Day: September 18, 2021

  Though the military has kept mum on the ongoing offensive against the bandits in the North West, it was gathered that the criminals have suffered heavy casualties in the bombardment of their enclaves, especially in Zamfara. Sources confided in The Nation that the military is throwing in everything to end the menace of the…

Buhari’s Executive Order was a violation of constitutional right of Nigerians to self-defence where they are faced with danger. Omirrhobo said in the last 12 years Nigeria had witnessed an unprecedented level of violence and insecurity, ranging from terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, rape and so on, while the government had failed in its responsibility to live…

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, and Access Bank Plc have backed Global Citizen’s moves to end poverty, COVID-19, climate change as the international advocacy organisation announces the local hosts for its concert holding in Lagos A statement by Global Citizen, a New York-based global not-for-profit body, said wealthiest nations…

A former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has warned the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party against presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 presidential election to avoid another major defeat.   The PDP chieftain stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Saturday.   Okupe argued that the zoning arrangement in the PDP…

  Apex-Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has stated that a former aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode was used to deceived IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA, the group disclosed that the Nigerian presidency used FFK to extract ‘sensitive information’ from Kanu. This newspaper earlier reported that Fani-Kayode defected to the ruling…

By Dennis Agbo Forum of Southern Nigeria Governors has commenced efforts aimed at possible integration of the three regional security outfits in the southern parts of the country. They also indicated their conviction that the collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, falls with the powers of states government and urged states to use the powers…

By Dennis Agbo Chairman of Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, Dr Josef Onoh has refuted the insinuation by, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is among some governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, expected to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, sooner than later. Onoh described Fani-Kayode’s gaffe as a “figment…

The Ondo State Government, through the state Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS), has stated that it would implement any law relating to Value Added Tax (VAT) collection in the state. The Executive Chairman of ODIRS, Mr. Tolu Adegbie, disclosed this during a press conference yesterday in Akure, the state capital.   He noted that the agency…

  President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for New York, United States of America, to participate in the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76). The session opened on Tuesday, September 14. The theme for this year’s UNGA is, “Building Resilience Through Hope – To Recover from COVID-19, Rebuild Sustainably, Respond to…

Miyetti Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has announced the death of Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, also known as Danbardi, the association’s Chairman in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The association announced this in a statement by its National Secretary, Othman Ngelzarma, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday,…

Police arrested about 259 suspects over banditry, kidnapping, culpable homicide, rape, farmers/herders conflicts and other crimes in Niger in August.   Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Monday Kuryas, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Saturday that then crimes were committed in 25 local government areas of the state. “We…