Presidency Opposes Ban on Open Grazing, Opts for Ranching
The Presidency has faulted the Southern Governors Forum’s decision to ban open grazing and other resolutions reached at their meeting in Asaba, declaring that the action is questionable legally. The…
Insecurity: Loss of Generals Compounds Our Challenges, Buhari Laments
The death of Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff and other generals in an air crash has worsened the country’s security challenges, President The President Muhammadu Buhari has said. General Ibrahim…
nsecurity: Loss of Generals Compounds Our Challenges, Buhari Laments
A sociocultural association of Igbo professionals, Nzuko Umunna, says it has dragged Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police to the International Criminal Court, the United Nation Human Rights Council, as well as…
Bill for Scrapping NYSC Reaches Second Reading
The National Youth Service Corps is likely on its way out as the House of Representatives is considering its discontinuation on account of several challenges bedeviling the scheme. The Constitution…
Editorial: Asaba Declaration and Northern Ethnic Jingoists
It would have been enough to dismiss the recent provocative comments by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami who tried to create a false equivalency…
Buhari Mourns Death of Chief of Army Staff, Gen Atttahiru, Others in Plane Crash
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of the country’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, and other military officers in an air crash. A…
HURIWA to Agric minister: Build N30m Church, Shrine Each or face Lawsuit
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono, must approve the sum of N30m each to construct a church and a shrine just as he approved the same amount…
Chief of Army Staff, Gen Atttahiru Dies in Plane Crash
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru has died in an air crash along with some of his aides. A military Beachcraft 350 aircraft conveying the Army Chief…
Editorial: Ben Ayade as metaphor for Nigeria’s dog-eat-dog politics
After four years of speculation, feet dragging and rabid denials, the defection of Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade from the main opposition PDP to the ruling APC, dramatizes in…
Gunmen on Killing Rampage, kill Catholic cleric in Katsina, Emir’s Son in Kontagora
It was yet another killing spree for gunmen in parts of northern Nigeria, as they killed a Catholic Priest and the first son of an Emir. They also abducted a…