The killing of about 200 people on the Plateau on Christmas Eve has once again highlighted how helpless Nigerians have become in the face of the nation’s rising and intensifying terrorism. A national newspaper captured the tragedy thus: “Of the number, 148 were killed in Bokkos Local Government Area, 19 in Mangu Local Government Area,…
Governor Alex Otti is being hailed as one of the most performing Governors in Nigeria. Definitely the best in the Southeast for now. I did a survey of the best Governor of Southeast on Twitter (X) and Otti was scored the best by about 98% of the respondents. Governor Hope Uzodinma was mostly scored the…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday ordered the nation’s military to prepare for a war that can “break out at any time” on the peninsula. Kim lambasted the United States during a lengthy speech at the end of five days of year-end party meetings that set his country’s military, political, and economic policy…
Hamas deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri, has been killed in an attack on Hamas office in Beirut. Hamas’ Al Aqsa Radio and Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Mayadeen TV confirmed word from security sources that Arouri, a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement’s politburo based abroad and a co-founder of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, was killed on…
When one read the statement from the so-called Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, demanding Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, to step down due to his purported incapacity to address security concerns in the state, one was taken aback. The call was ostensibly in response to Thursday night’s vicious attack in…
Catholic bishops in Africa had said they would not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessing for same-sex couples. A Catholic priest, Reverend Father Jean-Miguel Auguste, has commended the stand of Catholic bishops in Africa on blessing same-sex couples, saying “Africa is the only continent that will save the world’’. Mr. Auguste, a priest of…
Nigeria has a natural role to play in stabilising West Africa, deepening democracy in the sub-region, and keeping military coups and coupists at bay. Being a medium power, Nigeria has the obligation of guiding West Africa by maintaining democracy, peace, and stability throughout the sub region. It is crucial to examine some of the strong…
Former senator Shehu Sani is demanding that names of former CBN governor Emefiele be released in Jim Obaze report Former Senator Shehu Sani has joined other well-meaning Nigerians to applaud the findings of the Jim Obaze-led financial auditing and investigations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the period when Godwin Emefiele was in…
The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has stated that the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, would have been killed by a firing squad if it happened that he was living in China. This was stated by President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga while reacting…
DEC 22, 2023 #Japa, #Kano State. Hundreds of low-income contributors to an investment scheme in Kano will experience bleak Christmas and New Year celebrations in the ancient commercial city of Kano as the lady coordinator used all their hard-earned money to send her man abroad. Investigations by our Correspondent indicated that the ugly incident happened…
