Insecurity: Katsina shuts POS, bans jerrycan fuel, motorcycles
The Katsina State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all Point of Sale (POS) businesses and commercial phone charging centres in Matazu and Musawa Local Government Areas. The government also banned the sale, purchase, transportation and storage of petroleum products in jerrycans across the state, as well as the use of motorcycles in the […]
Edo APC LG election candidate pledges infrastructural development, security
By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY The chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Egor local government in the July 11 local government election in Edo State, Hon. Osaro Eribo, has promised infrastructural and socio-economic development and security across the 10 wards of the local government Council. Eribo, who is currently the Acting Chairman […]
At Soweto@50, Steven Nhyira Odarteifio urges South Africa to embrace pan-African unity
As South Africa commemorated the 50th anniversary of the historic Soweto Uprising on Tuesday, civil rights activist and Pan-African advocate, Steven Nhyira Odarteifio, delivered a passionate address condemning the resurgence of xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks against fellow Africans living in the country. Speaking on the significance of June 16, 1976, Odarteifio reminded South Africans that […]
Sujimoto moves into food processing sector
By Esther Onyegbula Sujimoto Group, one of Nigeria’s leading luxury real estate and construction companies, has announced its entry into the agro-industrial sector with the launch of Sujimoto Foods, unveiling plans for a multi-million dollar food manufacturing operation aimed at strengthening food security and boosting local production. The company disclosed that it has entered into […]
House of Reps: Omatseye holds potential for peaceful Warri — Group
By Etop Ekanem The Niger Delta Grassroots Organisation, NDGO, says with Mrs Ebiyemi Omatseye flying African Democratic Congress, ADC, flag, Warri federal constituency can now have a representative with antecedents and proven capacity to protect Warri’s multi-ethnic interests in the House of Representatives. In a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Weyinmi Olley, the NDGO, […]
The wrong time to narrow the ballot
In a fragile democracy, legality is not enough. Timing, perception and public trust determine whether procedure strengthens the republic — or weakens it. By Philip Obazee There is always a legal language available for political decisions. Laws have clauses. Constitutions have thresholds. Courts have jurisdiction. Electoral bodies have mandates. Political parties have obligations. In that […]
