By Mallam Abdulkarim Muhammad Abdullahi After several years of academic obsolescence, organic parasitism and intellectual irrelevancies, caused by moral decay and corrupt perversions in the country, courtesy of multiple afflictions and incurable viral pestilence called corruption, induced by politicians, the once prodigiously active and productively inspiring Nigerian academic community became complacent purveyors and influential stooges … Continue reading PMB’s Anti- Corruption Strategy And Our Ivory Towers

BY VICTORIA NGOZI IKEANO vikeano@yahoo.co.uk 08033077519 The “world’s greatest sports fiesta”, Federation of International Football Associations(FIFA)- organised World Cup, will be rounded off this weekend with the finals slated for Sunday, June 15 in the Russian capital, Moscow. This writer had sometime last year when Nigeria’s Super Eagles qualified for this year’s finals, intimated that … Continue reading Notes On 2018 World Cup

By Our Reporter Penultimate week, one of the top contenders for the governorship position in Nasarawa state, Alhaji Dauda Shuaibu Kigbu stirred the hornet’s nest with regards to the position of the Eggon nation in the political permutations, ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nasarawa state. In an interview with a newspaper, Dauda Shuaibu … Continue reading Of Dauda Shuaibu Kigbu And His Unbreakable Sermon

By our reporter Police in Nasarawa State averted a riot in Keffi that could have led to a breakdown of law and order following the killing of a NAYES staff who was on official duty at the roundabout as a traffic warden, by an errant motorist. An eyewitness said that the 22-year old NAYES officer … Continue reading Police Avert Riot In Keffi

BY RAYYANU BALA The attempt by the Nasarawa state Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Hon. Francis Orogu in his press conference last week to give ethnic colorations to the proposed establishment of cattle ranches in Nasarawa state by the state government, did not surprised many political observers in the state as that narrative … Continue reading Orogu’s Vituperation And The PDP Fallacy

Rayyanu Bala The formal declaration to contest for Nasarawa South Senate seat in the forthcoming general elections by Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura at the inauguration of the State Executive Council of the APC was but a confirmation of what I highlighted in a piece I wrote early this year entitled: Nasarawa South: Al-makura as Frontrunner. … Continue reading Re- Nasarawa South: Al-makura As Frontrunner

RAYYANU BALA Skirmishes between farmers and herders in Nigeria particularly in the North Central states are not new phenomena; the conflicts are as old as the Nigerian nation. They have been with us since time immemorial. Indeed, these conflicts are not a creation of anyone. The conflicts are the creation of nature. Nature made it … Continue reading In Defence Of Cattle Ranching In Nasarawa State

By Mallam Abdulkarim Muhammad Abdullahi Mr. President is aware, and is requested to additionally be reminded, know and note, that, most Nigerians are very skeptical about Nigerian political elites, whom they see and regard as 'birds of the same plumage', or if you like, who are covered by the same ugly feathers, so to speak, … Continue reading APC Convention: An Appeal to PMB To Emulate Al-makura

BY VICTORIA N. Ikeano The Ramadan fasting period has come to an end as Muslim faithful celebrate its successful observance. And Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar is often referred to as the ‘holy month’; understandably, because in this period, we think more or are expected to think more of the Almighty GOD … Continue reading Ramadan Kareem

By Our Reporter Alhaji Dauda Shuaibu Kigbu mni, an aspirant for the governorship of Nasarawa state under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is a man that requires little or no introduction at least to the people of Nasarawa state. He is a man many love to associate with for no other reason … Continue reading Alhaji Dauda Shuaibu Kigbu: An Epitome of Humility And Compassion