Rumble in the Gambia

  By Ogbonna Nwuke The Gambia shouldn’t be at the centre of global attention. But it is. Thanks to the intransigence of a man who has been in power for too long, the tiny African country is in the spotlight. At stake is the future of democracy in the Gambia and the refusal of Yahya…

PDP congratulates Trump on inauguration as 45th US President

   *urges him to show greater interest in the development of democracy in Nigeria  By ABUBAKAR IBRAHIM, Abuja The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, CON, on behalf of all the Organs of the party warmly congratulates the 45th President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump. A…

Man Dragged to Court for rejecting Son in kaduna

​ A woman, Hajiya Uzaifa Garba,  has dragged her husband to Sharia Court for allegedly rejecting his son after five months of marriage in kaduna.     Hajiya Uzaifa Garba, dragged her husband, Garba Ahmad before Tudun wada Sharia Court, presided over by Judge Nuhu Falalu, to pray the court for the husband to accept…

OPINION BY BINTA MUHAMMAD SAIDU: The need to reform the Almajiri system of education

 By BINTA MUHAMMAD SAIDU Almajiri  school system of education in those days was a thing of great achievement in most parts of West Africa, and in Nigeria in particular.  This education system as practiced today in the Northern parts of Nigeria precisely, is a completely bastardized system compared to the form and conditions under which…

NAFDAC warns water producers to stop using unhealthy premises, or risk sanctions

​ *cautions public against patronage of unregistered products By AKON EDDY, Kaduna The Zonal Coordinator National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), North West, Sabo Ibrahim has issued a stern warning to producers of  packaged water and other products that are using locations that have been frowned at by the agency to relocate or…

Loads of tributes pour in for Kapaka

  *we have lost a pillar – NFF Loads of tributes are pouring in for the late Kaduna State Football Association Chairman, Honourable Abdulkadir Magaji Kapaka who died in Lagos on Tuesday after a protracted illness.

Atiku Care Foundation appoints Danfulani as Kaduna Chairman

Atiku Care Foundation an organisation poised at supporting and the promotion of values and aspirations of His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar (GCON), ex-Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has appointed Malam Ibrahim Dahiru Danfulani as its Kaduna State Chairman.

PDP is government-in-waiting – Makarfi

​​ The Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) on Wednesday said it was not just an opposition party but a government-in-waiting. Chairman of National Caretaker Committee of the party, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, stated this when he received syndicate reports of the Strategy Review Committee led by Prof. Jerry Gana in Abuja. He said that PDP would become…

NPFL: Match-Day 2 Review

: By Chris Suleiman I was just about to check the social media to keep an eye on the activities of most members of the New media guys covering the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL), but was greeted with a sad story. It was how Tobi Adepoju Samuel one of the most active members of…

APC kick-starts process for National Convention

By CHRIS SULEIMAN, Abuja The National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold not later than April 2017.