Did you know that in Mexico, an air conditioner is called a politician? When asked why, they said “because it makes a lot of noise but doesn’t work very well”. After three decades of military interventions and dominance, a convergence of anti military forces, pro democracy civil society organizations, determined Nigerian citizens and international pressure…
The detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has distributed foodstuffs worth millions of naira to the needy for the Ramadan season. In a statement on Monday, Abdullahi Usman, said the distribution of the food stuff was flagged of on Monday in Kaduna and Zaria. He said the food items,…
The Bashar Communities’ Development Association (BACODA) in Wase Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State has rejected the suspension of its traditional ruler, the Rekna of Bashar, Alhaji Abdullahi Idris Isa, by the state government. Addressing a press conference in Jos, the state capital, chairman of the association, Dr. Zakari Mohammed described the suspension of…
Christian Solidarity Worldwide – Nigeria (CSW-N), has alleged that its team was denied access to Kurmin Wali community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where scores of residents were reportedly abducted by bandits. The organisation said the incident occurred during a fact finding visit to verify reports that armed men attacked three churches…
In my book Court and Politics: Chronicling my Experience in the Nigerian Theatre, I brought to the fore my personal experience on the unwholesomeness of some judgments of the Nigerian courts on certain critical political matters affecting our democracy. Because I am seen as a marginal player, my testimony went unheeded. But lately, it seems…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on has upheld the judgment of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, which declared former Plateau state governor Simon Lalong as winner of the Plateau South Senatorial election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Napoleon Bali of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the election, having…
