Senators from the north and south have adopted contrasting positions on the agitations to return Nigeria to regional government. They expressed their views at the sidelines of the ongoing two-day retreat on the amendments to the 1999 Constitution. It is organised by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review in collaboration with the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) in Kano. …

The Senate on Thursday passed the bill seeking to impose a death penalty on convicted drug traffickers. This was after Senator Tahir Monguno (APC Borno North) presented a report on behalf of the joint committees on judiciary and drugs and narcotics. Monguno said there is a need to strengthen the war against drugs in the country. After the report was …

Talented filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, recalibrated a popular Yoruba folklore in his famous Agogo Ewo (the forbidden gong) movie. A supremacy battle ensued between Eledumare – God, and Land. The two earthly ancient principalities had gone hunting and jointly killed an Emo rat. When it was time for sharing of the game, both got locked in a duel on who was …