GANDUJE RAISES THE ALARM OVER GATHERING OF BANDITS IN KANO FOREST

THE Kano State Governor, Abdulahi Ganduje, on Thursday called for military intervention in the state, saying bandits had taken over its forests and converted them to hideouts. The governor added…

CAN ADVOCATES REMOVAL OF IMMUNITY FOR PRESIDENT, DEPUTY, GOVS

The Christian Association of Nigeria on Thursday called on the National Assembly to amend Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution, which provides immunity for the President, vice-president, governors and deputy…

PRESIDENCY BERATES EX-US ENVOY, MAGAZINE OVER ‘NIGERIA IS FAILING’ REPORT

THE Presidency on Thursday knocked an American magazine of international relations and US foreign policy, Foreign Affairs, for publishing what it called a facts-shifting article on Nigeria. It said this…

FOREIGN STOCK INVESTORS WITHDRAW N99.94BN IN FOUR MONTHS

A total of N99.94bn was pulled out by foreign investors from the Nigerian stock market in the first four months of this year as foreign involvement plunged to a four-year…

SOYINKA DENIES SOCIAL MEDIA POST ON YORUBA NATION

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, denounced a fake WhatsApp post on the Yoruba state agitation, which was attributed to him. Soyinka, in a statement titled: ‘They are back’,…

TO STOP ABDUCTIONS, SPONSOR FACTIONAL BANDITS, GUMI TELLS FG

A revered Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has advised the Federal Government to support splinter groups among bandits as a way to end mass abductions of school pupils. Gumi, who…

COVID-19: $1.5m clinical trial, vaccine choice delay supplementary budget

THE Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, said the supplementary budget for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines was being delayed due to several factors, including the choice of…

FOUR CHILDREN, FATHER INJURED AS BUILDING COLLAPSES IN ANAMBRA

A man and his four children on Thursday escaped death as a two-storey building collapsed in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The building located along Amawbia…

FG set to implement Buhari’s promise on teachers’ salaries

THE Federal Government has set up different committees with the mandate to come up with the modalities for the implementation of a new salary scale the President, Major General Muhammadu…

EXCEPTIONAL NIGERIANS CAN’T PERFORM IN CURRENT SYSTEM – OBASANJO

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said some prominent Nigerians leading international organisations would have been shackled by the country’s system if they were working in the country. Obasanjo said…