Author: Bashir Aliyu

CONTRARY to widespread speculation on social media, Seun Okinbaloye, a prominent anchor with Channels TV, has not been fired from the station. This clarification was made by a Mass Communication professor and famous newspaper columnist, Farooq Kperogi, who spoke directly with Okinbaloye. Kperogi said he had an exclusive conversation with the television anchor on Saturday morning, who confirmed that he is currently on vacation in the United States and remains an employee of Channels TV. He quoted the popular broadcaster as saying “The whole story is fake news.” This development puts to rest the rumours that had been circulating online…

THE University of Maiduguri in Borno State is in grief as it has again recorded the fourth loss of yet another professor – all within a spate of two months. In a similar development, two lecturers – one with the Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina State and the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, were also killed by unknown gunmen and under mysterious circumstances. Arewa PUNCH gathered that the death of late Dr. Tiri Gyan David of FUD may not be unconnected to the attack he suffered in the hands of suspected terrorists who stormed his residence and killed him in the early…

THE Africa Development Bank ( AfDB) has assured of assured Gombe State Government of its strong commitment to support the State’s development drive especially as it affects the Special Agro Processing Zone ( SAPZ)  and the Inclusive Service Delivery and Livelihood Empowerment Integrated Project ( ISDLEIP). The Director General of the AfDB, Nigeria Country Department,  Mr Lamin Barrow made this commitment when he received Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya at the AfDB office in Abuja. Mr. Barrow restated AfDB’s resolve to support Governor Inuwa’s drive to improve the quality of life of the people of Gombe State by increasing access of…

OVER the past few weeks, there has been a propaganda spin bedlam on the social media in Niger Republic accusing the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairperson of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar of acting on the whims of  Western powers especially France, as a result of his consistent stance on the country’s junta to release President Bazoum and have a definitive time line of leaving power. The military coup in Niger can simply not be tolerated anymore, and Nigeria has an obligation to diplomatically defend democracy under its foreign policy doctrine, and the…