By Abdullahi Liman Having a certificate is not legally necessary to qualify for election. That’s to say it’s not the requirement to prove that you’ve sat and passed a certificate course, training or education, neither is one required to show that he has passed any examination. The requirement is the evidence that a candidate was … Continue reading Buhari’s School Certificate: Two Things Are Clear

By Aminu Mustapha Ibrahim Initially in their bid to blackmail and undermine the Buhari administration, they experimented with creation of artificial food scarcity through massive purchase and exportation of grains, knowing fully well it means to subject the common man to a state of hunger and the implication of such on the president's massive grass-root … Continue reading Their Antics Have Boomeranged

BY VICTORIA N. IKEANO No, Africa’s richest man whose net worth is put at $11 billion (about N3.3 trillion) is not in the dock answering to a law suit as such. But his name has been brought into the political mix of Nasarawa State, bandied about by critics. Abdullahi Audu Sule (popularly referred to as … Continue reading The Case ‘Against’ Dangote In Nasarawa State

By Mallam Abdulkarim Muhammad Abdullahi National intervention is urgently needed , to stop the growing official hostilities against staunch Pro Buhari advocates of integrity and positive change . As of today, the. APC is polarised into, at least, two factionally opposite tendencies,which negative ripple effects are the major sources of the debilitating tides of conflicts … Continue reading Buhari 2019: The Need For APC Leadership To Take Steps Against Conspiratorial Plots

By Our Reporter Some media practitioners in Nasarawa state have formed a media support group tagged ‘MEDPRO 4 BUASTA’AL 2019’, an acronym for Media Professionals for Buhari, Audu Sule, Ta’al 2019, to work for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, the success of Engr. Audu Sule as governor of Nasarawa state, Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura … Continue reading Buhari, Audu Sule, Al-makura Get Media Professionals Support Group

By Ibrahim Habu Sulaiman Since the former VP ran for the presidency in 1993 under the Social Democratic Party, SDP and placed third behind late MKO Abiola and Babagana Kingibe respectively, Atiku Abubakar has always appeared at every other election in the country. His target has always been the presidency. It was therefore not surprising … Continue reading 2019: How Serious Is Atiku Abubakar?

By Mallam Abdulkarim Mohammad Abdullahi I read Rayyanu Bala's tribute on late Rufa'i Ibrahim and felt sad that today was his nine hundred days. However I also felt proud of his ( Rufa'i's) enduring attachment to an enduring icon of Talakawa emancipation politics in the mold of the combined spiritual traditions of the dialectical coefficients … Continue reading Re- remembering Rufa’i Ibrahim

BY RAYYANU BALAPrecisely Nine Hundred days today when Malam Rufa'i Ibrahim has hislast breathe on this earth. He passed away on Saturday 2nd, April2016 at Gwagwalada Hospital. To commemorate the day, I reproduced below,a tribute I wrote on him which appeared in Peoples Daily Newspaper ofTuesday, April,12th 2016. I titled the tribute "Rufa’i Ibrahim: A … Continue reading Remembering Rufa’i Ibrahim

BY VICTORIA N. IKEANO (vikeano@yahoo.co.uk) Let me begin by stating right away that I am aware that my female colleagues or better said my fellow women may say that I am pulling the carpet from under their feet by not recognising the ‘glory’ and ‘prestige’ which female football et al has brought to womenfolk and … Continue reading Away With Female Wrestling, Boxing, Football

BY RAYYANU BALA Last Saturday, virtually all political juggernauts of Nasarawa state under the APC platform converged in Abuja with the sole aim of finding lasting peace in APC ahead of the 2019 general elections. Shortly after release of the result of APC governorship primary election in the state, there were some misgivings arising from … Continue reading Nasarawa 2019: The ‘Abuja Accord’ And The Future Of APC