GROUND ZERO Podcast: Tuesday, 4 August, 2020 … Zulum accuse army of insincerity … Stamp Duty collection crises between NIPOST & FIRS

GROUND ZERO Tuesday, 4 August, 2020, on Invicta 98.9fm. SNIPPETS1- Attack On Zulum: Borno Governor accuse Army of insincerity…Army reacts2- Stamp duty collection crises…NIPOST, FIRS war escalates GUESTS –i – Zwahu Yanwaidi, Media consultant and Public affairs commentator.ii- Abdul Bako Usman, President, Campaign for Democracy.iii- Danjuma Abbas Dangwa, Coalition of Associations of Leadership, Peace, Empowerment […]

Buhari Set To Overhaul Nigeria’s Security Apparatus – Monguno

President Muhammadu Buhari is planning a complete re-engineering of the nation’s security apparatus, according to Babagana Monguno, national security adviser. Monguno broke the news to state house correspondents after a security briefing on Tuesday. The president, according to Monguno, told service chiefs who attended the briefing that their effort is not good enough. Monguno said […]

Online Publishers’ Forum condemns spate of insecurity in Northern Nigeria.

PRESS RELEASE NIGERIA’S SPATE OF INSECURITY NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE The Arewa Online Publishers’ Forum condemns in the strongest term the spate of insecurity in the North and the nation at large where hundreds of law abiding citizens are daily being hewn down and killed with reckless abandon by an untrained ragtag army of hoodlums, and […]

Terrorists are all over, not only Southern Kaduna’

By DANGWA DANJUMA Governor Ahmed Nasir el-Rufai has admitted that terrorists are everywhere in Kaduna state, not only in the troubled Southern Kaduna, disclosing that miscreants have taken to the social media space to promote what he called disturbing and further aggravating the worsening situation situation with religious and ethnic colouration. Speaking to newsmen in […]

Kaduna State: Reflecting on the Government’s Commitment to Open Budget

Kaduna State

By YUSUF GOJE The present administration of Governor Nasir Ahmed El-rufai, since coming into office in 2015, has initiated a number of reforms. These reforms are aimed at strengthening the State’s public finance management system and improving public service delivery to the residents. The reforms are rooted in key laws such as the Fiscal Responsibility […]

“De-radicalisation” of terrorists doesn’t work

Boko Haram Commanders

Farooq Kperogi The de-radicalisation, rehabilitation, and reintegration of so-called repentant Boko Haram terrorists have emerged as one of the centrepieces of the Buhari regime’s governance, which is not surprising given that Buhari had said in the past that government-sanctioned retaliatory aggression against Boko Haram terrorists was an “attack on the North.” Every sober observer knows […]

Smoking Weed & Sipping Hennessy… Zero Tolerance For Tyranny

A lot of people have asked me, “Segun, why are you so passionate about Nigeria and Nigerians?” Growing up, my late dad will stand up for any one who’s oppressed, especially those denied their rights and most especially, the down trodden. I asked him once, “why are you so concerned about other people’s business than […]

Edo 2020: Tambuwal, Obaseki, others call for violence-free campaigns, election

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal

_ …warn against ploy to rig guber poll_ …We are sure of victory, Obaseki reaffirms Governor of Sokoto State and Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, his Edo State counterpart and PDP candidate in the September 19 gubernatorial election, Mr. Godwin Obaseki have called on political actors in Edo State […]

APC is Suppressing Information on Corruption, Says PDP!

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alerts Nigerians of desperate efforts by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration to divert attention from the stench of monumental corruption in its government. Nigerians have noted the blackmails, intimidation and threats coming from government quarters, in their feverish bid to frustrate whistleblowers and truncate on-going uncovering […]