By Ben Ezeohagwu INigeria: a nation of cows,without hows,full of lows,marauding herdsmen,loot our farms,full of arms. IINigeria: a nation of cows,without bows,full of jows,nefarious herdsmen,root our barns,full of harms. IIINigeria: a nation of cows,without pows,full of mows,archaic herdsmen,hoot our dams,full of jams. IVNigeria: a nation of cows,without vows,full of tows,gruesome herdsmen,fool our gams,full of lams. […]
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NSCDC deploys 150 operatives in crisis area Police, traditional rulers parley in Ilorin Oyo and Kwara states governments have taken steps to douse the palpable anxiety over activities of killer-herders. The fear in Oyo is over likely reprisal from herders who were displaced from Igangan, while the arrival in Kwara of fleeing herders has created […]
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‘Inflation to moderate at 14.5 per cent’ The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has projected that the Nigerian economy would grow by 2.9 per cent this year and achieve a sustained high growth rate up to 2025 in line with the expected global recovery. The NESG, in its 2021 Macroeconomic Outlook unveiled yesterday, said the […]
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Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has urged Fulani herdsmen to return to the northern region if their security could not be guaranteed in their host communities in the southern part of the country. It also told northern governors to commence preparation to receive the Fulani communities being allegedly ejected from southern states. Its Director of Publicity […]
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REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde PPPRA to resume issuance of monthly pricing guide We’ll respond soon, NLC, NUPENG declare NIMASA, NPA to collect charges in naira, 50% reduction Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have said they are studying new regulations adopted by the Federal Government yesterday to guide […]
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East-West road tops with N515b Official links contract variation to inflation, FX crisis Undue delay occasioned by bureaucracy and poor funding in the execution, rehabilitation and reconstruction works on critical roads in the country has cost the Federal Government at least N679 billion, an investigation has revealed. The East-West road comes tops with N515 billion; […]
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Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, Dr Kayode Fayemi has disclosed that about 80 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines would soon be available to immunise 40 percent of the population in 2021. This, he said, was part of measures being put in place to flatten the curve of the virus. He […]
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The Police on Tuesday evening debunked reports that the Inspector General, Mr Mohammed Adamu has stepped aside and handed over the running of the Force Headquarters to Sanusi Lemo, the new Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of operations. Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba, a police commissioner, who debunked the reports on […]
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Kwara State Government on Tuesday reclaimed court order to proceed construction on Ile Arugbo land in Ilorin after a court in Ilorin struck out the Bukola Saraki’s case challenging government’s take over the land. Justice Abiodun Adewara of the Ilorin High Court struck out the Saraki’s case for “lack of diligent prosecution.” The judge struck […]
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75 doctors infected in one week 57m vaccine doses to come in batches Kogi declared high-risk state Fatality rate rises by 34% Nigeria lost 405 persons to coronavirus in the last two months, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said on Monday. Seventy-five health workers were infected last week, according to the Nigeria Centre […]
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