FOODSTUFF and cattle dealers across the Northern part of the country have started diverting their goods and all consumables to the neigbouring countries of Niger Republic and Cameroon. They have also begun blocking trade routes to the South by stopping food item-laden trucks from going south. Truckloads of food items from the northern part of […]
The Department of State Services has arrested Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a social media aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State , barely hours after he criticised President Muhammadu Buhari . Yakasai had in a series of tweets on Friday in reaction to Friday abduction of about 317 female students of Government Girls Secondary School […]
Aides to Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha , have clashed again over the seizure of some properties belonging to the ex -governor by the state government . However, Okorocha ’ s spokesperson, Sam Onwuemeodo , said Uzodinma would not win what he called an “ attrition ” war against […]
The Staff and Students who were abducted from Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have been released. Family sources confirmed the news to Daily Trust on Saturday. The victims are currently on their way to Minna, the state capital, to meet with Governor Sani Bello. Daily Trust had reported how gunmen suspected to be bandits […]
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria , Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said the naira has depreciated at the official market to 410 against the dollar. Emefiele, who spoke at a summit on the economy by Bank CEOs on Friday, said the drop in crude oil earnings and the associated reduction in foreign portfolio […]
As Nigeria marks one year since the index case of COVID-19, the number of active cases has continued to rise. The country recorded 600 fresh infections across 21 states on Friday. The figure was confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its update for February 26, 2021. The agency said Friday’s report […]
As state governors in the South West region are grappling to put an end to the incessant farmers/ herders clashes, vanguard spoke with the Chairman of the Ondo State Agricultural Commodities Association (OSACA), Gbenga Obawoya. OSACA is the umbrella body for agricultural commodities farmers in the state. He spoke on the activities of the herders […]
I see the vapid and tepid response of the Buhari administration to the slew of juvenile abductions as the prodrome of elite bias. Yes, the proportion of response a challenge receives is metered by the social estate of those affected. This is how best I can conceptualise the impotence of the government in the face […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned the bandits wreaking havoc across the country, saying his government has the capacity to deal with them. In a statement Mallam Garba Shehu, his spokesman, issued on his behalf, the president vowed not to succumb to blackmail. The president described the abduction of hundreds of students of Government Girls Secondary […]
Following renewed attacks on Police formations and officers, some elders from the South East have urged relevant authorities in the country to deal decisively with members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The elders under the aegis of the Conference of Concerned Igbo Elders for Peace and National Unity (CIEPNU) said on Friday […]
