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When Supreme Court Justices turn whistleblowers

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 12, 2022 134 0

By Chido Onumah & Godwin Onyeacholem  On Thursday, July 14, 2022, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in collaboration with Yar’Adua Foundation will launch the Corruption Anonymous (CORA) whistleblowing platform at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The CORA platform is a secure civil society driven public whistleblowing tool through which Continue Reading

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‘Why Chibok Schoolgirls were abducted’- by former Borno State Governor Shettima

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 10, 2022 167 0

(This is an excerpt of an interview Governor Shettima granted Theophilus Abbah and published in Daily Trust on Sunday in May 2014) It’s about two weeks since Chibok schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram. Is there any good news for their parents? ‎That incident is one nightmare that troubles me so much as a father […]Continue Reading

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7 Lessons from Algeria in Fight against Bandits and Terrorists

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 9, 2022 189 0

By Theophilus Abbah, PhD The 1990s was aptly tagged the ‘Black Decade’ in Algeria. It was not just black, it was deadly and pernicious. It was a decade of fire and brimstone when terrorists’ fire engulfed the country from Algiers, its capital city, to rural and isolated communities. Riding on the wings of warped Islamic […]Continue Reading

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MARITIME SECURITY: NIGERIA, JAPAN Sign Exchange Notes On High-Speed Boat To Reinforce Deep Blue Project.

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 28, 2022 189 0

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has signed an Exchange of Note(E/N) with the Japanese Government for an Economic and Social Development Programme involving the acquisition of a High-Speed Boat to reinforce services for coastal security in Nigeria, with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, as the implementing partner. The Honorable Minister of  Continue Reading

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Six Profs now in Zulum’s admin as Borno deploys 19 Commissioners

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 28, 2022 188 0

With Monday’s deployment of 19 commissioners to various ministries in Borno State, a total of six professors currently serve under the administration of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum as Governor. The latest addition is Professor Mohammed Arab Alhaji who was deployed as commissioner of health, making him the first Prof (at least since 1999) to head […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria drops ball in testing the population for COVID-19

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 7, 2022 220 Post a comment

Theophilus Abbah and Daniel Adaji Testing for COVID-19 has dropped drastically, according to weekly reports by the [i]Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that show continued drops in fewer and fewer records of testing in most of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). For instance, for the week that ended on April […]Continue Reading

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Sustainable lifestyle; panacea for looming food, energy crises

By Ele Ifah Sunday May 30, 2022 207 0

…as Rev Martins warns of environmental pollution consequences  A case has been made for a sustainable lifestyle to stem the looming food and energy crises that may arise from the current climate change occasioned by environmental pollution and general mismanagement. This is the submission at a one-day conference in Lagos on the Preservation of the […]Continue Reading

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Killing of 32: Zulum visits Kala-Balge, meets bereaved families

By Ele Ifah Sunday May 30, 2022 173 0

Discusses security measures Offers 100% increase for resident medical workers Gives deadline for reopening of hospital, school Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday, traveled to Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge Local Government Area, to commiserate with mourning communities and families of 32 metal scavengers killed by Boko Haram/ISWAP last week. Continue Reading

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The Blood of Deborah Samuel Yakubu

By Ele Ifah Sunday May 17, 2022 191 0

Theophilus Abbah Her name, Deborah Samuel Yakubu Garba, exposes Nigeria’s inevitable culture mix that finds Christianity robustly rubbing shoulders with Islam deep and intertwined into the faint past that cannot be figured out by the best historical microscope. A combination of Deborah Samuel Yakubu presupposes that the young lady had Moslem in her ancestry, and […]Continue Reading

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History: Tinubu: Why Abiola Muslim-Muslim Ticket Scenario will fail in 2023

By Ele Ifah Sunday May 10, 2022 179 0

Theophilus Abbah In Nigeria’s presidential election, any political party that flies a ticket in which the presidential and vice-presidential candidates are of one religion squarely consolidates the marginalization of either of the two dominant faith – Christianity and Islam – in the political space. In the history of the country’s leadership, since 1979 (both Continue Reading

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Presidential Ticket: How Governors will determine APC candidate

By Ele Ifah Sunday May 6, 2022 158 0

Theophilus Abbah Before the March 26 national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), all executive positions had been shared among the six geopolitical zones. Delegates from all the 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) converged on Abuja, creating political excitement and generating annoying vehicular traffic. The party’s executives were Continue Reading

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World Press Freedom Day: Press has a crucial role to play in 2023 elections – US Embassy Spokesperson

By Ele Ifah Sunday May 4, 2022 149 0

  The spokesperson of the United States Embassy in Abuja, Jeanne Clark, has emphasized the fact that the press has a very important role to play in the country’s democracy, as Nigeria marches toward the 2023 general elections. Clark made the remarks to commemorate the May 3World Press Freedom Day in Lafia, Nasarawa State, where the […]Continue Reading