VP Kashim Shettima’s near miss, by Ochereome Nnanna
For nearly two months, our amiable Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima (GCON), held his breath. His principal, President Bola Tinubu, had emerged as the sole candidate for the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on 25th May, 2026, scoring 10.9 million votes during the party’s nationwide direct primaries. Tinubu chose to keep his […]
Gaddafi and Mark, who’s mad?
THE continued murder of innocent villagers by alleged band of roving Fulani janjaweed in Plateau State attracted the candid opinion of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi over the past week. He was quoted as saying that splitting Nigeria into two would stop the killings and burning of places of worship that have bedevilled this country for decades in Northern Nigeria.
Are our army troubles back?
Have you noticed the gradually increasing and worrisome political notoriety of some elements of the Nigerian Army? Shortly after President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua assumed power and posted core Northerners to high and sensitive command positions, certain high-powered elements started inching the nation’s supreme force back to some of the behaviours which in the past occasioned the massive campaign for a return to democracy.
Why Jos is different (2)
HAVING examined some sociological issues that often spark off violence between the Hausa/Fulani and their host communities, I would like to discern the root cause of the Sunday March 9 tragedy in Dogo Na Hawa, near Jos in Plateau State.
Why Jos is different?
WHILE a debate on the latest round of killings in the Jos area raged, someone asked: Can a person be a settler in his own country? Can a Nigerian citizen be a settler in any part of Nigeria? The answer, clearly, is yes.
Under a civilian junta
A SIMPLE dictionary meaning of junta is “a clique (usually military) taking power in a coup d’etatâ€. A coup is the acquisition of political power other than through the constitutionally prescribed rules.
