When Daniel Bwala recently appeared in a televised exchange with journalist Mehdi Hasan on Aljazeera, many Nigerians watched with a mixture of fascination and discomfort. It was not merely a debate. It was something more revealing. It was a public portrait of a deeper crisis in Nigeria’s political culture. It was the tragedy of activism….
Leaders in the north-central geopolitical zone have called for urgent steps to address the security challenges plaguing the region. The leaders, including Tanko Al-Makura and Abdulfatah Ahmed, former governors of Nasarawa and Kwara respectively, said the north-central must regain its place as “the domain of peace and tranquillity”. They spoke at a meeting organised on…
Deadly bandits’leader Buhari Alhaji Halidu (popular known as Buhari Yadi), who was terrorising communities in the North-west, has been killed by troops of Operation Whirl Punch. Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. Yadi was killed alongside some members of…
By Patience Dombin, Jos The Plateau state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, has condemned the killing of three people in attacks on Yelwan Zangam community and along the Zaria- Jingir road. The gunmen were said to have attacked local miners in Yelwa Zangam community, Jos North Local Government Area, killing one person while one person was…
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports that the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday afternoon. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. With her death, her eldest son Charles, the…
Governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Fintiri, has declared a 24-hour curfew in the state following looting by some youths in Yola, the state capital. Spokesman of the governor, Humwashi Wonosikou, announced this in a statement on Sunday. He said the decision was taken to curtail the activities of hoodlums in the state. The statement said,…
