President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said Tuesday’s attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, had provided grounds for more urgent measures to rid the country of “vermin” and emancipate the polity. Buhari stated this in a release by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. The presidentContinue Reading
The Presidency on Wednesday came hard on Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom over his ceaseless diatribe on President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of national security. Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu accused the governor of promoting sectarianism and ethnicity to cover up his political shortcomings. The chastisement came on a day a groupContinue Reading
Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara state, has asked the federal government to declare a state of emergency on security. The governor said this when he received Ali Janga, the assistant inspector-general of police in-charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, on Wednesday in Gusau. Zailani Bappa, Matawalle’s spokesman, in a statement,Continue Reading
Suspected bandits have killed over 35 persons during an attack at Yelwa zangam community behind the University of Jos (UNIJOS).×× Eyewitnesses told The Nation the gunmen invaded the community around 9pm on Tuesday, burning houses and shooting anyone on sight. It was gathered the bandits disabled the bridge leading toContinue Reading
Former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has insisted that Nigeria has comparatively fared better during the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, than what it is currently facing under the All Progressives Congress led by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Alhaji AbubakarContinue Reading
The federal government has asked Nigerians not to take up arms illegally to defend themselves against bandits. Muhammed Dingyadi, minister of police affairs, said this on Tuesday during the second annual ministerial media briefing at the police headquarters in Abuja. The minister was speaking in the wake of calls by someContinue Reading
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has said he will work with the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) to improve health care for Nigerians. Welcoming members of the PSN who visited him in Abuja to seek his involvement in its preparations towards the forthcoming World Pharmacists’ Day celebration in September thisContinue Reading
Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has said he is not afraid of the court injunction barring him from parading himself as chairman of the opposition party. He will defend himself in court, his Media Adviser Ike Abonyi, said in a WhatsApp message last night. TheContinue Reading
The food system in Nigeria is weak and vulnerable to shock, the Federal Government has said. Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, disclosed this while speaking at the Feed Nigeria Summit 2021 in Abuja on Monday. At the summit, which had the presence of the MinisterContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday threatened legal prosecution against anyone caught registering more than once in the ongoing registration of voters. INEC clearly stated that double registration is an electoral offence, noting clearly that those with online registration slip should not consider such as voter cards as itContinue Reading
