By MAX AMUCHIE A nation does not declare its own decline. It performs normalcy — until the performance can no longer hold.What follows is not an announcement, but a pattern — visible to those willing to look beyond the performance. Last week, this column offered the definitive articulation of
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has inaugurated a General Court Martial to try 36 serving military personnel accused of breaching national security through alleged mutiny. The inauguration, which took place on April 24, 2026, follows an earlier statement issued by the DHQ on January 26, 2026, addressing concerns over actions reportedly aimed at undermining the government.
By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, April 24, 2026) Mother tongue is sweet. I know because mine is. The honey in the mother tongue oozes from its picturesque encapsulation of nature’s simplest wonders to life’s most complex pursuits, passing down wisdom from generation to generation, like no other tongue. The sweetness of […]
Security operatives in Nasarawa State have intercepted a consignment of cattle allegedly rustled from Plateau State, leading to the arrest of a suspect who claimed to have purchased the animals from a paramount ruler. The operation followed credible intelligence received by the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Lafia on April 19 about suspicious livestock
A feared bandit leader, Kachallah Auwalu, has been killed following a fierce confrontation between rival armed groups in Birnin Gwari, according to security sources. The violent encounter reportedly took place on April 18 around 4:35 p.m. in the Maganda forest corridor, an area long associated with recurring armed group activities. Sources indicate that Auwalu was […]
By MAX AMUCHIE A nation does not collapse all at once. It erodes — layer by layer, system by system — until what once appeared unshakable begins to give way under the weight of forces it can no longer contain. This column said that last week. It bears repeating now because there are moments in […]











