OPINION

BY: JAMES SWAM When the Kaduna state government took the bold decision late last year, following a security council meeting and expert advice, to announce its plan to resettle communities displaced by incessant attacks in the southern part of the state, it did so with the understanding that the security …

….Senator Mr LA Is A Man Of The Moment A People’s Democratic Party Northwest Youth leader hon. Atiku Muhammad Yabo, has Commends senator Lawal Adamu Usman popularly called Mr LA, representing Kaduna central at the senate chamber for a job welldone. Atiku Muhammad Yabo, in a statement that made available …

  By JAMES SWAM     The mid-January ruling by the Supreme Court affirming Senator Uba Sani as the elected governor of Kaduna State came as the harmattan intensified. Delivered on Friday, 19 January 2024, the verdict marked the climax of a protracted legal battle that had kept the citizens …

  By JAMES SWAM   Dear Governor, I am writing to underscore the crucial need to reinstate the Ministry of Information in Kaduna State, restoring it to its original structure with a commissioner. Currently, Kaduna seems the sole state in the country without a Ministry of Information, which ceased to …

By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta   As many people knew that I defend decisions by the All Progressives Congress-led federal administration right from 2015, I have been accosted by many individuals to comment on the recent decision of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to move the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority …

  There couldn’t have been a more poignant last chapter to a man’s life than my final text exchange with him. He reached out on December 31, 2023, to draw my attention to a Qur’an recital competition in Damaturu, Yobe State, stating that it transpired without deserving prizes. In his …

By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta Despite the ongoing investigations into suspected or alleged infractions in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, the essence and purposes for creating the Ministry remain valid. Nigerians may recollect the background leading to  the  establishment of the multi-purpose institution by the administration of  President …

  BY MUSA ILALLAH EMEKA ANYAOKU STREET ABUJA musahk123@yahoo.com   No one doubts the fact that media as the fourth estate of the realm today, faces quite a number of challenges including it being used by politicians, anti corruption agencies among others to drag some prominent persons reputation and integrity …

  By Kabir Usman Kano, PhD.   There was a rumour recently that the Dangote Refinery cannot start crude processing as scheduled because the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) had no crude to supply to the huge refinery. The rumour created doubt and self-pity among Nigerians before the NNPC, …

  by Sani Ahmed Sambo     When you elect a leader based on his pedigree on what it takes to rule, you sometimes become greatly astounded by the speed and level of his miraculous performance and achievements within a very short time frame. Yes! Perhaps some people would say …