The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday restated that the Federal Government had achieved a lot in all sectors of human development and democratic process...

A former sports minister, Yusuf Suleiman, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is not perturbed by the rising followership being enjoyed by the presidential standard bearer of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as well as the defection of Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State to the PDP.…

My dear compatriots, let me start by saying that contesting in the primaries for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) was an experience of a lifetime for me and I must add this: I am grateful to Almighty God for making me a Nigerian! Nigeria is real, Nigeria is one and Nigeria…

To understand more fully, the current wave of political re-alignments in the country and be able to make objective projections, it is important that we first cap ourselves with the words of Elie Wiesel, a Romanian-born American Jewish professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of more than 50 books, who among…

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Hassan Matthew Kukah, yesterday, refused to offer reasons why he was seen in photographs with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his former deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar ...

Nigerians, especially Christians, have been charged to make a difference in politics and other spheres of life to move their personal lives and the country forward. Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Reverend Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, who spoke in company of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and General Overseer of Foursquare Gospel Church, Reverend…

An 18-year-old labourer, Badamasi Garba, on Monday appeared before a Sokoto Magistrates’ Court over alleged homosexuality. The prosecutor, Abubakar Tambuwal told the court that the accused, who resides along Dallatu road, Tudun Wada area of Sokoto, committed the offence on Aug. 5. Tambuwal said that the accused intentionally took one Abdulrahmam Abdullahi into an uncompleted…

The unrelenting flood wreaking havoc on farmlands across the country portends food security crisis. Already, affected communities in Delta, one of the four affected states declared a national disaster by President Muhammadu Buhari, are counting their losses. The implication of this disaster, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was in the state for an…

Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, was a beehive last Saturday, as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo attended the wedding Fathia of Zakiyya, daughter of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN). The wedding between Zakiyya and Saifullahi Gishiri held at the palace of the Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu…

His footprints in the broadcasting industry have remained evergreen. Mallam Nasir Danladi Bako, Kogunan Sakwatto began to show rare stuff at a tender age of 16 manning the airwaves of then Rima Radio, Sokoto with his masterly delivery of news and different programmes in both Hausa and English languages. The desire to enrich his broadcast…

The first batch of 259 Muslim pilgrims from Sokoto State, on Monday arrived Nigeria from Saudi Arabia after successful 2018 Hajj. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pilgrims from Gada Local Government area were transported by Air Planers Airline to the Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal commended them…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday condemned a 300 per cent hike in school fees of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, Oyo State. The union also berated owners of the institution- Oyo and Osun state governments- for their failure to allocate subvention and inability to pay salaries of its workforce…