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The Kano Business mogul Aminu Alhassan Dantata said local government financial autonomy is a precondition to Nigeria’s development. Dantata made the appealed at the coronation ceremony of Aminu Ado Bayero as the 58th Emir of Kano on Saturday. He said lack of autonomy to local government councils in the country has worsened the already fragile…
As the race for the national chairmanship of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) hots up, MUYIWA OYINLOLA in this report examines the gladiators By Muyiwa Oyinlola When the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) came on board June last year, not many stakeholders believed the…
By Adekunle Ade-Adeleye The interception of Nnamdi Kanu and the storming of Sunday Igboho’s mansion last week were clearly and deliberately orchestrated by the government’s security forces. These were not isolated or coincidental events. They show a determined effort by the government to stamp out any attempt towards separatism. Mr Kanu was brought in from…
Nigerians looking forward to having their votes transmitted electronically may have had their hopes dashed, as the National Assembly has sought to bar such method in future elections in the country. This is as the lawmakers have opted for the existing way of transporting election results by human movements from pooling units down to collation…
Sumaina Kasim writes on the need for President Muhammadu Buhari to take a decisive action on Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) and National Iron Ore Mining Company Limited by engaging the 100-man Nigeria audit team and engineers since the Russians are far from sight or in fact, declare a state of emergency on the project…
Cigari of Lokoja ,Alhaji Ahmed Sanusi,On Saturday led a delegation of friends,Islamic clerics and well wishers on a thank you visit to His Royal Highness ,the Maigari of Lokoja,Dr Muhammad Kabir Maikarfi 111 OON at his palace in Lokoja. It could recalled that the Monarch recently conferred the traditional title of CIGARI OF LOKOJA on…
Months after what some political observations tagged “Local Goverment selection” in Kogi state, the State Independent Electoral commission (KOSIEC) ,is presently facing Serious crisis following a petitioned from a Concern Citizens of Kabba/Bunu local government area over an alleged involvement of a Commissioner of the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, Hon. Emmanuel Folorunsho Olorunfemi in…
•Seeks adherence to APC’s pre-2015 North-South rotation pact Politicians in the north with ambition to contest for President in 2023 were told yesterday to consider All Progressives Congress’ agreement to rotate power between the North and the South. Former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, who made the call in his closing remarks as…
Emeoyiri Uzorma Benjamin, 28, alias Onye Army, arrested for being a member of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has alleged that he and other members of the organisation launched attacks on security agents following a radio instruction from their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Benjamin, a commander of the Eastern Security Network, the armed wing of…
The Kenyan Government has denied involvement in the arrest and extortion to Nigeria of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Wilfred Machage, made the denial when he spoke with newsmen on Friday in Abuja. The family of Kanu had accused the Kenyan Government of…
