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Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, current Managing Director, Hadejia Jamarre River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA), was the Kano State Campaign Director of the Tinubu- Shettima Campaign Organisation in 2023 . A former Secretary to the Kano State Government and a one-time Chairman of Kano PDP, he spoke to Sunday Sun in Kano on sundry political issues bordering on the chances of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the forth coming general elections, insisting that Tinubu would certainly overwhelm his rivals in addition to the fact that he would sweep the votes in Kano. With the recent flag-off of political activities in Nigeria,…

The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has rolled out its campaign strategy for the 2027 presidential election as the party begins efforts to build nationwide support for its candidate, Seyi Makinde. The party has established a presidential campaign office in Abuja to coordinate its activities ahead of the election, with the Makinde-Daura ticket at the centre of its mobilisation efforts. APM said its campaign would be driven by issues affecting Nigerians and would present practical solutions to the country’s economic and social challenges. The party is banking on Makinde’s experience in public administration and his record in Oyo State as part…

On Monday, August 31, Bidemi Odukoya, the Shepherd of Iri Orun Parish of the CCC, allegedly macheted his wife to death during a midnight domestic dispute before reportedly taking his own life.The incident reportedly occurred around 2am. After allegedly attacking his wife, Odukoya, a father of three boys, reportedly fled the community and headed for the Coker junction, Ifo section of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, about 20 minutes drive away from Akiode community. He was later alleged to have thrown himself in front of a moving truck, resulting in his instant death. Both husband and wife were buried beside their home…

Fuel subsidy: Nigerians shouldn’t pay for govt’s failures, says Makinde Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has lamented that the national conversation on petrol subsidy had been wrongly reduced to a choice between subsidising petroleum products and allowing Nigerians to pay full market prices. Makinde, in the latest edition of his newsletter, The Business of Governance, called for a rethink of Nigeria’s petroleum pricing system, arguing that citizens should not be made to bear additional costs arising from the government’s inability to secure the country’s borders. According to him, the more fundamental issue is whether Nigeria, as an oil-producing country, has…

From failing WAEC nine times and writing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) seven times to earning a PhD, becoming an Assistant Professor and attaining the prestigious Senior Fellowship of Advance HE (SFHEA), Dr Chigozie Chukwu’s journey is one of resilience, faith and determination. Now affiliated with the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, where he contributes to teaching, research and academic development, Chukwu has turned the struggles of his early years into a passion for empowering students and influencing development policy. He spoke more in this interview What was your childhood like, and what kind of environment and…

For a lot of men, being sexually active is tied to strength, drive and overall sexual health. But when those things gradually slip, it becomes a major issue. Studies have shown that as women experience menopause as part of their life cycle, men have continued to ignore the realities that comes with andropause. According to experts, andropause is a medical term used to define a period when the male hormone, the testosterone, begins to decline gradually from about the third to the fourth decades of life. A lot of men suffer in silence because they lack the basic knowledge of…

The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the continued detention of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, who has now spent 200 days in custody as of Friday, September 4. In a Facebook post on Friday, Atiku’s media aide, Paul Ibe, said the former governor was not seeking immunity from investigation but was entitled to justice, due process and equal treatment under the law. Ibe described El-Rufai as a political prisoner held because he chose a different political path, as permitted by the constitution.He contrasted the situation with that of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, who…

•Families share toilets, live in squalor with derelict facilities •Buildings’ decay, demolitions, poor welfare breaking families, killing officers’ morale • IGP Disu currently touring barracks; he’ll address challenges Several years after shocking revelations were made about the uninhabitable state of Police Barracks in the country, most police barracks across the country still remain an eyesore, even as fresh accomodation problems surface in some state commands. Leaking roofs, broken fences, blocked and overflowing sewage systems; inadequate water supply and general neglect have become their lot in the dilapidated buildings. In the Lagos State Police Command, some police some officers and men…

The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa, has defended the Federal Government’s handling of insecurity, saying Nigeria is safer today than it was in 2023. Musa also said the N5.41 trillion allocated to defence in the 2026 budget would be spent on military equipment and operations, stressing the high cost of modern warfare. Speaking during an interview with Channelstv, the minister said a Tomahawk missile cost about $3.2 million, while a precision drone bomb could cost at least $100,000. “Imagine when you fire it, if it hits somebody, or doesn’t hit something, N140 million is gone,” he said. Musa explained…

The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has advised President Bola Tinubu to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race or prepare to face defeat at the polls. Atiku also asked President Tinubu to apologise to him and Nigerians for ridiculing his proposal for a production-linked fuel subsidy.He was reacting to the call by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) for the Federal Government to support domestic refiners as part of efforts to reduce petrol prices. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said IPMAN’s intervention vindicated…