By Segun Adewale, Bauchi About seven weeks ago, a 13 year old boy from Gungun Rimi community of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Musa Muhammad Kabir’s world was shattered in an instant. The young Musa’s parents are poor and are struggling to make ends met, and the weight of uncertainty for the survival of their child hung heavy. More worrisome is, Musa’s father is a poor health attendant at Gwashe Dispensary also in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi state with no financial capacity to cough up one and a half million Naira expected to foot…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State Chapter, has extended its deepest condolences to the family, friends, and the entire nation on the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari. “We join millions of Nigerians in mourning a leader who dedicated his life to the service of our country. President Buhari’s legacy of discipline, integrity, and unwavering commitment to national development will forever remain etched in our collective memory,” a statement by the party’s spokesman in the state, Mogaji Oluseye Oladejo said on Sunday, 13 July, 2025. The party stated further that “from his early years as a military officer to…
By Ismail Omipidan These are indeed interesting times in Osun State. There is nothing happening today that did not happen in 2014 when Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola was seeking re-election. The key difference, however, is that unlike Governor Ademola Adeleke, Aregbesola never contemplated defecting to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the centre, let alone displayed the kind of desperation we now see from our governor, some of his supporters, and handlers. Before I go further, let me make a few confessions. I know some people will curse and abuse me for this. That’s nothing new. If you have anything…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has stressed the need for continuity in the leadership of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to ensure that development projects are completed and not abandoned. Dr Jonathan, who spoke at the plenary of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the NDDC at the Dr. Obi Wali International Conference Centre, Port Harcourt, decried the frequent changes in the leadership of the NDDC. He said: “The frequent changes of the leadership of the NDDC have been a problem for the development. When we listened to the keynote address, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala observed that the Commission abandoned…
By Tunde Rahman President Donald Trump never ceases to amaze with his haughty and self-aggrandising governance style, endless huffing and puffing, brinkmanship, and tendency to weaponise America’s often-stated exceptionalism and unilateralism. Last weekend, as member states of the fledgling association of the Global South and a growing economic bloc, otherwise called BRICS, were holding their 17th Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, Trump threatened to impose a fresh tariff hike on them, labeling the group a gang-up against America. He warned that any country aligned with the policies of the BRICS alliance that diverge with US interests,…
President Bola Tinubu has extended his good wishes to Professor Wole Soyinka, the globally renowned literary icon and Nobel Laureate, as he celebrates his birthday today. Professor Soyinka, a well-decorated literary giant, activist, cultural icon, and public intellectual who turns 91, is known for his extraordinary creative and artistic talent, evident in his plays, poems, memoirs, essays, and other artistic productions. President Tinubu noted the contributions of the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986 to education, pro-democracy and human rights movements, cultural diplomacy, and nation-building over the last several decades. He described Professor Soyinka as…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the passing of his predecessor, President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari died today, Sunday, 13 July, 2025, in London at about 4.30 pm, following a prolonged illness. President Tinubu has spoken with Mrs Aishat Buhari, former President’s widow and offered his deep condolences. President Tinubu has also ordered Vice President Kashim Shettima to proceed to the United Kingdom to accompany President Muhammadu Buhari’s body back to Nigeria. Former President Buhari was twice elected Nigeria’s President in 2015 and 2023. He also served as military Head of State between January 1984 and August 1985. President Tinubu…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has laid claim to increasing the revenue base of the country in the mining sector from N6 billion to N38 billion from payment of royalty. The Corps, while rolling out its score card in its performance of statutory mandate of protection of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure, said over 1000 illegal mining sites across the country have dismantled leading to increase of the revenue base of the country in the mining sector from N6 billion to N38 billion from payment of royalty. The Commandant General of the NSCDC, Dr. Ahmed Audi, disclosed…
The need for Africa to unite in solidarity to forge a climate resilient, equitable and a sustainable future for all in the continent was emphasised at the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2025 co-convened by the United Nations in Nigeria and Sterling One Foundation Speaking at the Summit, which held on 10 – 11 July 2025 in Lagos, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General. Amina Mohammed in a video message, said: “Africa is stepping up with vision, leadership and courageous solutions. Now it is the turn of the international community to rise to the occasion. Let us unite in solidarity to…
The first military-trained lawyer with a PhD in International Law in Nigeria, Col. Bello Fadile (rtd), has marked the 30 years remembrance of being implicated in an alleged coup by the regime of late General Sani Abacha. On July 14, 1995, Fadile, then a senior military intelligence officer, stood before Nigeria’s Special Military Tribunal as Accused Number One in what would become known as the “Phantom Coup” trial under General Sani Abacha’s military regime. Fadile, who earlier this year captured his experience in a book, “Nine Lives: The Bello-Fadile Memoirs”, recalled in a statement on Sunday, stating “on that day,…