The influx of northerners into the South West zone of the country has elicited angry reactions from various Yoruba groups and leaders including the Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE; the socio-political organization, Afenifere; the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC and some leaders. They maintain that Nigerians have the constitutional right to move around in any part of the country but where such people army of miscreants, suspected terrorists, criminal herders and bandits then it gives cause for concern. Again, this happening mostly after the ban on interstate travels following COVID-19 pandemic should be rejected totally, they argue.

Disappointment and anger were palpable in the Senate on Tuesday when the upper legislative chamber debated the motion on “The Need to Enforce Presidential Order Banning Interstate Travels”.

THERE is red alert in the six states of the South-South over the day-to-day incursion in the past few weeks, especially under the cover of the night, by thousands of northern youth and foreigners, with the leaders, stakeholders, agitators and human rights activists, who expressed worry, weekend, calling on Governors of the oil and gas-rich region to rise up to the occasion by halting the intrusion and fast-tracking formation of security outfits in all the states to help prevent crime.

Since the battle against the spread of Covid-19 virus started in March, in Kwara state, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has not left any stone unturned in his efforts to stop the spread of the disease in the state of harmony. Similarly, the real governance in the state has not stopped as the government continued in the provision of social amenities for the residents to make life more comfortable for them.

By Sola Ogundipe, Health Editor Nigeria and the world at large is facing new realities. COVID-19 has forced us as individuals and countries to make difficult choices to protect ourselves and our loved ones. The Federal Government has banned interstate travel for individuals or companies who are not providing essential services. Since the first case […]

By Francis Ewherido My book, Life Lessons From Mudipapa, was unveiled a year ago. To commemorate the first anniversary, I serve you this excerpt: Every year, Mudipapa’s company sent staff to their parent company in Switzerland for training. He had attended a few of such trainings and always used them as opportunities to have holiday […]

By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Oluwole was the street in Lagos where you could forge anything document. Birth certificates, vehicle paper, marriage certificates, degree certificates. Once you had a likeness of the original they reproduced it. It was also there that those who could forge signatures within minutes lived.   Once a driver took his boss’ cheque […]

PROFESSOR Banji Akintoye, academic, historian, writer and Second Republic Senator, is the leader of the Yoruba World Congress, YWC.
In this interview, he expressed worry over the influx of northern youths into the south, saying it is a failure of the northern leadership. Excerpts:

By Ayo Onikoyi The first installment of my serialization of “Glamour Girls of Yoruba Films” was published in 2009. A number of actresses, plying their trades in the Yoruba movie genre were mentioned for the way they changed the narrative about Yoruba films with their ultra-cosmopolitan style. Names like Funke Akindele, Doris Simon, Iyabo Ojo, […]

China confirmed Friday it had ordered unauthorized laboratories in the country to destroy coronavirus samples early in the outbreak. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has charged that Beijing refused to provide virus samples taken from patients when the pandemic began in China in late 2019 and that Chinese authorities had destroyed early samples. Liu Dengfeng, […]

* Seek Police help to arrest defiant traders By Evelyn Usman Market leaders in Trade Fair Complex, along the Mile Two- Badagry expressway, Lagos, have put up precautionary measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus Disease into the market. They have also, called on Police authorities to accord them the right to arrest traders […]

By Rasheed Sobowale Prominent Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has on Friday stated that the Federal Government so far cannot be said to be accountable and transparent in its management of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the once governorship aspirant in Ekiti under the platform of the National Conscience Party in […]

…insists on the treatment of patients suffering other ailments By Abdulmumin Murtala, Kano A first batch training of 350 health workers on infectious diseases control has commenced in Kano in collaboration with the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje on Friday urged the trainees to give adequate attention to […]

The Governor of Lagos State Mr Babajide Sanwolu has appointed Ms Faidat Ajibike Shomade as the General Manager of the Lagos State Urban Renewal Authority. Ms Shomade before her appointment as General Manager had served the Lagos State Government meritoriously for 35 years, retiring in 2018 as the General Manager Property and Land Management at […]

China on Friday issued a statement calling on all UN member states to “actively fulfill their financial obligations to the United Nations,” stressing that Washington owes the organization more than $2 billion. “As of May 14, the total unpaid assessments under the UN regular budget and peacekeeping budget amount to 1.63 billion and 2.14 billion […]