Power is often imagined as force. It is seen as something loud and visible. A president signs a bill. A governor deploys security agents. A judge pronounces a sentence. Yet power, as the French philosopher, Michel Foucault, taught us, is far more subtle and far more pervasive. It does not only command. It shapes, trains,…
A coalition of Kaduna youths supporting the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have demanded for the substitution of Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, the party’s Tuesday protested against the governorship candidate in the state. The group accused Hunkuyi for allegedly working for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Hunkuyi was a member of the…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The burial of former Chief Judge of Taraba state, Filibus Andetur, has been suspended indefinitely following family feud. This follows demands by Chief Timothy Andetur, senior brother of the late judge, that the deceased’s wife, Mrs Destiny Courage, must explain the “cause” of her husband’s death. Speaking with journalists on…
“Bandits kill seven in Kaduna communities”, a colleague of mine read aloud a headline from an online media she was reading on her phone, the other day. “Uhnm”, was my reply. And she too just continued pressing her phone without being annoyed at my nonchalant response. As a matter of fact, she didn’t expect any…
Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging to work for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu. Popularly known as Abba, the younger Atiku was received on Thursday at the National…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, struck out the terrorism charge filed against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the proscribed group. The appellate court in a judgment by a three-member panel held that Kanu’s extradition from…
