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Nigeria: Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Snub Abdusalam’s Meeting Over Invitation of Miyetti Allah

29Jul

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Crime, Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Security, Terrorism

Nigeria: Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Snub Abdusalam’s Meeting Over Invitation of Miyetti Allah

Leaders of the Southern and Middle belt areas of Nigeria have declined the invitation extended to them by former head of state, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar to a roundtable on national issues and security. The decision not to attend the meeting was based on the inclusion of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in the round table. According to their statement, the leaders considered it an insult for their groups which represent Nigerian nationalities to be lumped with a trade organization which has also be linked to several killings across the country. Details of their response to Gen. Abdusalami's invitation are given below. " Dear General, Re: Roundtable on National Issues and Security Greetings to you from the leaders of Southern and Middle Leaders Forum. We ...

YABATECH: ASUP Quits from Part-Time Programmes Over Shortfall in Wages

29Jul

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Education, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

YABATECH: ASUP Quits from Part-Time Programmes Over Shortfall in Wages

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), on Monday disengaged from all the part-time programmes in the college following the shortfall in the payment of wages and allowances to its members. Mr Nureni Yekini, Chairman ASUP disclosed the union decision to newsmen at the end of the union’s congress in Lagos. He said that all services had been suspended till further notice. He explained that the congress reached the decision following various complaints from members over shortfall in payment of wages and allowances by the management of the college. "Today, members declares that they will withdraw their services from the part-time programmes till further notice. “We have been trying to resolve it internally, but as at today, all acad...

Ogun State Govt. Commences Sango/Agbado/Oke Aro-Ojodu Abiodun Road Projects

29Jul

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Environment, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Ogun State Govt. Commences Sango/Agbado/Oke Aro-Ojodu Abiodun Road Projects

The Ogun state governnor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has commenced extensive palliative measures on the 32Km Sango ,/Agbado/Oke Aro -Ojodu Abiodun road. The Sango-Ojodu-Abiodun road is one of the roads which was awarded and abandoned by the immediate past administration in Ogun state. According to the governor, the socioeconomic activities along this axis has been greatly affected due to the neglect of the road based on claim of paucity of funds by the previous government. The road which cut across various border communities between Lagos and Ogun State has been in the state of comatose before the emergence of the his administration. Abiodun said he directed immediate work on the road to bring succor to the lives of the people living along that axis as the road remains one of his top pri...

Nigeria: Ministership for Sale – Up to N2.5b Per Slot, by Farooq Kperogi

28Jul

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Corruption, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Ministership for Sale – Up to N2.5b Per Slot, by Farooq Kperogi

except for a few ministerial nominations, every other post was literally auctioned off to the highest bidder. I declined to comment on the ministerial list Buhari sent to the Senate for two reasons: I was deeply distraught by what I heard about the process that produced it and I wanted to confirm the info from trustworthy people who should know. Four different, dependable, and independent sources who don’t know each other but who’re close to the corridors of power were eerily united in telling me that except for a few ministerial nominations (notably those of Adamu Adamu, Ali Isa Pantami, Mohammed Musa Bello, Raji Fashola whom Buhari himself personally penciled— and those that were conceded to Tinubu) every other post was literally auctioned off to the highest bidder. One Jeddy...

AbdulRazaq congratulates Kwara Ministerial Nominees

24Jul

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News, Nigeria

AbdulRazaq congratulates Kwara Ministerial Nominees

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the two ministerial nominees from the state, Alhaji Lai Mohamed and Senator Gbemisola Saraki. The Governor, in statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye said nominating these personalities was a honour done to them and to Kwara State. He considers it a great honour to have two ministerial slots ceded to Kwara State," the statement said. According to the governor, It is an affirmation of the special place this state holds in the heart of President Muhammadu Buhari." The statement urged the National Assembly, especially senators from Kwara State, to offer their full backing for smooth screening of the nominees of the President in the overall interest of the country.

