Boko Haram demands N28m for 52 Adamawa abductees

UN says insecurity cuts 3.7m people from food, others in N’East Boko Haram terrorists have demanded N28 million as a ransom for the 52 residents of Kwapre community in Hong Local Council in Adamawa State, who were abducted a month ago in a raid. During the deadly raid, many houses and other properties were destroyed. […]

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COVID-19: Lagos puts U.S., Canada, 12 others on surveillance

Gets 57,000 vaccines Lagos State Government has placed the United States, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Togo, South Africa, Canada, France, Germany, Uganda, the Netherland, Cameroun, Angola and Rwanda on its watch list as it works to prevent a third wave of the pandemic. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made the disclosure yesterday at a […]

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Eid-Al Fitr: Buhari, other leaders call for unity, prayers

President Muhammadu Buhari and President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, have called on Nigerians to pray for the nation to overcome the myriad of problems facing it. In their separate messages yesterday to celebrate Eid-al-Fitri, marking the end of Ramadan fasting, the two leaders said this is the best time for Nigerians to remember […]

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North kicks as Afenifere, others back Southern governors on cattle grazing ban

Miyetti Allah: Governors’ move is a call for secession KACRAN: Ban on open grazing negates 1999 constitution Yakasai, Ndume fault governors’ position Akeredolu: Why we banned open grazing in South Southern senators, Reps endorse resolutions, say action timely Divergent reactions continue to trail Tuesday’s call by the Forum of Southern Governors to ban open cattle […]

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Why Ndume was jailed for being Maina’s surety but Abaribe wasn’t as Nnamdi Kanu’s surety

A review of the facts of how the cases played out in court reveals why the two senators’ similar journeys as sureties for high-profile defendants took them to different destinations. By Ade Adesomoju Ali Ndume, the Borno South senator, knew he had got into trouble after Abdulrasheed Maina, the man he stood surety for, jumped […]

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2021 UTME: JAMB to ‘extend’ registration deadline as candidates grapple with difficulties

About 600,000 prospective candidates are yet to receive the required codes to be ‘transported’ to their mobile lines. Barring last minute change, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, will announce the extension of the deadline for the ongoing registration for its 2021 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) and the direct entry (DE) programme. This […]

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Seven APC governors, others fault Buhari’s handling of security, restructuring

Southern States’ Governors in Delta State (Photo: @jidesanwoolu) Seven All Progressives Congress (APC) governors were among the 17 southern governors who on Tuesday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of the security situation in the country. The governors, 15 of whom were personally in attendance and others represented by their deputies, met in Asaba, the Delta State […]

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Ndume kicks as southern senators hail governors’ ban on open grazing

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has faulted the decision of the Southern Governors Forum to ban open grazing in the South-West, South-East and the South-South geopolitical zones of the country. Ndume, who is representing the Borno South Senatorial District in the upper chamber, stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday. […]

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Southern senators back governors’ call for restructuring, ban on open grazing

The Southern Senators Forum (SSF) has lent its support to Tuesday’s call by the 17 Southern Governors for the proper restructuring of the Nigerian nation as well as the ban on open grazing in the Southern States. The Southern Senators Forum consisting of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators as well as their counterparts in […]

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