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The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed its condolences over the death of Professor Jibril Aminu, a professor of medicine, dedicated public servant, diplomat, nationalist, humanist and distinguished politician and Justice Muhammad Uwais, a retired Chief Justice of Nigeria, towering national figure, frontline jurist, elder statesman and nationalist, professional.ACF, in a separate statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Professor Tukur Muhammad-Baba, said the news of the demise of Aminu and Uwais has left a huge vacuum in the North and the country at large. According to the statement, “Words will not be very adequate to do justice to Professor Amin’s…

The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the recent call by the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, for an amendment to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011, to impose punitive measures on “fake CSOs” allegedly “misusing” the law to blackmail public institutions, describing the call as an attempt to discredit the Act and weaken it.In a statement issued in Lagos, MRA said such a proposal was not only ill-conceived but deeply troubling as it undermined the spirit and purpose of the FOI Act, which was enacted to guarantee right of…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has issued a stern warning to bandit kingpins wreaking havoc in Nigeria’s Northwest, vowing that they will soon meet their end.Speaking during a Sallah celebration with troops of Operation Fansa Yamma in Sokoto at the weekend, the army chief declared: “We will fish them out, crush them, and send them back to their maker.” He praised the courage and dedication of the troops in the fight against banditry and other criminal activities across the region, assuring them of continued support in logistics, training, and other combat enablers to restore peace…

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Abdullahi and Hafsatu Ganduje Foundation has donated N10 million to Dr Mahmud Muhammad, a medical doctor working with Uthman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto who has been suffering from eye ailment and faces the threat of total blindness.Speaking during the handing over of the cash assistance, the acting DG of the Foundation, Dr Abubakar Isah Bakori, stated that the donation became necessary to save the young and promising medical doctor from total blindness. “The active medical doctor has been taking care of other patients, and as fate will have it, he is now also urgently in need of our…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said almost all inmates in the country are now captured in the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) database.The Service said 74 per cent of the inmates, representing 59,786 of the 80,879 inmates, have been captured in the database of NIMC. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Deputy Comptroller of Corrections, Umar Abubakar, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said this was made possible by the collaboration between NIMC and the Service.SPONSOR AD Abubakar dismissed reports that the National Identity Number (NIN) registration exercise had yet to commence in all custodial centres…

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and top officials of the federal government to stop staging early campaigns for the President’s re-election bid and focus on tackling the avalanche of challenges bedeviling the country including hunger and terrorism.This was contained in a  statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Professor Tukur Muhammad-Baba to felicitate with the Muslim Ummah in Nigeria on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The ACF expressed worry over the escalating insecurity, high cost of living, crises in the energy, health and education sectors, weak Nigerian currency and high food prices among other challenges.SPONSOR…

Many have often wondered how Malam Ahmadu got the surname Coomassie, which was distinctly alien to Katsina. When Western education arrived in the North, in the early 1900s, students were registered mononymously, with only their first names. Later, towns of origin were added as their surnames, reflecting the Hausa culture of avoiding direct reference to their parents’ names. That can explain why, during that period, we had notable figures with names such as Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Aminu Kano, Isa Kaita, Ahmadu Kurfi, Musa Yar’Adua, and others like them.When Ahmadu returned from Kumasi to the Emir of Katsina’s household in 1924,…

Once again, the head of the military junta in Niger Republic, General Abdelrahamane Tchiani, has accused Nigeria of being used by France and the United States to destabilise his country and topple his government.He made the allegation in an interview with the country’s national television in which he discussed issues pertaining to the developments in his country since overthrowing the civilian government of President Mohammed Bazoum on July 16, 2023. As usual, the interview focused mainly on his unconvincing justification for the illegal and unconstitutional action in seizing power from Bazoum who is still being held in detention against all…

Eid has come and gone gain. But this time for us, it is less noisy, softer, almost as if life is reminding us that tragedy and happiness walk together.We lost an aunt just a few days ago. A woman fondly called Oni by those closest to her. It came without warning, suddenly. One minute she was here chatting, laughing, making plans, and the next, she was gone. Her passing created a silence that words still struggle to fill. And now, midway through the Eid season, as the food was being shared and the visits were underway between homes and communities,…