Community leaders commend DSS over arrest of arms supply kingpin, dismantling of terrorists’ networks in Katsina, Nasarawa
Community leaders in Katsina and Nasarawa States have commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for arresting a terrorists’ arms supply kingpin, Abubakar Mubarak, and dismantling a network feeding weapons to terrorists around both States. The leaders, who spoke in separate interviews with newsmen, said Mubarak was nabbed on Tuesday by DSS operatives in Magabar […]
Subsidy Removal: Atiku disowns aide, says ‘my position has not changed’
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has disowned comments by one of his media aides, Paul Ibe, on fuel subsidy, insisting that his position on the matter remains unchanged. Atiku said he would restore subsidy if elected president in 2027, stressing that Nigeria was wealthy enough to […]
So much song and dance over the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council, by Rotimi Fasan
It is not quite clear if the ruling All Progressives Congress party has indeed withdrawn the membership list of its Presidential Campaign Council for the January 16, 2027 elections. What is not in doubt is that the list has run into a storm of criticism in which certain members of the opposition parties have taken the lead. […]
2027: DLA vows to emerge as credible opposition, promises good governance
Memeh charged the members to remain committed to the assignment and interface directly with all candidates and leaders of the party across the country.
The South African and immigrants question: Unbundling causal factors not to ignore
By TONY ALABI Introduction: We are often quick in our divides to defend the arguments for the attacks of immigrants as South Africans, on occasion of perceived immigrant nuisance value and to label such attacks as xenophobia when on the immigrant side of the debate. More so, when earning points reasonably comes easy with citations of […]
Armed forces personnel and social media exposure
Social media has become a torchlight and a tripwire for Nigeria’s armed forces and security agencies. It has enabled the public to expose alleged oppression, corruption, and abuse that might otherwise remain buried. In January 2024, soldier Ruth Ogunleye used TikTok to allege sexual harassment, intimidation, and abuse by senior officers. The Army investigated and […]
