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Is the National Assembly seeking to scuttle the bill that may lower the ages of those interested to contest for political offices? The National Assembly had last year passed the “Not Too Young to Run” Bill, which would allow young Nigerians between 25 and 30 years to vie for political offices. However, the bill was conspicuously omitted from the list to be considered in the on-going constitution amendment process. Sponsored by Senator Abdulazeez Nyako (APC, Adamawa) and Rep Tony Nwulu (PDP, Lagos), in the Senate and the House of Representatives respectively, the bill was passed for second reading at the House of Representatives on June 8, 2016, while the Senate followed suit. Consequently, it was referred to the special ad-hoc committees for constitution review in both chambers, chaired by Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and Deputy Speaker, Yussuf Suleimon Lasun, respectively. The bill seeks to amend Sections 131, 177, 65 and 106 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended....

The disgrace and disrespect shown to a Muslim is due to him straying from his religion and is not due to lack of gold (wealth). Uthman al-Ghani Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anho

One of the worst outrages in Nigeria’s recent history has just occurred in the scenic Mambilla plateau of Taraba State’s Sardauna Local Government. Its remote location and treacherous terrain not only facilitated the unbelievable level of killings that went on unchallenged for four days from June 17 but it also made it difficult to have accurate statistics of the number of persons as well as cows that were hacked to death by Mambilla ethnic militiamen. According to the Fulani community which was the target of the attacks variously described by observers as genocide and ethnic cleansing, more than 200 people were killed, 180 Fulani villages were looted and burnt while 4,000 heads of cattle were also killed or maimed by the attackers. Fulani elders Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu, Malam Suleiman Musa, Alhaji Hassan Ardo and Alhaji Dauda Jae who together issued the statement in Jalingo said those “butchered” included women and children while hundreds of cattle were also carted away. Very disturbingl...