A coalition of over 40 youth groups under the umbrella of the Unified Northern Nigeria Youth Forum (UNNYF), has been in the forefront in calls for the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Godwin Emefiele to run for the 2023 Presidency. The group has been campaigning in some northern states to mobilise youth…
The deputy spokesman of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), Archbishop Emmanuel Ekuri, has called on Nigerian leaders to embrace the teachings of Olumba Olumba Obu, founder and spiritual head of the BSC, to solve the problems bedeviling the nation. Ekuri made the call on Saturday in Kaduna at a press conference announcing…
The senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of bias in her recall from the senate. Addressing her supporters on Tuesday in Okehi LGA of Kogi state, she said the commission is aiding and guiding petitioners on how to perfect their illegal acts. The senator, who arrived in…
Senator Dino Melaye has been declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kogi state. Melaye secured 313 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Idoko Ilonah, who got 124 votes. A former governor of Kaduna state and Chairman of the PDP electoral committee for the Kogi governorship primary, Senator Ahmed…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has vowed to resign if embattled former Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, is not prosecuted. In a chat with editors at the commission’s headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, on Tuesday, Olukoyede swore to follow the prosecution of Bello to the logical conclusion He also vowed that…
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…
