By Prof. Terhemba Wuam According to the historian Jorma Kalela, “Why history?” is more fruitful than the question of “what is history?” The former question is posed because people need knowledge of the past, which they can use as they deem fit as the past is always used in the present. In the United States…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Afam Osigwe, has cancelled the appointment of Abdulrasheed Maina as patron of the Abuja branch of the association Osigwe disclosed this on Friday in a post on his verified X handle. He added that the NBA has also commenced disciplinary proceedings against the Chairman of the Abuja…
Kaduna state governor Senator Uba Sani has urged Nadungu Gagare, the newly appointed Federal Permanent Secretary, office of the Head of Service (HoS) to be a good Ambassador of Kaduna state. Speaking at a reception held in his honour on Saturday at the Murtala Square, Kaduna, Sani called on Gagare to remain focused and committed…
Despite the seeming friction with between him and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the state would always party. Speaking on Monday at the inauguration of the Orochiri-Worukwo flyover in Rivers, Wike said, Rivers state must benefit from anybody that it will support. Wike said: “If you say…
Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church. Prevost is the first American to be elected pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic church. The 69-year-old new pope adopts the name Leo XIV. White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney this afternoon, announcing the election of a…
Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has lashed at Nasir El- Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, saying he is “coming to equity with dirty hands”. Sani asked El-Rufai to account for the $350 million loan he collected from the World Bank while serving as governor. The former senator was…
