Thirty-seven years ago, precisely on May 22-23, 1986, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) students embarked on a peaceful protest against their Vice Chancellor, Professor Ango Abdullahi, who invited the police to quell the protest. The violence inflicted by the police is only comparable to that of the 1978 “Ali-Must-Go” nation-wide students’ protest against the increase in…
By Chris Gyang Sometimes, even the elements foretell the fortunes of men. At exactly 2.10 PM on Sunday, March 19, 2023, it started to rain. Not in showers or drizzles. It was a heavy downpour, also witnessed in other parts of Plateau State. Who says God has abandoned this land? That sudden rainfall brought with…
At the beginning of this dispensation, Igbo politicians made a spectacle of themselves in the Nigerian senate. Within the span of 4 years, the senate had four senate presidents including Evans Enwerem, Chuba Okadigbo, Pius Anyim. You could argue that whoever wanted to oust any Igbo Senate President had more than willing hands among the…
Obadiah Tohomdet presents his perspective on the raging controversy over the involvement of Jaiz bank in the rebuilding of the Jos main market, Plateau state. There has been so much uproar unleashed on the national scene concerning the sponsorship of the rebuilding of Jos Main Market, Plateau State by Interest-free Jaiz Bank. Jaiz is the…
Emmanuel Junior Zakka, writes that the southern part of Kaduna state is not a push in the politics of Kaduna state. In 2019, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship election in Kaduna state with 1,045,427, representing 55.32 per cent of the total votes cast. The PDP…
KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY RT. HON. YAKUBU DOGARA, SPEAKER OF THE 8TH ASSEMBLY ON THE THEME: PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA:THE PRAGMATIC APPROACH, AT A TWO-DAY PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT SUBMIT ORGANIZED BY SULTAN MACCIDO INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA ON TUESDAY, 8TH NOV. 2021 PROTOCOLS: I count it great…
