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

BY VICTORIA IKEANO The Nasarawa state government has dismissed as childish, insinuation that a victory in next year’s election for the ruling party’s governorship candidate, Engr. Abdullahi Audu Sule who is the immediate past group managing director of Dangote Sugar Refinery plc, would make the state and Sule beholden to Alhaji Aliko Dangote. Kano-born Alhaji … Continue reading Nasarawa, A.A Sule Not Under Dangote – NSG

By Mallam Abdulkarim Muhammad Abdullahi APC Leadership must do something Urgently to Checkmate those political appointees who are saboteurs of government branded social intervention schemes. This is an important matter of grave national concern for the APC leadership to take as a serious issue to address, because, it has for long ,been both the source … Continue reading What APC Leadership Must Do To Checkmate Those Political Appointees

By Abdulkarim Muhammad Abdullahi Many Nigerians , who were ignorant about the number of multi billionaires the Peoples Democratic Party,alias ,"Poverty Development Party" has produced in the last 16 years ,were amazed to discover the unbelievable number of Corruptly Enriched Persons- CEPs during the recent PDP Carnival Pageant and coronation of the king of Looters … Continue reading PDP Convention: Why We Must Be On The Look- Out

BY VICTORIA N. IKEANO By end of next week the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should be able to publish authenticated list of those vying for elections in all 36 states of the federation plus Abuja, the federal capital territory for all the political parties and for all posts – from the state houses of … Continue reading Politicking: Women In Politics Come Short

BY RAYYANU BALA Last week, the good people of Nasarawa state were thrown into ecstatic mood following the news of the reconciliation of Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura and Senator Abdullahi Adamu. The news was pleasantly surprising to citizens of the state in view of the extreme positions taken by both of them as they each … Continue reading The Re-union Of Gov. Al- makura And Sen. Adamu

By Ibrahim Habu Suleiman The storm that swept across the country since August through September up until the first week of October heralding the political parties' primaries has eventually subsided generally with winners and losers counting their blessings. For many of the contestants it was just an experience they may live to cherish for many … Continue reading Parties’ Primaries: Now, The Storm Is Over

By Abdulkarim Muhammad AbdullahiMr. President, with the greatest sense of spiritual honour , respect, humility and national pride, I want to inform you,that,if the title of this article makes you feel embarrassed or disappointed with our choice of theme, it is not meant as a deliberate parody to debase your heroic struggles to make Nigeria … Continue reading APC, Buhari And Political Integrity In Nigeria