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Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday said over 100,000 people have been killed in the state in the last 12 years contrary to other claims on the numbers of persons killed by Boko Haram insurgents. According to the governor, 10 per cent of the population of Borno State is unaccounted for as…
By Musa_Tanimu_Nasidi The late Sheikh Shuiabu Abubakar Kenchi,was born in Lokoja in 1902, young Kenchi started his education at tender age in Lokoja. The late Magajin Gari of Lokoja educational and public service life are readily available in the public domain, the Feature is not intended to delve into what has become public knowledge about…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has, again, distanced himself from promotional videos, banners and political poster announcing his candidature in the 2023 presidential race. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday, said Professor Osinbajo had nothing to do with those campaigns. The statement reads in part; “There…
Suspected bandits have attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna. The bandits were said to have broken into the academy around 1 am Tuesday. Military sources who spoke with TheCable said an officer was killed and while two others were abducted. “They took about three officers, and one of them who resisted and tried…
Since the return to democracy in 1999, among the myriad of problems Plateau State has grappled with for close to two decades, security of lives and property appears to be the most pressing. This follows the outbreak of hostilities on 7th of September, 2001, in the city of Jos and other communities in the State….
NOTES FROM ATLANTA WITH FAROOQ KPEROGI When I read the heartbreaking news of Malam Ahmed Joda’s passing on August 13 at the age of 91, fond memories of my encounters with him welled up in my mind. To the rest of the country, he was famous for being a cerebral and principled civil servant who…
The director-general of the Progressive Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, has faulted the claim by the former chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, that the two biggest parties in Nigeria – Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress – have failed the people. Professor Jega had said during an interview on the BBC Hausa Service on…
By Ayo Esan With barely over 500 days until the next presidential election, the search for Nigeria’s next president is already dominating public discourse across the landscape as citizens desperately seek a new president, someone that can bring healing to the divided country and restore hope, confidence and prosperity in the multi-ethnic oil producer. Public…
Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari, has dismissed the call by the state’s chapter of Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) for his resignation over his stance on self-defence against bandits, describing it as absurd. The Governor’s reaction is contained in a statement by his Director-General on Media, Alhaji Abdul Labaran, on Sunday in Katsina. Governor Masari…
Controversial Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has condemned the hiring of private jets by politicians to attend the wedding ceremony of the Yusuf Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari. The president’s son married Zarah Bayero, the daughter of Emir of Bichi, Nasiru Bayero in a grand ceremony held in Bichi, Kano. The wedding was…
