Politics

Dr Ogbonnaya Onu : Tribute One Death too Many

BY PROF MIKE OZEKHOME SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D., LL.D., D.Litt, D.Sc. I prefer celebrating people while alive. The dead hear no tributes or eulogies. But where death steals a match on us clanging its filthy manacles as a hideous monster, we must still remember our heroes. Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu was such hero. I…

Chief Ayo Adebanjo : Tribute to a Member of the Dwindling Mohicans

BY PROF. MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, D.LITT, D.Sc. This title of Michael Mann movie (released in 1992) and an earlier novel of the same name (released in 1826) is most apposite for our celebrant. As the title suggests, Chief Ayo Adebanjo is a member of the fast dwindling tribe of…

Kano : Over 1000 APC Members Defect to NNPP

Over 1,000 Kano APC Members Defect to NNPP In a significant shift, over 1,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State decamped to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Saturday. The decampees, from Shanono and Bagwai local government areas, were formally received by Deputy Governor Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo on behalf of…

PHIMA Clampdown Private Clinic for Law Violation

PHIMA Clampdowns Private Clinic for Law Violation In its continued moves to sanitize activities of the private health institutions across the state, the Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has sealed off Sassauka Clinic and Diagnosis Centre, Rimin Kebe. Giving reasons necessitated the closure of the clinic, the Director General of the PHIMA,…

FG : Investigate Oil Spill in Uzere

FG: Investigate Oil Spill in Uzere. Opinion ArticleDear sir, In 2023, there was an oil spill in Uzere, in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, and which spread into farmlands and fishing ponds of Uzere community . The effect of that spread is that Uzere farmers and fishermen have had the means of…

You lack moral Right to Accuse Ortom of Anti- Party activities – group tells Dino

A political group in Benue state and the North Central by extension have taken a swipe at former Senator, Dino Melaye for accusing former governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom of anti- party activities. The political group who obviously were so pissed with the PDP chieftain from Kogi stated that he was not in a…

No Strange Disease in Kano State…Ministry of Health

No Strange Disease in Kano State – Ministry of Health The attention of the Kano state Ministry of Health has been drawn to a published story by one of the northern Nigeria’s based newspaper which reported that a ‘strange disease’ has emerged and killed 45 people in Gundutse, Kura LGA. In a swift reaction to…

FISH Programme Estate to be Ready for Commissioning as FGSHLB Affirms Completion of 116 Housing Units

By Joy Omagha Idam FISH PROGRAMME ESTATE TO BE READY FOR COMMISSIONING AS FGSHLB AFFIRMS COMPLETION OF 116 HOUSING UNITS The Executive Secretary (ES), Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board (FGSHLB), Mr. Ibrahim Mairiga has announced that the 116 housing units of two-bedroom bungalows at FISH Programme Estate in Gwagwalada is almost complete and would…