Fatal ambush: How bandits killed 17 policemen, 12 military officers on rescue mission
ADELOWO OLADIPO writes that the activities of bandits and criminals in Niger State have not abated as they continue to attack…
Zamfara community where graveyard has been experiencing fire outbreak for 18 years
MUHAMMAD SABIU reports that a community in Zamfara State has been experiencing a fire outbreak in its burial ground for…
Argungu: Return of the fishing festival
AYODELE AJOGE reports the return of the long suspended Argungu fishing festival, noting that residents of the town mostly fishermen…
Kaduna community where residents cross river to deliver babies
MUHAMMAD SABIU report that for a community close to Kaduna, child delivery is not a tea party as they go…
Broken jaws in Jos: When town, gown went to battle over land
ISAAC SHOBAYO reports that the University of Jos and its immediate neighbours are often at loggerheads over the issue of…
Give us our daily bread: Why Sokoto residents are rushing for bread from modern bakeries
OLAKUNLE MARUF reports that modern bakeries are springing up in parts of Sokoto where residents now relish fresh tasty loaves…
Hauwa, the kidnapper who lures her male victims with her beauty
MUHAMMED SABIU writes that a woman kidnapper named Hauwa is as active in the kidnap trade as any of her…
My brother was shot dead day we ended fasting for his freedom —Raphael, twin brother of slain seminarian
OLAKUNLE MARUF captured the mood in the Sokoto family house of a young seminarian, Michael Nnadi, killed in Kaduna recently,…
Harmattan: The two sides of a coin
ISAAC SHOBAYO and OLAKUNLE MARUF write that the harmattan period in the northern part of the country is both welcome…
From poverty to prosperity
YELWA Bakar iUsman is a mother of three. She used to be a full-time housewife with no marketable skill and…
Gidan Wuta: Kaduna ‘House of Hell’ where randy men catch fun with underage girls, married women, gays
MUHAMMAD SABIU writes about a place in Kaduna where underage boys and girls in an everyday act of debauchery make…
VVF: 12,000 girls risk losing their lives in Kaduna
MUHAMMAD SABIU writes on a recent conference on Vesico-Vaginal Fistula in Kaduna, Kaduna State, noting that thousands of young girls…
Sokoto: The good side of border closure
OLAKUNLE MARUF writes that youths and residents of a community in Sokoto State saw the recent border closure in the…
How local hunter struck fear into kidnappers, rustlers on Kaduna-Abuja highway
MUHAMMAD SABIU who was at Hanyin Danbushiya with other journalists, reports the exploits of a local hunter who is complementing…
‘40,000 youths unemployed over Bacita Sugar Company closure’
Rural Bacita community is a Nupe land situated in the Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. It comprises of…
Why Kogi is free of religious crisis — JNI chairman
Ambassador Usman Bello is the Kogi State chairman of Jamatul Nasir Islam (JNI), co-chairman of Kogi State Inter-Religious Council, and…
Drug abuse is time bomb — Sokoto NDLEA commandant
Alhaji Mohammed Musbahu, is the Commandant of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Sokoto State. In this interview with OLAKUNLE…
We have zero tolerance for corruption in education sector—Commissioner
Faced by daunting allegation of declining standard of education, Bauchi State Commissioner for Education, Professor Haruna Abdullahi bares his mind…
Anti open-grazing law is made out of hatred for herdsmen —Saleh Bayari
Alhaji Saleh Bayari is a former National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACABAN) and currently the…
I have trained 16,000 managers —Professor Iornem
David Iornem, a Benue born Professor of Management Sciences, is one of the very few Northern management consultants in the…
