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…
A Nigerian woman, Maimuna Gawu, from Gawu Babangida in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, who was abducted by gunmen and gave birth to twin babies while in captivity has narrated her chilling ordeal in the hands of her abductors. According to Maimuna, she was kidnapped after boarding a Sharon bus by the roadside…
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…
The Nigerian Army has initiated an investigation following the emergence of a viral video showing Major General G.S. Mohammed and his aide, Corporal A. Abubakar, assaulting a couple, Mr. Vershima Mker and Ms. Lami Jennifer Iorvihi, in Abuja. The altercation reportedly happened after a road incident in the Federal Capital Territory, where Mr. Mker had…
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 a heartbreaking turn of events, Mubarak Zakari, the youngest son of the late former Director-General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ibrahim Zakari, passed away on Sunday evening, just hours after his father’s death. Mubarak, 34, was reported to have succumbed to heartbreak, leaving family and sympathisers in deep shock. Ambassador Zakari, aged…
