Raising from their meeting on Sunday in Abeakuta, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have recommended special courts to try bandits, kidnappers and carriers of unlawful weapons in Nigeria. According to the Punch newspaper, Obasanjo and Gumi made this known in a jointly signed communique issued after their closed-door meeting at the Obasanjo…
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has described Yinka Odumakin, the late spokeman of Afenifere as a “fierce fighter for good governance, justice and democracy. In a statement on on Sunday, the President of SOKAPU, Mr. Jonathan Asake, said news of the death of Odumakin was shocking! According Asake, news of Odumakin demise “hit the people…
Five people have been killed by bandits following an attack on Katarma village in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Aruwan also debunked reports that the state government had appointed representatives to negotiate with bandits. The…
Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, is said to be currently meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, according to reports by TheCable. The online news platform said Obasanjo’s spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi, confirmed the meeting. “It is not just the two of them present; it is stakeholders meeting holding at…
The decision to ease the lockdown is obviously more political than realistic and scientific. The economic reasons adduced for proposed easing of the lockdown are purely political excuses that do not explain much. It should be pointed out that Nigeria’s economy is a monoculture economy depending on the sale of oil. Even if we increase…
WASHINGTON—President Trump said the U.S. would halt funding to the World Health Organization while his administration investigates what he called the group’s mismanagement of the coronavirus response. In a press statement, President Trump faulted the World Health Organisation for its role in mismanaging the spread of the coronavirus. President Trump described WHO’s decision to oppose travel…
