The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, on Saturday, advocated community policing as the means of tackling the lingering security challenges in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the speakers made the declaration in a communique read to newsmen in Bauchi, at the end of their general conference meeting, held in the state. Abubakar Sulaiman, Chairman, Speakers of State Legislatures, while reading the communique, stated that insecurity was the major issue discussed at the meeting and the way forward. Sulaiman who is also the Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, said the conference was unanimous…
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The tussle over the leadership of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Religious Movement is far from over, with a faction getting tacit recognition from President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, following a well-publicised courtesy call on the Nigerian leader. The team that visited Buhari identified Sheikh Muhammadul Mahy Niass, a Senegalese as the world leader of the Tijjaniyya sect and Sheikh Dahiru Usman as the leader of the Tijjaniyya in Nigeria, But two weeks ago, two factions of the sect appointed the former emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, as the leader of the Tijaniyya Islamic sect in Nigeria. He was appointed the caliph…
As Nigeria continue it’s search for a lasting solution to the menace of farmers-herders, crisis, it has been estimated that more than 300,000 people were displaced in four states due to the farmers and herders crisis in Nigeria. A research with the topic: “Trends and Dynamics of Conflict between Farmers and Pastoralists in Nigeria’s Benue Valley, coordinated by the research development and policy advocacy actor listed the states as Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa and Taraba. One of the lead researchers commissioned for the work by Zinariya Consults, Dr Joseph Ochogwu, and Associate Research Professor with the Institute for Peace and Conflict…
Pricepally Chief Executive Luther Lawoyin says he founded his fourth startup shortly after getting married when his wife starting taking note of their collective expenses and he realized just how much they were spending on groceries. Speaking to CNBC Make It via telephone, Lawoyin said he couldn’t understand the cause, as it wasn’t something he had consciously monitored before. However, after conducting some research, Lawoyin said he realized that the high costs were partly due to inefficiency in the fresh food supply chain in Nigeria, where he lives, and across Africa. This inefficiency is “chiefly due to the outdated and dilapidated…
Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, (AYCF) has said it would take legal action against Kano State Governor, Abdulahi Ganduje over his plans to use the state’s Government House for Bola Tinubu’s birthday, describing it as “an insult on the symbol of authority that the Government House has been to the Kano people for decades”. A statement signed by the AYCF National President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, took exception to the choice of Kano Government House as the only place in the North for celebrating Tinubu’s birthday, “a man who kept quiet while Northerners were under attack in Oyo and some parts of the…
The FCTA yesterday issued a public announcement notice to the general public of ongoing security upgrade at the Mpape Aquifer Lake Site a.k.a Crushed Rock. The notice read as below: PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT The @OfficialFCTA has deployed Security Agents to the Mpape Aquifer Lake Site a.k.a Crushed Rock (one of FCT’s proposed Tourism sites) to restore sanity at the site following reports of criminal activities perpetrated by miscreants. Signed: SDS, FCTA.
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State says no serious politician will ignore the opportunity of becoming the President of Nigeria. Fayemi, who is also Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, said this on a Channel’s Televisions programme, ‘Hard Copy’, which was televised on Friday. Responding to a question laughingly, Fayemi, who has been endorsed for the Presidency by the Ekiti State House of Assembly said, “I am laughing. You know why? I get asked this question all the time. I don’t know any serious- minded politician who will have the opportunity to govern a country with the blessings that we…
It’s a known fact that Gumsu Sanni-Abacha walked out of her 20-year-old marriage to Cameroonian multi-billionaire Bayero Fadil years ago over irreconcilable differences. However, Gumsu seems to have found out what it means to be loved again after her secret nuptials to Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, which occurred a few weeks ago at her late father’s residence in Abuja. The highly cerebral second daughter of the former head of state General Sanni Abacha is currently in a gay mood despite tongues wagging that her marriage to Buni is politically motivated. It is believed in some quarters that Buni’s…
Morocco and the Ivory Coast secured places at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in contrasting ways Friday, as they raised the number of finalists to 16 with eight more places up for grabs. The Moroccans booked an 18th appearance after Group E rivals Burundi and the Central African Republic drew 2-2 in Bujumbura, where the visitors surrendered a two-goal matchday 5 lead. That result assured the former champions of a top-two finish four hours before they play Mauritania in Nouakchott later Friday. Morocco have 10 points, Burundi and Mauritania five each and the Central African Republic four in the…
CHAIRMAN, Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has described as untrue, malicious and libellous that I demanded 10% of the N159 billion Refund to Paris Club Contractors As Kickback. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by the NGF Head, Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaque Bello- Barkindo read, “The attention of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has been drawn to a publication on the Sahara Reporters online newspaper marked as an “Exclusive” news item dated March 26, 2021, alleging that the Chairman of the Forum, Dr John Kayode Fayemi “demanded 10% of the N159 billion Refund…
