The Russian embassy in Nigeria has distanced itself from its flags being flown by protesters against hunger and bad governance in Nigeria. In a statement on Monday, the embassy said neither the government nor Russian officials were connected to the flags. The statement said, The Embassy has noted the reports in Nigerian media and the…
A total of 289,375 people have been displaced by bandits in 551 communities across 12 Local Government Areas of Kaduna state. The 12 LGAs are said to be worst affected by activities of bandits. Usman Mazadu, Executive Secretary of Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (KADSEMA), disclosed this on Wednesday at the flag-off of distribution of…
Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election has decried the escalating activities of bandits in the country. Expressing his concerns about the security situation on his X handle, Abubakar lamented that kidnappers have continued with their reign of terror unchecked. Abubakar condemned the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as the acting Inspector-General of Police. The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Muhammed Dingyadi, disclosed this at a briefing with State House Correspondents on Tuesday at the Presidential villa, Abuja. Until his appointment, Baba was the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department,…
The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a joint statement on Sunday leaders of the three countries said it was a “sovereign decision” to leave the ECOWAS “without delay”. Struggling with jihadist violence and poverty, the regimes have…
I am not a theologian by training and so in my effort to get a concise understanding of theological education in Africa, I decided to draw insights from the doctoral thesis of John K. Fulks, which was submitted in 2011 to Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in the United States as partial requirement for the fulfillment…
