Amaechi: My issues with Wike, Abe and Mrs Jonathan
Hours to Saturday’s aborted Presidential and National Assembly Elections, Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, spoke in an interview in which he claimed that his successor as governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike lived in fear of him even as he accused the chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu of working in cahoots with Wike to […]
3 African Countries Providing Solutions in Fight Against Genital Cutting of Girls
Photo: Newtown grafitti/FlickrBy Patrick Egwu, Annie Njanja and Mamadou Lamine Ba While Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been declared illegal in some African countries, it still persists. Patrick Egwu in Nigeria, Annie Njanja in Kenya and Mamadou Lamine Ba in Senegal explored what was being done in their countries to stop this age-old discriminatory practice. In […]
Nigerian Troops Kill 37 Bandits, Lose 6 in Zamfara
Troops of Operation Saharan Daji (OPSD), fighting bandits in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, have killed 37 bandits, but lost 6 during an operation. A statement by the Acting Force Information Officer, Major Clement Abiade said the bandits were killed simultaneously during an operation to decimate banditry activities in Zamfara and other contiguous States. Abiade said […]
El-Rufai Pleads With Fulani Against Reprisals
….After Death Of 66 In Kajuru Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai has pleaded with the Fulani community not to engage in reprisal attacks after 66 of their members were killed in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. The governor, who made the plea in Kajuru on Saturday during a meeting with various stakeholders, said […]
US, EU, ECOWAS, Int’l Observers Support Nig. Election Postponement
The United States, European Union, ECOWAS and other international Election Observers have endorsed the shift of Nigeria’s Presidential and National Assembly elections by Independent National Electoral Commission. The INEC Chairman, Prof Yakubu Mahmod had around 3:00am on Saturday announced the postponement of first phase of general elections from February 16 to February 23,2019 due to […]
Alleged Killing of 66 persons at Kajuru LGA, Kaduna
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” Isaac Asimov On 15 February 2019, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, Senior Special Assistant to Kaduna State Governor, Governor Nasir El-Rufai, released a statement on behalf of the Governor warning of the possibility of reprisal attacks, following the alleged killing of 66 persons in Kajuru Local Government Area of […]
Elections postponement : ‘ Keep calm, remain peaceful, no cause for alarm’ – Wamakko to Nigerians
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Following the postponement Saturday of the 2019 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ) the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum and Coordinator, APC North West, Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has appealed to Nigerians to keep calm and remain peaceful. This admonishment by the Senator […]
El-Rufai’s dastardly plot to incite violence over ‘Kajuru Killings’
The attention of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has been drawn to a report credited to Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai over alleged killings of 66 Fulani in Kajuru Local Government Area. We are at a loss as to the real motive behind the governor’s disclosure, made public less than 24 hours before the commencement […]
Elections: “I am disappointed in the sudden postponement”- Gen. Abdulsalami
Former Military head of state General Abdulsalami Abubakar on Saturday in Minna described as very disappointing the sudden postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for today (Saturday). Addressing Journalists at his Hilltop residence in Minna on Saturday, the former Head of State who is also the National Chairman for Peace and Reconciliation […]
Buhari set to sack INEC Chairman, Yakubu, to appoint Amina Zakari as replacement – CUPP
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu. CUPP also alleged that President Buhari wants to replace Yakubu with Amina Zakari as Acting Chairman under the guise of INEC inability to […]