By Comrade Sanusi A. S. Maikudi Dr. Umar Ardo’s essay questioning the renaming of the University of Maiduguri to Muhammadu Buhari University presents itself as an intellectual critique but ultimately reads as a deeply flawed polemic. It suffers from selective amnesia, cultural detachment, and partisan distortion. A more grounded and honest assessment would see this…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, the son of the former military President, as chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture. President Tinubu approved the appointment today, along with seven others. Some of them will serve as chairmen or directors-general of Federal agencies. Muhammad Babangida, 53, is an alumnus of the European University…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, Confers with Prestigious Chieftaincy Title of Aare Omoluabi of Akure Land by Akure Kingdom. The Akure Kingdom will today bestow a prestigious chieftaincy title, Aare Omoluabi of Akure Land, meaning President of the Respectable People, upon His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. The conferment ceremony, which will take…
The immediate past Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, Dr. Adekunle Akindele has described the recent move by Governor Ademola Adeleke to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) as one fuelled by the deep interest of the Yoruba race, noting that those opposed to the alignment are only been selfish and…
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Secretary General of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Anthony Sani, has claimed that Northerners don’t trust Peter Obi enough to allow him to rule Nigeria for one single tenure. Sani also noted that the politics of zoning may not favour Atiku in his bid to defeat Tinubu. In…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has called on youths across the Southwest region to uphold the Omoluabi values of integrity, responsibility, and discipline, while shunning all forms of social vices threatening the moral and security of the nation. Adeleke made the call on Thursday during the Southwest Youth Multi-Stakeholders Summit on Social Vices, organised…
The Federal Ministry of Education has commended President Bola Tinubu for the renaming of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, after former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa, in a statement signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade, and posted on the ministry’s X handle, said that the…
The public health agency warned of serious public health risks if urgent action was not taken. The Federal Government has issued an alert warning Nigerians of the outbreak of infectious diseases across the country. Issuing the warning on Friday via its website, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) confirmed the widespread outbreak…
He said though Buhari had a group of powerful individuals who shaped his decisions on national issues, “they knew their limits”. Prof Ibrahim Gambari, former Chief of Staff to the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has narrated how members of the former president’s cabal bypassed him to smuggle memos to the former president. “They knew his…
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Osun State chapter, rejoices with delight in celebrating its trailblazing icon, Dr. (Mrs.) Olufunmilayo Sharon Ojo, on the occasion of her Convocation as a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mass Communication from the esteemed Adeleke University Ede, Osun state. This is not just a personal victory, but a…
