Nigeria has been classified among eleven African countries that have experienced worsening governance levels over the last decade, as highlighted in the “2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance,” published by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The report reveals that Nigeria has dropped three places from 30th to 33rd on the continent. According to the findings, 33 countries in Africa have improved their overall governance during the past ten years, while 21 countries, including Nigeria, have seen...

Former Governor of Benue State and lawmaker representing Benue North-East at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Gabriel Suswam has said that the calls for the acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum to step aside are necessitated by his abysmal performance. The PDP chieftain disclosed this on Thursday  on Arise TV, stressing that Damagum’s leadership style has caused the crisis in the party to deepen. He said, “Damagum’s...

The Ekiti State government has warned herders operating in the state to steer clear its huge agriculture investment in the state. The govrenmnet urged the herders not to make a mess of the government’s huge investment in agriculture by allowing their flocks to invade and destroy farms in the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Brig. General Ebenezer Ogundana (rtd) gave the warning in Ado Ekiti yesterday during a stakeholders’ meeting of...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has blamed smugglers and grain hoarders for being responsible for persistent hikes in food prices in Nigeria. Tunji Bello, Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC made the blame at a town hall meeting with industry leaders, micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs, market heads, farmers, transporters, and service providers on Wednesday in Kano. Bello said: “In addition to grain hoarding, also identified price fixing and artificial barriers imposed by market...

Following drug allegations against the Senate’s deputy leader, Senator Oyelola Yisa Ashiru (APC Kwara South), the Senate has constituted a six-member ad hoc committee headed by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe to investigate the matter. The constitution of the committee followed a ‘personal explanation’ by Ashiru under Order 42, of the Senate rules, in which the lawmaker said his privileges were breached by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Senate President Godswill Akpabio charged the ad...