says he needs formidable team for his next level work President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to end the security challenges confronting Nigeria, combat corruption and make Nigeria a peaceful and prosperous nation. He also gave an insight into his “dream team”, saying that his administration requires a formidable team to deliver on his Next Level […]

Senate President Ahmed Lawan has named eight principal officers ofthe apex law making body. Each of the two major parties – All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) –  has four principal officers. The APC has Senator Abdullahi Yahaya (Kebbi North) as Majority Leader Ondo North Senator Ajayi Borofice his deputy; Senator Orji […]

The outgoing Group General Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, on Tuesday relived how President Muhammadu Buhari appointed, Mr. Mele Kyari as his successor. According to him, this was the first time the corporation is recording a smooth transition as the President requested him to nominate would- be successors from which […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has added his voice to the growing opposition against Federal Government’s proposal to establish herders colonies, otherwise called Ruga settlements, across the nation. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday at the launch of United Nations’ Solutions 17 SDG programme, Soyinka berated the Federal Government for the idea, which he said can […]

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, have threatened to hold President Muhammadu Buhari responsible for the deteriorating health condition of their detained leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah. A statement by the IMN Spokesman, Malam Ibrahim Musa, yesterday, was on the heels of denial of the speculation […]

Centre for the Vulnerable and the Underprivileged (Centrep), has warned that the Federal Government’s Ruga settlements pilot programme could further escalate the already worsened herders and farmers’ crises across the federation. The rights group noted that building Ruga settlements or cattle ranches with state resources in the 36 states showed undue favouritism for the Fulani […]

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has supported plan by the Federal Government to settle herders in what it called Ruga settlements across the country. Nigerians cannot kick against open grazing and at the same time oppose ideas that would bring about ranches, the political and cultural association of leaders in the north stated. “What the […]

Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has declared that there is no plan to establish Ruga settlement in any part of the South-East and South-South zones of Nigeria. He spoke this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Emma Uzor, in Abakaliki on Sunday. Umahi, Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum’s reaction […]