Southwest governors have kicked against the plan to put the Operation of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) under the Inspector-General of Police. The WNSN code-named Operation Amotekun, was inaugurated last year to respond to the surge in insecurity, killings and kidnapping in Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti – the states in the […]

Cleric canvasses support for governor’s re-election Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said that the 12 House of Assembly members-elect, who refused to show up for inauguration, and two others were deceived by the sacked national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole. According to Obaseki, who will fly the Peoples Democratic Party […]

• Group flays killing of IPOB members Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has condoled with families of members killed during Sunday’s clash with security operatives in Emene, Enugu State, insisting that the ugly incident would not dampen the struggle for restoration of Biafra. In a statement he personally signed […]

• Senate orders probe of $18b NLNG dividend The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has sanctioned the hiring of eight field experts to undertake the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, who made the disclosure at the end of the 13th virtual Federal Executive Council […]

Local manufacturers have kicked against directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that dealers should stop opening form M for payments that are routed through a buying company or any other third party. According to the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), the good intention of the apex bank is inimical to the survival of […]

Nigeria’s ex-leader and ECOWAS Special Envoy to Mali, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, again yesterday, visited the Villa to brief his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari, on the latest development in the landlocked West African country currently managed by the Colonel Assimi Goita-led junta. The briefing comes ahead of tomorrow’s extraordinary virtual summit of the sub-regional’s heads of […]

It no longer news that the Ekiti State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been in the trenches following the determination of the major tendencies to take over the structure of the party at all cost without giving room for compromise. The two camps, that is, the camp of ex-Governor Ayodele Fayose and Senator […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s insistence on retaining the nation’s service chiefs despite opposition to it is just one out of the many instances the executive arm of government undermine efforts by the National Assembly to contribute to the security and wellbeing of Nigerians. The House of Representatives had, in February, asked the president to declare a […]

Leaders must end senseless killings For Audu Ogbeh, the National Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum and former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, it is time for the North to face the reality and stop making politics an industry. Irked by the backwardness of the region, Ogbeh, in an exclusive interview with The Guardian […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, assured Nigerians and the international community of his administration’s commitment to use the rest of his tenure to improve access to quality education, health care and enhance productivity in a roll call of nine priority areas. The President, who received letters of credence from ambassadors/high commissioners of eight countries at the […]

Troops of Operation Sahel Sanity have shot dead two suspected bandits and arrested 150 others in Bukuyyum and Anka councils of Zamfara State. The troops also recovered ammunition, including AK-47 rifles and Dane guns during the operation. Acting director, Defence Media Operations, Brig-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known during a press briefing at the Nigeria […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday, declared that chloroquine prevents the dreaded coronavirus. Its Director General, Prof. Christianah Mojisola Adeyeye, during an online interactive session with journalists said: “We realise that chloroquine can be used in the early stage of the COVID-19 infection as prophylactic treatment. Science does not […]