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  The Federal Government has directed officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to protect all custodial centres in the country. Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, gave the directive on Friday at a meeting with squadron commanders of the service at the NCoS Headquarters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Amid the disturbing spate of insecurity in the country, the minister directed all officers of the services to defend the custodial centres at all costs. “More...

What Kano needs in 2023 Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje By K ano needs to chart a new path to development in 2023. This is because the state is sliding into the pit of poverty. Our rich pre-colonial history indicates that Kano was the richest of all Hausa states because of state involvement in the economy. Although, the colonialists destroyed the economic foundation of Kano and other colonised societies the policies of those who led the Native Authority from 1926 to 1963 contributed to m...

•How Nigeria surmounted 1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993, 2003, 2013 hurdles By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor GOING by the calendar of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the 2023 presidential election is exactly 671 days away. On October 15, INEC National Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced February 18, 2023 as the date for the 2023 presidential contest. He made the disclosure at the inauguration of the House of Representatives committee on 1999 constitution review...

INSECURITY: Will 2023 polls hold? On Kindly Share This Story: …How Nigeria surmounted 1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993, 2003, 2013 hurdles By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor GOING by the calendar of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the 2023 presidential election is exactly 671 days away. On October 15, INEC National Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced February 18, 2023 as the date for the 2023 presidential contest. He made the disclosure at the inauguration of the...

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The tricycle prospects in Kano By Thu Mar 04 2021 The recent strike by tricycle operators in Kano has raised some very fundamental issues facing the state and others that depend on rents to survive and have no plans for the future. No state in human history has ever existed without surplus exaction, the only difference is how it is done and for whose benefit. Fukuyama in his book ‘The Origins of Political Order’ described Nigeria and other sub-Saharan countries as libertarian’s paradise b...

Stories from the life of Hajiya Gambo Sawaba, one of northern Nigeria’s most important female political activists, who was born on this day in 1933, have become the stuff of folklore. According to one, her fighting spirit was evident when, as a young girl growing up in northern Nigeria in the 1930s and 40s, she would always intervene in other children’s fights on the side of the loser, telling them: “I have bought this fight from you”, before carrying on the scuffle. The fights came fre...

An Open Letter To Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, The Sardauna Of Sokoto, By Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah When you look back now, I believe even you will realize that your controversial Conversion campaigns laid the foundation for mistrust in the house that you had built earlier. Since then, there has been increasing distrust among our people and the chasm has grown even deeper. We have spilled so much blood around the north, you will be shocked to see how many unmarked graves there are. by Matthew Has...

In our context in which the state has essentially abdicated its responsibilities, community members need to start acting together to

6 min read In our context in which the state has essentially abdicated its responsibilities, community members need to start acting together to save themselves. The first step is to start reconstituting the capacity and authority of traditional rulers… It is only when communities start discovering and discussing their problems that they can start working out how to solve them. Nigeria is experiencing the most serious security challenge in its history. It is facing an even bigg...