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Your excellency sir, Thank you for your service and sacrifices in bringing up the kogi of our dream thus far, thank you your excellency for doing your best in bringing the dividends of democracy to your people in kogi state from grassroots. Thank you for bringing almighty kogi state from dormant to a home for…

Today is exactly Three year since you left this sinful arena. We missed you,but Allah ( SWT)love You more. Rt. Hon Umar Buba Jibril,since your departure, alot has happened, particularly in the area of politics and capacity building, which was one of your cardinal principle. The party you laboured to built in your Constituency in…

The Board of Trustees of ActionAid Nigeria following its 43rd meeting held virtually has deemed it fit as citizens of the nation and as active agents of change to make the following comments, observations, and recommendations on the State of the Nation. While we recognise the efforts by the current administration to move the country…

The attention of the Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi has been drawn to a news report in the Blueprint Newspaper of March 26, 2021 edition, which is also being circulated across social media with the headline “No Room for Presidential Aspirant above 60 years- Fayemi”…

By Jide Oluwajuyitan Unlike in the developed democracies where politics serves the interest of interest groups, Nigerian politicians serve none but themselves. The ongoing shedding of crocodile tears by politicians over last week’s attempted assassination of Governor Ortom of Benue State by suspected herdsmen has once again confirmed Nigerian politicians respond to inputs from their…

By Dr Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi As we pray for their quick release. The victims are all of us and we are them all of them. We need to teach the kidnappers that they have nothing to gain by their evil acts. We need to plead on their victims’ behalf, but we cannot get access to…

Senator Kábiru Ibrahim Gaya is the senator representing Kano Sourth,a former Executive Governor of Kano state and Chieftain of All Progressive Congress (APC). Gaya is truly the most respected, accommodating and wonderful politician I ever met. The Senator reminded me of late Rt. Hon. Umar Buba Jibril, of blessed memory I voted for Kábiru Gaya…

By Sam Omatseye I remember the great Aminu Kano and I look at Muhammadu Buhari, and I say, let us not forget the talakawa. They are the northern jewel, but they are more like gold dust in the mud. Their shine will never match their value because, somehow, no one allows them to be. Today, the…

By: Rt Hon Abdullahi Bello The problem which confront us as a Nation today especially as it relates to Banditry, kidnapping etc are not with the criminal actors themselves, but with our policy-makers! Policy makers in our country have poor understanding of our security challenges, because of their wrong definition of what security or insecurity…

In the recent past, a short video clip has gone viral titled: Who handed over Nigeria to the Fulani? I watched the video and listened to its audio. Interestingly, the voice is sounding like that of an “Englishman.” I was taken aback because I could not understand the motive of the anonymous producer and presenter…