The Minority Caucus on the House of Representatives says there is an urgent need to review the security architecture in the country. The caucus made the call in a statement signed by the Minority Leader of the House, Rep. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta) on Friday in Abuja while reacting to the attack on the convoy of Gov. Baba Zulum of Borno by suspected bandits. Elumelu said that the incident of insecurity had again reinforced, urging President Muhammadu Buhari...
Leader of the Yoruba World Congress, which is the umbrella body of over 300 Yoruba groups worldwide, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has said that the Nigerian environment has been consistently harsh to the Yoruba people of the South-West part of the country. The professor says that though the association is committed to peaceful activities, and peaceful purposes, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has already begun to make step against it by removing the Yoruba World...
“Those of us living in the trenches of this Heartbreak Alley are faced with one undeniable fact: More than ninety percent of Nigerians are corrupt.” ―Don Okolo Maybe there is a redeeming feature about arresting two men and summarily executing them for bribery. I thought a long prison sentence would have been enough. But the Chinese are a different breed; the court went through the rigors to find out that these two men accused of...
The former Nigerian Finance Minister, Olusegun Aganga, has said there are many assets belonging to Nigeria ministries, agencies and departments that are not managed actively. Aganga disclosed this at a webinar organized by EY Nigeria Alumni on Thursday evening. He adds that the country needs to take decisive actions in growing and diversifying its economy. He says, “As a country, we do have so many assets held by different MDAs that are not actively managed....
Five months into the pandemic, Nigeria is learning the hard way that some of its unresolved problems would make recovery from COVID-19 slow and difficult. Many sectors in Nigeria have grappled with poor infrastructure for many years. A problem that has rendered many of them ineffective. Education and health are two of the most wrenched sectors in Nigeria in the wake of COVID-19. Although many had thought that the virus would be confined to Asia...
The Anglican Bishop of Umuahia Diocese, Rt. Rev. Geoffrey Ibeabuchi, has called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts to diversify the economy for rapid economic growth and reduction in dependence on oil revenue. Ibeabuchi made the call in his speech on Friday at the opening of the Ninth Synod of the diocese, at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Isiama Afara in Umuahia. “As a nation, it has become very clear that we can no longer depend on...
German multinational conglomerate company, Siemens, has concluded plans to train electricity Distribution Companies and other electricity stakeholders in the country. Siemens in a statement on Thursday stated that 11 DISCOs, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), and regulators would be trained on all the equipment and software being provided in phase 1. According to the company, the training was part of its phase 1 pre-engineering contract of providing 25,000mw of electricity to the nation. It would...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has called on Nigerians to take preventive measures against the Coronavirus during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations as the country recorded 481 new infections. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The health agency said that as Nigerians celebrate the festive period, they should remember that COVID-19 was not yet over. “Wear a face mask, wash hands frequently and avoid large gatherings. “You might come in contact...
As Muslims across the globe observe Eid -el-kabir Sallah celebrations, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) prevailed on the need for the religious faithful to leave in peace and harmony for overall development. Felicitating with Muslims, Bishop Catholic Diocese of Yola and Chairman CAN Adamawa State was emphatic that religion teaches tenets of peace, tolerance and mutual respect, as according to him, ” no meaningful development could be achieved in rancour or suspicious atmosphere, so...
An unidentified soldier serving with the 202 Battalion of the 21 Special Armoured Brigade, Bama, Borno State, is being reported to have shot dead his adjutant, Lt. Babakaka Ngorgi, for allegedly refusing to give him a travel pass which will enable him to resolve the issues around his inability to access his eight months frozen accounts. The soldiers, whose identity could not be ascertained, is reported to have fired some rounds at Ngorgi, who was...
