WED2021: CBN pussyfooting green
This year’s World Environment Day, celebrated every June 5, has as theme “Reimagine. Recreate. Restore.” The drive is to innovate sustainable ways to save our ecosystem from collapse; and to do all in...
View ArticleFG’s Twitter ban: Another view
I first heard about Twitter during my final year at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 2011. I neither knew how it worked nor how to even be a part at the time. I only knew of Facebook which I...
View ArticleUnending squabbles: NDDC in the eyes of the storm again
DENNIS NAKU takes a look at the tension in the Niger Delta over the non-constitution of a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission and the grievances of Ijaw youths and major...
View ArticleMy directive to shoot criminals with AK-47 stands – Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday declared his support for the Nigeria Police Force and expressed his intolerance for all criminal activities in Lagos State and the...
View ArticleRivers protest turns rowdy in NLNG facility, nine injured
No fewer than nine persons were injured in Finima community, Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, during a protest against the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas on Thursday. The Finima people,...
View ArticleAPC to unveil congress time-table, silent on convention date
The Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress will today (Friday) roll out the time-table for its congresses nationwide. It was gathered that the roll out...
View ArticleNigeria among top 10 wheat importers, says FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has categorised Nigeria among the top 10 wheat importers in the world. This is based on the ‘Food Outlook: Biannual Report on Global Food...
View ArticleIPOB alleges house-to-house abduction, killing of S’East youths
The Indigenous People of Biafra has accused security operatives of house-to-house abduction and killing of youths in the South-East. While denying any involvement in the killing of 128 security...
View ArticleReps tell IGP to probe release of Oyo hit-and-run driver
The House of Representatives has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to probe the Sanyo Police Station in Ibadan, Oyo State, for allegedly releasing a hit-and-run driver without...
View ArticleBishops insist on removal of Sharia law from constitution
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has told the National Assembly to expunge all references to Sharia Islamic law from the 1999 Constitution. The organisation also asked the lawmakers to...
View ArticleCDS meets military chiefs, prepares 70 generals for exit
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, on Thursday met with major-generals, Air vice Marshals and the rear admirals who are members of the Regular Course 36 and senior to the new Chief of...
View ArticleInsecurity: Obasanjo, Abdulsalami, Sultan, others brainstorm, meet Buhari today
Amid the security challenges in Nigeria, elder statesmen, political and religious leaders on Thursday had a marathon meeting behind closed doors but declined chat with journalists. Those at the meeting...
View ArticleNASS pledges speedy approval for N895bn supplementary budget
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, promised Nigerians that the National Assembly will give speedy approval to the N895bn supplementary budget announced by the Federal Executive...
View ArticleBuhari hails National Assembly over cordial relationship with executive
THE President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, commended the leadership and members of the 9th National Assembly, for cooperating with the executive over the last two years. He...
View ArticleOgun PDP accuses OGSIEC of undue interference
THE Ogun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, staged a protest against the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, accusing it of meddling in the party’s internal affairs....
View ArticleWe’ll link Lagos rail line with Niger Republic – Buhari
Lagos-Ibadan railway costs Ogun 1,000 buildings The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said on Thursday that the construction of a rail line that will link Nigeria to Niger Republic...
View ArticleRise up against killers, Umahi tells Ebonyi residents
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Thursday, asked residents of the state to protect themselves against anyone who might want to attack them. Umahi, who observed that there had been reports of...
View ArticleEdo politics must change for better, says Obaseki
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said his involvement in politics was meant to help drive the process of change in Edo politics. Obaseki said this at an event in Benin on Thursday. He said...
View ArticleAkpata, emir, others to monitor JUSUN/govs agreement implementation
The Emir of Lafia, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sidi Bage, has been named the chairman of the five-man committee set up by the National Judicial Council to monitor the implementation...
View ArticleRescue 136 Niger students, bandits frustrating agric investments –Reps
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to collaborate with the Niger State Government to secure the release of the 136 Islamiyyah students of Salihu Tanko Islamic School,...
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