Nigeria may be witnessing the quiet collapse of one of the most consequential political parties in its democratic history. In this edition of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum examines the steady unraveling of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) — a party once central to Nigeria’s return to civilian rule, now weakened by defections, internal…
The Kaduna state chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has said that ex governor Nasir El-Rufai is yet to register as a member of the party over two weeks after his defection The party also rejected the purported dissolution of the Kaduna State Working Committee of the party by the National Secretariat. Addressing a…
Six people have been killed while several others were injured in an attempt to apprehend kidnappers who abducted two residents of Zonkwa, headquarters of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The incident, according to a statement signed by Yabo Ephraim, Media Aid to Council Chairman of Zangon Kataf LGA, occurred on Tuesday at…
Yakubu Dogara, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, has asked President Bola Tinubu to go after “subsidy cabal” and recover all the money they stashed in foreign banks. Dogara commended the steps so far taken by Tinubu since he assumed office on May 29, describing the President’s actions as a departure from the…
The Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has called on security agencies to deal ruthlessly with individuals or groups found to be responsible for the current security challenges bedevilling the state. The governor also warned that his administration will not tolerate the activities of crisis merchants who are bent on fomenting trouble and causing disaffection among…
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have rescued nine kidnapped persons in Kaso, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan,commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Aruwan said the troops engaged the bandits in their hideout during which their victims were rescued. According to him, the troops…
