Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s seven-day ultimatum to armed herdsmen to leave Ondo forests and comments that the Presidency is emotionally attached to Fulani herdsmen, yesterday drew the ire of the Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF, and the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, who urged him to rescind his quit order decision.

By Nwafor Sunday The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last General election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Thursday wrote a message of goodwill to the US President, Joe Biden, urging him to strengthen US-Nigeria relationship. In a statement titled: ‘Message of Goodwill To President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’, the […]

Police vehicle not involved – Police    BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME  A lady and her child  lost their lives yesterday  after a vehicle hit  a commercial  tricycle  conveying  them   on the  Express road around the PTI junction, Uvwie local governent are, Delta state .  There were different accounts on the incident with some saying that […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has reinstated the interim management committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) led by Prof. Daniel Pondei. In a judgement that struck out the lawsuit against the IMC by the Incorporated Trustees of Forum for Accountability and Good Governance on January 13, 2021, the court denied ever sacking the […]

By Sola Ogundipe As Nigeria grapples with rising infections caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of international public health, researchers have revealed that the lockdown and restrictions imposed in the country between March and May 2020 may have averted not less than 5.8 million infections. In a statement made available […]

BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE AN Edo-based civil society Organization, Concerned Citizens of Edo State (CCES), has lambasted young people in the State for engaging in dangerous behaviours as regards the state’s coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention protocols. It said their action has put the lives of the elderly at risk, insisting that the operation of night clubs and […]

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A Japanese court upheld a ban on dual citizenship on Thursday, rejecting a suit that challenged the measure’s constitutionality and sought damages for those affected. Japan is one of around 50 countries internationally, including China and South Korea, that only permits its citizens to hold one nationality. Under current rules, Japanese people who acquire another […]

The recent decision of Ondo State Governor. Rotimi Akeredolu to close the state forest reserve to pastoralists activities because of the worsening security situation in the Sunshine State had curiously, attracted a prompt combative reaction from Mallam Garba Shehu.

A Professor of Economics, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Chris Ekong has cautioned against the entitlement sense of some States in the Niger Delta over the ownership of the resources sharing in the region.