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By Waziri Isa Adam (Group Editor-in-chief) The Governor of Benue State and Visitor of the State’s University (BSU), Makurdi, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has announced plans to rename the institution after its founder, Reverend Father Moses Adasu, as part of efforts to honor his legacy. Additionally, Governor Alia revealed thatContinue Reading

By Waziri Isa Adam (Group Editor-in-chief) Who was in Makurdi In a grand ceremony held at the Benue State University, Makurdi, Professor Toyin Falola, a distinguished historian and scholar, was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) degree. Professor Toyin Falola was honored with an honorary degree alongside fiveContinue Reading

By Ibraheem El-Tafseer The Zaria Massacre, which occurred in December 2015, remains one of the darkest stains on Nigeria’s human rights record. The brutal crackdown by the Nigerian military on the Islamic Movement in Nigeria resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives, with many more injured or displaced. Yet,Continue Reading

By Waziri Isa Adam (Group Editor-in-chief) The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) has blown the whistle on the shocking level of corruption and politicization involved in the selection of Vice-Chancellors in Nigerian universities. According to Sunday Echono, Executive Secretary of TETfund, the process has been hijacked by politicians and localContinue Reading

By Khadijah Gharrah Abubakar Afribase Nig. Ltd, the firm that handled the construction of the permanent site for the Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education (ACENPEE), Ahmadu Bello University, has handed over the new building to the University Governing Council and Management after completion of theContinue Reading

By Waziri Isa Adam (Group Editor-in-chief) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (P-BAT) has approved the appointment of Professor Abdulquadir Ibrahim Abikan as the substantive Director General of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS). Professor Abikan, a lecturer with the department of Islamic Law in the Faculty of Law, University ofContinue Reading

By Khadijah Gharrah Abubakar One of the prominent sons of Gwantu, Gwantu Chiefdom, in Sanga Local government area of Kaduna state, Engineer Abbas Reuben Habu, who passed away on Monday, 25th November, at the ripe age of 72, was laid to rest in his Gwantu country home. Engineer Habu, aContinue Reading

By Waziri Isa Adam (Group Editor-in-chief) Abuja-based African Regional Economic Integration Law and Policy Analyst, Professor Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan has called for urgent reforms in Nigeria’s criminal justice system, citing delay, corruption, and lack of resources as major obstacles to justice. The renowned Legal and Policy Analyst, has also calledContinue Reading