A mother, Khadija Ali has been arrested by the police in Abuja for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby. Ali was reported to have dumped the baby along a bush path near Crush Rock, behind the uncompleted Red Bricks Market in Mpape, Abuja. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command, in a statement on Sunday by…
The famous English poet, Laurence Binyon, described hunger both as “a shadow who sits down by each man’s side” and as a silent killer, invisible, known only to “naked things”, like “the tide that buries the playground of children”. Is Binyon right? Well, only to the extent in which he captures hunger as a pervasive,…
The presidency has asked the governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed, to retract his confrontational statements and redirect his focus toward productive dialogue with the federal government regarding any concerns about the Tax Reform Act. Mohammed, who is chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, recently criticised President Bola Tinubu’s controversial tax reforms…
Wike replies Odili, says he’s “a trader and a sycophant” Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has hit back at Elder statesman and former Rivers state governor, Dr. Peter Odili, describing him as “a trader and a sycophant”. The minister who is the immediate past governor of state, was reacting to Odili’s…
One very critical point in proving murder, l am told, or have seen in so many movies, is motive: the intention to bring harm upon a person. Motives vary – and usually may include vengeance, greed and taking over what belongs to the victim. Motives by themselves, l am not sure, without corresponding actions may not…
The New Year 2025 promises to be full of conflicts, most of them avoidable. The hottest spot might be in the Middle East where fierce proxy conflicts are going on with Israel at the centre. Only the naïve would think that the wars Israel has been involved are entirely fought by it, whereas that country…
