Igbo Delegates And The Future Of Zoning
By Osita Chidoka No other group did more damage to the idea of zoning than the 80 out of 95 Igbo delegates to the last Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention who cast their votes against…
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I Receive Death Threats Daily For Renouncing ABU Studentship Over Deborah’s Killing –Iwakun, Ex-PG Student
By Godfrey George Oyeniyi Iwakun, a former postgraduate student of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, who renounced his studentship to protest the killing of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto State, talks to GODFREY GEORGE about…
Deborah: Failure Of Leadership Emboldens Extremists
By Yemi Adebowale Ten days after the murder of Deborah Yakubu, who was a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, by some fanatical Muslim school mates for alleged blasphemy, not even one of…
Bauchi Gov Reads Riot Act As Violence Erupts Over Alleged Blasphemy
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Segun Awofadeji Several houses and shops were razed and many people, including a pastor, were critically injured when some Muslim youths in Katangan Wargi, headquarters of Warji Local Government Area (LGA)…
Before Another Deborah Is Lynched
By Simon Kolawole The stoning to death of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, over alleged blasphemy is a timely reminder that retail religious extremism is very much alive…
I Paid N120,000 To Driver Who Agreed To Convey Remains Of My Late Daughter – Deborah’s Father
By Muhammad Sabiu The father of late Deborah, Emmanuel Garba, has revealed that he paid N120,000 to the one driver who agreed to convey the remains of his daughter who was killed by a mob…
2023 As Nigeria’s Breaker
By Akin Osuntokun The latest potential outrage in Nigeria is the credible speculation that the two dominant parties, the All Progressive Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP are scheming to present Nigeria with…
‘We Only Wanted To Kidnap, Rape His Wife’, Abductors Of Kaduna Man Confess
By Olalekan Olabulo Two suspected kidnappers, Abdurahman Lolo and Muhammed Sanni, have opened up to the police that they had attempted to kidnap and rape a trader in the Bandoko community in Kaduna State but…
The Tragic Cycle Of Yoruba History
By Akin Osuntokun “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” –George Santayana History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce –Karl Marx “The only thing that we learn from…
Akeredolu Demands Emefiele’s Sacking As CBN Gov
By Eniola Akinkuotu, Tunde Ajaja and Peter Dada The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu had called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sack the Governor of the Central Bank, Mr Godwin…