Security in Nigeria and How to Defeat Boko Haram (3)

Posted by - 28th December 2018

This is the concluding part of the Article: ‘Security in Nigeria and How to Defeat Boko Haram’ which has been published in the last two weeks. This, third in the series is the concluding part where I made suggestions and realistic solution to achieve a peaceful community in the trouble prone areas in Nigeria and

No missing policeman on Boko Haram frontline – NPF

Posted by - 26th December 2018

The Nigerian Police Force(NPF) has described as fake news the story about 167 policemen absconding from duties on the Boko Haram frontline in Nigeria’s north east. The police said all the 2000 Policemen deployed to the region have all reported and are on ground for combat operation in the region, fighting alongside the Military. Contrary

Buhari will not be Nigeria’s president by May 29 – Galadima

Posted by - 26th December 2018

A spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign organisation, Buba Galadima, says Muhammadu Buhari will not be Nigeria’s president come May 29. Galadima said this while speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Wednesday. He made the comment in reaction to a statement by Ayo Arise, a former Ekiti senator, who

Nigerian system is slow, not my administration – Buhari

Posted by - 26th December 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari says the fight against corruption is not moving at the pace his administration wants because the system is slow. The president said this when he received the federal capital territory community, who paid him Christmas homage at his official residence on Tuesday in Abuja. Buhari, who apparently was reacting to those accusing

If we don’t get good negotiators, China can sell Nigeria – Ekpo

Posted by - 26th December 2018

Professor Akpan Hogan Ekpo, a Nigerian economist and former director general of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management, says Nigeria has to get good negotiators in their dealings with China. In this interview with TheCable, Ekpo shares his views on the Nigerian economy, bilateral trade relations and foreign reserves management. Do you

Security in Nigeria and How to Defeat Boko Haram (2)

Posted by - 21st December 2018

In continuation of the Article published on 14 December, 2018. One of the solutions to security issues in Nigeria and ways to defeat insurgency which has refused almost all solution is Political solutions in resolving the menace and aggression of Boko Haram. It has been observed by many political strategists and war veteran that terrorism

Buhari inaugurates airport terminal

Posted by - 20th December 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated the new Terminal at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in line with his administration’s promise to complete the project before the end of December. At the event, Buhari gave the assurance that the Federal Government is committed to developing Nigeria to regional air transportation hub, thereby

Minimum wage: Organised Labour issues Dec. 31 deadline

Posted by - 20th December 2018

The organised labour has given the Federal Government up to Dec. 31 to send the tripartite committee report on N30,000 minimum wage to the National Assembly. The decision was taken in Lagos on Thursday at a joint meeting of three labour centres—the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress

Malnutrition kills 132 children in Kaduna state in 2018

Posted by - 20th December 2018

The Kaduna State Nutrition Officer, Hajiya Hauwa Usman, said on Thursday that no fewer than 132 children have died of severe acute malnutrition out of the 12,858 hospitalised between January and October 2018 in the state. Usman, who made this known while giving an update on the nutrition situation in the state at a two-day

Abuja new airport terminal can handle 15m passengers

Posted by - 16th December 2018

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said the newly completed terminal building at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will process 15 million passengers annually when it begins operations. Mr Saleh Dunoma, the Managing Director of FAAN, said that the terminal building was designed essentially to transport passengers. He said the terminal building