*Say President has run out of ideas Following the worsening insecurity in the country, particularly in Northern Nigeria, which is now the epicentre of kidnapping-for-ransom, a group of Northern youths, under the aegis of Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, has said that the best option for President Muhammadu Buhari is to resign. The group said […]
By Adewale Lawal As events are turning out today globally, and especially in Nigeria, it is important to be realistic with ourselves. Scholars and experts in strategic studies, security studies, intelligence gathering and military studies will agree with me that terrorism thrives anywhere it gets local supports and sympathies. Unlike the conventional warfare where the […]
Hopefully Prof Ango Abdullahi and his power mongering cohorts from northern Nigeria listened to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II speak in Kaduna penultimate Monday. At 82, Abdullahi, who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, should ordinarily be one of those statesmen who seek the survival of Nigeria by all […]
Jos – The Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), on Wednesday inaugurated a Telemedicine Unit to enhance healthcare delivery in the north of Nigeria. Telemedicine makes healthcare more accessible, cost-effective and increases patient engagement. Through Telemedicine, physicians and patients can share information in real time from one computer screen to another. They can even see and […]
Northern Nigeria is renowned for being largely a successful agrarian region in outlook, although it’s been impacted by insurgency in some areas. Executive Director of Babban Gona Farm Services, Lola Masha, in this interview with JOY OBAKEYE, reveals other critical issues bogging down overall growth and how innovative solutions can unleash the region’s full potential […]
A bid to further enhance state of tourism in Nigeria, National Council for Arts and Culture(NCAC) has promised that Argungu fishing festival would breathe new life in 2020. NCAC Captain Otunba Segun Runsewe made this disclosure while receiving full strength delegation led by the Emir of Argungu in Kebbi State, HRH. Alhaji Samaria Mohammed Mera […]
Kano, the political headquarters of Northern Nigeria was agog yesterday in a fanfare atmosphere. The occasion? Over 5,000 members of the Kwankwasiyya movement decamped from the PDP to join the APC. This is just another in a series of defection we have witnessed in the Country since the beginning of this year. It amazes me […]
‘Political Engineering’ is a new word that has entered into Nigeria’s political arena, describing how politicians manipulate the system to steal the people’s mandate. An insider and a political stakeholder, former counsellor in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area, Lagos, Mr. Samuel Utodio revealed that the difficulty in obtaining the Permanent Voters Card (PVC) currently experienced by […]
The only Media and Language Training Institute in Northern Nigeria, Konngol Silvertongue, on Saturday begun its session with the induction of the newly admitted students- THE CLASS OF 2018-B- for an “eight-12 s professional development training in Public Speaking & Event Management. As expected THE CLASS OF 2018-B comprised of journalists, public servants, business moguls, […]
A renowned philanthropist, Mr Bill Gates, a business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and six Governors on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on improved access to immunization across Northern Nigeria. Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal was joined by four other States Governors: Kashim Shettima (Borno); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Muhammed Abubakar (Bauchi) and Nasir el-Rufai […]
Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has said that the 19 northern states are not afraid of the ongoing national discourse on the restructuring of the country. Tambuwal who is also a fomer Speaker of the House if Representatives, spoke on Monday in Jos, the Plateau State capital at the annual Law Week and memorial lecture […]
“Young man, the Standard of Education is not falling, it is the Quality of Education that is falling”. This was the response of a certain Professor in the Education faculty to the question I had posed to him as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the UNAD Press Corps back in the University of Ado-Ekiti during an […]
For the north to reel out of its squalour, there is definitely a need for major rethinking, an inside-out revolution of mindset. A region and its people cannot develop when a handful of its population can ‘live high on the hog’ almost for eternity. Witness how many traditional rulers, ‘first class’ Emirs and Chiefs especially, […]