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By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North The return, last Sunday, of Governor Danbaba Suntai, a pharmacist and politician, to Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, which he has been governing since year 2007, has thrown the state into turmoil, and broken the cord that once bound politicians in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, into camps - those for and against the governor and his Deputy, Garba Umar, who has been acting since his boss  was involved in an  air crash on  October 25, 2012. While Suntai’s supporters insist he is hale and hearty and capable of resuming work, his opponents have resisted the governor’s  resumption of office, arguing that he is not fit enough to rule over them. This report presents the details. The stage appears set for a prolonged personality clash in Taraba State going by the political drama that is unfolding in the state. Not many are surprised though. As Governor Danbaba Suntai was being supported out of the aircraft that conveyed him from the Nnamd...

By Caleb Aynsina An associate professor of sociology, University of Lagos, Dr Nduka Nwabueze, wants the Federal Government to intervene in the chaos in Taraba State, following Governor Danbaba Suntai's return to the state. A non-governmental organization, ASIS International, also noted the timely intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan and other well-meaning Nigerians would prevent the state from sliding into anarchy. Nwabueze made the call at a public lecture entitled,  ‘Enhancing Security in Contemporary Nigerian Society', organized by ASIS International Chapter 273 Abuja, in Maitama Abuja. He noted that if the situation was not properly handled, it could heighten the current insecurity in the country, maintaining that most of the problems ravaging the country were as a result of “keeping mum’ on the part of our leaders”, calling on the president to intervene. “Most of the insecurity we are facing in Nigeria today is man-made. Speak when there is crisis in a particular pl...