Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Sheik Gumi (second from the left) with some of the bandits. Source: @AhmadAbubakarMahmudGumi A Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has decried the Federal Government’s use of force in the fight against what he called a typical insurgency in the North. Gumi, who spoke in continuation of his five-day visit to bandits’ and Fulani settlements in […]

President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday offered its “strong support” to Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the World Trade Organisation, WTO. The move marks another sharp split with former President Donald Trump who paralysed the organisation and opposed the former Nigerian finance minister who was backed by many other countries. The US Trade Representative in […]

Following the incessant killings, kidnappings and crisis between herdsmen and farmers especially in the South-west region, experts have proffered pragmatic solutions on how to tackle the crisis. The experts in their separate reactions, unanimously lamented that Nigeria is edging dangerously towards becoming a failed state given the frightening scale of banditry, kidnapping and alleged poor […]

South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee on Friday withdrew from the race to become head of the World Trade Organisation, Seoul said, clearing the way for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the global body’s first woman and first African director-general. Yoo had consulted with the United States — her prime backer — and other major countries […]

Nominates service chiefs as ambassadors PDP accuses Presidency of shielding ex-service chiefs from probe Lawyers declare extension illegal, unconstitutional Police officers say new IGP needed to boost morale Elongation necessary for proper selection of new helmsman says minister Nigerians, yesterday, kicked as President Muhammadu Buhari extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, […]

Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has ordered all council chairmen and other political office holders at local government councils in the state to vacate their offices. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government Wole Oyebamiji, said: “The Executive Governor of the State of Osun, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola has directed all political office holders […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday awarded N150,000 cost against Mr Olawale Bakare, the co-defendant of Mr Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters. The two men are being prosecuted for treasonable felony by the Attorney-General of the Federation’s office. Trial judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, initially awarded N100,000 cost against Bakare for his absence in court […]