Bandits abducted 121 students from our school, says Kaduna Baptist Conference
The Baptist Conference in Kaduna has said 121 students were abducted by bandits from Bethel Baptist High School in Damishi, Chikun LGA of the state. The students were kidnapped when gunmen attacked the school on Monday morning. The police said they rescued 26 students after the attack. Ishaya Jangadi, president of the Baptist Conference in […]
We’ve no hands in Nnamdi Kanu’s extradition, Kenya declares
Kenya has denied any involvement in the arrest of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The country’s High Commissioner said his country “does not want to be dragged into Nigeria’s internal affairs.” The High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Wilfred Machage said in Abuja; ” I wish to categorically state that we are not happy at this ridiculous […]
A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR PAUL ZELEZA, PART 6 of 7
African Universities and African Future: The Meeting Point PART A THE INTERVIEW (Unedited Transcript) What do you see as the major challenges and opportunities facing African universities? Based on my extensive research on higher education and administrative experience, especially as Vice Chancellor of an African University, I would say the challenges and opportunities […]
We invaded Igboho’s house, says SSS
The State Security Service (SSS) has confirmed that its operatives invaded the home of a leader of the ‘Yoruba separatist’ group, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan in a bid to arrest him. Peter Afunanya, the service’s spokesperson, said 13 suspects, including a female and 12 males, were arrested. Igboho’s home located Soka, Ibadan, […]
Professor Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah: The Poet, Playwright, and Philosopher
By Toyin Falola At the end of the “hustle-bustle” and serenade hullabaloo witnessed in George Orwell’s classical fantasy, Animal Farm, about social relevance, position, and status of animals compared with their peers, Orwell concluded, but now changed to fit in the human world, “All men are equal but some men are more equal than […]
Eight journalists killed under Buhari, says report
A 2021 Press Freedom Report recently released said eight Nigerian journalists had been killed under the administration of Muhammadu Buhari. It added that apart from the unresolved killings, the government recorded 300 violations, affecting about 500 journalists, media workers, and media houses in the country. The report released by the Media Foundation for West Africa […]
Two killed as gunmen attack Igboho’s house
The Ibadan home of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, was attacked on Thursday. Two people were reported killed in the encounter while cars and valuable items were destroyed. A close ally of Igboho told TheCable that some gunmen raided the house located in Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State, around 1 am. He […]
Kano Hisbah bans use of mannequin
The Kano State Hisbah Board has banned the use of mannequins mostly used by tailors, supermarkets and boutique owners to display clothes. The Commander-General of the board, Shaikh Harun Ibn Sina, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. According to him, the use of mannequins by tailors, supermarkets and others contravened Islamic injunctions. He […]
PDP senator resigns from party
Senator Hassan Gusau, representing Zamfara Central Senatorial District, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He announced his decision on Tuesday but did not state the party he plans to join. His decision was conveyed in a letter which was read out by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the start of plenary. In […]
Nnamdi Kanu re-arrested, repatriated to Nigeria to stand trial
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been re-arrested and brought back to Nigeria. He is to trial, according to Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. At a press briefing on Tuesday with the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja, Malami disclosed that international collaborative efforts […]
