Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, says Prof Yemi Osinbajo should leave if is not allowed to perform his role as the Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Bakare, however, said he did not believe reports that Osinbajo was being handicapped in office and not allowed to...
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Osun Senator backs Ganduje on law against cattle movement
The Senator representing Osun West in the Senate, Francis Fadahunsi, has thrown his weight behind calls for legislation that would stop the movement of cattle across the country. Fadahunsi told journalists in Abuja on Wednesday that as long as movements of cattle across the country was permitted, herders and farmers would continue to clash. The...
FG approves N1.3bn surveillance equipment for Lagos, Abuja airports
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a contract worth about N1.3bn for the design, supply, and installation of PTZ long-range tarmac camera surveillance system at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the...
GBAJABIAMILA SAYS Herdsmen: No ethnic group should lord it over others
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamiala, on Wednesday said federal lawmakers would come up with legislation to address the current unhealthy relationship between herdsmen and their host communities, especially in the South-West. Gbajabiamila disclosed this in an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting he had with the President, Major General...
Herdsmen crisis: You are President of Nigeria, not Fulani, Ortom slams Buhari
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has criticised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for his lethargy and failure to call Fulani herdsmen terrorising Nigerians to order. He said Buhari is the President of Nigeria not the President of the Fulani tribe where he hails from. Ortom also noted that Buhari pledged to be the...
Reps query N5bn import duty waiver to Chinese company
THE House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has queried the duty waiver granted a Chinese company, China Harbour, valued at N5bn, to import construction materials. The committee specifically expressed dissatisfaction that a Chinese firm was given such an opportunity despite the fact that Nigeria had multi-billion dollar loans to repay China. Chairman of the...
Tension as Anambra monarchs undergo COVID-19 test
Anambra State traditional rulers on Wednesday underwent COVID-19 tests. It was gathered that the move was part of the state’s institutional measures to stem the spread of the pandemic. Members of House of Assembly in the state had undergone similar tests about a week ago. The Speaker of the House, Uche Okafor, said many tested...
Igboho charges Nigerians to speak against killer herders
Yoruba activist, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has called on Nigerians, especially the Yoruba, to speak up against the atrocities being perpetuated by herdsmen. Igboho in a zoom meeting early Wednesday with some Yoruba in diaspora advised the Yoruba people to come out and stand against the criminal and destructive activities of herdsmen, adding...
Dilapidation of Amalgamation House, where North/South marriage was sealed, is an indication of Nigeria’s shaky federation– Administrator, Women Memorial Centre, Akwa Ibom
A retired principal and currently Administrator of the Women Memorial Centre, Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, Mrs Edith Ettete, whose centre shares the same neighbourhood with the Amalgamation House where the first Governor-Genera l of Nigeria, Sir Frederick Lugard, signed the treaty that amalgamated the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria, in this interview, laments ...
Stocks shed N20bn as insurance firms lead losers
Investors lost N20bn on Wednesday as the nation’s stock market extended its decline to the third consecutive trading session amid profit-taking. Five insurance stocks were among the top six losers at the end of trading on Wednesday. The market had on Monday started the month on a negative note, ending a five-day gaining streak. The...