The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) has raised alarm over alleged invasion by suspected herders. President General, Olorogun Moses Oghenerume Taiga in a statement issued in Lagos said the people of Urhobo in Delta are currently living in fear. Taiga called on the federal government and the Ifeanyi Okowa-led government to find lasting solution to the
THE President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr Supo Ayokunle, has said that the country is passing through difficult times, considering recent killings of innocent Nigerians in some parts of the country. Ayokunle who is also the President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) stated this at the 13th Annual New Year Thanksgiving and Memorial
President Muhammadu Buhari declared that Nigeria was committed to fighting corruption forever. President Buhari emphasised that the country remained committed to the anti-corruption war “today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.” He spoke in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he launched the African Anti-corruption Year 2018 during the opening of the 30th Ordinary Session of the
The fresh restructuring postulation by the APC is a total deceit going by the track record of the party, the National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP),Engineer Yusuf Yabaji Sani, has said. Governor Nasir El-Rufai-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee on True Federalism had on Friday submitted its report with far reaching recommendations. But
The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) shut down operations on January 15 due to the non availability of crude oil. Abdullahi Idris, executive director, services, of KRPC, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. He said the refinery, whose fuel plant was commissioned in 1980, was functioning at 60 percent capacity
BENUE State chapter of All Progressives Congress(APC), in Benue State, has demanded the immediate resignation of Minister of Defence over his statement which he said aimed to bring disgrace to democracy in the country. The State party chairman, Comrade Abba Yaro was reacting to the Minister of Defense statement adducing the promulgation of anti-open grazing
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will ensure that proceeds from rising oil prices will be put to good use. Brent crude, the international benchmark of crude oil, traded at $70.55 on Friday. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Buhari said the additional income from oil would be used to finance infrastructural projects such
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed eight bills earlier passed by the National Assembly into law. The brief signing ceremony was held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ita Enang, senior special assistant to the president on national assembly matters (senate), briefed state house correspondents after the president gave assent to the bills. Enang said the
NINGONET, a coalition of NGOs, has advised the government to take urgent action to halt violent clashes that could jeopardise the smooth conduct of the 2019 general elections. NINGONET for Humanitarian Development Response Initiative, said on Friday in Abuja that government should be proactive and prompt in responding to the pastoralists-farmer crisis, cases of militias,
Former Abia Governor, Dr Orji Kalu, has defended President Muhammadu Buhari, following Tuesday’s letter by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, on the state of the nation. It would be recalled that Obasanjo wrote a letter to President Buhari criticising his poor handling of the economy and advising him not to contest the 2019 presidential election. Kalu told