Farmers, forest guards and drivers in Ondo State, on Thursday, expressed satisfaction with the seven days ultimatum Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu gave herdsmen to vacate forest reserves across the state. The groups, who stormed Akure, the state capital, stated that they were the most affected with the incessant banditry and kidnappingsContinue Reading
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria cannot be restructured without the challenges that polarise the country being addressed. Speaking on Thursday at ‘Daily Trust 18th Dialogue’ which had restructuring as the subject of discussion, Jonathan said the restructuring of Nigeria into 12 states by Yakubu Gowon at the outset ofContinue Reading
Nigerians should look forward to the end of February, 2020 for the possibility of accessing any form of inauguration against the ravaging coronavirus, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said. The nation’s 36 governors, at a virtual meeting on Wednesday, said the country was working with the World Bank toContinue Reading
Attahiru Bafarawa, former Sokoto State Governor, has declared that Northern elders are angry with President Muhammadu Buhari over his poor handling of insecurity in the country. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, the former governor said thousands of people were displaced in the North while the government spends billions on COVID-19. HeContinue Reading
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, taking office at a moment of profound economic, health and political crises with a promise to seek unity after a tumultuous four years that tore at the fabric of American society. With hisContinue Reading
A factional executive of the Ebonyi State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Ogazi Linus Ogbonnaya yesterday confessed to being sponsored by governor, David Umahi to destabilize the party in the state. Ogazi who was a member of the Onyekachi Nwaebonyi faction said he was dumping the excos to join forcesContinue Reading
Imo West lawmaker, Senator Rochas Okorocha has suggested that the current administration is the way it is today because President Muhammadu Buhari did not surround himself with good people. Addressing reporters in Abuja on Monday, Okorocha said had the President done otherwise, the story would not have been the sameContinue Reading
Daily Post reports that the Nigerian Military is battling ISWAP insurgents in Bulabulin community in Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe state. Residents of the area were reportedly hiding in the bushes as troops take on the insurgents who arrived in the town Monday evening. According to some residents whoContinue Reading
Unknown gunmen have killed a police officer identified simply as Michael, injured two other cops and cart away two guns belonging to the victims. The incident, which occurred on Sunday evening at Borokiri in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Rivers State, threw the area into panic. The policemen wereContinue Reading
Newly appointed Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd), on Monday resumed at the headquarters of the agency in Abuja with a strong warning to drug barons and traffickers to back out of the illicit trade or be ready for hard times. AtContinue Reading
