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!

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE NEW CJN Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad was born on December 31, 1953 at Doguwa - Giade, a local government area in Bauchi State, Northern Nigeria. He attended Government Secondary School, Azare where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1973 before he later proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University Zaria where he received a bachelor's degree in Law in 1980. He later obtained a Master and Doctorate (Ph.D) degree from the same university in 1984 and 1998. Tanko began his law career in 1982, after he was Call to the bar in 1981, the same year he graduated from the Nigerian Law School. In 1989, he was appointed as Chief Magistrate of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory, a position he held till 1991 when he became a Judge at the Bauchi State Sharia Court of Appeal. He served in that capacity for two years before he was appointed to the bench o the Nigerian courts of appeal as Justice in 1993. He held this position for thirteen years b...

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari allegedly failed to fulfil his promises to Nigerians. Secondus said Buhari failed in job creation; fighting insecurity and surmounting the challenges of corruption because he is too weak to rule a country as complex as Nigeria. The PDP chairman spoke on Monday evening at the MKO Democracy Park in Akure, the Ondo State capital at the party’s rally in the state. Secondus further warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Idris Ibrahim, not to plunge the nation into unnecessary chaos by attempting to rig the election. Secondus expressed optimism that the PDP would win the Presidential poll of February 16 He said, “Do you know why economy has collapsed? Do you know why hunger is in the land? “Your President Buhari is a sleeping President, he has no energy that is why the economy ha...

The presidency has shortlisted an Assistant Inspector General of Police from Nasarawa State as a possible replacement of the retiring Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Idris, who clocks 60 years on Jan. 15, paid “a bye-bye visit’’ to President Buhari on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. NAN reports that the outcome of the closed-door meeting between President Buhari and the IGP was not disclosed as at the time of filing this report. According to reports, Idris is expected to retire from service on attainment of the mandatory 35 years in service or 60 years of age. A source close to the presidency, who preferred not to be named, confirmed to NAN that a replacement to the retiring IGP would be named on Tuesday, among the shortlisted candidates. One of the persons said to be on the shortlist is AIG Adamu Mohammed. If he gets the nod, it means the DIGs may be required to retire. “Yes, the IGP Ibrahim ...