Reps push for digital birth, death registration to boost national planning
The House of Representatives has called for the adoption of a modern, technology-driven system for registering births, deaths, marriages, and other vital events to enhance national planning, social development, and security.
Democracy asphyxiated by Progressives political backlash
By AMINU JAHUN The oldest presidential and Africa’s largest democracies are being flung down the cliff, surprisingly not by the military, but by elected “democrats”. No sooner did Nigeria’s democracy take off after a long lull, than attempts to undermine it began. Why should the legacy of the Washingtons, Jeffersons and Madisons- the American founding fathers […]
No to alien deportees
The Federal Government has been reacting correctly to overtures by the United States Government to temporarily uptake its non-Nigerian deportees. Last week, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, issued what appeared like a final rejection of the offer. In implementing his deportation of illegal and undocumented migrants, the US President, Donald Trump, had approached […]
Reno’s fact-finders: Genocide spin, coup whispers and PR mercenaries
By YUSHAU SHUAIB Apart from his habitual fixation on Peter Obi, the former Labour Party presidential candidate, Reno Omokri has built a reputation as one of Nigeria’s most consistent social media commentators. He knows how to craft convincing messages and attract attention, whether on politics, religion, economy or governance. A master of political reinvention, Omokri has […]
Tinubu and the politics, morality of presidential pardons, by Olu Fasan
Pardon. An act so seemingly innocuous it should never be controversial. Yet, recently, a state pardon provoked public opprobrium in Nigeria. Why? Because it was wrapped in crude politics and stripped of morality. Pardons are much like gifts: they have a deceptive innocence. For instance, gifts are rooted in customs and tradition, but they are also […]
Nenadi Usman, Bashir Saidu not party leaders but heads of coalition- ADC Kaduna
By Gift ChapiOdekina The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kaduna State has clarified that Senator Nenadi Usman and Hon. Bashir Saidu are not leaders of the party, but rather heads of a broader coalition of opposition forces in the state. In a statement issued by the leadership of the ADC Kaduna State Chapter reaffrmed Elder […]
