The Zamfara Model, Dismal Tunnel to Self-Destruction, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The Governor of Zamfara State is implementing what he calls a successful model for handling terrorism and banditry in the State. On 1st March, […]
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Anxiety as NECO withholds results of 70,000 Kano Students
By Mahmoud Ndagi, Kano No fewer than 70,000 candidates who sat for the October/November 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Kano State, are […]
NDLEA intercepts container load of Tramadol in Apapa port
…. … Arrests Indian, 89 Nigerians in Lagos raids The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted a container load of Tramadal at the […]
Financial exclusion of the north: ACF complains to Central Bank of Nigeria
The Arewa Consultative Forum has written to the Central Bank Governor complaining of the exclusion Northern Nigeria from critical aspects of the nations financial […]
Kaduna govt provides grants to 13 researchers -Official
Kaduna State Government has approved the disbursement of N81 million to 13 researchers to study the various aspects of education reforms in the state […]
NCC sensitises students on safer internet practice
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has joined the rest of the world to celebrate the Africa Safer Internet Day (ASID), which is the continent’s version […]
NOUN holds second virtual Inaugural Lecture
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) will on Monday hold its 17th Inaugural Lecture, the second to be held virtually due to the […]
In Praise of Community Policing, By Issa Aremu
I join many Nigerians to acknowledge and appreciate the remarkable activism of Mr Mohammed Adamu,mni since January 15, 2019 he was appointed by President Muhammadu […]
Benue NUJ Chairman, Asher, dies after Cesarean Section
The Chairman, Benue State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mrs Victoria Asher, is dead. The Secretary of the Council, Mr Moses Akarhan, […]
N525m Internet Fraud: Scales Opts For Plea Bargain, Ready to Forfeit N108m Properties- Witness
(EFCC press release)The trial-within-trial of Scales Ishola Olatunji, a suspected fraudster resumed on Friday, January 29, 2021 before Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal […]
NDLEA: Marwa signs new pact with US to strengthen Nigeria’s drug war
(Photo: Chairman/Chief Executive of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (Retd) with the US ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Mary Beth Leonard, […]
Exclusive Details: Court grants Lawyer’s request to vacate order transfering Zakzaky’s wife to hospital
Justice G.I Kurada of Kaduna State High Court has vacated an earlier order that Zeenah Al-Zakazaky, wife of IMN leader, Ibrahim Al- Zakzakky, be moved […]
New COVID-19 variants fuelling Africa’s second wave – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging in Africa as new, more contagious […]
Nigeria needs the peace serum of restructuring, By Atiku Abubakar
Nigeria needs to be restructured. Just look at Nigeria today. This truth is staring us in our collective faces. The current ethnic and religious […]
Facing 2021: Notes to the Nigerian Left, By Edwin Madunagu
The last paragraph of my last published article for the year 2020, titled “Study notes on state and state failure” (December 22) started with a […]
Unease as handover drama rocks NSCDC
The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana, who was reported to have handed over the mantle of leadership […]
COVID-19: 2 NGOs donate facilities to Bauchi Govt. to fight second wave –Official
Two NGOs, Heineken Africa Foundation (HAF) and WaterAid Nigeria, have supported 11 Local Government areas of Bauchi State with hygiene packs and contactless handwashing facilities, […]
Trump impeached for historic second time after Capitol siege
The U.S. House of Representatives votes to impeach Donald Trump for inciting last week’s deadly Capitol siege, making him the first president to be impeached […]
Trump’s African Genes, by Hassan Gimba
Outgoing 45th President of the United States of America, Donald John Trump, was said to have German roots. His mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, is […]
Talking points – COVID-19 Second Wave Media Sensitisation
TALKING POINTS – COVID-19 SECOND WAVE MEDIA SENSITISATION 1. Recent Epidemiology records confirm that Nigeria is now facing a rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases […]
Court dismisses certificate forgery case against Obaseki
The Federal High Court Abuja, has dismissed the alleged certificate forgery case filed by the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and one of its chieftains, Mr […]
COVID-19: Lagos intensifies public sensitisation on second wave
The Lagos State Government on Friday, intensified public advocacy and sensitisation to the emergence of the second wave of COVID-19. This was done through interaction […]
COVID-19: Second wave ravaging our land, claiming many lives, says LUTH CMD
Prof. Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Wednesday said COVID-19 second wave was ravaging our land and […]
The truth about Cross River North Senatorial rerun and allied matters
By Timothy Mgbeje Reading Sam Omatseye’s commentaries has always been an excursion into knowledge, except in the few instances in which he himself has been […]
Even You, Father Kukah? by Hassan Gimba
Most Reverend Mathew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, is a catholic priest that burst onto the public domain as a reverend father. Reverend Father […]