Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has condemned the position of the Federal Government regarding media reporting and coverage of the lingering insecurity in the country. He specifically faulted the government’s plan to sanction the BBC Africa Eye and Daily Trust for their recent reports which he said exposed...
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Worried like every other Nigerian over the precarious state of the Nation, the Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has condemned in strong terms what it tagged “Judicial Rascality” besetting the country in recent time. The Chairman of HEDA, Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju, made this known in a...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again expressed serious concern over the current security challenges facing some parts of the country and will stop at nothing to change the tide. The National Security Adviser to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, said the president made his feelings known when he summoned...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigerian subscribers would start paying 5% tax on every call, SMS, data and other telecommunication services. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, announced this during a stakeholders forum organized by the Nigeria Communication Commission...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum on Thursday flagged off the closure and relocation of about 52,000 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their ancestral homes in Mafa, Dikwa, Konduga, Bama, Gwoza, Marte Areas of the state. The official closure of the remaining four IDPs camps...
The minority caucus of the House of Representatives has joined its Senate counterpart to hand President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week ultimatum to fix insecurity or face impeachment in the National Assembly. Minority leader of the House of Reps, Ndudi Elumelu, revealed this after a closed door meeting of the...
…As World Bank tasks FG on data protection No fewer than two hundred and fifty stakeholders, Wednesday, unanimously gave their nod to the steps towards enacting a principal Data Protection law for Nigeria. Rising from a two-day Policy Dialogue on Nigeria’s Data Protection law, held in Abuja, the participants...
Okpanam community in Delta has reverted to ancestral spirits to avenge Sunday’s attack on the community in which three police officers were killed and some community vigilance members injured. The Ugo Ani of Okpanam, Dr Michael Ogbolu led chiefs, indigenes and other community members to the “Ishu Ani Okpam’’...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has commissioned a multi million naira cocoa house in Ikom LGA in order to boost cocoa production in the state. The cocoa guest house which is constructed by the stakeholders of the industry would help in the provision...
Barely 48 hours after the Presidential Brigade Guards came under attack by terrorists; President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Service Chiefs to an emergency security meeting which will hold on Thursday. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Wednesday during an...
The presidency has called the bluff of Senators from opposition parties who on Wednesday issued a six-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the security challenges bedeviling the country. Recall that the lawmakers staged a walkout from the Senate and threatened to commence impeachment proceedings against President Buhari...
INEC will not extend on-going voter registration beyond the stipulated July 31 deadline, Chief Ken Okeagu, its National Commissioner in charge of Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states said on Wednesday in Abakaliki. Okeagu who was on a one-day working visit to Ebonyi said he was satisfied with the turnout...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has called for the review of the National Water Resources Bill to accommodate the concerns of all states. The forum made the call in a communiqué on Wednesday in Abuja and signed by its Chairman, Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State after a teleconference...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved an augmentation of N16 billion for the completion of the dualisation of the Kano-Katsina Expressway. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known while briefing newsmen at the end of the Council’s meeting presided over by President Muhammadu...
The General Superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, has said that its six-day Global Crusade beginning on Thursday in Ikorodu, Lagos, will refocus youths for greater accomplishments. Kumuyi, a renowned Bible scholar, said this on Wednesday during a reception organised for him at the Lagos State University...
—–Says terrorists’ threat to kidnap Buhari is laughable… The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as unnecessary the threat by some legislators to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari over security challenges across the country. Mohammed, who was fielding questions from State House correspondents...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined members of the Anglican Communion in Igbo land and around the world in celebrating the 165th anniversary of the coming of Christianity in the Eastern part of Nigeria on July 27, 1857. President Buhari stated this in a statement...
Senators from opposition parties have issued a six-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the security challenges bedevilling the country. They also threatened to commence impeachment proceedings against the President should he fail to address the insecurity within the period given by the lawmakers. The Minority Leader of...
The House of Representatives has urged the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to redesign the national identity card to reflect the National Identity Number (NIN) The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Fredrick Agbedi (PDP-Bayelsa) at the plenary on Wednesday. Motion on the...