When a government tries to rewrite history, what happens to national memory? In this explosive episode of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum analyzes the shocking decision by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to pardon the late nationalist Chief Herbert Macaulay — a move that has triggered confusion, anger, and public debate across Nigeria and…
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has sacked all the members of the State Executive Council and other political appointees in the state. The sacking was announced on Monday by the governor at the end of an expanded Exco meeting at the Government House, Lafia. Sule expressed gratitude to all the political appointees for their sacrifices…
UNICEF’s Child Protection Specialist, Dr. Wilfred Mamah, has appealed to the Kaduna state government for more funding for the implementation of the child right protection law. Mamah made the appeal at the weekend in an interview with journalists in Kaduna during the training of lawyers for the implementation of the law. Kaduna state passed the…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna, Senator Uba Sani, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election. Sani scored 730,002 votes to defeat Isa Ashiru, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, who polled 719,196 votes. Lawal Bilbis, INEC state collation officer, announced the results of the election at the…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar, has announced the sighting of the crescent moon for the commencement of Ramadan fasting. In a broadcast on Friday, the Sultan, who is also the president of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), said Saturday marks the beginning of Ramadan fasting for Muslims in the country. “Today, Friday,…
The Federal Government has said that it would not pay “a dime” as ransom for the release of over 280 pupils and teachers of Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga, Chikun Local Government of Kaduna state, who were abducted on March 7. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this one…
