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Kano Re-Run: Will Jibrin, Dogwa Survive (Analysis)

January 25, 2020 7:14 am

Today, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct re-run and by-elections in 11 states across the country, following series of court judgements on the last general election.

Particular interest will be on Kano State, where the re-run election of Alhassan Ado Dogwa, the Majority leader of the House of Representatives and Abdulmummin Jibrin will be taking place.

In November, the Court of Appeal sacked Dogwa and ordered INEC to conduct a fresh election. Three days earlier, the appeal court had also sacked Abdulmumin Jibrin, an influential member of the House from Kano State.

Kano State has the reputation

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Nigeria Can’t Survive Another Civil War, Soyinka, Ooni Warn

January 20, 2020 10:20 am

Given the numerous challenges facing Nigeria in her quest for national cohesion and survival, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, have warned that Nigeria could not survive another civil war.

They lamented that religious fanaticism and intolerance have been on the rise as some people who considered themselves privileged fanned the embers of war, adding that they confessed that they have been increasingly distressed and appalled that the hitherto harmonious co-habitation between all peoples of the nation was being eroded.

The warning was contained in a communiqué issued after a meeting at …

APC May Not Survive Beyond Buhari Years – Okorocha

November 3, 2019 11:19 am

Former Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okoracha has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may not sustain its political dominance beyond the Buhari years.

The former governor, who spoke on Saturday in Kano, hinged his fears on the fact that the ruling party has not been able to evolve an alternative political force that has both the appeal and integrity of President Muhammad Buhari.

He recalled that the APC was hurriedly put together ahead of the 2015 general elections by different political parties and interests saying that their success was a result of their common resolve and …

DR Junaid Mohammed, a medical doctor, politician and member of the Northern intelligentsia, speaks on the self-determination quest by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, the xenophobia attacks by South Africans on Nigerians

‘Southeast is landlocked, can’t survive outside Nigeria’

September 15, 2019 2:59 am

Dr Junaid Mohammed, a medical doctor, politician and member of the Northern intelligentsia, speaks on the self-determination quest by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, the xenophobia attacks by South Africans on Nigerians and other foreign nationals in South Africa, the $9.8 billion judgment debt against Nigeria, 2023 presidential elections and power shift. He also speaks on other contemporary national issues. Excerpts.

What do you think about the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreign nationals in South Africa and the nature of reaction to it by the Federal Government and the people?
This is very unfortunate. The xenophobic attack …