Power is often imagined as force. It is seen as something loud and visible. A president signs a bill. A governor deploys security agents. A judge pronounces a sentence. Yet power, as the French philosopher, Michel Foucault, taught us, is far more subtle and far more pervasive. It does not only command. It shapes, trains,…
Bauchi state governor Bala Mohammed has responded to comments by Yakubu Dogara, a former speaker of the House of Representatives. Dogara had in a statement on Sunday berated Mohammed for criticising President Bola Tinubu’s polices, noting that the governor has performed dismally in Bauchi state. However, reacting to Dogara’s vituperations in a statement on Monday, the…
A food vendor has been lynched and set ablaze in Kasuwan-Garba town, Mariga LGA of Niger state, over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. According to reports by Daily Trust newspaper, the incident occurred on Saturday after the woman, identified as Amaye, made comments considered offensive while interacting with a customer in her restaurant. Amaye was…
The House of Representatives Committee on Defence has promised to ensure more budgetary allocation to the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), the Command and Staff College (CSC),Jaji and the Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) in the 2025 budget. Babajimi Benson, chairman of the committee, stated this in an interview with journalists during an oversight visits…
The Gbagyi Development Union (GDU) has raised the alarm over what it described as “recurring incidents of insecurity ravaging” Gbagyi communities in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, spokesperson of group, Caleb Nayaro,lamented that several communities in Chikun have continued to suffer devastating attacks, abductions, and destruction…
Nigeria entered the new year amid sustained insecurity across multiple regions, with coordinated attacks, mass killings, military ambushes, and kidnappings recorded between late December and the first week of January. The incidents underscore persistent weaknesses in rural security and the expanding geographical spread of armed violence. In Kaduna State, bandits attacked a community in Lere…
