The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, has attributed the unending security challenges in the northern part of the country to complex border management. He stated this in a lecture titled “Assessing the present security situation in Northern Nigeria”, presented on Friday evening at the Institute for Development Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman The recent suggestion by Prof. Jerry Gana that former President Goodluck Jonathan may run in the 2027 presidential election, says a great deal about the state of Nigerian politics. A full decade after his historic electoral defeat, Jonathan is once again being presented as the potential saviour of the opposition Peoples…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that Twitter must be registered as a business entity in Nigeria before the ban imposed on the social media by the federal government can be lifted. He also disclosed that the management of Twitter has reached out for a “high-level discussion” to resolve the…
An Abuja federal high court, presided over by Justice Obiora Egwatu has nullified the election of Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba state for the 2023 elections. In his ruling on Tuesday, the judge declared that based on submissions made before him by all concerned parties,…
President Bola Tinubu has suspended the managing director and chief executive of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, indefinitely. Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Also suspended indefinitely, are Olaniyi Netufo, executive director, corporate services, Barka Sajou, executive director, technical…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna, says 36 state governments have submitted their reports on the creation of state police to the national economic council (NEC). Sani spoke in Abuja on Thursday after the NEC meeting presided over by Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Sani stated that many states support the plan to establish state police, noting that…
