AREWA ELITES MAGAZINE

The losers of this election is/are certainly not Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party but the many actors who turned a mere political contest to a religious war, to a family feud and regional warfare. On the top list is former president Olusegun Obasanjo who lost his reverence as an elder statesman to demystified political god drenching in battered rains of shame. Instead of playing the mother who should lie between her two children, he decided to turn his back on one of the children thus exposing him as a biased mother. His posts are enormously riddled with irreparable damage. In his book titled 'My Watch', he wrote in permanent ink how Atiku stole silly the Nigerian treasury amongst other unprintable verdicts. Atiku, however, is lucky to have these negative labels on him dropped as he walks away a clean man while Obasanjo is left to lick from his sores of inconsistency and doublespeak. Religious leaders particularly some pastors and Imans w...

The federal government of Nigeria has declared Friday, February 22, 2019, as a public holiday, in preparation for the February 23 presidential and parliamentary elections. The ministry of interior via a statement on Wednesday,  however, excluded bankers and those offering essential services across the nation. “Federal Government declares Friday 22, February 2019 as work-free day. Those providing essential duties and bankers are excluded,” “The work-free day is to enable citizens return to their poling units for the reschedule Presidential & National Assembly elections. “Security agencies have been directed to ensure safety of lives & property before, during & after the general election.”

On 28th May 2011, Dr Goodluck Jonathan penned his executive signature to assent the bill seeking the passage of the Freedom of Information Act into law. This act which is aimed at making public records and information more freely available among other motives is known today as the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2011. It is within the auspices of the provisions of this act that a controversial youth activist, Abdulaziz Musa Alhassan popularly known as Shiek Ibn Baaz has tendered a petition to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission seeking information and investigation into the management and expenditure of Kaduna South Local Government Funds by the Executive Chairman. Ibn Baaz in his letter expressed that the matter should be investigated as a matter of expediency and the information should be availed to him within 7-days as established by Section 4 of the subject act. When asked the reasons for such a legal move, Ibn Baaz stated that he is concerned about the state of the L...

The National Coordinator of the Northern Youth Anti Corruption Ambassadors, Malam Idris Goga has warned the Presidency, the National Assembly and The Judiciary to desist from acts that tarnish the democratic image of Nigeria. While addressing youths in a conference on Youth Against Political Violence in Jos on 21st January, Malam Goga expressed absolute dismay on how some politicians hide behind the scenes of politics to denigrate our democracy. While concluding, Malam Goga warned that if such acts continue, there stands a high risk for a massive protest by youths across all the 19 Northern states of the federation!