Felix Duru Mbah

By our reporter Presidential hopeful for the 2027 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has restated that, if elected, he will serve just one term of four years. Addressing fears in some quarters that he may seek re-election after the first term, Obi said his promise is sacrosanct, pointing to his personal track record down the ages of sticking to his promises always. Recall that last month, Secretary-General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony Sani, while speaking to a national daily, had said the North does not trust Obi to do just one term as promised, saying former president Goodluck Jonathan, a…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Following Nasarawa State governor Abdullahi Sule's demand for apology and retraction of comments by a university don, Professor Zacharys Gundu,who had stated that the state was a launchpad for terrorists killing Benue State indigenes, the latter has vowed to meet the governor in court. Professor Gundu, who is the Vice Chancellor (VC), University of Mkar in Benue State, restated that he was prepared to meet Governor Sule in court. Benue and Nasarawa States are contiguous and were one bloc when both were part of the defunct Benue-Plateau State, until 1976 when the then Federal Military Government…

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Kehinde Olaosebikan has expressed confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second term would propel unending growth and development in Nigeria. Speaking with media correspondents in Ibadan,the Oyo State capital, over the weekend, Olaosebikan stated that the President would at the end of his second term in 2031 give Nigeria a Nigerian with the leadership qualities of a former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, as his successor for ceaseless progress of the evolving new and greater Nigeria just as he did in Lagos State in 2007. He described…

A scary picture of the uprooting of inhabitants of seven villages from their indigenous lands by suspected Fulani killer herdsmen in Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, has emerged. Not done with forcibly removing the indigenes, with scores allegedly killed in the process and thousands fleeing for sake of their dear lives, the invaders proceeded to occupy the lands,take over existing livestock and generally enjoy the comfort of living on the properties of the original owners. The Wazirin Mushere and community leader in the LGA, Da Yohana Margif, painted the picture in a statement to newsmen. He named…