By Shu’aibu Usman Leman_ The recent flurry of defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria has ignited a fervent and often acrimonious debate concerning the true motivations underpinning these significant political realignments. While some observers might readily interpret this discernible trend as a resounding endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nascent administration and…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has warned that those planning to disrupt inauguration ceremonies on May 29, would be identified and brought to justice. Addressing a news conference on Monday in Abuja, the IGP said the May 29 inauguration at the federal and state levels is sacrosanct. He said the Nigeria Police Force…
The governor of Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani, has mourned the death of Herbert Wigwe, the group chief executive officer (GCEO) of Access Holdings Plc, who died in a helicopter crash in the United States of America. Wigwe, his wife, son and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, former group chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group), died…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, has frowned at the nation’s rising and seemingly uncontrollable debt profile. The governors also expressed concern about the operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), maintaining that the apex bank “is operating as an independent government within a government, which is a pervasion of the autonomy of…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that it would soon make its position public on the allegation that some public tertiary institutions were preventing Christians from erecting prayer chapels like their Muslim counterparts. It noted that though the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had requested all Governing Councils of Federal Government institutions of…
Full Text of Easter message by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, April 17th, 2022. TO MEND A BROKEN NATION: THE EASTER METAPHOR: 1. Hello brothers and sisters in Christ, men and women of goodwill everywhere, I send you hearty greetings and felicitations as we celebrate the risen Christ. Easter is here again….
