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There are many who binge on elite conspiracies which are just mere grand designs to pollute the waters for personal advantage. This is one of the reasons why talks about how the Igbo have been mindlessly marginalised in Nigeria have always saturated the media space. For decades, many people, including the media have perpetuated wrong…
The assassination of a former Special Adviser on political matters to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak has continued to generate reactions in a development that has hitherto remained controversial. Gulak was said to have been attacked and shot dead in a Toyota Camry cab taking him and two others to Sam Mbakwe Airport to catch…
For a long time, the call to give Lagos State a special status has been championed by different people within and outside the state. Although it has been unsuccessful so far, it did not stop Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu from renewing the call as he demanded state police, fiscal federalism, and a special economic status for…
Census has remained a veritable mechanism through which countries around the world garner the data of their citizens for sustainable development. Constitutionally, Nigeria’s census should be done every 10 years by the National Population Commission (NPC), but it has been difficult to sustain due to the pressures on the economy and lack of political will…
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the N2.5 billion loot recovered from former Delta Sate Governor, James Ibori by the UK government. The money is expected to be transferred to Nigeria in the next two weeks. The Federal Government is planning to use the recovered funds to finance projects outside of Delta State. Recall that…
An appeal for nationwide calm was the nexus of the presidential message delivered by Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, on Wednesday 21st, October, 2020. The speech titled, ‘President Buhari Welcomes Establishment of Judicial Panels of Inquiry by 13 States to Deliver Justice for Victims of Police Brutality’…
Abubakar Fulata, Chairman, Committee on Rules and Business has reintroduced The National Water Resource Bill. The bill was earlier rejected on Tuesday, September 29 by a majority in the Green Chamber. A staff of the Committee disclosed that ‘The Bill has now been gazetted to be presented again’. He further stated that ‘the Northern caucuses…
Four people have been confirmed dead from COVID-19 complications in Nigeria, taking the total number of deaths from the virus to 1,123. Health authorities, revealed that, three out of every five deaths from the coronavirus in Nigeria are people that are 50 years and above. This however, shows the malignant effect of the virus on…
The meeting between the Federal Government, labour unions and civil society groups over the increase in petrol price and electricity tariff ended without a resolution a second time. Meanwhile, the court granted an interim order barring the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on a protest or strike over…
Professor Yima Sen, Director General of the Northern Elders’ Forum, Nigeria, speaks on issues relating to the war against insurgency and insecurity in the North, and the topical question of political zoning in Nigeria, in a conversation with Udu Yakubu. Udu Yakubu: Recently, the Northern Elders’ Forum asked President Muhammadu Buhari to dwell less on…
