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Statement of Northern Elders Forum(NEF)  on the Senate’s Call for Memoranda on                                                         Review of the Constitution.       Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has taken note of the published invitation  by the Senate ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)to  the public to submit Memorandum to assist the “further alteration of the provisions of…

Dear NUJ President, My recent verbal altercation with a member of your union, who is the Cross River State Correspondent of Daily Trust newspaper during a Press Conference I addressed in Calabar refers. I wish to convey my regrets to the reporter for my response to him and I also wish to express my regrets…

Two can play the game. That should sum up the politicking surrounding the disinvitation of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, for the 2020 annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) where he was to be a guest speaker. If he was “cancelled” simply because of the allegations that he does not…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Bashir Ahmad, has reacted to the viral video of Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister who verbally assaulted a Daily Trust reporter, Charles Eyo. Fani-Kayode in the video could be heard raining insults on Eyo over his choice of question, while disclosing that he has a short fuse. The incident which…

Veteran journalist calls Fani-Kayode assault on reporter an assault on journalism.I can share my column later. This Can’t Wait as a journalist, I am simply outraged; first to read the views of my chairman, Emmanuel Ogbeche and later to see the clip of my dear sister, Ruona J. Meyer on events in Calabar. It’s still…

As I clocked a year in office today as the FCT Minister of State, serving the Federal Capital Territory and her people, I am using this medium to thank President Muhammadu Buhari @MBuhari very much indeed, for giving me such a great opportunity to serve my country. I also thank my colleague, Mallam Muhammad Bello,…

By, Lokoja Indigenous Newspapers publishers/Bloggers. Citation; Lokoja Emirate Council known within the political circle as Lokoja Traditional Council is lucky at this point in time to be blessed with the rulership of His Royal Highness, Alhaji Doctor Muhammadu Kabir Maikarfi III. Bagadozhi the Maigari of Lokoja has the record of being one of the most…

Preamble: THE END RESULT OF NEGLIGENCE TO CURB THE INCIDENCE OF DRUG ABUSE AND CULTISM IN LOKOJA LGA. I express my greetings, with deepest heartfelt condolences, to Lokoja Local Government Area as a whole. Earlier this year, I wrote an open letter to you, sequel to the above preamble, on the nexus between drug abuse…

Our dear erudite Prof Humphrey Nwosu, thank you for taking that path of integrity 27 years ago that our democracy might be saved. Nigerians will forever celebrate you not only for the veracity of conducting the freest, fairest and most credible election in Nigeria’s history but also for the uncommon courage of going ahead to…

Intro: On Pa Sunday Awoniyi, i will simply advice our people to give the shroud to the dead. We can never erase his records- Ohikere It is rather unfortunate that a lot of us do not cherish the efforts of some of our forebears. We do not know the pains they went through in achieving…