The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned in strong terms last Sunday’s reported killings of over 30 people at Auno, near Maiduguri by the suspected Boko Haram terrorists. It reiterated its calls on President Muhammadu Buhari for the total overhauling of the country’s architecture of the country by sacking the service […]

The Presidency yesterday described reports that daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Zahra, had secured employment with the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) as false and malicious. A statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, noted that the report was allegedly designed to cast aspersions on the first […]

The Federal Government has said that it will soon put in place a law that will stop illegal mining in the country. The Minister of State for Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogar, disclosed this in Ogun State during a courtesy call on Governor Dapo Abiodun in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. The minister said […]

Factional president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Fegalo Nsuke, has alleged the mismanagement of the Ogoni cleanup, insisting that the ‘jettisoning of the emergency measures of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Programme (HYPREP) was the root of the ugly development. According to him, […]

To ensure flawless operation of the South-West Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, the Ondo State Government has approved a draft bill for its exclusive legal framework, saying it would thrive on robust relationship with Nigerians. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Donald Ojogo, disclosed this yesterday while addressing journalists immediately after the State […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a contract of N318 million for engagement of a lead consultant for the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Lead Consultant, according to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, is Olumuyiwa, Bashir and Co. Ltd. Akpabio, who spoke with State House Correspondents […]

Efforts to find a lasting solution to escalating security challenges facing the country reverberated again yesterday as Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola urged holistic approach in the quest to enthrone peace in the society. He said traditional rulers occupy vintage position due to their closeness to the grassroots, urging security agents and other stakeholders to […]

We have a representative of the Corpers Loveworld on this edition of the morning show as she talks about the expectation for the Fire Conference with the esteemed Rev. Tom Amenkhienan.

The approval for the Southwest security outfit code-named “Operation Amotekun” was on Wednesday approved by the Ogun State Government. The approval took effect at the State Executive Council meeting held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s office, Oke Mosan secretariat, Abeokuta. Details soon

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and a former Nigerian lawmaker Shehu Sani are at the Abuja High Court at the resumed trial of Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore on Wednesday. Also in court is the former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu and activist Deji Adeyanju. Sowore was arrested on Saturday, […]

THE Group Managing director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, on Tuesday lamented that electricity remains a luxury and exclusive reserve of the rich. The state-run oil firm chief said many Nigerians were still struggling to afford a day’s meal let alone electricity. Kyari spoke at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja. The […]

DETAILS of the operational guideline of the Southwest security outfit, Operation Amotekun, has emerged. According to the draft bill for the security outfit which is before state legislatures, obtained by The Nation, a governing board with sweeping powers will oversee the security outfit in each of the states. But the day-to-day activity will be run […]