This article was first published on April 11th, 2022. Last week, we revisited the first part because its message remains as relevant today as it was when it was published. Only that it is now: “No one is safe”, not only “nowhere”, with generals being killed on the roads (read General Alkali), abducted from their fortified homes (read General Tsafe), or whisked away on highways (read General Rabe), and killed in the bushes, not while on active service or as Prisoners of War (POWs), but as shackled captives. I believe Nigerians should no longer accept being fooled by those who…
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The Bridge the Gap Social Impact and Empowerment Foundation distributed notebooks to orphaned pupils in selected primary schools across Dange Town, supporting education and encouraging academic excellence among vulnerable children. The distribution took place at four schools: S.A. Dange Model Primary, Buide Model Primary, Bakin Kasuwa Model Primary, and Nizamiyya Model Primary. Speaking at the event, Foundation Chair Dr. Abdullahi Ibrahim Dange emphasized the organization’s commitment to improving lives through social intervention and development programs. READ ALSO: Educationist urges professionals to embrace risks He highlighted the Foundation’s focus on education, business development, skills acquisition, youth and women empowerment, and positive…
Northern Nigeria is home to some of Africa’s most promising yet underdeveloped poultry investment opportunities. Despite possessing vast agricultural land, abundant feed resources, a rapidly growing population and increasing demand for affordable animal protein, the region remains heavily dependent on external sources of critical poultry inputs including breeder stock, day-old chicks, vaccines, veterinary products, equipment and technical services. This dependence has created significant inefficiencies across the poultry value chain while simultaneously opening up attractive opportunities for investors, development finance institutions and development partners. With Nigeria’s poultry industry generating more than US$3 billion annually and demand projected to increase significantly over…
Delegates at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) National Security Summit declared on Friday that press freedom and national security are mutually reinforcing and must be balanced within legal and ethical frameworks. The two-day summit, held in Abuja from 18–19 June 2026 under the theme “Media and Security Agencies as Partners in Nation Building,” was organised by the NUJ in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS). It drew media executives, journalists, heads of security and intelligence agencies, government officials, academics, civil society groups and development partners. NUJ National President Alhassan Yahaya Abdullahi described the meeting as a timely…
It is profoundly sad and frightening that bandits/terrorists are winning the war against the Nigerian State and people while our leaders and security personnel watch helplessly. Clearly, there is no Sheriff in town. At the level of symbols, particular notice should be taken of the armed attack and killing of security personnel at the top elite institution for the training of the cream of the security and state governing cadres of Nigeria, the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru (NIPSS). On Monday night, there was a gun battle between the bandits/terrorists and security personnel stationed at the institute.…
The time has come for journalists and civil society actors to beam a more intense searchlight on the judicial record of Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Recent developments have once again raised serious concerns about the conduct of the judge, particularly his ruling on the deregistration of opposition political parties, a decision that has generated considerable controversy within legal and political circles. Such matters deserve rigorous public scrutiny, especially in a democracy where the judiciary serves as the final guardian of justice and the rule of law. The integrity of the judicial system depends not…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) allotted N1.491 trillion at its Wednesday, June 17 Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTB) primary market auction, sharply hiking stop rates across all three tenors amid persistent inflationary pressures and strong investor demand for higher yields on government paper. The auction result comes as Nigeria’s May inflation rate of 15.93% continues to weigh on fixed-income market expectations, prompting investors to demand stronger compensation for holding government securities. Key auction figures MetricFigureTotal offeredN1.0 trillionTotal subscriptionsN1.863 trillion (1.9x oversubscribed)Total allotmentN1.491 trillion (49.1% above offer size)Bid-to-cover ratio1.2x The CBN accepted allotments significantly above the original offer size to absorb excess liquidity in the…
As we celebrate a second successful kidney transplant at the prestigious Center of Excellence in Urology and Nephrology (CEUN) of Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) on a 22‑year‑old female patient with CKD this April 2026, let’s rewind to the over 200 years of glorious and progressive history of the Sokoto Caliphate. Note: The first successful kidney transplant in UDUTH was in January 2025 on a 32-year-old male. This second kidney transplant is watershed and historic as it was done entirely by our UDUTH local team of nephrologists, radiologists, urologists, vascular surgeons, anaesthesiologists, clinical pharmacologists, intensive care nurses, clinical laboratory…
The federal government has denied plans to introduce new taxes on telecommunications or petroleum products after publication of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Article IV Consultation report. In a Wednesday statement, Efe Ovuakporie, Head of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Finance, said media accounts misrepresented the IMF’s recommendations and did not reflect government policy. “The IMF Article IV Consultation Report contains the Fund’s assessment of Nigeria’s economy as well as recommendations for consideration by the authorities,” the statement said. “Those recommendations do not amount to government policy and are not binding on Nigeria. Decisions on tax matters…
A retired Defence spokesman is abducted alongside his wife. Weeks pass. The security agencies cannot rescue him. He dies in captivity. Then comes the most disturbing development of all. The men who abducted him reportedly handed over his corpse to the Katsina State Government, while his wife remains in captivity. Something does not add up. A nation must pause and ask itself difficult questions. Not out of anger. Not out of malice. But out of concern for the authority and dignity of the state. For years, Nigerians have been told that certain military operations cannot be undertaken because kidnappers and…