Supreme Court sacks Bwacha as Taraba guber candidate

The Supreme Court has nullified the nomination of Emmanuel Bwacha as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba state. Delivering judgment on Wednesday, a five-member panel led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun affirmed the verdict of the federal high court which held that the APC did not conduct any valid governorship primary in…

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Failure of the state and the rise of banditry

By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Across Northern Nigeria, the seasonal migration of Fulani pastoralists continues year after year—largely unchecked and seemingly undeterred by decades of debate, policy failures, and escalating communal tensions. Despite repeated promises to resolve the frequent and often deadly clashes between these nomadic cattle herders and sedentary farming communities, little has been done…

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Fubara: Despite pressures to surrender to tyranny, oppression, well-meaning Rivers citizens stood on right side of history

Governor of Rivers state,  Siminalayi Fubara, has commended leaders  and well-meaning citizens of  the state for standing on the right side of history despite the pressures to surrender to tyranny and oppression The governor spoke  at a Christmas ballad  organised in his honour by Dr. Peter Odili, a former governor of the state and  his…

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