Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Angry youths and villagers from several bordering communities from Kankara and DanMusa Local Government Areas of Katsina State on Thursday evening stormed the Emir Palace in Katsina, carrying 10 of the 13 bodies that were killed by bandits in attacks launched Wednesday evening. They were received by the Emir, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman and other […]

The Osun police command says security has been beefed up in the state to prevent any breakdown of law and order ahead of supreme court judgment on the 2018 governorship election in the state. Folashade Odoro, the command’s spokesperson, said that the police are fully prepared for the outcome. “Officers have been placed on red […]

Says: “Ohanaeze has no objections to all Igbo in the North returning home so long as all northerners in the South-East would leave the South-East” “The nepotism exhibited by this Federal Government, her duplicity of standards in law enforcement, her undisguised Fulanisation policy is repugnant to the rule of law and good governance. We will […]

President Muhammadu Buhari admitted on Wednesday that the performance of his administration in the power sector was “not good enough”, saying that this called for more efforts by Electricity Distribution Companies to provide the needed resources and technical expertise. He stated that the Federal Government would play its own part by improving the transmission of […]

• Suspension meant to buy time – Afenifere, PANDEF • Disarm herdsmen, Ohanaeze tells FG Nigerians have reacted to the announced suspension of the controversial Ruga project by the Federal Government, describing the development as a ploy to buy time and demanding outright scrapping and disarming of herders, among others. The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, […]

Outraged at a senator’s assault on a nursing mother, some Nigerians took their protest to the National Assembly on Wednesday. They demanded the immediate arrest and investigation of Senator Elisha Abbo who was caught on camera physically assaulting the woman at an adult sex toys shop in Abuja. Though members of the group, Concerned Nigerian […]

Rather than suspend, President Muhammadu Buhari should scrap in its entirety the planned establishment of the controversial herders colonies across the country, Nigerians have demanded. The president had on Wednesday doused tension by suspending the plan to settle Fulani herdsmen, but his countrymen and women want more to be done. The suspension was announced after […]

The Federal Government has approved the release of the admission list of successful candidates into the Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs) for the 2019/2020 academic session. Announcing this in his Abuja office on Wednesday, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, said the provisional admission into junior secondary in the FUCs are on the […]