CALM and unruffled even when the tides of public are beating against him, the consummate Public Relations expert who was appointed in August 2023 as the Minister of information and National Orientation, Hon. Mohammed Idris, has remained true to his promise to Nigerians: “I will never lie but provide credible information to the public”. Like many others who may buckle down under pressure, the former General Secretary of the Newspapers’ Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has remained filial to the task of telling Nigerians the truth all the time His appointment as minister of information came under the shadows of…
Author: Simon Reef Musa
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ACCORDING to an American poet, essayist and accomplished memoirist, Professor Mary Karr, writing on ‘the Art of Memoir’, said that attempting to write one amounts to “knocking yourself out with your own fist, if it’s done right.” The outcome of the public presentation of the long-awaited autobiography by former military president Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) almost resonates with this assertion. On February 20, 2025, the road leading to the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, was trodden by yesterday’s men and women in power, led by the former Nigeria military leader, General Yakubu Gowon. Also in attendance was former President…
WHEN Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, during the election of the new Senate Presidency for the 10th National Assembly, aligned himself with the choice of a northern candidate, Senator Aziz Yari, some people accused him of not truly representing the interest of his zone. Taking into consideration the eight years of political estrangement and bloodshed unleashed on Kaduna State, particularly Southern Kaduna, during the reign of former Governor Nasir Ahmed el-Rufai, the Senator’s choice, for the politically undiscerning, was inscrutable. During the ministerial confirmation of the former Kaduna State helmsman, the Senator was expected to lead the charge against the confirmation…