The establishment of the Federal University in Kachia is a potential game-changer for the lives of citizens in Southern Kaduna, a region long marginalised from the state’s mainstream social, economic, and political activities. This development offers a promising opportunity to address the historical imbalances that have contributed to the region’s lagging human development indices, political…
In this column, last week, I wrote about “The madness which manifests as nothing more than a sickness, to borrow from Michel Foucault, that points at the abnormality that had seized the mind of Abuja, and elsewhere”. I posited, among others, that the madness which manifests in the officialdom has turned our quarters of political…
Amos Magaji, a member of the house of representatives, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Magaji represents Zangon Kataf/Jaba federal constituency of Kaduna state. The speaker of the house, Tajudeen Abbas, announced Magaji’s defection in a letter read on the floor of…
The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the North-west zone has expressed disappointment over the exclusion of indigenous Christian representation on the board of the North West Development Commission (NWDC). President Bola Bola Tinubu recently constituted a 14-member board for the NWDC. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, North-West Zonal Chairman…
Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf, has vowed to eradicate polio and reduce the high rate of maternal mortality within the next four months. The governor stated this at the weekend in Kaduna while declaring opened a training for health personnel, tradional leaders, and council chairmen of the 44 Local Government Areas of the state. The training…
Sunday Katung, the senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District has offered scholarship to five of the students of Bethel Baptist High School who were abducted in 2021. Katung announced this during a fund raising programme organised by the Kaduna Baptist Conference for the rebuilding of the school. He promised to pay the tuition fees of…
