By Olaiya Philips On December 24, 2023, Nigeria mined new depths of degeneracy, as further evidence was provided that we are on the brink of a descent into even more dark crevices. On that day, terrorism, masquerading as banditry, descended with inexplicable savagery. Men, women and children were slaughtered in the most inhumane ways, as…
Plateau state, Caleb Mutfwang, has installed Jika Golit as the Ngolong Ngas, the paramount ruler of the Ngas nation in Kanke and Pankshin Local Government Areas of the state. The Ngas nation had been without a paramount ruler for the past nine years following succession dispute. Presenting the staff of office to the traditional ruler…
The Nigeria Air Force has neutralised 12 terrorists and destroyed weapon storages during an airstrike at Parisu, Tumbun Gari and Tumbun Alura in Borno State. NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the operation was carried out on January 5, 2024, …
Eight billion human beings entered 2024, four days ago with hopes of a better world. But that may be largely determined by rulers across countries who may not even share the same vision. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, whose forces have sustained some 70,000 deaths and over 100,000 injured does not seek a peaceful resolution….
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been advised not to toe the ignoble path of his predecessors who only mourned victims of killings in press statements, thereby reducing themselves to mourners-in-chief instead of taking responsibility as commanders-in-chief. Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara gave the advice when he led some serving and former members of the House of…
A former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, said he has learnt a lot from his prison experience. Speaking at a thanksgiving service which held on Thursday at the secretariat of the Taraba state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jalingo, Nyame said his four-year experience at the Kuje medium correctional facility has…
