Full text of an open letter to ECOWAS by eight leading northern civil society groups (CSOs), cautioning against the proposed economic and military actions in the efforts to resolve the political crisis in Niger Republic. 5th August 2023 HE Bola Ahmed Tinubu President, Federal Republic of Nigeria And Chairman of ECOWAS, Presidential Villa Asokoro Abuja. Your…
A coordinated covert operation by the Department of State Services (DSS) has led to the dismantling of a gunrunning syndicate operating in Kaduna State, recovering a cache of arms and ammunition and arresting key suspects. Governor Uba Sani, while reacting to the development, commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the DSS for their decisive intervention….
In this episode of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum unpacks the deepening crisis of electoral violence sweeping across Africa. From the October 2025 elections in Cameroon, where protests and killings erupted after President Paul Biya’s re-election, to Tanzania, where reports suggest more than 700 people have died following disputed polls — the continent’s old…
Chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab, has that there is no sense in celebrating June 12 when the leaders are undemocratic. According to him, Nigerians cannot be governed by intimidation and still celebrate June 12 as Democracy Day. In an interview on Saturday, Hayab said,…
The National Coordinator of Igede Progressives Forum (NAIPF), Elder Sunday Oibe, has asked Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state to sack political leaders in Oju and Konshisha Local Government Areas of state, if the bloody communal clashes in the areas persists. Speaking with journalists on Saturday in Kaduna, Oibe condemned the bloody clashes between Bonita…
By Joseph Kwewum On February 15, 2026, Nigerian athlete and star sprinter Favour Ashe announced his decision to change his nation of representation from Nigeria to Qatar. The development comes six months after Favour Ofili, another elite sprinter, declared her switch from Nigeria to Qatar. The steady decline of Nigerian athletics over the past decade,…
