Much Ado About the People’s Vote
The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. Joseph Stalin (18-195) Nigeria politics and elections could come pretty hot and goose-step into something of a somersault on a cliff edge. Yes, they do. They may as well, according to the inimitable Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe of blessed memory,…
Herdsmen Kill 10 in Katsina
No fewer than 10 persons were reportedly killed in a renewed clash between herdsmen and farmers in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. Katsina is the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari. Emir of Kastina, Abdulmumini Kabir Usman disclosed this on Wednesday when he received in his palace, a group, Queen Dijah, a Women and Children…
Speech Delivered By Bukola Saraki At The Northern Senators Forum
SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, HIS EXCELLENCY (DR.) ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, CON, AT THE NORTHERN SENATORS FORUM RETREAT HELD IN KATSINA ON DECEMBER 12, 2017. Speech Delivered By Bukola A PROTOCOL. My Distinguished Colleagues, it is wonderful to be in Katsina, the Home of Hospitality itself. I feel very welcome indeed, and it is…
Voting Yet to Commence in Katsina
Voting is yet to start in many polling centres in katsina as at 1:30 pm while accreditation still ongoing. Muhammadu Buhari, APC’s Presidential candidate, is expected to cast his vote anytime from now as the world press await him.
INEC Says All Is Set In Katsina
Calm in Katsina as INEC says all election materials have been deployed to the 34 local councils. The commission said it already distributed 2, 689, 681 PVC out of 2, 790, 339 received . There are 2, 840, 654 registered voters in the state.
Fashola, Reconsider the Hijab Policy
By Abdulbaqi Aliyu Jari Katsina – Usmanu Danfodiyo University Constituency. Another Look at hijab: It was a sad development when I first heard that Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has banned wearing of hijab (Islamic veil) in all public schools in the state. Being a lawyer and a politician, Fashola is undoubtedly aware of…
‘Governor Shema does not want to Leave Liability for Katsina People’
Abdullahi Garuba Faskari – Deputy Governor of Katsina State Most times deputy governors are seen as spare tyres. Have you ever been treated like a spare tyre that can be changed when the need arises? That is not the case in Katsina State. I have enormous responsibility on my desk having to do with the…
‘Leadership Is about doing what is Right Not what is Popular’
Before your advent into politics, you were a successful lawyer, an international person, a technocrat; a world-class professional but traded all these on the altar of politics. Did you think you did the right thing? These things are not what we planned. They are God’s plan and God’s plan is always better than man’s plan.…