Many people get goose bumps all over when the word "mortuary" is mentioned. It has an aura of awe about it. Nobody wears a smile when they enter the mortuary. Either the visitor is already crying, is about to break out into a paroxysm of tears, or is feeling reflective, sorry for themselves, and nervous.A mortuary is similar to a small cemetery. In actuality, it serves as a holding area for the deceased before they make their last journey to the cemetery, where they...

The controversies trailing the political crisis in the Republic of Niger, where a coup d’etat recently played out, may not have abated as President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, leader of the ECOWAS delegation to the Niger Republic, and the National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, visited the Presidential Villa Abuja to update President Bola Tinubu on their recent mission to the embattled country.Sources privy to the meeting con...

Zamfara and Niger State Governors had a closed-door meeting with the National Security Adviser, NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, over the teething insecurity situation ravaging the two States.According to a statement from the media aid to Zamfara Governor, Suleiman Bala Idris, Governor Dauda Lawal was on the visit together with Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, in their collective effort to find a lasting solution to the lingering banditry disturbing both States.The...