At the centre of separatist campaigns in Nigeria, and possibly around the world, is the desire to have “homogenous” nations, or nations where an ethnic group is overwhelmingly in the majority, thereby leaving little room for rivalry, conflict and instability. … Read the rest
By Farooq Kperogi
The following column was first published on the back page of Saturday Tribune on July 27, 2019 but has been fraudulently attributed on social media to Pat Utomi who has refused to disclaim it even when I’ve … Read the rest
By Yusuf Mohammed
JMD Sports Academy is an elite football academy founded in 2021 by Captain Jamil Mohammed Abubakar. It is located in Kano state, Nigeria with a fully integrated football program to help young African players reach their full … Read the rest
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his 110th international goal to overtake Iran’s Ali Daei as the top goal scorer in international football.
The newly signed Manchester United player’s record arrived in the 89th minute of Portugal’s World Cup qualifier against the … Read the rest
DSS
Last Thursday, the Department of State Services issued a press statement to deny they dispersed doctors attending a recruitment for Nigerian doctors intending to migrate to Saudi Arabia. The denial was typical of the inelegant press releases the DSS churns … Read the rest
In July 1988, I wrote a column in Newswatch titled “The Symptoms.” It was inspired by the uproar generated on the African continent which had been turned into a toxic wasteland by the Western industrialized world led by Italy but … Read the rest
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked two ministers from his cabinet.
A presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, confirmed that the affected ministers are the Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, and his counterpart in the power ministry, Saleh Mamman.
Mr Adesina addressed State … Read the rest
Nyesom Wike and Uche Secondus
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, is currently in the throes of a commotion that threatens to destroy the party’s capability to put up any strong showing in the 2023 general elections. Party stakeholders argue that there … Read the rest
Jos
Plateau state is back in the news again — and for the usual tragic reasons: maiming and killing in the name of God. In the last eight weeks, over 100 lives have been wasted in the state. Not by bandits … Read the rest
Yusuf Buhari and Zahra Bayero
The attack on and abduction of military officers at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) are at once unprecedented, humiliating, and dispiriting, but they are not in the least shocking because they merely represent a predictable pattern of Nigeria’s tragically progressive … Read the rest
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