Bauchi Governor Assigns Portfolio to New Commissioners
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has assigned portfolios to the newly appointed Commissioners in the State, a statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of the State, Alhaji Mohammed Sabi’u Baba has indicated. According to the statement, Prof. Adamu Ahmed has been posted to the Ministry of Lands and Survey, Aliyu Usman Tilde, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari describes Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria as bandits.
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-east region of the country as bandits. He said that his administration would continue to treat and handle the insurgency as the Federal Government steps up efforts to fight against it in the region. President Buhari explained that the government was concentrating on repairing […]
XENOPHOBIA: A BLESSING IN DISGUISE?
Africa has a future. For many centuries, generations of Asians and Europeans have trooped into the continent for human and various natural resources. But, Africa and Africans have struggled to liberate themselves from the shackles of stagnation and underdevelopment that have characterized the region for many decades. More frequently, news of despicable and dastardly acts […]
Why Atiku Isn’t Coming
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.Twitter: @farooqkperogiPoor leadership is obviously a grave, enduring problem in Nigeria, but an even graver problem, in my opinion, is the country’s docile, acquiescent, and fatalistic citizenry. Most Nigerians are afflicted by a condition anthropologists call cargo cult mentality, that is, the superstitious belief, first recorded among pre-modern tribes in Melanesia, that […]