There are genuine reasons to disagree and to reject Gill’s woeful advice and seek alternative ways. They hinge on the need to protect our national interest. At the time the World Bank’s envoy came calling with his ill boding advice Nigeria was on bended knees as a result of the policies informed by the inappropriate…
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters, Abuja, late Thursday, stated that Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed prime minister of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will be extradited to the country to face charges against him. Speaking on the arrest of Ekpa in a short press statement, the Director of Defence Information, Brig Gen Tukur Gusau, said the…
The Senate has sacked the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, over alleged gross misconduct. This decision was made pursuant to Section 157(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, as amended), which empowers the Senate to remove key public officials following due process. The sacking followed a closed-door…
The police in Zamfara have detained a 58-year-old Algerian national for alleged transborder arms trafficking. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mohammed Dalijan, made this known in Gusau on Tuesday. He said that the police recovered 16 AK47 riffles, during various raids within the last three weeks. He said that the command also…
INTRODUCTION No document is more critical to free movement of people across international borders than that rectangular booklet commonly called a ‘passport’. Without it, a person is without an identity – at least outside his or her country of origin. Neither a driver’s licence, voter’s card or other means suffices in such circumstances and he…
Edo women under the aegis “Concerned Edo Ladies”, Tuesday, in Benin City, Edo state capital, trouped out in their hundreds to protest the incessant killing of young men in the state. The cult related killings, according to them, are depriving women of their husbands, brothers, and fathers. They therefore called on the feuding youths to…
The National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, has disclosed that terrorists and bandits have now taken to the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) as the new weapon for wreaking havoc. Speaking on Tuesday during a two-day Counter Improvised Explosive Device Training…
In first of its kind in the city, Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has flagged off the construction of a flyover bridge at Ramat Park, Benin City, the Edo State Capital, as part of immediate efforts to reduce traffic congestion in the city. Performing the ground-breaking ceremony, Governor Okpebholo said his administration will also…
Barely two months after the September completion deadline flop, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has explained why it could not deliver the much-awaited Port Harcourt Refinery Company.In an interview with our correspondent on Monday, the NNPC Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, said the company encountered risks and challenges while carrying out the…
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced Fatuyi Yemi Philips, Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, to 21 years imprisonment for N43.5m fraud. The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 5, 2022, arraigned Philips alongside…
