By Emmanuel Elebeke The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has approved the licensing of 173 private sector Agents and 30 State Governments/Public Sector Institutions to conduct enrolment of Nigerians and legal residents into the National Identity Database (NIDB) on behalf of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The Director-General/Chief […]

By FEMI ADESINA ASK for a President beleaguered from all sides, and I’ll show you Muhammadu Buhari, the ramrod straight man from Daura, in Katsina State, who turns 78 today. In the build up to the 2015 presidential election, we used to say everything had been thrown at him as projectiles, except the kitchen sink. […]

By Chidi Nkwopara & Chinonso Alozie IMO State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, yesterday, presented an Appropriation Bill of N346.169 billion to the State House of Assembly for the 2021 fiscal year. Making the presentation to the lawmakers, Governor Uzodimma, said: “After a careful assessment of the present economic situation in the country and the prevailing […]

*Why Nigeria must stop treating Igbo as second class citizens By Chinonso Alozie Minister of Aviation and Transport, Mbazulike Amechi, has warned against the imposition of any person as president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, saying anything order than the peoples’ choice would not be acceptable to the Igbo. The elder statesman and the First Republic politician […]

By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN,CON,OFR The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo Agege, was recently reported to have stated that the National Assembly has no power to replace the 1999 Constitution and that those calling for its overhaul should channel their demands for a new constitution towards constitutional amendment. Expectedly, this generated responses from stakeholders, particularly […]

By Demola Akinyemi Chairman of the Kwara State Commission on Assets Recovery, retired Justice Olabanji Orilonishe, yesterday  said several of the government properties sold by the past administrations were undervalued and sold at giveaway prices. He lamented that deliberate policies were made to “enrich some individuals and siphon money out of the state.” Orilonishe, who […]

By Henry Ojelu & Onozure Dania On November 18, 2010, the International Criminal Court, ICC, Office of the Prosecutor announced a preliminary examination into allegations of war crimes against the Nigerian security forces. The preliminary examination focused on alleged crimes under international law in the context of armed conflict between Boko Haram and Nigerian security […]

Measures imposed by governments to fight the Covid-19 pandemic have squeezed civil liberties worldwide, with authoritarian regimes seeking to exploit the restrictions as a way to shore up their sometimes shaky control on fast-changing societies, rights groups say. Demonstrations have been outlawed, elections postponed, and activists subject to even greater repression in a health emergency […]

*Boko-Haram used local gangs to kidnap students — sources *We’ll be in Kankara school until our children return home — Parents *FG hasn’t learnt from previous kidnaps— CAN *Coalition of Northern Groups moves to Katsina *No sleep until the students are rescued; Buhari safe in Katsina — DHQ By Kingsley Omonobi, Ibrahim HassanWuyo, Luminous Jannamike […]

In 2004, Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman to death and used a kitchen knife to remove the unborn baby from the victim’s uterus so she could kidnap the girl. Sixteen years on, the United States is preparing to execute her, and experts are still studying the case so they can understand what prompts such […]