By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Silence in public life is often defended as prudence. Yet when the financing of violence is treated as an unfortunate necessity rather than a matter of serious public concern, silence begins to carry consequences of its own. Nigeria’s response to banditry has gradually accommodated a shadow economy of ransom payments, negotiated…
A federal high court sitting in Abuja on Thursday refused to grant bail to Tukur Mamu, who is standing trial on a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism. Mamu is alleged to have received $120,000 as ransom payments on behalf of the Boko Haram terrorists from families of those kidnapped during the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. He…
With less than 24 hours to leave office, Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has declared the Atyap Community Development Association (ACDA), as an unlawful and signed an order to proscribe it. The ACDA is a socio-cultural association of the Atyap ethnic nationality in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of the state. In a statement…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has directed television and radio stations in the country to suspend patronage of Twitter. The directive was contained in a statement on Monday by the Director General of the NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba. The directive came just as the federal government summoned envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked those agitating for the disintegration of the country to shelve the idea and work for unity. Speaking during his investiture as a fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), by the Ogun chapter on Wednesday, the elder statesman said it is better for the country to remain as…
The Kaduna state government is to contruct 10,000 affordable housing units in the next four years. Mallam Rabiu Yunusa, permanent secretary, Kaduna state ministry of housing and urban development, disclosed this on Monday at a meeting of the National Council Lands, Housing and Urban Development which held in Kaduna. Yunusa said Uba Sani, governor of…
