Zulum confirms 10 deaths, 47 injuries after Boko Haram’s RPG hit Gwange
.. Optimistic Insurgents won’t retake Marte againBorno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was at two hospitals on Wednesday, after Boko Haram fighters fired shots from […]
Death
Sir Lucky Omoluwa: One year of absence, by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu
Exactly a year ago today, the 18th of February, 2020, Sir Lucky Babatunde Omoluwa, died. I was inside my PhD class at the Nigerian Defence […]
NCDC reports 1,005 new COVID-19 infections, 24 deaths
By Racheal Abujah The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 24 deaths in 24 hours and 1,005 new cases of the coronavirus. The total […]
Ex-Lagos state governor, Jakande dies at 91
Former Lagos State Governor, Lateef Jakande, has passed on at the ripe age of 91. The elderstateman, who is also the first executive governor of […]
COVID-19: NCDC records 676 new cases, 21 deaths in Nigeria in one day
By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 676 new cases of Coronavirus infections (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the total number […]
Man, 37, pushes lady to her death from 5-storey building – Police
By Peter Okolie, Awka The Police Command in Anambra has arrested one Nonso Eze, 37, for allegedly pushing a lady to her death from his apartment […]
Tribute: Dear Sam, by Hannatu Musawa
Dear Sam,My dear friend, my dear brother, my best friend… I miss you! But I guess, you always knew that would be my reality the […]
Gombe PDP Chair mourns MaiTangale
By KB Antash The Chairman of the Gombe State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) General Abnor Kalaye Kwaskwabe (rtd) (Sarkin Arewan Kaltungo) shockingly […]
Kwara govt. official found dead in office
By Usman Aliyu Dr Khalid Ndaman, the Director of Veterinary in the Kwara Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was, on Monday, found dead in […]
Prof. Isa Mohammed: Death of a rare leader
By Yusuf Lawal Inna lillahi wa inna Ilayhi raji’un. The Chairman of the JAMB 5th and 6th Governing Boards, Professor Isa Baba Mohammed, Galadiman Ningi died and […]
Sam Nda-Isaiah: The Friday appointment that never was, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
Death does not diminish its strangeness any time it comes knocking at our door. So was Sam Nda-Isaiah’s, simply known as Sam or chairman. The […]
COVID-19: Nigeria records 6 deaths in 24 hours, confirms 920 new infections
By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 920 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, with six deaths in 24 hours. […]
The media is poorer with Sam Nda Isaiah’s death
It is with shock and disbelief, that we at the Northern Media Forum (NMF), mourn the passing of our staunch member, Sam Nda Isaiah, Publisher […]
Tribute: Comrade Khalil: An upright man gone too soon
By Yakubu Adamu. Comrade Ibrahim Khalil, who passed away on October 7, this year, while on active national service of the union in Abuja, the […]
Balarabe Musa: Death of a progressive, by Ibrahim Sheme
OPINION “…The man in question is a quintessentially honest Nigerian and patriot who is completely detribalised. His sound principles and strong moral character remain uncorrupted […]