By: Dr. James Bwala With the rhetoric around the economy and security situation in the country, those blaming the government have failed to look at the history and those involved in it that brought Nigeria to its current predicament. The eight-year rule of the Buhari regime has given birth to criminality with untold consequences for Nigeria, but many who are now speaking ill of the Tinubu and Shettima administration are deliberately shying away from that creation, now biting the fabric covering the nakedness of Nigeria as a people and nation. The fingers pointing at the present economic and security situation…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
By Wale Adedayo The average State Government in Southern Nigeria is not seriously interested in Agriculture. But up North, the commitment is real. And, it did not start yesterday. It predated the current civilian administration in the Country. In Northern Nigeria, given the nature of the environment, they do not joke with irrigation for their farmlands. Meanwhile, you hardly see large expanse of land without agricultural activities going on there, unlike in the South. If a civil war had broken out earlier, the major fear of some of us, was Food Security. Almost all of Southern Nigeria depend on food…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cultural heritage preservation project in Adamawa State has been signed by the Nigerian and United States governments. This is as the US government on Thursday, 15 February, 2024, said it has successfully repatriated a total of 63 Benin Bronzes since 2022. The MoU project involves the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa and International Council on Monuments and Sites-Nigeria and the United States of America under the implementation of Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation grant. The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation,…
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Ajayi Oluwabukola Temitope before an Oyo State High Court for allegedly obtaining N58.458 million by false pretence from her victims. She was arraigned on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, before the court presided over by Justice Kamorudeen Babatunde Olawoyin, on a four count-charge of obtaining by false pretence, an offence that contravenes Section 419 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000. One of the count charges reads: “That you, Ajayi Oluwabukola Temitope ‘F’ on or about 9th April, 2021, at Ibadan, within the jurisdiction…
By Olumyiwa Adejobi The development of a nation in all areas is linked, and could be directly proportional to its security architecture and dynamism. In many areas, and by many scholars, security has not only been seen or perceived as absence of war but also the general well-being of the citizenry of that Nation, which encompasses the principles and concept of ‘The New Security Agenda.’ The components of the new security agenda include human security, environmental security, economic security, and political security, each of which is interconnected and collectively contributes to a country’s overall resilience and stability. In the global…
Justice A.A Isiaka of the Kaduna State High court, Kaduna has convicted and sentenced three persons into various jail terms for internet- related fraud. The convicts are, Ogochukwu Mitchel Emmanuel Ijeh, Mohammed Kabir Bello and Sunday Simon (a.k.a Ryan Eggold). They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges upon their arraignment by the Kaduna State Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The charge against ijeh reads: “that you, Ogochukwu Mitchel Emmanuel Ijeh ( a.k.a Dave Brandon) Male, sometimes in July, 2023 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court falsely presented yourself as…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has announced a six-month extension of the payment of N25,000 and N15,000 wage award to civil servants and pensioners in the state. The Governor, who made the announcement at the commissioning of the 12.5 kilometres Challenge-Odo Ona Elewe-Apata Road, said the extension became important to allow the Federal Government conclude negotiations with the labour unions on a minimum wage. Recall that Governor Makinde introduced the wage award in October 2023 to mitigate the economic hardship being faced by civil servants and pensioners in the aftermath of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Attackers suspected to be kidnappers have shot dead a middle-aged man named Sule Gwamnati, just as they also went away with his wife, Blessing. The assailants stormed Gwamnati’s family house in the early hours of Friday, 16 February, 2024 in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was learnt that Gwamnati, who was immediately rushed to a hospital in Jos after he was shot, died a few hours after arrival. A relative of the wife, Luther Dafwang, confirmed the incident in a distress message he sent to members of the Assemblies of God Church in Jos on Friday. The…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday put smiles on the faces of pensioners in the State by presenting N3.1billion to 1,013 highly dedicated retirees who had shown great commitment to the service of the people of the State. He said the payment of N3.1billion to retirees, alongside their monthly contributions which have already been remitted into their respective Retirement Savings Accounts with the Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs), is a testament to the unwavering commitment of his administration to the welfare and well-being of retirees. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who spoke during the 103rd Batch Retirement Bond Certificate Presentation Ceremony held…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC), caucus in the House of Representatives, has called on President Bola Tinubu to call the state Governor Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to order over his animosity towards the late Akeredolu and against the party’s growth in the state. The lawmakers, who stated this in an open letter to Tinubu, also alleged that Aiyedatiwa has great hatred for his yet-to-be-buried late predecessor and principal, Rotimi Akeredolu. They explained that there is urgent need for Tinubu to intervene quickly so that it may not affect the party’s chances in the forthcoming 2024 governorship…