The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has reassured that the state of security in the country will see more improvement in the coming days. Yahaya said this at the closing of the 2022 Chief of Army Staff Third Quarter Conference, on Friday in Abuja. He urged all commanders to ensure prompt implementation of the decisions and directives issued during the conference as they relate with their commands. The COAS challenged them to decisively and quickly defeat the adversaries in all theatres of operations given the improved support…
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CJN appointment, 2023 budget estimates, security top Senate agenda – Lawan
President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan said the confirmation of appointment of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria and consideration of anticipated budget proposals for 2023 would be the immediate attention of Senate on resumption. The Senate is expected to resume from its two months annual summer recess on Sept. 20. Lawan spoke on Friday in Abuja, while responding to questions from Senate correspondents after inspecting renovation work at the temporary venue for the sitting of the Senate in the light of the ongoing remodeling of the main Senate chamber. Expressing…
Read MoreINEC explains why it spends so much to conduct elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday gave an insight into why much funds went into the conduct of elections. Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, gave the insight while responding to questions at an interactive session with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) tagged ‘The Editors’ Forum’ in Lagos. According to him, cost of logistics, highly-secured ballot papers, allowances for personnel, among other reasons, are responsible for the huge funds used in conducting elections in Nigeria. “In France, the ballot paper is like an A4 sheet of paper,…
Read MoreTukur Mamu Family counters DSS on alleged discoveries
The family of Tukur Mamu, Publisher of Desert Herald Newspaper arrested by the Department of State Services DSS has countered the alleged discoveries in the his house and office, saying the Service is not saying the truth. According to a statement, the family said the military accoutrements said to have been discovered in the house, belonged to a nephew of Mamu currently serving in the Nigerian Armed Forces; a 2019 graduate of the Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course. The said Nephew identified as Y. Y. Bello was said to be…
Read MoreRichard Constitution: ‘British didn’t create Nigeria, they divided it’ – Arewa House
The Centre for Research and Historical Documentation, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, popularly called Arewa House, has argued that the British did not create Nigeria but succeeded in dividing the country. The Director of the centre, Dr. Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu, in Kaduna yesterday, said that the misconception and distortion of history is a major reason affecting the political growth of Nigeria. While speaking at a press conference ahead of the 3rd lecture series of the Arewa House scheduled for the 10th of September, 2022 with the theme: ‘Contemporary Nigeria politics…
Read More‘Nigeria ruled by people who lack passion, commitment’ – Kukah
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, yesterday, cited the poor governance in the country as his only challenge. Kukah, who celebrated his 70th birth anniversary on Wednesday, spoke when he was featured on a television programme. According to him, Nigerians are governed by some personalities who have no passion or interest in moving the country forward. He said, “I would have said I have no regret; but the only regret I have outside and inside this country is to see how a nation with such…
Read MoreNigeria riddled with unfit, corrupt leaders – UN report
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has painted an ugly picture of Nigeria, saying that it is riddled with unfit, corrupt and self-serving leaders. This, it said, has brought the country to its current state where insecurity, unemployment and unfulfilled promises have bred popular scepticism. In a report titled: “Imagine Nigeria”, the UNDP explained that not only that all public sectors and government parastatals in Nigeria have suffered from this decay in governance, but the civil service at the national and State levels are also the sites of the most…
Read More“Nigeria will remain one God willing” – Buhari
…Says self-centeredness that led to civil war must not repeat itself President Muhammadu Buhari has described the civil war that played out between 1967 to 1970 as an act of self-centeredness, saying he wouldn’t want such an incident to be repeated again. The President spoke through his media aide, Femi Adesina, saying, “Our main objective is the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We are human beings, we have our weaknesses; but I can assure you that the patriotism in us is hard-earned. We have gone through all the troubles from 15th…
Read MoreNigeria attracting positive attention as country that promotes media freedom - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is attracting positive attention as a country that promotes media freedom. According to an issued statement at the weekend by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the President spoke in the light of Nigeria hosting three international events, scheduled for October and November 2022. Nigeria will host the 2022 Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) week, organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), in October. A global conference on tourism and creative industries, organised by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, (UNWTO), is…
Read MoreBetween Slaughtered Cattle and Insecurity in Nigeria
By; Ishaq Moddibo Kawu. Recently, the video of hundreds of slaughtered cattle, was making the rounds, on various social media platforms. An old classmate posted it on my Secondary School Class WhatsApp platform; and because he neither spoke Fulfulde nor Hausa, he was sufficiently alarmed, to request for translation of what was being said, by the obviously distressed people, in the video. I made a translation of the conversation; but I thought it was proper to provide some more engaging context for the video. There have been circulated in.the recent…
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