Soyinka Warns as National Assembly Plans to Bring Back Rejected Water Bill Through Back Door

Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has warned the Federal Government with the connivance of the National Assembly with the intention of returning the National Water Resources Bill rejected in 2018 by the Nigerian public. Media report has it that the House of Representatives on July 23, 2020, referred to the National Water Resource Bill 2020to a “committee of whole,” for third reading and passage. In a statement titled, ‘MLK’s Mighty Stream of Consciousness’ on Thursday,...

The Nigerian military has said that claims by the Aare Ona Kakanfo-in-council that the Southwest of the country had been infiltrated by terrorists were not new as it gets such stories daily and that it had machinery in place to handle the threat. The Aare Ona Kakanfo-in-council is an extraordinary meeting on the Yoruba nation and sundry matters affecting the Nigerian state. It was held on Tuesday and presided over by the Aare Ona Kakanfo...

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has revealed how Boko Haram insurgents killed 75 members of his community in Gwoza local government in one night. Mr Ndume dropped the hint during a stakeholders’ meeting organized by Senate Committee on Special Duties and the North East Development Commission (NEDC) in Maiduguri. The former Senate leader, who is also a member of the committee, informed the gathering that the challenges faced...

Hiromu Inada, the world’s oldest Ironman says he hopes to keep competing into his 90s. The 87-year-old Inada already has a certificate on his wall that confirms his status as the world’s oldest Ironman, but the Japanese man is still pounding away on his training bike. In 2018 at the age of 85 years and 328 days, Inada went to Kailua-Kona in Hawaii and set a new mark for the oldest person to complete the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the commencement of a nationwide mass-metering programme as part of efforts to put an end to estimated and arbitrary billing for electricity. Prof. James Momoh, Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the president’s directive was in response to yearnings of Nigerians. According to him, the president also approved a waiver of the import levy on meters, so that those that do not...

Mr. Frank Tietie, an Abuja based lawyer and Human Rights activist, says the newly amended Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) poses no threat to religious freedom. Tietie spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari signed CAMA into law on Aug. 7, to facilitate the ease of doing business in the country. But a part of the law, particularly section 839, was...

DAILY UPDATE: Nigeria Records Lowest Daily Case of 221 New COVID-19

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 221 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 221 new cases was the lowest number of cases recorded in the country in about three months. It recalls that on Aug. 4, Nigeria reported 288 COVID-19 new cases and 290 one week later,...

Buhari Presides Over Virtual Meeting of Council of State

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presided over the virtual meeting of the Council of State with former President Jonathan in attendance at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha are attending the meeting. Others participating in the meeting include the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari as well as Minister...

We Will Get to the Root of the Killings in Enugu Last Thursday – Ohanaeze Ndigbo

The President General of the Ohanaze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has vowed that the group will unearth the circumstances surrounding the killings of the Igbo youths by security agencies at Emene-Enugu, last Sunday. The President General speaking for the first time after the bloodbath said that Ohanaeze kept studying the situation silently all the while to gather proper information before making any comment on it. He said he decided to break the silence following...

Buhari Says Administration of Justice in Nigeria Moves At A “Terribly Slow Pace”

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the administration of justice in Nigerian courts moves at a “terribly slow pace”. The President said this while speaking at the 60th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), proposing a 12-month time limit for criminal cases to be heard and decided upon. The President who was represented by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said it took so long for the tribunal to hear matters and pass their verdicts...

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