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Presently, Nigeria is confronted with a plethora of security challenges ranging from the ubiquitous farmer-herder conflict to banditry, kidnappings, abductions, and revived secessionist movements. The list seems endless. For a long time now, the Nigerian media space has been blackened with shocking reports of persistent violent attacks nationwide. From the north to the southeast and…
Few days after the latest violent attacks by scores of gunmen on Igangan, an agrarian community in Ibarapa North Local Government of Oyo State; the state governor Engr. Seyi Makinde had bemoaned the recurring wanton destruction of lives and properties in the region. He is calling on the Federal Government to permit governors in the…
The President asked a question: Can they say that I have not been governing according to the Constitution? In the practice of law, lawyers are always delighted when such an open question is asked, because it is an opportunity to take up the gauntlet that has been thrown and score damning points in a case,…
Some months ago, a Public Historian and Writer, Dr. Udu Yakubu, published an article in The Journal titled, “Buhari Needs Emergency Powers to Tackle Insecurity.” Read Also: BUHARI NEEDS EMERGENCY POWERS TO TACKLE INSECURITY In that article, Udu Yakubu noted with clear precision that “Fighting a counter-insurgency war will require a lot of resolve by…
The House of Representatives currently has before it a bill seeking to bar bank workers and staff of other financial institutions from operating foreign accounts. The bill which has scaled the first reading requires that spouses and children of bank employees and staff of other financial institutions may be mandated to declare their assets when…
It was on 4 June 2021 when news filtered in that the Federal Government had indefinitely suspended the operations of Twitter, a popular microblogging and social networking platform in Nigeria that is home to an estimated 18 million active users. In a statement through the Ministry of Information and Culture, the Federal Government cited the…
The Bank of Industry was set up to provide financial and business support services to the country’s industrial sector. The bank targets sub-sectors like agricultural and agro-allied businesses, solid minerals, oil and gas, manufacturing, among others. Despite this clear-cut objective of the bank, there seems to be a huge information gap between Nigerians and what…
The Federal Government has been urged by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, to provide an explanation as to what use recovered loot has been put under the incumbent administration in the last six years. The Sultan made this known on 25 May at the zonal dialogue with stakeholders on the National Ethics and…
Following frequent bouts of disagreement between Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) and the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) over Stamp Duties collection, Rotimi Asher had a chat with NIPOST Deputy Zonal Manager, Corporate Communications, Valerie Bolanle Ekeogu. In the interview that took place recently at NIPOST office, Lagos, Valerie Ekeogu speaks on what NIPOST is doing…
It was quite cheering when information from the National Bureau of Statistics last week revealed that Nigeria’s inflation rate reduced by 0.05 per cent in April compared to what obtained in March. The bureau said while inflation rate stood at 18.17 per cent in March, it reduced to 18.12 per cent in April. It might…
