Kebbi CP decorates 37 newly promoted DSPs By Jamil Gulma, Kebbi The Kebbi State Commissioner of Police, CP Bello M. Sani, on Wednesday, 10th September, 2025, decorated thirty-seven Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) with their new ranks of Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs). The colourful event, held at the Command Headquarters, marked another milestone in…
Police nab suspect, recover stolen cows, vehicle in Kebbi From Jamil Gulma, Kebbi The Kebbi State Police Command has achieved another breakthrough in its relentless fight against banditry, kidnapping, and cattle rustling, with the arrest of a suspect and recovery of stolen livestock during a late-night operation in Suru Local Government Area. The operation, carried…
Embrace tolerance and carry everybody along Yitwada Tells Sylva. –We Lack Support From The Party At The National Level, Sylva. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Nentawe Yitwatda, on Wednesday told the Former Governor of Bayelsa State and immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, to eschews tolerance…
Israel launches unprecedented attack on Qatar’s capital The Israeli military on Tuesday bombed a residential building in Doha, the Qatari capital, in what it described as a targeted strike against senior Hamas leaders. Local media reported six simultaneous explosions, with plumes of smoke rising over the city. The blasts hit a quiet residential neighbourhood…
Al-Ansar Varsity Appoints Prof. Fanna Abdulrahman as Acting VC By Auwal Ahmad Umar The Board of Trustees of Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, has confirmed the appointment of Professor Fanna Inna Abdulrahman as the institution’s new Acting Vice-Chancellor. The announcement was made in a statement issued on Monday by the University Registrar, Bukar Usman, who explained that…
Why you can’t resume yet – Senate replies Natasha The National Assembly has barred Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from returning to the Red Chamber after she claimed her six-month suspension had ended. On September 4, 2025, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central wrote to the leadership of the Assembly, notifying them of her plan to resume. However,…
The Generals’ Call, Our Rails, and Our Fear for the Future (2), by Hassan Gimba The over 100-year history of the Nigerian railway system, which pioneered the rapid opening of the country, is a mixed bag. There was an upward curvature amidst stability, before the cankerworm of corruption stagnated its growth, reversed its fortunes and…
Nigeria Is Open To Business, Lokpobiri Tells Global Oil Community. By Chris Mark The Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri Ph.D has sent a clear message to the global oil community that the landscape has changed and the country is open for business. Speaking at the EPC deepwater Investment Roundtable…
Tinubu signals return of democracy in Rivers as emergency ends Sept. 18 The six-month state of emergency declared in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu is set to lapse on September 18, 2025, raising strong expectations of a return to democratic governance. Tinubu had imposed the emergency rule on March 18, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara,…
PARENTING IS ABOUT RISK MANAGEMENT ‘Femi Adekunle on Parenting Let me relay this story that my friend told me. When he finished primary school, he passed his entrance examination into the then prestigious Unity Schools in Nigeria. He was offered admission into one of the schools in the old Cross River State. My friend’s family…
