A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, Senator Kabiru Marafa has indicated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a mere political party not a religion that he will cling to despite humiliation.On Sunday the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul Aziz Yari, Senator Kabiru Garba Mafara and their supporters had dumped the APC for the PDP.Reacting to the development Marafa said “APC is not Islam, it is my religion that I can not leave for whatever reason, but a political party, I can leave and join anyone of my choice,” he said.He described the…
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Hello brothers and sisters in Christ, men and women of goodwill everywhere, I send you hearty greetings and felicitations as we celebrate the risen Christ. Easter is here again. For all Christians, Easter is a metaphor for our lives as individuals, families, communities or nations. Easter is a metaphor for how shame, scandal, powerlessness, weakness, and opprobrium suddenly transform into glory, honour, pre-eminence, laudation and applause. It is a fulfillment of what the Master himself had foretold when He said, ‘Unless a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain, but if it…
Determined to retain power in the 2023 general elections in Benue State the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leaders from the Tiv speaking 14 Local Government areas of the State have settled for the the speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon Titus Uba.A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, to the Benue State Governor, Nathaniel Ikyur, indicated that Uba emerged as the governorship consensus candidate for the PDP following a painstaking process that involved various segments of the stakeholders of the party in the state.He said Uba also got the endorsements of the 32 gubernatorial aspirants from the…
By Ehichioya Ezomon When one finger takes the oil, it soils the rest four fingers. When one part of the body is sick, the whole body will be sick. This is a metaphor for the security situation in Nigeria where swathes of its landscape are in constant and consistent attacks by armed men.What are the indicators of such sieges? There’re reports of the attackers overrunning, and renaming indigenous communities, and imposing a quasi-administration that levies the “occupied people,” in order to guarantee them access to their farms and markets.In some instances, advance notices are allegedly sent by the attackers to…
Senator Barau Jibrin, representing Kano North in the upper legislative chamber has thrown his hat in the ring for Kano State gubernatorial election in 2023.The Senator, who is also a member of the G-7 faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC), named members of his Campaign Committee on Sunday. Barau appointed a Professor of Food Science and Technology Hafiz Abubakar, who is also a former Deputy Governor of Kano State as the Campaign Director and Chairman of the central committee alongside 10 members.The governorship hopeful unveiled a 17-man committee across the three senatorial districts in the state, as well a…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s only achievement is in destroying every aspect of life in Nigeria, with corruption thriving and growing more than ever before, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah has indicated. The fiery Sokoto Bishop spoke further indicating that with everything literally broken down, the country has become one big emergency national hospital with _ full occupancy Bishop Kukah who made the observations in his Easter message on Sunday in Sokoto, pointed out that the greatest challenge now is how to begin a process of reconstructing the nation hoping that we can hang on and survive the 2023…
By Friday Idachaba Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has inaugurated a newly constructed 600-seater auditorium with a charge on youths to relate across barriers and boundaries of religion, ethnicity, tribe and class for overall advancement of the country. Bello made the call during inauguration of 600-seater auditorium constructed by Enemona Josh Humanitarian Foundation for United Evangelical Church (UEC), Inele-Ugo in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State on Saturday. Represented by his deputy, Chief Edward Onojah, the governor said only through unity of purpose devoid of religion, ethnicity, tribe and class divisions would the desired socio-economic and political advancement of…
Former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has indicated that it is not late for the Federal Government to something drastic by declaring a state of emergency on security The senator who is representing Enugu East in the upper legislative chamber also canvassed for justice, equity and fairness to be the guiding principle in administration of the country.This was contained in his goodwill message to Nigerians to mark this year’s Easter celebration.Senator Nnamani noted that it has become scandalous that the nation has been entangled in security challenges that have defied every conventional measure to tackle. The Senator said…
A former Zamfara state Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, and Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa have made good their threats to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The duo have been engaged in a supremacy battle with the incumbent Governor Bello Matawalle who later dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that brought him to power for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Chairman of the opposition PDP in the state, retired Colonel Bala Mande, broke the news shortly after a stakeholders’ meeting in Gusau, the state capital, on Sunday. Col. Mande said they had…
From Naseer Mijinyawa Minna Rivers State Governor and presidential aspirant of the people Democratic party (PDP) Nyesom Wike has berated the council of states under President Mohammed Buhari for granting pardon to two former governor’s Jolly Nyame and Joshua Dariye of Plateau and Taraba states respectively.Addressing PDP supporters at the party Secretariat in Minna at the weekend, Governor Wike noted, that the government that claimed to be Fighting Corruption is now granting pardon to the governors that stole state funds in bilions.”This is the highest level of irresponsibility to be displayed by a government that claimed to be figthing Corruption…