By Hon. Ayuba Mohammed Bello I read, with measured concern and quiet disbelief, Abdul Mahmud’s essay titled “Tinubu, Dogara, and the 2027 Mirage: published in amazingtimes.live/ on May 5, 2025. (https://amazingtimes.live/dogara-tinubu-and-the-2027-mirage/ Coming from someone who claims over three decades of friendship with Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, the piece reads less like an intellectual disagreement and…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has decried the tragic loss of innocent lives and widespread destruction of property in Benue state by criminal herdsmen. In a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, Yakubu Pam, Chairman of Northern CAN, strongly condemned the persistent killings and…
The Arewa Civil Society Organisations (ACSO) said it is mobilising its members for mass and peaceful protest to demand for the removal of the Yusuf Bichi, the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS). In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, Adamu Musa, chairman of the group, condemned the DSS for the continuous attack…
The police have killed 14 gunmen in a foiled attack on Kastina-Ala police station, Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue state. Spokesperson of the Benue state police command, Catherine Anene, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Makurdi. Anene said the bandits numbering up to 50, invaded the police station in the early hours…
Bandits on Wednesday night, released Janet Gimba, the Kaduna customary court judge, who was abducted alongside her four children about 11 days ago. One of the children, a 14 year old boy, was however, killed on Tuesday by the bandits when the N298 ransom demanded could not be delivered at stipulated time. The remaining three…
In this powerful episode, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum speaks with Mercy and Prof Solomon Tarfa about the long and painful struggle to secure the release of children taken from their orphanage in Kano, Nigeria. They reveal disturbing allegations of: • Children being forced into conversions and given new identities. • Orphans taken from Asaba and transported…
