Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction Minister, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has emerged the new National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). His election followed the adoption of a motion moved by the Chairman of Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) and Governor of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma, seconded by Speaker of the House of…
A notorious terror kingpin operating in the north-west, Bello Turji, has reportedly released 32 kidnapped victims and surrendered some of his weapons. According to reports, an Islamic cleric, Musa Yusuf, popularly known as Asadus-Sunnah, announced the development during a religious event in Kaduna on Monday. Yusuf said the gesture followed a series of peace talks…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah has said that the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is totally reprehensible and setback to the country’s progress on national integration. Speaking in an interview with Channels television on Thursday, Kukah said the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of 1993 election has been…
The Tiv Professionals Group (TPG), an umbrella body for some professionals from the Tiv ethnic nationality, Benue State, have called on all patriots to come together and salvage the country from the deadly activities of bandits, Boko Haram and other criminal elements threatening the corporate existence of the country. In a position paper on the…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman There are moments in a nation’s history when leadership emerges from the thick fog of despair to offer a glimmer of hope. Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State stands as a compelling example of such transformative leadership. In a state once synonymous with violence and displacement, he has steadily reshaped…
The President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the famous journalist and writer, Abdulhamid Babatunde who died on Thursday in Kaduna. Babatunde who served as editor of several newspaper titles including the defunct, Kaduna-based Democrat passed on following an illness. He was aged 66. In a condolence message signed by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, On Thursday in…
