Felix Duru Mbah

*Extends Same Condition For Other Aspirants Too By our reporter Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who is a frontline aspirant for the nation's top seat on the platform of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC), has taken a position on what his reaction will be, should he fail to clinch the ADC ticket for 2027. Abubakar, fondly identified simply as Atiku by his supporters, said he will rally behind any candidate chosen by the party. However, the former Vice President (VP), from 1999-2007, insisted that such candidate has to emerge through…

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in crises-torn Plateau State said,in contrast to the thinking in some quarters, members of the association suffer more from attacks by bandits, kidnappers and rustlers than any other groups. It's National President, Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, made the clarification in a statement he issued at the weekend. He was clearing the air in response to a pulpit sermon by fiery Christian cleric, Prophet Isa El-Buba, who is based in Jos, the Plateau State capital. El-Buba, a Muslim turned Christian, had accused Fulani herdsmen of masterminding the incessant attacks and insecurity in the North-Central State.…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Vice Chancellor (VC) of Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, Professor Babalola Ayodele, has called on students to embrace postgraduate (PG) programmes for innovations, to thrive in the Nigerian university system. He described postgraduate programmes as the bedrock of innovation and critical inquiry. According to a statement by the Deputy Registrar/Head, Directorate of Information and Corporate Affairs of the institution, Bode Olofinmuagun, the VC made the remarks while addressing matriculants at the matriculation ceremony for the newly-admitted candidates into the regular, sandwich and professional postgraduate programmes of the university for the 2024/2025 academic session. "The Vice Chancellor,…

By Felix Durumbah, Editor A huge dilemma over who to pick as running mate for the crucial 2027 presidential poll has cropped up for President Bola Tinubu, two years to the election. The election will determine if he kicks off a second term --should he win --or,like President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, have his presidential career screech to a halt at the poll in a bid to get re-elected. Though Tinubu has not specifically stated that he will seek re-election, his body language and remarks by his close allies indicate that he will run. But, a massive roadblock has been…

*Coal City Bubbling By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu, the capital of the old Eastern Region, is a beehive of activities as former President Olusegun Obasanjo, firebrand South African politician, Julius Malema, and over 20,000 lawyers converge in the Coal City for the 2025 Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), which formally opens tomorrow (Sunday, August, 24). Earlier today, NBA President, Mazi Afam Osigwe, led thousands of lawyers in a health walk across major roads in the Enugu state capital city, as more lawyers and guests continued to pour into the historic city. Secretary to the State…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Scientists in the country have described research, particularly at the instance of laboratory technologists, as a leg of the university tripod that cannot be overestimated. They are unanimous in the call to governments at all levels to prioritise better funding of research in Nigerian universities. The calls were made during the Fifth Biennial Conference/Workshop of the Association of Science Laboratory Technologists of Nigeria (ASLTON), University of Ibadan chapter, held at the Faculty of Pharmacy Auditorium, University of Ibadan (UI). The three-day conference, held between Tuesday, 19 August and Thursday, 21 August, 2025, had 'The Tripod Stand…