The decision of President Bola Tinubu to establish the Minister of Livestock Development has continued to generate divergent views from stakeholders. While a constitutional lawyer, Madubuachi Idam sees Tinubu’s decision as a duplication of ministries and engaging in wastage, the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, as well as Afenifere and its Ohanaeze Ndigbo counterpart believed […]
Another 200 Kenyan police officers have left for Haiti under a UN-backed mission to try to quell rampant gang violence in the troubled Caribbean nation, senior police officers said Tuesday. “We have 200 police officers who left last night, they should land in their destination of Haiti this morning,” one senior officer told AFP. “They […]
The Federal Government has repatriated a total of 190 Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates. According to a statement released by the National Emergency Management Agency signed by its Director General, Director, North Central Zone, Bashir Garga, on Tuesday, the returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 5:57 AM on Tuesday […]
The Chief Executive Officer, Air Peace Limited, Allen Onyema, has urged Nigerians to embrace nationalism against ethnicity and religious dogma for the development of the country. Onyema stated this while delivering a lecture titled “Leading by Example: Instilling Trust and Confidence in Subordinates”, for course participants of Senior Course 46 of the Armed Forces Command […]
FEDERALISM is the imaginary bedrock of Nigeria’s constitutional democracy, designed to balance power between the centre and the sub-nationals. However, the recent judgement by the Supreme Court concerning local government autonomy has raised critical questions about the integrity of this federalist structure. The judiciary should interpret the Constitution to reinforce decentralisation. In its latest judicial […]
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is considering disciplinary action against some of its members in the Edo State chapter for alleged anti-party activities. It was gathered in Abuja, yesterday, that the party leadership has been inundated with petitions against the party’s National Vice Chairman (South South), Dan Orbih and […]
The nation’s fuel shortage appears to have worsened, yesterday, as filling stations ran out of stocks, thus shutting their gates against motorists and other users of the product. The nation’s fuel shortage appears to have worsened, yesterday, as filling stations ran out of stocks, thus shutting their gates against motorists and other users of the […]
In spite of the drop in importation, the Apapa Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said it collected over N1trillion within the first six months of 2024. Speaking to Newsmen in Lagos, the Area Controller in charge of the Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, said that the command also made seizures of eleven containers […]
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Kaduna State chapter, has suspended its 5-day warning strike. This is contained in a statement issued by its chairman, Ishaku Yahaya, on Monday. He explained that the level of seriousness and commitment made by the government through the office of the Secretary to the State Government, Head […]
Fifteen days later, suspected bandits have released the abducted children of a Kaduna State judge, Janet Galadima. According to LEADERSHIP, the Chairman of the Kaduna State branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Godwin Ochai confirmed the release of the children on Tuesday. It was recalled that the judge and her sons were reportedly abducted […]
