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June 30, 2013

Northern governors may form new party ahead of 2015

by Rachel Ogbu There are indications that governors from the north and other senior politicians in the region, may form a new political party, new reports suggests. On Friday, a…

June 14, 2013

Opinion: Zaria – My encounter with depression

by Gimba Kakanda I compared that young and ambitious Maitama Sule to the defeated old and blind philosopher I saw in Zaria. And that was when, with tears in my…

June 12, 2013

State of the Nation: New party may emerge from PDP

Top stakeholders across the country spent the greater part of last week networking North to South on how to save the country, in the light of security and political challenges…

June 6, 2013

Terrorism: Northern elders kick against ban on Boko Haram, Ansaru

by Akan Ido Not minding the support expressed by the National Assembly for the proscription of two Islamic militant groups, Boko Haram and Ansaru by the Federal Government, prominent Northern…

May 11, 2013

Opinion: It’s time to talk, this silence is killing us

by Mark Amaza If we want to build a Nigerian nation that is going to be stronger than our individual religious, ethnic and regional sentiments, we have to start by…

May 10, 2013

Opinion: We are about to finally lose the North…

by ‘Dayo Olaide Without implementing the recommendations and bringing perpetrators of violence and killings to justice, there cannot be forgiveness and healing. Northern Nigeria needs help. Decades of bad governance has…

May 4, 2013

APC merger: The Yorubas are committing political suicide – Asari Dokubo

The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujadid Asari Dokubo, has declared that the emerging merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) with Congress for…

April 26, 2013

Opinion: Education in Nigeria – The Northern (dis)advantage

by Femi Owolabi In Nigeria, I think we see more scholastic achievements in the study of Islamic religion than any other. I beg to say that the problem is perhaps…

April 16, 2013

Opinion: Zoning amnesty to (the North) Boko Haram

by Godson Ogheneochuko Despite all this, we must learn to forgive those who have hurt us and our loved ones. If we continue on the path of revenge, we will…

November 24, 2012

Temie Giwa: The Nigerian political opposition’s poison (YNaija FrontPage)

The opposition’s strategy is to steal the Sout-West and the North from PDP by presenting a northern favorite through CPC and a South-Western winner through the ACN. The plan seems…

October 4, 2012

TICKER: Nothern Muslims demand N105bn from FG as compensation for failing to protect them

Muslims members of Southern Kaduna community in Kaduna State has asked the ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja to order the Federal Government to pay them the sum of…

September 17, 2012

Report: Boko Haram spokesman, Abu Qaqa, killed in Kano

by Isi Esene There are strong indications that Abu Qaqa, the spokesman of the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram is in the custody of Nigerian security agencies. Sources say Abu…

September 9, 2012

Hello NITEL? Telecoms operators threaten to leave North

by Stanley Azuakola There are fears that the telecommunications sector in Nigeria, especially in Northern Nigeria will be set back a notch if the recent threat of telecoms operators is…

August 12, 2012

Fear: Bishop laments marked drop in church attendance

by Mayowa Salami Church leaders are beginning to voice out their discontent over the shortfall in attendance in church services attributed to the challenges of insecurity faced in the country.…

July 5, 2012

At last: NYSC bows to Reps, to re-post ‘corpers’ sent to troubled states

by Hauwa Gambo The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has given in and and will now be re-posting those 14, 850 corps members sent to volatile Northern states. According to…

July 5, 2012

At last: NYSC bows to Reps, to repost ‘corpers’ sent to troubled states

by Hauwa Gambo The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has given in and and will now be re-posting those 14, 850 corps members sent to volatile Northern states. According to…

July 4, 2012

Opinion: The conversion of a Jonathan critic

by Ikeogu Oke Following the publication of my article titled “Jonathan as Nero: a Misplaced Analogy,” on page 66 of Saturday Sun of June 23, 2012, I received six reader’s…

June 30, 2012

Opinion: Why every church in the North needs to be closed now

by Gbenga Osinaike These are trying times for the Christian community in the country. For those of us in Southern Nigeria, it may be difficult to comprehend the onslaught on…

June 28, 2012

Food shortage hits rural northern Nigeria hard

by Tolu Orekoya The beginning of the rainy season usually hits subsistence farmers hardest: Their crops from the previous year are usually close to running out or are finished altogether, and…

June 28, 2012

How about that? Nigeria denies visas to 31,556 foreigners

by Stanley Azuakola Very often, the kind of news Nigerians hear is of one foreign country or another deporting Nigerians or denying them visas. It’s not every day one hears the…

June 19, 2012

Boko Haram is not responsible for all the bombings, says Niger State governor Aliyu

by Tolu Orekoya The economic impact of the unceasing wave of attacks occurring in the North is devastating the economy and exacerbating the already precarious economic situation in the region.…

May 13, 2012

Doctors without Borders: Nigeria government ignores lead poisoning that killed 400 children in Zamfara

by Seyi Lawal Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has criticised the Nigeria's government for lack of action to tackle a lead poisoning epidemic that has killed 400 children and poisoned ten…

May 11, 2012

North loses N25 billion daily due to Boko Haram

by Lekan Olanrewaju Chairman of the Conference of Northern States Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture has stated that the Northern region of Nigeria loses about N25 billion daily to the…

Oluwapelumi May 7, 2012

Elnathan John: Beyond Boko Haram: Working for a more tolerant North

by Elnathan John The heat of the Sunday sun is sweltering. I have wound down all four of my glasses but I feel trapped in this boiling box that is…

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