By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusufu Buratai (Rtd), has expressed support for Borno State Governor Prof. Babagana Zulum’s declaration of a statewide day of fasting and prayer, aimed at strengthening efforts against terrorism. Governor Zulum, in early November 2025, called on residents across religious lines to observe a day […]

By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – IN a quest to galvanize smallholder farmers’ resilience and boost investors’ confidence in agribusiness, the National Agricultural Development Fund, NADF, Leadway Assurance Company Limited and Verdure Climate, have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to upscale climate-resilient finance for smallholder farmers. The signing of the MoU was done at […]

One of the most articulate men to have passed through the House of Representatives in the Fourth Republic, Alhaji Alhassan Ado Doguwa, again demonstrated his mastery of parliamentary rhetoric last Tuesday as lawmakers debated the worsening insecurity in the country. A former journalist turned politician, Doguwa has walked a path as colourful as it is controversial, […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Nigerians owe no one an apology for seeking assistance from the international community to tackle the country’s persistent insecurity, stressing that lives are being lost daily regardless of religion, ethnicity, or political affiliation.

Theirs were the voices, faces and names of the past, made famous by their profession. If, as they say, that the pen is mightier than the sword, then these people were mighty men of the 60, 70s through 80s. In their prime, they swayed minds and shaped opinions. They were there gathered, from Buhari’s Decree 4 […]