■ Directs traditional, religious leaders to stop escalation President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Taraba and Benue State governors, traditional rulers, specifically the Tor Tiv and the Aku Uka of Wukari, religious and community leaders in the two states to meet urgently to bring an end to persistent violent clashes between Jukun and Tiv people. This …
Month: August 2019
•Ebonyi to FG: ‘You’re the one to refund us’ •Kano, Oyo will be hard hit if decision is eventually implemented The last may not have been heard on the Federal Government’s demand of repayment of N614 bn it offered to 35 states under the National Budget Support Loan Facility. Each state, with the exception of Lagos, …
Middle-Belt Forum leaders have been described as noisemakers who should be ignored over their recent declaration that the Middle Belt is no longer part of the North. Making the declaration in this interview with TUNDE THOMAS, a former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, and prominent Middle Belt leader, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav said MBF leaders …
If there is one sure way most observers of the current political dispensation would want to assess President Muhammadu Buhari’s success or otherwise at the end of the next four years as Commander InChief of the Nigerian nation, perhaps its fledgling power sector could readily fill the log. But as if it understands this urgency of …
“Don’t give a cent to anybody to import food into the country. Foreign reserve will be conserved and utilized strictly for diversification of the economy, and not for encouraging more dependence on foreign food imports bills”, this was the instruction of President Muhammadu Buhari to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, last …
Magnus Eze, Enugu, Fred Itua and Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Nduibuisi Orji, Abuja, Obinna Odogwu, Abakaliki and and Dickson Okafor AS widespread outrage trail the harassment and humiliation of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Federal Government has called on the German authorities to ensure that the mastermind face the consequences of their actions. This is even as Senate President Ahmad …
Elder statesman and Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has scolded Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai for dictating the direction Nigeria should follow in determining the 2023 presidency. The governor had within the week said rotation of the presidency should stop and give way for competence. He warned that any attempt to arm-twist the South with the …
Magnus Eze, Enugu, Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa and Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja Mixed reactions have trailed the the new Nigerian Prisons Service amended bill into law, signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, which changes the name of the Nigeria Prisons Services to Nigerian Correctional Service. In the amended law, the Nigerian Correctional Service facilities nationwide would …
Following disagreement over medical personnel to attend to him, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has left India for Nigeria without treatment.The Shiite leader departed New Dehli, India by 5pm and is expected to touch down at the Nnamdi AzikiiweInternational Airport, Abuja before 2am.Revealing this development, President of the media …
Following pressures to end the 10-year-old insurgency and buoy its fighting capacity, the Nigerian Army has announced the appointment of a new acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) for 7 Division Maiduguri, Borno State. He is Brigadier-General AK Ibrahim. He is also the new theatre commander for Sector 1 Operation Lafiya Dole. He takes over from Major-General Bulama …