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Some survivors of the deadly flood that occurred in Mokwa, the headquarters of Mokwa LGA of Niger State have narrated how they escaped through ceiling while water swept away their children.Aishatu Jibrin was among the adults who narrowly escaped death through the ceiling. She lost all her belongings and four children – two boys and two girls.  “We sleep outside since the incident because we don’t have any relative in Mokwa. Marriage brought me here from Bida. Government doesn’t tell us where to sleep. We sleep in open space. SPONSOR AD “We woke up peacefully that day. We were yet to…

Three prominent opposition figures — former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and former governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) — have come down hard on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the worsening insecurity, hunger, and poverty in the country, vowing to stop his re-election bid in 2027.They spoke at the weekend during a public lecture themed “Weaponisation of Poverty as a Means of Underdevelopment: A Case Study of Nigeria” to mark Amaechi’s 60th birthday. Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), accused the Tinubu administration of deliberately weaponising poverty as a tool of political control.SPONSOR…

Some of the survivors of Saturday’s auto crash that claimed the lives of 22 Kano State’s contingents returning from the just-concluded National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State, yesterday recounted the moments before the accident.The crash, which occurred around 12:30pm near the Chiromawa Bridge in Bebeji Local Government Area along the Kano–Kaduna Expressway, involved a Coaster bus belonging to the Kano State Government, marked KN 041 A17. The team, comprising athletes and officials, including coaches, assistant coaches, a journalist and medical personnel as well as drivers and mechanics, were returning to their home state with six Gold, 13 Silver and…

The President, Basketball Africa and Senior Vice President NBA, Amadou Gallo Fall, has predicted a golden age for African basketball when the continent will produce global top players and dictate the direction of the money-spinning sport. The Senegalese former NBA star made the disclosure in Kaduna while on a tour of Fifth Chukker/Access Bank Sport Academy where children of school ages are trained and mentored to be career sportsmen and women. Gallo, who built and funded a basketball academy in Senegal where kids from less privileged background are taught and trained to become professional players, flew in from Dakar to inspire…

Advance Dreams Football Academy of Yenagoa will battle former champions, Eternal Grace Ministry, EGM FC of Yenagoa in the final of the 2025 Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament christened the “Prosperity Cup.” The emergence of the two finalists is coming after weeks of fascinating football action in 26 centres across the state. In the first semi-final EGM FC defeated Crusaders FC of Peretorugbene 5-4 on penalties after a scoreless draw in regulation time.SPONSOR AD And in the second semi-final match held at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, Advance Dreams Football Academy beat Bayelsa United Feeders 5-4 on penalties after a goalless…

It is very commendable that the federal government has finally mustered the political will to withdraw from the long-running fuel subsidy regime. But by achieving this success, the government has travelled for only half the distance. The second half of the policy journey is much more significant, but also more challenging; what to do with the savings accrued from fuel subsidy removal?  The real problem with fuel subsidy in Nigeria is paradoxically the emotional and fraudulent politics associated with it. The sense of collective ownership of Nigeria’s petroleum resources runs deep. People feel themselves as part-owner or shareholder to the enormous…

The federal government has unveils a unified writing style manual, named, the Nigerian Public Service Writing Style Manual, to standardise public service communications.Mrs. Eno Olotu, the Director, Information and Public Relations, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, said this on Sunday in a statement in Abuja. She said that as part of significant stride towards enhancing professionalism and uniformity in government communications, the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation has formally received the Nigerian Public Service Writing Style Manual. The document, developed by a specially constituted committee, was presented to…

The Citizens Whistleblowers Coalition (CWC) has expressed concern over alleged efforts by a foreign shipping company and its Nigerian subsidiary to undermine Nigeria’s judicial system and sovereignty.Speaking at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Sunday, Mr Owhonda Nwakanma, Project Officer for Socio-Economic Rights at CWC, called on the Federal Government to investigate the company’s operations. Reading from a petition addressed to the Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Lateef Fagbemi, Nwakanma outlined several alleged infractions by the global shipping firm against the country.SPONSOR AD He accused it of treating Nigerian importers with contempt and acting in ways detrimental to…

When Dahiru Coomassie, our colleague at SBS-ABU Zaria in the early 1970s, passed away in April, he left behind a tome of a book, The Life and Times of Ahmadu Coomassie. The well-researched and well-written book, co-authored with Muhammad Kabir Sani, tells the life story of the family patriarch, Ahmadu Coomassie, who became a legend in Katsina and indeed Northern Nigeria by becoming a pioneer in many respects.  Born in Kumasi, Ghana, in 1908, Ahmadu Coomassie was one of the handful of pioneers to benefit from Western education in Katsina, having started his elementary school education in Ghana and continued when…

The military ruler in the Republic of Niger, Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, has again accused Nigeria of conniving with France and the U.S. to sponsor terrorism in his country.In a three-hour televised address on Radio-Télévision du Niger (RTN), over the weekend, Tchiani spoke to the Nigerien people in Hausa, Zabarma, and French, accusing Nigeria, Benin Republic, France, China, Algeria, and the United States of undermining Niger and other member states of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). In a Christmas Day interview last year, Tchiani had accused France of allying with militant groups in the Lake Chad region to undermine Niger’s…