As 2011 gradually draws nearer, one state that is now in the intrigues, battling for the new regime in 2011 is Kastina. Events of the last two months show that all is not well between President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and the Katsina State governor, Ibrahim Shema. According to Desert Herald's investigation, already in Katsina, the home state of the President, the atmosphere is electrified two years ahead of the 2011 governorship election.
It will be recalled that during the last special convention of the PDP, instructions were said to have been given to the effect that political campaigns should be halted so as to allow the elected officials time to concentrate on issues of governance. But as it is, the advice of the president is seen to have been disregarded in his home state already. Desert Herald has it that grippingly, .... More

Desert Herald and its publisher, Mallam Tukur Mamu, have been receiving several threats from officials of the Kano State government since the cover story on the assassination of Sheikh Ja'afar Mahmud Adam and the inability of the authorities to unravel his killers two years after.
The story specifically criticized the Kano State government's lackluster attitude and their seeming inability to expose the real sponsors of the prominent cleric's murderers. Since then, Desert Herald and its publisher have been receiving series of threats from unknown persons threatening to kill the publisher and destroy the paper for daring to publish the Sheikh Ja'afar's story.. ... More