As part of activities to ensure the smooth celebration of this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day Parade, the Nigerian Defence Headquarters has announced that certain routes will be blocked in the morning within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, during the […]
I read with adore an article published by Newsrescue.com (an online news blog) tittled “Sokoto University Lecturer Brags “Sunni Ulama” Secretly Orchestrated Nigeria Government Attacks Against Shia Islam” in what looks like an attempt to smear the personality of Sheik Jabir Maihula […]
The common saying that “uneasy lies the head that wears the crown” seems to be the lot of Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. A man with genteel disposition and one that is not enamoured by the […]
As announced last week that “something big is about to happen”, it appears the Niger Delta Militants will match words with action. The Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, in a statement on Monday, vowed to shut down Nigerian Communication […]
Following the presidential media chat that held on the 30th of December, 2015, a lot of statements from the president have, as expected, captured the attention of many Nigerians. However, the one that has generated the biggest controversy is the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja that his administration was taking urgent and appropriate actions to restore order, due process and probity to the procurement processes of the nation’s Armed Forces. Speaking at a meeting with the British Secretary of State […]
It is no defence for the embittered retired Lt Colonel Sambo Dasuki to suggest that vehicles for past Heads of States and Presidents from allocation to the Office of National Security Adviser: Somebody should tell Mr Dasuki that his defence […]
No fewer than 20 Generals in the military said to have stolen cash running into trillions of naira from the purchase of arms and ammunition have been recalled by the defence headquarters to answer questions relating to the funds. Some […]
Precisely on October 24, 2015 the Punch newspaper published the text of an interview granted by Senator Shehu Sani in response to calls by the Afeniferi, a Yoruba cultural group, that Fulani herdsmen should restrict their activities to the northern […]
BY USAMA DANDARE “Rigar da ba wuya ce zan dunka, kowa yasa ga kai nai ta dace” ~ Hausa Proverb Since the announcement of Hajiya Aisha Abubakar as a Ministerial candidate representing my beloved Sokoto State, a lot of political […]
Many Nigerians have watched with tongue in cheek as the group known as Ohaneze Ndigbo has paraded itself as the group with the interest of Ndigbo. For starters, let us look at the meaning of Ohaneze Ndigbo. Oha means the […]
The Delta state election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, on Tuesday, frowned at the failure of the counsel to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr D. D. Dodo (SAN) to commence their defence by calling their witnesses listed to appear […]
