In times of crises, citizens look up to their leader for protection, respite and direction. A leader takes charge from the front, securing the values, identity and posterity of his/her people. And the people trust and support him with the assurance that he would neither lead them astray nor abandon or betray them. From antiquity…
Dada Yar’adua, mother of late President, Umaru Yar’adua and a former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, late Shehu Yar’adua, is dead. She was said to have died in the evening on Monday at the Katsina Teaching Hospital following a brief illness. She was aged 102.
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, to put an end to the growing trend of public officials and other powerful individuals using the police to journalists who publish negative reports about them. In a statement in Lagos, Deputy Executive Director of MRA, Ayode Longe,…
Leaders of Benue communities in the diaspora have rejected President Bola Tinubu’s statement suggesting that the killings in Benue state by criminal fulani herdsmen is a communal conflict. In an open letter issued following the June 14 massacre in Yelewata, Guma LGA, where over 200 people were reportedly killed by suspected armed herders, the diaspora group said the call…
Baptist pastors, theologians, and church leaders from the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have cautioned the United States Senate against designating Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), warning that such a move could worsen insecurity and undermine the mission of the Church. In a communiqué issued at the end…
Ejikeme Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School Nnewi, Anambra state, has dismissed allegations by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that she manipulated her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. JAMB had in a statement on Sunday, dismissed claims that Mmesoma was the top scorer as claimed, adding that she actually got…
