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President Buhari appoints his media aide as INEC commissioner

President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted to the Senate the name of his Senior Special Assistant on Social Media, Ms Lauretta Onachie, for confirmation as...

We will push until you win, president Buhari assures Okonjo-Iweala

President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, assured former Minister of Finance and Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that he would do all within his power to...

Kano to conduct local govts elections in January, 2021

Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) has released the time table for local government elections in the state, which will hold on January 16,...

The collective nightmare of a system!!!

By Dr Nuruddeen Muhammad MBBS (BUK), MWACP (Ibadan), FMCPsych (Lagos) The painful exit of Professor Abdulhameed Isah Dutse to the great beyond on Monday, the...

#EndSARS and struggle for responsible policing

 This month, hundreds of thousands of Nigerian youth run to the streets to demand an end to police brutality, with specific reference to the...

FG extends suspension of new electricity tariff

The Nigerian government has extended the suspension of the new electricity tariff by another week. The chairperson of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC),...

Court convicts seven SIM cards registration offenders

The commitment of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to stop the use of unregistered SIM cards to perpetrate cybercrime and other criminal activities in...

Just In: Ganduje suspends media aide over anti-Buhari comments

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has suspended his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai over some unguarded utterances on the person...

You are heartless, Ganduje’s aide tells Buhari

Sahelian Times: Salihu Tanko Yakasai, the spokesman to Kano State Governor, has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari over his handling of EndSARS...

BREAKING: IGP finally disbands SARS

Adamu Mohammed, the inspector-general of police, has announced the immediate disbandment of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) following nationwide protests over its brutality. The...

Open letter to Jigawa state house of assembly

By Umar Farouk Jahun With due respect, leaders and members of the House, as by law established in the voluminous 1999 constitution, every citizen is...

Untold burden of mental health in Nigeria

By Dr. Ashiru Aminu In a culture which doesn’t recognize and appreciate mental health-related problem as part and parcel of human destiny just like physical...