the Maghrib prayer, a resident of the Damɓa community of Zamfara state, Bashir Muhammad, a 34-year-old father of seven who has been suffering from typhoid fever for a decade, sat down innocently, contemplating where to seek medication the next day. He had previously relied on the Primary Health Care (PHC) center for treatment. However, for the past five years, he has been unable to visit due to the facility’s poor condition. Muhammad was initially hopeful when the PHC in the Damɓa community, was converted into an infectious…
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Three months ago, I broke to the University of Maiduguri Mass Communication Students Association, class of 2002, the news of the elevation of our university “Class Rep”, Hamza Idris to the position of Deputy Editor-in-chief of the esteemed Daily Trust Newspapers. That provoked spontaneous expression of an innermost sense of collective admiration and solidarity, laced with that unspoken conviction of “we indeed saw it coming.” How did we see it coming? This is this write-up’s substance, but a little digression at this juncture will suffice. I have associated with the Trust Newspapers long before I got into contact with Alaramma. I began…
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