Former Emir of Kano and new Caliph of the Tijaniyya sect in Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said he has no intention of running for any political position in the country. However, Sanusi, who stated this in Kaduna on Thursday, said he will continue to educate the public on the…
Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, remember him? He was Minister of Education under former President Goodluck Jonthan as well as a two-term governor of Kano State. Mallam, as he is fondly called, was one of the candidates who aspired to become president at the 2011 Nigerian general elections. He was a chieftain…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has urged more states of the county to enact Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law to completely phase out open grazing in Nigeria. Ortom made the call in Makurdi while delivering a keynote address at the 2021 annual law week celebration with the theme…
It is no longer news that the much-hyped instant messaging and financial transaction app, Crowwe, belonging to young businessman and former All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, was removed from Google Playstore for alleged policy violation. But there appears to be more turbulence down the road for the…
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, recently called for the amendment of the constitution to create a new and sixth state in the Southeast of the country. This, he believed, would level the federal playing field for marginalised tribes. He made this call during an address he delivered at the Southeast…
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered troops of Operation Hadin Kai (formerly Lafiya Dole) to pep up their onslaught against Boko Haram and other terrorist in the Northeast. He said they should not relent until peace is restored in the region and all Internally Displaced People (IDPs) are resettled in their…
Super Eagles striker and Leicester City superstar, Kelechi Iheanacho has described the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello as the true ambassador and rallying point for the youths in Nigeria. The League Cup and FA cup winner said this during his courtesy visit to the governor in Abuja. “Your Excellency,…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the average fare that air passengers paid for specified route single journey increased by 18.90 per cent year-on-year to N36,552.70 in May 2021 from N36,409.46 in April 2021. It also noted that the fare rose by 0.39 per cent month-to-month. This was…
Better known as a dramatist, Prof. Femi Osofisan, who turned 75 on June 16, is a literary luminary whose work transcends the stage. Also, his cultural involvements go beyond literature. He is a respected public intellectual, largely as a result of his contributions as a newspaper essayist. “This question of…
Which one is Iberiberism again o? What kind of English shall we not hear in this country? Well, the word is not regular English language, neither is it my creation. The copyright belongs to former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, who created something being fast accepted in English from the…