As we go through the motions of bidding 2018 bye bye, we cannot but reminisce on the steps and missteps of the year.
Many things, big and small, happened in this nation in the year 2018, which many of us hope will never happen again in 2019.
One of my personal pains is the unrelenting blood bath in Zamafara State. It is almost as if the people of Zamfara are living in a world devoid of value for their lives. It is sad to read of drive-by and ride-by shootings by bandits and killers who seem to take pleasure in the terror, deaths and chaos they create.
And the fact that they don’t have any purpose for their killings other than killing, how can one understand people who simply ride through communities shooting and killing whoever is unfortunate to be out on the streets at that time.
It is told that these killers often visit markets where they proceed to kill as many people as they can. Everyone knows that a market is a meeting place, a concourse of economic…
