By Femi Adesina President Muhammadu Buhari spoke on Tuesday, warning troublemakers in the country that the picnic was over, and the next day, I saw this comment online from a Buharist, as lovers and admirers of the President are known: “I just finished watching the President on TV reading the riot act to troublemakers, and […]
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Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has stated the nation needs an iron fist leader like his principal. Such a leader like Buhari, he said, will be able to whip into line those misbehaving in any part of the country. In his weekly article titled ‘ I suddenly remembered […]
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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan Group insists only fresh statutes will end nation’s challenges Oba of Benin canvasses roles for traditional rulers 36 states’ speakers seek review of impeachment procedures Delta, Bayelsa, Edo seek devolution of power, others Agitations for a totally new constitution to pave way for total reform of the country’s ailing […]
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Apart from capital flight, situation does not guarantee data security, says Adegbiji IXPN saves operators $40m yearly from capital flight Stakeholders want govt to increase local hosting by 30% in two years With as much as $220 million investments in about 11 data centre operations in Nigeria, utilisation of this huge infrastructure is still below […]
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Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Capital market experts have rated the country’s democratic regime as one that has failed to create a competitive edge for the domestic investment market. Assessing Nigeria’s unbroken democracy since 1999, the stakeholders argued that the era delivered less than expected in terms of stimulating growth. They said the application of democratic […]
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APC tells police: Rise up to challenge How kidnappers evade tracking, by NCC Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade, yesterday identified why insecurity is rising in the country. Also yesterday, Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje called on the military to urgently flush out bandits gathering in a forest near the […]
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A revered Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has advised the Federal Government to support splinter groups among bandits as a way to end mass abductions of school pupils. Gumi, who spoke in a telephone interview on Wednesday on the abduction of 200 Islamiyya schoolchildren in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, said many […]
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The Federal Government yesterday rejected the labelling of the country as a failed state by the United States Council of Foreign Relations (CFR). It described such a verdict on Nigeria because of its security challenges as “preposterous.’’ Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed spoke in an interview in Abuja Also yesterday, Special Assistant to […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday reflected on the state of the nation and concluded that Nigeria is not where God has created her to occupy in the comity of nations. He lamented that rather than being a land flowing with milk and honey, it has regrettably become a “land flowing with bitterness and sadness”, urging […]
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Kano State Governor, Abdulahi Ganduje, on Thursday called for military intervention in the state, saying bandits had taken over its forests and converted them to hideouts. The governor added that the bandits were gathering in Falgore Forest and might be planning to carry out attacks. He said this at a meeting with the service chiefs […]
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