By Hon. Ayuba Mohammed Bello I read, with measured concern and quiet disbelief, Abdul Mahmud’s essay titled “Tinubu, Dogara, and the 2027 Mirage: published in amazingtimes.live/ on May 5, 2025. (https://amazingtimes.live/dogara-tinubu-and-the-2027-mirage/ Coming from someone who claims over three decades of friendship with Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, the piece reads less like an intellectual disagreement and…
The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF), on Saturday reiterated its support for the creation of state police and called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the enactment of the legal framework for its take-off. In a communique issued at the end of the forum’s meeting in Kaduna, the governors emphasised the need for…
Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church. Prevost is the first American to be elected pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic church. The 69-year-old new pope adopts the name Leo XIV. White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney this afternoon, announcing the election of a…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has commended Aliko Dangote Foundation for its unrelenting commitment to the fight against hunger and poverty in Nigeria. Sani made the commendation on Thursday while flagging off the distribution of 35,000 of 10kg bags of rice to the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna state by the foundation. The…
Twenty-two civil society organisations under the aegis of Coalition Against Mass Atrocities in the Middle Belt have asked President Bola Tinubu to end the attacks and mass killings by bandits in the region. Address a press conference on Thursday in Kaduna, Gloria Ballason, Executive Director of House of Justice, and spokesperson of the coalition, expressed…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has recently sought to downplay the disquieting resurgence of Boko Haram, a stance that has understandably ignited considerable alarm amongst Nigerians, especially those from Borno State acutely aware of the enduring and brutal threat this group continues to pose. This attempt to…
