Why we endorsed Obi/ Datti Presidential ticket, by Lawal Babachir As one of the foremost critics of APC’s single-faith presidential ticket, and also in difference to those who have patiently waited for our guidance as to where to pitch our tent, after a painstaking review and analysis of the alternative presidential tickets, we now wish…
About 2000 people from communities in the western part of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State have abandoned their villages over a threat of reprisal attacks by bandits, according to reports by Daily Trust. The bandits were reported to have threatened to avenge the killings of many of their members, including some of their…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday blamed annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election presumably won by late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, on “bad belle.” The regime of military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) annulled the election. Speaking shortly after his investiture as a Trustee of the Abeokuta Club, a sociocultural organisation of Egba…
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…
After 25 days in captivity, parents of the 39 abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna, have vowed to negotiate the release of their children with the bandits. Their decision follows, declarations by the Kaduna state government that it will not negotiate with or pay ransom to bandits. The students who were…
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that the economic hardship in the country is “getting to a boiling point and can trigger a nationwide agitation that might be worse than the October 2020 EndSARS if not addressed immediately.” In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, spokesperson of the part, Debo Ologunagba, said…
