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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Latest Politics, Legislature, Navy, Senate
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
From Fred Itua, Abuja The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Four former Service Chiefs and a former Director of Defence Intelligence as ambassador-designates following their nominations by President Muhammadu Buhari. This Senate urged the President to post the newly-confirmed ambassador-designates to neighbouring countries like Chad, Cameroon and Niger, where there is an ongoing insurgency war. […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
Enyinnaya Abaribe From Fred Itua, Abuja Two senators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have exchanged unfriendly banter on the floor of the upper legislative chamber over an alleged social media post. The two senators, Enyinnaya Abaribe from Abia State and Smart Adeyemi from Kogi State, were at loggerheads when […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, February 21st, 2021
From Stanley Uzoaru (Owerri), Laide Raheem (Abeokuta), Obinna Odogwu (Awka), Paul Osuyi (Asaba), Priscilla Ediare (Ado Ekiti), Emmanuel Adeyemi (Lokoja) Fresh facts have emerged on the swirling controversy over the instruction given by Northern Elders Forum, NEF, to Fulani herdsmen in parts of Southern Nigeria, to return to the North, on account of the quit […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Women Politics
Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
From Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja A People’s Democratic Party (PDP) women leader in Kogi State, Princess Grace Iye Adejoh, has described the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation as the best thing to happen to African women in recent times. The women leader in a press statement made available […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
From Okwe Obi, Abuja Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has said over 26.8 extremely poor Nigerians out of the estimated 82.9 million have been captured into the National Social Register (NSR), which is an equivalent to about 6.3 million households, to enable government fend for them. Farouq explained […]
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Abdulsalaami Abubakar (1998-99), Latest Politics, National Politics, Presidency
Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
From John Adams, Minna Former military Head of State Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd) has warned that if nothing is done to address the rising tensions in the country, it might lead to a point of return. Gen Abdulsalami, who leads the National Peace Committee (NPC) described as unfortunate recent ethnic attacks in some parts the […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
The Northern Governors Forum and the Northern Elders Forum has expressed strong determination to protect Nigerians living in the North and demanded the safety of all Northerners living in the South West and other parts of the country. Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong met with the […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, February 15th, 2021
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN) Bauchi State chapter, has asked the Federal Government to let all Nigerians carry weapons for their self-protection. Chairman of MACBAN in Bauchi, Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmed, said this while responding to comments by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed. The governor had previously said herdsmen […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, February 15th, 2021
By Abankula President Muhammadu Buhari has finally broken his disquieting silence over inter-ethnic clashes across Nigeria, vowing to protect all religious and ethnic groups. Even though people were expecting him to speak directly, his intervention came via a statement by spokesman, Garba Shehu. And the statement did not pointedly address the grievances of the warriors. […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics
Monday, February 15th, 2021
Political Activist, Timi Frank, has called on a former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, “to speak up in defence of the Yoruba race now under fierce attacks by herdsmen, bandits and kidnappers.” This is even as the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of […]
