Elder statesman, Chief Edward Ujege, is President General of Mdzough U Tiv. He led the leadership of the umbrella bodies of the three major tribes in Benue State to raise the alarm over alleged impending invasion of the state by herdsmen ahead of the November 1 commencement of the implementation of the Open Grazing Prohibition Law in the state. In this interview, Ujege laments what he describes as   the Federal Government’s indifference to the herdsmen menace in the country and its implication for national unity, the open grazing prohibition law, among other issues. Excerpts:

Prof Epiphany Azinge, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the 5th Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and member of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal, is one of Nigeria’s most celebrated legal luminaries and scholars.

When he was ushered into the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, last When he was ushered into the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, last  week, for the conferment of the 2017 World Food Prize, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina received a standing ovation. The award was an endorsement of his activities over the past two decades with the Rockefeller Foundation, the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and as Minister of Agriculture in Nigeria.

What appears to be, perhaps the longest elusive academic jinx in Nigeria was recently broken by Ozibo Ozibo Ekele, a 2016 graduate of the famed Ibadan School of History (Department of History), Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, where he finished top of the Faculty and Department with a B.A. (First Class Honours) and a CGPA of 6.6 out of a possible 7.0. 

We stand on the threshold of perhaps the most significant moment in the history of our nation. It is a time of economic challenges, ethnic and religious tensions. In May 2015, oil prices crashed from about $100 to $37; by 2016, we were losing 1 million barrels a day.