Why would a country battling mass displacement, violent insurgency, and communal killings spend $9 million lobbying Washington—instead of rebuilding shattered lives at home? In this hard-hitting episode of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum examines the controversial decision by the Nigerian government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to hire a U.S. lobbying firm to counter…
The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has demanded for a new constitution that would devolve the concentration of power at the centre to federating units to enable them take charge of their security. In a communique issued at the end of its meeting in Abuja, chaired by former governor of Taraba state, Dr. Samuel Gani,…
The Kaduna state government says troops have neutralised many bandits,including some of those behind the kidnapping in 2021 of students of the Federal College of Forestry and the security breached at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. Samuel Aruwan, the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the declaration of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, as the winner of the Adamawa state governorship election is null and void. INEC’s resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Adamawa state, Yunusa Ari, had declared Binani winner on Sunday, when collation of…
Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and Pro-Chancellor of Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, Kaduna state, has commended Uba Sani, Kaduna state governor, for his efforts in stabilising the state. Kukah made the commendation on Wednesday when he led the management of the university to a courtesy call on to governor at Sir…
The outgoing Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has stoutly defended his administration’s construction of a 2,000-capacity ecumenical centre in Asaba for the Christian Association of Nigeria. Okowa, while speaking at the inauguration of the newly-constructed 2,000 seating capacity ecumenical centre in Asaba for the CAN on Friday, described the Delta State Christian Centre…
