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Power. It excites and incites. It can excite hope and strength, or incite tension, hate and bitterness. Why should the regional background of the next president be a vexatious issue, evoking threats and recriminations? Why should brothers be at daggers drawn with each other over the geography of power? What happened to gentlemanly ententes, negotiations […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate with a request for the confirmation of appointments of members of the boards of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and oil industry regulatory agencies.   The president asked the Senate to confirm the nominees for the Secretary and Board members of the EFCC; Chairman, Chief Executive and […]

Civil society groups, including Non-Governmental Organisations are a positive force for change and progress in society, oftentimes helping to bridge the gaps of alienation between government and the people. In developed parts of the world, CSOs and NGOs have been in the forefront of making our world a much better place by helping to fight […]

  The Delta State House of Assembly on Tuesday joined the growing list of southern states opposed to the menace of open grazing, with the passage of the state’s anti-open grazing bill.   The Bill is known as the ‘Bill Prohibiting Open Grazing, Indiscriminate Breeding, Rearing and Marketing of Livestock’ across the state.   The […]

After months of rumors, speculations and repeated denials, former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, aka FFK, made a spectacular volte-face, decamping from the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which he once called an “Almajiri Peoples Congress” of “cow-lovers and corrupt treasury looters.” Seven years after leaving the APC […]

Chief Edwin Clark has berated the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu, over the government’s plan to establish a naval base in Kano State.   Clark’s opprobrium was contained in an open letter he sent on Monday to Zubairu in which he condemned the decision to site a naval base in Kano.   […]

  Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday signed the Anti-Open Grazing bill into law.   The law prohibits the open-grazing and trespass of cattle  in the state.   The signing comes 11 days after the State House of Assembly passed the bill, after it through the first and second readings in the House. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the incorporation of the  Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.   The president also approved the appointment of the Board and Management of the NNPC Limited, with Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as Chairman.   A statement issued on Sunday by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said the Group […]

Nigeria on Friday announced it would shut down Aboki FX.com, a website that provides information on currency exchange, declaring that the site was engaged in illegal and criminal activities.   Giving the order in Abuja, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele also declared Mr Olusegun Oniwinde, owner of AbokiFX, wanted for […]

Nigerian troops have rescued an Army Major who was abducted last month by bandits when they attacked the country’s premier military academy and killed two other officers,  the military has said.   Major Christopher Datong was rescued in a joint military operation involving troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army Headquarters, Air Force, and the Department […]