BORNO—Unconfirmed reports reaching us suggests that sheikh Abubakar Shekau, leader of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has reportedly been shot and deposed by members of his own sect, Boko Haram.A new leader, Abu Zamira Mohammed, who is the sect’s leader negotiating with the federal government has been appointed new leader by the group’s Shura […]

Four women were on Wednesday paraded by the Plateau state police command for allegedly selling an eight month old baby girl amongst themselves in a serial sale that began with the baby’s grandmother. The baby’s grandmother, Mrs Kate Anwacha sold the baby for N200,000 to Eucharia Anyeagbu who in turn sold the baby girl for […]

PLATEAU State Governor, Jonah Jang, has said that he has not anointed anybody who will take over from him after the expiration of his tenure in 2015. He urged the people of the state to join him in prayers to God to anoint the right person who will take over from him to continue to […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner for Plateau State, Hon Habu Zarma has warned politicians in the state to stop campaigning for the 2015 general elections or risk arrest. Zarma, who issued the threat on Thursday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, said campaign activities at this time were in violation of […]

According to the source, President Jonathan has been put on pressure from “some respectable quarters” on the NGF crisis. He said: “Even before the visit of the governors to the president, there had been some pressure from some respectable quarters in the land concerning the NGF issue. “It is not as if Mr President was […]

Beyond dispute, Nigerian democracy is a nascent and fledgling one, an emerging one that is struggling in the claws of challenges to spread its tentacles and gain firm grounds. As an emerging contemporary writer, I have resolved, come what may to explore the truth in my course of writing even if it hurts to do […]

Jos, Plateau state — The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, has ruled that former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland and a founding father of the Peoples Democratic Party Alhaji Yahaya Kwande, is eligible to contest the traditional stool of his locality in Qua’an Pan Local Government area i.e., The “Longkwo of Kwande”. It is […]

It is one thing for political gladiators to throw their hats into the ring for a election contest; it is another thing for them to ensure they woo sufficient voters to enable them successfully land the hats. As the 2015 general elections are gradually unfolding, nocturnal political activities by those eyeing the governorship seat of […]

The statements release by four northern governors after visiting the Rivers State Governor in Port harcourt on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, should serve as a lesson to Nigerian leaders on how not to be contradictory in public policy. According to reports, the visiting governors said in a communique that “with the way the police is being […]

The Plateau State chapter of the All Progressive Congress has said it is confident that 2015 would be the year when PDP would be shown the way out. In a statement signed by its organising secretary Mr. Garba Pankwal, he said PDP has been dominant since the begining of the democratic dispensation in 1999 […]