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Eid-el-Fitr: Senator Mustapha urges Kwarans to uphold Ramadan virtues

Eid-el-Fitr: Senator Mustapha urges Kwarans to uphold Ramadan virtues

As Muslims across Nigeria celebrate Eid al-Fitr, Senator Saliu Mustapha has called on the people of Kwara State to sustain the enduring lessons of Ramadan, emphasizing devotion, compassion, discipline, and sacrifice as defining values of a faithful and progressive society. In a goodwill message to mark the occasion, the lawmaker representing Kwara Central noted that […]

Eid: Betta Edu felicitates Muslims, urges unity, National progress

Eid: Betta Edu felicitates Muslims, urges unity, National progress

As Muslims in Nigeria and across the world celebrate Eid-el-Fitr, Dr. Betta Edu has congratulated the Ummah on the successful completion of the holy month of Ramadan, urging citizens to embrace unity and commit to national development. In a statement issued on Friday to mark the annual celebration, Edu described Ramadan as a sacred period […]

Bursting the BATified bubble! By Donu Kogbara

Bursting the BATified bubble! By Donu Kogbara

Ardent fans of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, BAT, are something else! They can’t abide anyone who doesn’t share their blind allegiance to their hero. They choose to wallow in intellectual dishonesty and to disbelieve deservedly negative stories about his performance and his past. They blame him for nothing that is going wrong in Nigeria. I […]

ADC’s problem is ADC, not APC, by Azu Ishiekwene

ADC’s problem is ADC, not APC, by Azu Ishiekwene

This is the last thing the African Democratic Congress, ADC, wants to hear, but it has to be said, even if the party digs its thumbs in its ear. It began with the party’s delayed registration.  When things were not moving as quickly as the early defectors, mostly from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had expected, […]

After Bashar Sani’s death, the North must finally confront its own monsters

After Bashar Sani’s death, the North must finally confront its own monsters

The heartbreaking murder of Malam Bashar Sani, a senior administrator at the College of Education, Maru, is yet another grim reminder of the tragedy consuming Northern Nigeria. Despite paying more than N25.7 million in ransom—alongside motorcycles, phones and airtime—to secure the release of his abducted family members over several years, he was eventually killed by the […]

Washington’s three blind mice, see how they destroy the world, by Owei Lakemfa

Washington’s three blind mice, see how they destroy the world, by Owei Lakemfa

Washington’s three blind mice. Donald Trump, their President. Marco Rubio his Secretary of State and Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defence, now transformed into Secretary of War. A trinity of the greedy, the liar and the lawless, nesting in territorial and colonial delusions. In carrying out mass destruction and massacres as they are doing in Iran, and […]

Misplaced tears over Iranian leaders when blood flows in Nigeria, by Adekunle Adekoya

Misplaced tears over Iranian leaders when blood flows in Nigeria, by Adekunle Adekoya

THE war in the Middle East, being fought by the United States and Israel against Iran, is still raging, and its outcomes are being felt all over the world. In the early days of the war which began February 28, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in the aftermath of air strikes on selected targets […]

Maiduguri: Return of suicide bombing

Maiduguri: Return of suicide bombing

Monday, March 16, 2026 marked the grisly return of suicide bombing terrorism to its birthplace in Nigeria, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Though no group had, as at press time, claimed responsibility for the dastardly act, it is widely believed to be the handiwork of Islamic terrorist groups, Boko Haram and their Islamic State in […]