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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on 13 May 2021 lampooned the removal of History as a subject from the country’s educational curriculum. The governor known for his controversial stance on issues spoke in Makurdi at “Media Week and Communications Day 2021”. He threatened that the Benue State government would set up laws to restore…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on 16 May 2021 plunged Kaduna State into total darkness as workers protest the current hardliner posture of the state government on labour issues. Schools, banks, and other critical institutions in the state were directed to shut down. Air and rail transport services were also suspended. Over 15 different unions…
The kind of relationship that existed between the Federal Government under Muhammadu Buhari and Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka in the last six years could best be described as a sizzling romance between the cassock and the soapbox. Interestingly, the romance went sour a few months ago. Recently, Garba Shehu, the spokesman of the president, issued…
There are strong speculations that the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is planning to pick its presidential candidate for 2023 elections from northern Nigeria. This thought must have shaped the early plans made by the current governor of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, when he started underground preparations for his presidential ambitions…
What is security in Nigeria under democratic governance in the last twenty years? What is Nigeria’s security problem? Has there ever been and is there anything called Nigeria’s security problem? Has there been a security philosophy ever in the country? Has there ever been a conscious attempt to teach Nigerians this security philosophy assuming one…
The apex court made a pronouncement this May, dismissing an appeal filed by one of the 74 political parties deregistered by INEC in February 2020. The National Unity Party (NUP) had filed a case to challenge the earlier 29 July 2020 verdict of the Court of Appeal upholding its deregistration by the electoral body. A…
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan has given his thoughts on the just concluded Southern Governors Summit. While berating the call for restructuring by southern governors in an interview with State House correspondents in Abuja, on 13 May 2021, the senate president asked the southern governors to lead by example. He is demanding that the…
The Middle East has probably suffered more rivalry and conflict than any other part of the world. The 1948 Arab-Israeli war was the first outbreak of hostilities triggered by the declaration of independence for the state of Israel on 14 May 1948. From that year till date there has been no steady atmosphere of peace…
The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, also called the UEFA Euro 2020 or simply Euro 2020, is the 16th UEFA European Championship. The quadrennial international men’s football championship for Europe is organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The tournament would be held in 11 cities in 11 UEFA countries. It was originally…
When President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Hadiza Bala Usman as the first ever female Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in July 2016, many Nigerians received the news with mixed feelings. Prior to her appointment, she was the Chief of Staff to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, helping to spearhead reforms in a…
