TO LIVE IN THE MEMORY OF THE LIVING IS NOT TO DIE; quote from Marcus Tullius Cicero By M K Ilyasu For more than a decade, Nigeria has been caught up in a great debate over profound issues on National Security. The range of debate has varied, perhaps even unique in several respects. It has…
Army, Air Force Rescue Wife of Late Defence Spokesman, Rabe Abubakar By Abibu Shehu Ibrahim The Nigerian Army, with support from the Nigerian Air Force, has successfully rescued Mrs Amina Abubakar, wife of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar and former Director Defence Information. Mrs Abubakar was abducted by bandits alongside her husband a few…
Re: Strong Clemency Appeal for the Great ABU Zaria II By Prof. M. K. Othman Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, the great ABU, is a name that reflects the dreams and aspirations of political patriots and nationalists such as Sir Tafawa Balewa, the great Zik of Africa, and Chief Obafemi Awolowo of blessed memory. When the…
World Bank Lists Tin Can and Apapa Ports Among Global Top 20 Most Improved Ports By Saheed Badmus The ongoing reform and modernization drive championed by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, has earned international recognition, with the World Bank ranking the Tin Can Island Port Complex and Apapa…
Abuja Court Orders INEC to Deregister ADC, Accord, Others. By Abibu Shehu Ibrahim An Abuja Federal High Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord Party (AP), and three other political parties, including the Action Peoples Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)….
The Budget Cannot Pay Its Bills. The Assembly Does Not Want to Know. __An emergency sitting has been called for Monday. Contractors are still waiting. The Health Ministry received 0.0165 percent of its capital budget last year. And the National Assembly is being asked, as it always is, to simply move the goalpost_ . …
OPEN LETTER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ON THE NEED TO SCRAP THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS (NYSC) SCHEME To: The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, The National Assembly, And All Relevant Stakeholders. Subject: Call for the Abolition of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Scheme Dear Sir/Madam, We write as concerned…
In Ebonyi, Tinubu’s Infrastructure Vision Paving Path to National Renewal By Ismail Abdulaziz, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The Renewed Hope National Media Tour birthed in Abakaliki, Ebonyi, on Saturday to begin its visit to the South Eastern region of the country on inspection of key legacy projects being initiated by the three-year-old Bola Tinubu…
Veteran actor, Kola Oyewo, dies at 80 Nigeria’s creative industry has been thrown into mourning following the death of veteran actor, dramatist, filmmaker and scholar, Dr. Kola Oyewo, who passed away at the age of 80, bringing to a close a remarkable career that spanned more than six decades and left an indelible mark on…
Reps Urge Nigerian Army Council to discontinue the automatic merger of SSCC, DSSC, DRC ….As Bill for an Act to Establish the Chartered Institute of Human Resources and Strategic Management of Nigeria Passes Second Reading Nigerian House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Army Council to discontinue the automatic merger of service years for officers…
