By Dapo Akinrefon The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, warned that Nigeria may be drifting towards a dictatorial and tyrannical state, urging the  Federal Government to shun nepotism, confront insecurity and restructure the country. In a statement by its acting Leader and National Publicity Secretary,   Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere said it […]

Against the backdrop of the atmosphere of nationwide insecurity, President Muhammadu Buhari and Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje have urged traditional rulers to promote peace, stability and assist government to provide security for lives and property.

Mr Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria, returned from his medical trip in the UK just in time to prep up, and attend his son, Yusuf’s wedding ceremony. Yusuf, the president’s son was getting hitched to Zahra, the daughter of the Emir of Bichi.

At the last count, about 3,116 Boko Haram terrorists (BHT), commanders, IED manufacturers, and their families from the forests and hilltops of northern Borno, Sambisa, Lake Chad fringes and Cameroon have come out of their enclaves/camps to surrender.

Chief Allen Onyema, the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, a foremost airline operator in Nigeria recently increased salaries of his over 3,000 staff, at a time when many businesses are closing shops.

A frontline grass root and Civil Society Movement in Nigeria, MASS MOVEMENT AGAINST INJUSTICE AND MARGINALIZATION IN SOUTH-SOUTH’’ has reiterated its call on President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) that was screened and confirmed by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the 5th of November, 2019.

Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko (Tsola Emiko), yesterday, emerged as the 21st Olu of Warri, with the title Ogiame Atuwatse III, at a colorful coronation ceremony at Ode Itsekiri, ancestral home of Itsekiri nation  in Warri south local government area of Delta State.

DIG Adeleye Oyebade (rtd), in this interview, speaks on his foray into agribusiness after 30 years in service as a police officer and how the country can tackle poverty with food sufficiency. Excerpts:

President Muhammadu Buhari, former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), governors of Ogun, Oyo and Ekiti states, former Senate President David Mark and other notable dignitaries, yesterday, paid tributes to former military governor of Oyo State, Brigadier  General Adetunji Idowu Olurin, who died at  Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), aged 78.

THE call by Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, for residents of the state to take up arms and fight back against the rampaging “bandits” is not new. Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom and that of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, had earlier made the same call after federal-controlled armed forces, police and other […]