Osinbajo, Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, others Celebrates Jakande at 90

24Jul

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Lagos News, Lifestyle, News, Nigeria

Osinbajo, Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, others Celebrates Jakande at 90

"Unbroken Progressive Governance Part Of Jakande’s Legacies" says Tinubu Asiwaju Tinubu on Tuesday described Jakande as a “foremost progressive in Africa”, saying his loyalty to the cause of progressive politics and his leader, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, earned him “unmatched respect”. He disclosed this on the occasion of 90th birthday of Jakande which was held at Havens Event Centre in GRA Ikeja. The event, which was jointly organised by Lagos State Government and Jakande’s family drew high-profile dignitaries which included the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, former Lagos state governor and National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his successor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, Ogun State Governor, Mr. Dapo Abiodun, Lagos Deputy Gove...

Nigeria: Fashola, Ngige, Keyamo Make Buhari’s Ministerial List

23Jul

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Breaking News, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Fashola, Ngige, Keyamo Make Buhari’s Ministerial List

Nigerians' wait for ministerial appointment may be at an end as the President has forwarded the list of his ministers to the National Assembly for confirmation. This was confirmed today by Ahmad Lawan, the Senate President who also alluded to the fact the may have been sent last week. In the letter read out to the Senate today, Tuesday 23rd of July 2019, former ministers Fashola and Ngige made the list. The fresh names that made the list include Festus Keyamo, Godswill Akpabio and George Akume, former Benue State governor. The full list include: 1. Dr Uchechukwu Ogah (Abia) 2. Muhammad Musa Bello (Adamawa) 3. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) 4. Chris Ngige (Anambra) 5. Sharon Ikeazor (Anambra) 6. Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) 7. Mariam Katagum (Bauchi) 8. Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa) 9. ...

Opinion: Don’t You Already Regret Voting for Buhari? by Femi Aribisala

23Jul

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News, Nigeria

Opinion: Don’t You Already Regret Voting for Buhari? by Femi Aribisala

The 2019 presidential election was essentially between two Fulani men. But the incendiary of Fulanisation only pertains to one of them: President Muhammadu Buhari. Every right-thinking Nigerian knows Buhari did not win the 2019 presidential election. Nevertheless, at the very least, some 10 million Nigerians must have voted genuinely for him. In view of the extent to which the situation in Nigeria has deteriorated dramatically over the few months since the election, we need to ask the president’s supporters if they don’t now regret voting for him. Is the Nigeria of today really the Nigeria they voted for? Is it not now abundantly clear that a vote for Buhari was a vote for conflict, crisis and confusion? Did his supporters realise that they were voting for the disintegration of t...

Nigeria: Miyetti Allah and Fulani Herdsmen Commence Vigilante Operations In Yorubaland

22Jul

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Crime, Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

Nigeria: Miyetti Allah and Fulani Herdsmen Commence Vigilante Operations In Yorubaland

In a shocking development, a Miyetti Allah vigilante group has been spotted operating in Ondo state, Nigeria. This revelation was made by one Kayode Ajulo, a legal practitioner who narrated his encounter with one such Fulani Vigilante group on his way returning from Akure. Ajulo said that this group whom he described as terrorists were already mounting the highways with guns and openly doing "security work”. They have direct phone lines with the neighboring police stations confirming they are legit. Some of the Herdsmen Vigilante are wearing various Nigerian security outfits. This confirmed the police announcement in June that they will collaborate with Fulani Herdsmen to bring back peace in the country. Nigerians were also shocked when the Miyetti Allah announced too that they will...

Opinion: A Word for Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah – Fani-Kayode

22Jul

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Biafra, Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Security

Opinion: A Word for Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah – Fani-Kayode

“If it is Fulani today, yesterday it was the Igbos”- Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah. I have immense respect for Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah but to compare the situation of the Fulani in the south today to the situation of the Igbo in the north in 1966 is disingenuous and intellectually dishonest. The Igbo did not slaughter the Fulani in the 1966 northern pogroms but rather it was the Fulani that slaughtered the Igbo. In 1966 alone no less than 100,000 innocent and defenceless Igbos were butchered by the Fulani and other northerners in the north. Today it is again the Fulani that are slaughtering thousands of Igbo, Yoruba and other southerners all over the south. They are also killing Middle Belters. The south and the Middle Belt do not have a tradition of killing the innocent and the d...