Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan yesterday bûried 27 of the 30 people k!ll£d by suspected terroØrists in Naridon village, Southern Kaduna. The remaining three victims had been buried days earlier.
Recall that at about 11:00 p.m. last Sunday, suspected terroØrists reportedly att@cked Naridon, a predominantly farming border community between Kaduna State and Ganawuri in Riyom LGA of Plateau State. The att@ckers reportedly k!ll£d at least 30 people, including children, set homes ablaze, and abducted several others while residents were asleep.
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“They are after my l!fe. Every single thing I do for a living, this government is deliberately frustrating it. The government is attack!ng me personally, they’re not even providing me with things I should be entitled to” - Peter Obi
I watched with disappointment the recent interview granted by Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to Channels Television on Monday.
After a prolonged absence from public discourse, one would have expected that time away might have sharpened Senator Sheriff’s judgment. Regrettably, that does not appear to be the case.
In the interview, the former governor claimed that Peter Obi cannot command sizeable support in Northern Nigeria. It is curious that he has appointed himself spokesperson for the Northern masses. For the record, in his first outing on the presidential ballot, Mr. Obi secured approximately 2.8 million votes in the region — a remarkable achievement that cannot be dismissed lightly.
Given the current national hardships, the widespread consensus on the failure of the APC administration, and the addition of a strong Northern figure to the ticket who previously garnered 1.45 million votes in the region, the OK ticket remains a formidable force in Northern politics.
Even more surprising was Senator Sheriff’s assertion that the people of Kano would not vote for Mr. Obi. Let me state clearly: the good people of Kano are neither bigoted nor xenophobic. They have consistently demonstrated strong trust in the Kwankwasiyya movement and will support any credible ticket presented under its banner.
I respectfully advise Senator Sheriff that, in future national television appearances, he would do better to speak to the serious insecurity and humanitarian challenges facing his home state, rather than making divisive and poorly considered remarks.
The OK ticket currently represents the best opportunity for Nigerians to reset the country and place it on a path of competence, unity, and progress. - RMK
"A citizen was rushing his pregnant neighbor, who was in active labor, to the hospital on a motorcycle. Instead of helping or escorting them, Awada police officers stopped him, ignored the emergency, and seized his bike. After returning with complete and valid vehicle documents, they still made him pay ₦20,000 before releasing it."
—Kasie calls out the Nigeria Police as he shares a video alleging officers extorted ₦20,000 from an okada rider.
Femi Falana stated that Ali Modu Sheriff, the former governor of Borno State, founded Boko Haram. He was arrested in Cameroon over his links to the group, but the Nigerian government stepped in and negotiated his release. Falana challenged Sheriff to sue him if the claims are untrue.
After hours of intensive learning facilitated by Coderina Edutech - a global outfit empowering young Africans through STEAM, robotics, tech entrepreneurship, etc -, my team and I engaged the Aguata champions in a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial.
The Memorial is a mind-blowing place of remembrance and learning, dedicated to the victims of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It commemorates the 1994 Rwandan genocide and contains the remains of over 250,000 victims of the incident.
At the memorial, our amazing Aguata champions were exposed to a powerful experience focusing on the need to promote reconciliation and building peace through education.
It has been an experience of a life time for our champions, and we are confident of their transformation to becoming globally-minded young people ready to make impacts.
For them, it is a journey from Aguata to the world.
For us, Impossibility is Nothing.