Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state yesterday threatened to drag the Federal Government to court if the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration insisted on implementing its grazing routes and reserves policy. The governor who spoke at the Makurdi Airport on his return from Delta State, said the Land Use Act was explicit on land … [Read more…]
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has distanced itself from the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) drafted by the Federal Government and vehemently refused to sign the document as a commitment to ending its ongoing industrial action. The association described the MoU as a veiled punishment for doctors, who are to bear the brunt … [Read more…]
APEX Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, yesterday, appealed to political parties in the country to zone its presidential tickets to the South East to pave way for a Nigeria president of Igbo extraction in 2023. It lamented that the South East remained the only zone, out of the six geo-political zones, that was yet … [Read more…]
The United States on Sunday enlisted several major airlines in its frantic evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans, Americans and other foreigners from Kabul following its fall to Taliban extremists. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin activated the rarely-used Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) to aid the onward movement of people arriving at US … [Read more…]
#FrontierDiscourse2021~Meet the Keynote Speaker, Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze Mr Oseloka Obaze is the Keynote Speaker in the maiden edition of Frontier Discourse~An Annual Public Lecture Series and Awards of The Pacesetter Frontier Magazine. Mr Oseloka Henry OBAZE is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Selonnes Consult Ltd., a policy, governance and management consulting … [Read more…]
The marriage between Paul Okoye aka Rude Boy, one half of the defunct music group, P-Square and his entrepreneur wife, Anita Tonye Okoye is over as the latter has filed for divorce. Sources close to the couple disclosed that an official petition citing irreconcilable differences as the basis for divorce was filed at … [Read more…]
Just In: EFCC seals former Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso’s property in Kano A property belonging to the former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has been sealed off by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Kano. According to Daily Trust newspaper, one Barrister Mustapha Danjuma had alleged in a petition that Kwankwaso received contribution of … [Read more…]
Malware attacks in Africa, including Nigeria, have increased to 85 million in just six months. This is according to a report released by a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, Kaspersky. It stated that four countries accounted for 85 million attacks, with South Africa being the most targeted with 32 million; followed by Kenya, … [Read more…]
God didn’t create Nigerians to be self-sufficient: Osinbajo Amid grinding poverty and worsening insecurity, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says God did not create Nigerians to be self-sufficient. He explained that God “did not create us to be independent of him.” The vice president added, “He did not endow us with the strength to succeed without … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a fresh list of political party candidates that will participate in the November 6 governorship election blanking out the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and giving a clean bill of health to former Governor of Central Bank (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo as the candidate of the All … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday warned security chiefs that he is not prepared to exit office as a failure and was prepared to make fresh changes if necessary to turn things around in the fight against insecurity. He made this declaration at the presidential villa, Abuja during the National Council on Security meeting, which … [Read more…]
Court blocks application seeking to stop AGF, Police from extraditing Kyari A federal high court in Abuja on Thursday refused to grant an ex-parte application seeking to restrain the Nigeria Police and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and extraditing suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari. Justice Ahmed Mohammed rejected … [Read more…]