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Gulak was on his way to Abuja from Owerri when he was killed this morning. 

A personal friend of the slain APC chieftain is said to have confirmed the incident.

Punch Newspapers Sections Umar Ardo Umar Ardo Published 26 April 2021 I don’t, with all respect, agree with the position of the Federal Government in retaining Sheikh Isa Pantami as a cabinet minister. No person, Muslim or Christian, would express Pantami’s extremist views in the way and manner he variously did, and at the same time hold a ministerial office, and be left alone except if it’s in a theocratic state and that those views represent government’s views. Granted, he didn’t express those views while in government, but the mere fact that he ever held those extremist views a...

Pantami and Buhari: Between Faith and Fame, By Umar Ardo As it is, I believe Pantami has lost both ways. Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy. A most decent act would have been for Pantami to resign… But for Pantami repudiating those views claiming that they were made in error on account of adolescence (at 34 years?) and the government, in retaining him in office, to employ deceptive arguments in his favour, is not only dangerous but also a big political mistake on the part of the government.  I don’t, with all respect, agree with the po...

By Wed Apr 14 2021 Former Heads of State,  Abdulsalami Abubakar and Olusegun Obasanjo held separate meetings with stakeholders last week where they dispassionately dissected the worsening insecurity in Nigeria and generated far-reaching recommendations. General Abubakar, who is the Chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC), chaired a meeting on Wednesday, April 8, 2021, which brought together stakeholders, like former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Saad 111, Bishop Matthew Kukah, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus, Abuja Catholic ...