Category: Nigeria

“I welcome you all to this meeting whose purpose is firstly, to familiarize ourselves with our colleagues with whom we shall be working closely for the next four years GOD willing; secondly, to reflect and assess the country’s position in 2015 and today; and thirdly, to chart a course for the country for the foreseeable […]

The Custodian of the Throne of Oduduwa, the ancestral father of the Yoruba speaking people worldwide and foremost Royal Father, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Thursday said that his people do not want to experience any other war. Specifically, he told President Muhammadu Buhari that his people want peace. The monarch spoke with State House correspondents after meeting with the […]

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Sunday lamented the growing challenges posed to the security of Nigerians by herdsmen, saying President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to find a solution to them, has eroded all the achievements of his administration. Soyinka added that the carelessness and negligence of the Buhari’s administration to the herdsmen menace has led […]

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai said that insecurity has been tamed across the country by the Nigerian army. Buratai stated this during a visit to the troops stationed at 1 Division Super Camp in Kuyello, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday. He said that the efforts of the military […]

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo Monday complained about the continued insecurity in the country which he says is “eroding the root of our Nigerian community.” “The issue I am addressing here is very serious; it is the issue of life and death for all of us and for our dear country, Nigeria,” Obasanjo said in the […]

I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned Nigerians and that means all right-thinking Nigerians and those resident in Nigeria. Since the issue is of momentous concern to all well-meaning and […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said the current challenges facing Nigeria were signs that the country was bound for greatness. Osinbajo made the statement while addressing the congregation during service at a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Bronx, New York. The vice president, who is on a four-day visit […]

A Ghanaian, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has called on his fellow countrymen to stop putting the label of criminals on Nigerians living in the West African country. Otchere-Darko, who is the founder of a policy and research institute, Danquah Institute, made the call on his Facebook page. He shared the front pages of two Ghanaian newspapers, where […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the European Union (EU) on its final report on the 2019 general election. It made the commendation in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in Abuja, as it lauded the union for stating the facts on the elections. He said that […]

Nigeria has been ranked 148th among 163 countries in the Global Peace Index (GPI) According to the 2019 edition of the GPI, Nigeria retained the 148th spot from 2018. The GPI which is described as the worlds leading measure of global peacefulness, also ranked Nigeria among the five least peaceful countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including […]