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“A key purpose of journalism is to provide an adversarial check on those who wield the greatest power by shining a light on what they do in the dark, and informing the public about those acts”- Glenn Greenwald.
Kadaria Ahmed needs no introduction in the Nigerian media. She’s savvy, with a gusto that often intimidates the Nigerian ruling elite during interviews. She has created a dependable niche for herself within the Nigerian media industry and landscape. She was recently awarded one of the Most Outstanding Women in Nigerian Media in the last century. Coming from the north, she has been able to hold those with the levers of power up north on the jugular in their dereliction of duty. From President Muhammadu Buhari to Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, Ahmed has spared no one in taking them to the cleaners as many Northern states snowballed into killing fields.
IN THE ARENA
The recent dissolution of states’ executive structures of the APC seemed like a hijack of the party structures, and an indication that the battle for the 2023 elections would be stormy. Chuks Okocha writes
It was a prophecy foretold. There is no way a new wine could fit into an old bottle. This is the story of the All Progressives Congress (APC) registration of new members, which consequently led to the dissolution of all wards, local governments, zonal and states’ executive committees, last week.
Though the registration of new members has been put in abeyance for now, it will surely take place. The politics of the registration of new members is that their (new members) interest cannot be accommodated in the new emerging order of the former executive committees.