Category: Opinion

  • we will overcome challenges Minister..

    we will overcome challenges Minister..

    From Lateef Taiwo Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Muhammed Idris, has re assured Nigerians,that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will overcome the current challenges confronting the country.. Muhammed Idris gave the assurance while speaking at the 2024 annual General conference of the Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Institute of public Relations at the…

  • EFCC Invitation: Former Kwara Gov Ahmed reacts

    EFCC Invitation: Former Kwara Gov Ahmed reacts

    * Says invitation a routine one Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Former Kwara state Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has described his invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission a (EFCC) as a routine one, as well as procedural In a release by his former Chief Press Secretary, Wahab Oba, Ahmed said he was invited by the…

  • Kano: Centre warns against negative consequences of plot by former Emir Sanusi, allies to amend chieftaincy laws*

    Kano: Centre warns against negative consequences of plot by former Emir Sanusi, allies to amend chieftaincy laws*

    The Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has raised an alarm over a purported plan to tinker with the local government and chieftaincy affairs law in Kano State to favour the deposed Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.  The Centre, at a press conference on Wednesday, also alleged that some elements are taking illegal means…

  • THE ILLUSIVE PEACE ON THE PLATEAU AND THE WEAPONISATION OF RELIGION AND ETHNICITY

    THE ILLUSIVE PEACE ON THE PLATEAU AND THE WEAPONISATION OF RELIGION AND ETHNICITY

    . By: A.G. Abubakar. In matters of ethno-religious crisis, the Yoruba model of tolerance comes handy. With modifications of course, depending on where one’s sectarian inclination. Plus, the fact that poverty is not endemic among the Yoruba. Nor ethnic diversity as well. The bond of kinship and tradition among the Yoruba surpasses that of the…

  • Reps Cry Out Over Consistence High Cost of Living

    Reps Cry Out Over Consistence High Cost of Living

    From Lateef Taiwo The House of Representatives on Tuesday made a passionate appeal to the Federal Government and all critical stakeholders to immediately open up the national food reserve in the country for the purpose of producing massive food production as hunger is biting harder across board. This followed a motion of urgent National importance…

  • AKPANAJA AIRSTRIKE: ORTOM DESERVES APOLOGY

    AKPANAJA AIRSTRIKE: ORTOM DESERVES APOLOGY

    By Fredrick Adebayo After one year, the Nigerian Air Force has taken responsibility for the January 23, 2023 airstrike in Akpanaja community of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State which claimed 37 lives. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, who led senior officials of the Air Force on Friday, to…

  • My friend, Isa Gusau — A Tribute, By Kashim Shettima

    My friend, Isa Gusau — A Tribute, By Kashim Shettima

    There couldn’t have been a more poignant last chapter to a man’s life than my final text exchange with him. He reached out on December 31, 2023, to draw my attention to a Qur’an recital competition in Damaturu, Yobe State, stating that it transpired without deserving prizes. In his typical fashion, he outlined interventions that…

  • Tribute:Isa Umar Gusau: One Death Too Many

    Tribute:Isa Umar Gusau: One Death Too Many

    By: Inuwa Bwala Very often, when misfortune befalls us, we tend to seek solace in God: especially when the circumstances defy mortal interpretations. This is perhaps the situation Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, and indeed the government and people of Borno state found themselves in the last three months. The state had hardly…

  • ON THE  MILESTONES OF ABUBARKAR AUDI AT NSCDC

    ON THE MILESTONES OF ABUBARKAR AUDI AT NSCDC

    By Rev Solomon Semaka It was the foremost English writer, William Shakespeare who said , “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” For Dr Abubarkar Ahmed Audi mni, the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, his visionary leadership at the paramilitary security agency in…

  • Edo 2024 PDP Primaries: Philip Shaibu is the man to Beat

    Edo 2024 PDP Primaries: Philip Shaibu is the man to Beat

    In the upcoming 2024 governorship election in Edo State, one candidate stands out as the frontrunner and the man to beat – Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu. As the Deputy Governor of Edo State and an aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Philip Shaibu has proven himself to be a capable…