Borno state government has a plan for the northeast, torn apart by eight years of conflict with Boko Haram: displaced people will be housed in fortified garrison towns, ringed by farms, with the rest of the countryside effectively left to fend for itself. The vision for the state of Borno, ground zero for the war with the Islamist insurgency, is a stark admission of the reality in the northeast. For two years, the military and government have said Boko Haram is all but defeated, and the remnants are being mopped up. But the military is largely unable to control territory…

Kaduna State Governor, Mr Nasir El-Rufai on Friday expressed his resolve to adopt the three children of late Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Mr Andrew Nok, who died on November 21, 2017 after a protracted illness. Speaking at a valedictory executive session held in honour of the late Professor, El-Rufai said that the state government would sponsor the education of the deceased's children up to Phd level. He also said that one of the state’s secondary schools and an health institution would be named after the late Commissioner who he said served meritoriously as the Commissioner for Health and…

Since they broke into the Nigerian music scene about three years ago, talented duo known as FTK have captured the imagination of lovers of popular contemporary music, who have responded to their energetic beat and on-stage presence with enthusiasm. Their music is also a regular feature of radio airwaves, as well as online. When something is nice, as someone once said, you play it twice. FTK, which is short for Falobi Taiwo & Kehinde, is composed of twins who – in their other life – are both undergraduates of Mass Communications at Babcock University. Their double-barreled virtuosity is complemented by…

Mr Abdullahi Bala, formerly deputy vice chancellor administration, Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, has been inaugurated as the 7th Vice Chancellor of the University. The event was witnessed by top government functionaries, academicians and the general public. Bala, a professor, said during his tenure, the institution would strive hard to provide equal opportunity to individuals and groups in its admissions and appointments. “We will work hard in navigating the University along the trajectory of progressiveness and development already charted by my predecessor,” he said. Bala said his administration would be guided by three cardinal principles of obeying statutes of…