Felix Duru Mbah

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi From the inner closet of Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has come a direct brick wall against his 2007 re-election aspiration. His kinsmen from the governor's Kunav community, Vandeikya Local Government Area (LGA), have called for his replacement as the state's Chief Executive in 2027. This is as Alia insists that he has six more years to complete his eight years as governor with his loyalists in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) repeatedly voicing it loudly that there is no vacancy in Government House, Makurdi, the state's seat of power, in 2027. The governorship…

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama has directed the immediate recall of Mohammed Baba Jamal from his post as Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria following allegations of voter inducement during the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s Ayawaso East parliamentary primary yesterday. The decision has been hailed as exemplary of a leader intent on sanitizing his country's electoral process to weed out political corruption and clear the path for free and fair polls. The controversy arose after footage circulated on social media showing delegates allegedly receiving 32-inch television sets said to have been distributed by Mr Jamal’s campaign team. The decision to…

*'We're In Dire Straits, Help Us' By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna With sorrowful demeanor, leaders and residents of Kaso, a predominantly Gbagyi sub-urban community located in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, today reeled off heart-rending tales of woe of their travails at the hands of terrorists. At a protest media briefing, they revealed how attacks by the terrorists led, since 2016, to loss of lives of many of their relatives, the shutting down of the only primary healthcare centre in the area, closure of 13 primary schools and displacement of original occupants of 18 villages there. The mainly…

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Further testament to the credibility and community spirit of newly-promoted Deputy Director, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA)'s Department of Outdoor Advertising and Signage (DOAS), Mr Sunday Azaki, came as the FCT Council of Chiefs has conferred a chieftaincy title on him. In a letter by the council, dated 27 January, 2026, addressed to Mr. Azaki, with reference FCT/-TC/KWAC/Title.01/07, and signed by the Etsu Kwali, HRH Luka Nizassan 111, who is also the Chairman, Council of Chiefs, Kwali Area Council of FCT, the body spoke in glowing language of Mr Azaki's sterling qualities and unrivalled qualifications for…