Felix Duru Mbah

Recently-resigned Political Adviser to President Bola Tinubu in the Office of the Vice President, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has thumbed down the idea of President Tinubu gunning for eight years in office. By the 1999 Constitution (as amended), a sitting president stays in office for four years in the first term, but can run for re-election for another four years. Indeed, Baba-Ahmed claimed that the practice of bidding to be in office for eight years was not in the national interest as such sitting president may have health- or age-related issues and could invariably lack the energy and zest to perform to…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Hitting the ground running, new Police Commissioner (CP) for Benue State, Emenari Ifeanyi, has deployed Tactical Commanders to troubled areas in the insecurity-ridden Middle Belt state with a charge to restratigize and confront security challenges bedeviling communities in the state. The CP issued the directive during an emergency meeting with Senior Police Officers (SUPOLS), Area Commanders, Tactical Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) held at Police Officers Mess, Makurdi on May 3, 2025. A statement today by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the State Police Command, Sewuese Catherine Anene, which contained these, revealed that…

Some journalists brave the warm spring sun, others seek respite in the shade of the Vatican’s colonnades. Whatever their strategy, the aim is the same: to spot the red-capped cardinals emerging from Synod Hall and try to elicit from them a clue as to who will succeed Pope Francis. The men responsible for picking a new pontiff are enjoying rock-star status in Rome this week as they prepare for conclave: the secret, centuries-old ritual of electing a leader of the Catholic church that is due to begin on May 7. Marina García Diéguez is among the journalists partaking in the…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has expressed dismay over the dilapidated nature of roads linking Taraba State to sister states in North-East Nigeria. National President, SSANU, Comrade Mohammed Haruna Ibrahim, spoke while delivering an address during the body's 11th regular Zonal Executive Council (ZEC) meeting held in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. Comrade Ibrahim, who called on the Federal Government (FG) and others to wake up to their responsibilities, pointed out that the North-East is not getting its just due as a region. The SSANU leader revealed that he is "a bonafide indigene of…

Mrs. Patricia Okereke (Nee Onwubiko), the eldest sister of founder of foremost civil rights advocacy group in Nigeria, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has passed on, May 1, 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. Confirmation of the unfortunate news came in a statement by the National Coordinator, HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, the activist who was a National Commissioner of the Nigerian Human Rights Commission. The HURIWA founder disclosed that Mrs. Okereke, who was a mother of six and had many grand children, died after a very brief illness in the wee hours of May 1, 2025. Comrade Onwubiko said…