The Concerned Borno Citizens have outlined 10 reasons why the 9th National Assembly should support Senator Mohammad Ali Ndume’s bid for Senate Presidency as it votes its leaders in June this year. The group, led by a former Nigerian Ambassador to Pakistan, Ambassador Dauda Danlami, made the appeal at a press conference held at Treasure […]Continue Reading
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The February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections showed a strikingly impressive voter turnout nationwide as some 955,205 citizens voted at the presidential election in Borno State. The March 9 Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections showed a strikingly depressive voter turnout nationwide; 1,298,027 citizens voted at the governorship election in Continue Reading
By Ojotule Adogo Many Nigerians are exchanging banters while congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari for winning the 2019 presidential election. But at the same moment, many families in Kogi East, especially Igala-speaking communities, are mourning as a result of the killings and violence perpetuated by desperate All Progressives Congress (APC) agents during the Continue Reading
The fiery wave of the army’s anger swept through Daily Trust last week, leaving behind a kind of devastation that keeps the media and the entire nation wondering if the terrifying days of military dictatorship had returned with its fury. The impact of the horror was apparent in the arrest of Uthman Abubakar, the Regional […]Continue Reading
The Trying Triangle of Politics, Economy and Faith: Through the Eyes of the Needle By Matthew Hassan Kukah 1. Preamble In your letter of invitation to me, you requested that I speak on what you called, The Trying Triangle of Politics, Economy and Faith: Through the Eyes of the Needle. In more plain language, this […]Continue Reading
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar made many promises to Nigerians during his campaign for this ticket. Today, he got the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest the 2019 presidential election. Below are 10 of those promises. 1. To End Boko Haram He made this promise while on a campaign visit to Maiduguri, […]Continue Reading
Kidnappers demand N1 billion ransom Edo, Delta and Kaduna top list of most dangerous states for pastors In the last two years not less than 51 pastors and priests of various denominations and churches were kidnapped in Nigeria. Also, ransom figures put at about N1 billion was demanded from them and their loved ones. This […]Continue Reading
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume was a member of the Presidential Committee on Security Challenges in the North-East zone in 2011, headed by Ambassador Usman Gaji Galtimari. In this interview, the senator representing Borno South Senatorial District argues Boko Haram has three faces: criminal, political and authentic. Excerpts: Your committee has just completed its assignment Continue Reading
BokoHaram terrorists have become very daring, capturing communities in Gudunbali Local Government Area , attacking a military base in Baga, Kukawa LGA and even occupying Damasak in Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno state. Though the military has recaptured these locations from the sect, the death toll in these attacks is not known. The sect’s […]Continue Reading
A socio-pragmatic linguistic analysis of the transcript of the audio of Leah Sharibu proves five things. The transcript, widely circulated in the media, read thus: “I am Leah Sharibu, the girl that was abducted in GGSS Dapchi. I am calling on the government and people of goodwill to intervene to get me out of my […]Continue Reading
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised an alarm over arms build up in the country following the interception of Nigeria-bound arms in South Africa. A statement today by its spokesman, Mr Yekini Nabena, said the arms seizure was a red flag for security agencies to be very vigilant as the country approaches the next […]Continue Reading
The next general election is six months away. Not, government seems to have surrendered its duties to the noise of the power riddle, abandoning many issues of national importance. Below is a list of some of such issues that federal and state governments have relegated to the background in their anxiety to secure ‘the people’s […]Continue Reading