Left: Chairman Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam and members of the Committee during the Screening of the Presidential Nominees for Electricity Regulations Commission at the National Assembly on Tuesday. Pix by Sylvanus Tyoakaa
Nigeria Is a Failed State The first step to restoring stability and security is recognizing that the government has lost control. By Robert I. Rotberg, founding director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Intrastate Conflict and president emeritus of the World Peace Foundation, and John Campbell, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign…
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are to meet on Tuesday to discuss the state of the nation. This was contained in a statement on Monday in Abuja by the Director General of the PDP forum, Cyril Maduabum. The statement added that the governors will also discuss state of the PDP. The party won…
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has charged operational commanders in the Northeast and northwest to be resolute and sustain the current onslaught against remnants of terrorists causing mayhem, especially in the Northern part of the country. A statement by the spokesman of the Nigerian Airforce (NAF), Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet,…
The Plateau state government has concluded plans to carry out a state-wide fumigation exercise.The state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong announced this on Monday in Jos while briefing journalists on the steps taken by the state government to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus.He said the fumigation will cover Jos-Bukuru Metropolis and all the 17…
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed the death of 98 persons in Saturday’s tanker explosion in Dikko, Gurara Local Government Area of the state. The Director General of NSEMA, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, who confirmed the casualty figures in a statement on Monday, said 69 people sustained injuries in the unfortunate incident. He added…
