A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Kaduna state has reacted to a video that has gone viral accusing Gen. Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defense Staff of being used by France, America and Britain in favour of a war between ECOWAS military force and the Nigerien military junta. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Kaduna, Nuhu Bahago, the Coordinator of the coalition, noted that the video is capable of inciting hatred against the...

Orire Agbaje, a 400-level Economics student of the University of Ibadan, UI, has been appointed as a member of the presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms. The committee was inaugurated at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday by President Bola Tinubu. The president had approved the establishment of the committee last month and appointed Taiwo Oyedele, a tax and fiscal policy expert, as its chairman. The committee is responsible for various aspects of...

With the end of the seven-day ultimatum  given to the military junta to release President Mohamed Bazoum in Niger, by the Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has asked Tinubu to guard against deliberate interference in the affairs of a sovereign nation. Dr. Isuwa Dogo, the National Publicity Secretary of MBF in a press statement on Monday, noted that understanding the dynamics...

The move by Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to put an end to the sit-at-home observed in the South East every Monday has met with opposition from his supposed disciple, Simon Ekpa. Kanu, 13 days ago, via a handwritten letter ordered the cancellation of all pending or future sit-at-home in the five eastern states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo. In the letter, Kanu unequivocally stated that...