•We don’t need leadership based on religion or tribe •Those agitating for Biafra & Yoruba nations should be given a chance via referendum Professor Ango Abdullahi is the convener of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, and a former vice-chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria. In this interview, he answers questions on the current […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, declined to order the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to release the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is currently in its custody, on bail. However, the court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, […]

Talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Belarus began just before 1 p.m. Ukrainian time (6 a.m. ET) on Monday.

The U.N. refugee agency said Monday that more than 500,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the country last week. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi gave the estimate in a tweet. The latest and still growing count had 281,000 people entering Poland, more than 84,500 in Hungary, about 36,400 in Moldova, over […]

Say the Bill is injurious to the states with regard to generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in their domain By Henry Umoru ABUJA-THE thirty – Six State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF have written to the Senate on the proposed Electricity Bill, rejecting the bill vehemently in its entirety, […]

“Nigeria drops to 14 as Egypt tops Africa’s investment destinations” News Report, December 5, 2021. Very few variables determine national economic competitive advantage. One of them is  Foreign Direct Investment, FDI. In every continent, but Africa, the country with the largest population and one of the largest Gross Domestic Product, GDP, invariably enjoys the largest inflow […]

A democracy counts and accounts for three things. First, the people; second, the votes and third, the people’s money. For the first, we conduct a census. The second is done through elections; while the third is the focus of public accounts. Through legitimacy conferred by counting the votes, the government acquires the mandate to administer the money on behalf and in favour of the people.

ON Tuesday, January 22, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari and governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, rose from a consultative meeting and finally laid to rest speculations about the zoning of the party’s national offices. By a simple play of musical chairs, the APC leaders announced they would be swapping roles between the North and South.

Outgunned but determined Ukrainian troops slowed Russia’s advance and held onto the capital and other key cities, at least for now. In the face of stiff resistance and devastating sanctions, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s nuclear forces put on high alert, threatening to elevate the war to a terrifying new level. Explosions and gunfire that […]

Africans fleeing the conflict in Ukraine said they faced racism and discrimination at the border between Poland and Ukraine.