Most distressful aspect of my recent interaction with cows and herders is that it has created a most unwanted distraction from the ongoing life and death Nigerian narrative. One has to take time off to deal with distortions and fake versions, while students are being reportedly waylaid and killed and/or kidnapped in Ondo and farmers…
In Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos , the State Government has warned organisers of the #OccupyLekkiTollGate and #DefendLagos protests at the Lekki Toll Plaza on Saturday that their planned action cannot go ahead. According to the government, “it is not an auspicious moment for such actions”. The position of the state government was stated at a…
The Federal High Court in Nigeria’s Capital, Abuja has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the accounts of 20 #EndSARS protesters. The protesters were penalised by the apex bank in the wake of the nationwide demonstrations last year. A Ninety-day order compelling lifting off the ban on their accounts had earlier.expired on February 2….
Over 60 members of the pro-Biafran movement, IPOB, have been freed after spending about nine months in prison custody in Owerri, Imo State. Their lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who revealed this Friday, said they were freed on February 1, after the Chief Judge of Imo State, Ijeoma Agugua, granted them bail. Mr Ejiofor said the 67 IPOB…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Nigerian government to increase its value added tax. This was said by the organization on Monday. It said the Nigerian economy is at a critical juncture, having been weakened by falling per capita income, double-digit inflation, limited buffers, significant governance vulnerabilities, and the global pandemic. IMF said plunging oil…
Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has again explained why he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Umahi, who was elected governor twice after also serving two terms as deputy governor under the PDP, defected from the party in November last year. In Jigawa State on Saturday as…
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a comprehensive reform of the structures and operations of the African Union, to make it more functional in meeting targets, warning that the organization would become stale, except it becomes more result oriented. In an intervention at the ongoing two-day 34th Summit of the AU, held virtually, the President…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination on Thursday of his immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors may be to shield them from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for atrocities and rights abuses committed by the Nigerian military under their watch. Nigerians who have reacted to the appointment have stated this on social media….
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) by three months. Mr Adamu was due to retire from the police last Monday having spent the maximum 35 years in service. The extension to his tenure was announced on Thursday by the Minister of Police Affairs,…
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has slammed the Nigerian government for failing to act decisively in dealing with rampaging herdsmen accused of fermenting criminality in the country, he noted this during a press briefing. According to him, the Presidency must act fast to curb insecurity because time is going. “From all parts…