BY NIYI ABORISADE Welcome to Nigeria where political gladiators are the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Political stage is meant for them permanently, they reasoned. There was an old age sayings that “when fire die, it replaces itself with ashes and when Banana die it replaces itself with its offspring.” The wisdom in the saying
The National Security Adviser (NSA) Mohammed Monguno has said security agencies have resolved to take all necessary measures to clamp down on anyone inciting insecurity in the country. He made this known in Abuja on Thursday while addressing pressmen at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) with all the Service Chiefs and heads
The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to join forces in the fight against corruption in the country. Obi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. “We should look at the effect of corruption and go on to
No fewer than 140,000 farmers in Jigawa were affected by the recent flood disaster which ravaged most of the farms located along the river banks in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Kabiru Ali, disclosed this when he received the Country Director, Sasakawa Global 2000, Prof. Sani Ahmed-Miko who paid him
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), a civil society organisation, has filed a suit against President Muhammadu Buhari over the purchase of 12 Tucano aircraft worth $496 million without the approval of the national assembly. The funds were withdrawn from the excess crude account (ECA). The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1179/2018 has the senate
President Muhammadu Buhari says he is disappointed in the Nigerian media for failing to highlight the progress of his administration in the agricultural sector. Buhari said this at a dinner he hosted for young political appointees at the presidential villa, Abuja. The president said under him, agriculture had become so attractive that those who cannot
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki says the National Assembly will continue to mount necessary pressure to get presidential assent on the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). Saraki spoke at a dinner as part of activities at the ongoing 24th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
THE Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar III, has warned religious leaders to stop making utterances that incites insecurity in the country. He spoke on Tuesday at the One day Dialogue on Democratic Stability and National Security, organized by the Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI). He said, “What is the role of religious leaders,
Telecoms firm MTN says it is holding talks with Nigerian officials to find a “mutually acceptable solution” to a dispute over the alleged transfer of 8.1 billion dollars. MTN made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Johannesburg. MTN said that further announcement on the issue would be made in due course. “Shareholders are
THE minister of finance,Zainab Ahmed, says the federal government sanctions on MTN, was damaging for Nigeria. Speaking at the 24th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on Tuesday, the minister said the Central Bank of Nigeria is working closely with MTN to resolve the issues around the latest sanctions. Ahmed said some of the positions of