President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the Apapa gridlock be cleared up immediately.He also ordered the immediate removal of all trucks from the bridges and roads within Apapa and all adjoining streets leading to the area.Referred to as the gateway to the nation's economy due to citing of ports and terminals there, Apapa has been known for gridlock which has [...]
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Adbulrasheed Akanbi, oluwo of Iwoland in Osun state, has called on the federal government to make provision for security votes for the traditional institution to help fight insecurity in the country. Akanbi, who spoke to journalists in Osogbo, the state capital on Monday, said the traditional rulers are closer to the grassroots and are privy to the intelligence needed to curb crimes in [...]
The defence headquarters on Tuesday dissociated the armed forces of Nigeria from the circulation of document, calling for the overthrow of the democratically elected government led by President Muhammadu Buhari.In a statement issued by Muhammed Wabi, deputy director of defence information, the DHQ accused a group, “Nigerian Continuity and Progress’’ as being behind the document.Wabi alleged that the document called [...]
The police say Nigerians have the right to search its men in certain situations when the officers are about to carry out inspections.In a statement titled, "(Part 2) Tips For Safe And Cordial Conduct During An Arrest", Frank Mba, force public relations officer, said if an officer is about to search a citizen or a property, that citizen has the right [...]
Sheik Abdulwaheed Sulaiman, chief imam of the state house mosque, says cases of insecurity in Nigeria are a test from God.Sulaiman, speaking on the rise in cases of banditry, kidnappings, and insurgency in the country, said Nigerians should repent and pray to avert the current security problem.He said this during the daily Tafsir (Quranic interpretations) which held at the State [...]
Ben Murray-Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east, says Nigeria has become the laughing stock in the world because of the "inability of senators to function in the 21st century".In an interview with BBC Pidgin, Bruce accused his colleagues of heading towards the opposite direction for rejecting a bill he sponsored on electric cars.In April, Bruce withdrew a bill seeking to phase [...]
The Nigerian army has raised the alarm over the "plot by some individuals to disrupt the May 29 inauguration.In a statement on Saturday, Sagir Musa, army spokesman, said the unnamed persons are hobnobbing with foreigners to scuttle the country's democratic process.He said these individuals are also "determined to cause mischief and exacerbate the security situation" in Nigeria in particular and West [...]
Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has accused governors of promoting insecurity in their states in order to inflate their security votes.Presenting a paper on Wednesday in Abuja at the just-concluded induction programme for the returning and newly elected governors by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Magu urged the governors to be transparent [...]
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says Nigeria's population has hit a new high of 201 million!In its 2019 state of the world population report seen by TheCable, UNFPA said Nigeria's growth rate has been at an average of 2.6 percent from 2010 to 2019.The fertility rate among Nigerian women has dropped from 6.4 in 1969 to 5.3 in 2019; [...]
Abdul Rahman Ado Ibrahim, ohinoyi of Ebiraland, says Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, is being misled by money and “extremely wrong people around him”.Ibrahim said Bello has lost the goodwill of the people and it would be difficult to convince them to vote him for a second term in office.Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust, the traditional ruler said he [...]
Andrew Uchendu, senator representing Rivers east, has asked his colleagues to sell some of their cars and use the proceeds to empower unemployed youth in the country.He made the point while contributing to a debate at the senate on Thursday.Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, had drawn the attention of his colleagues to the killing of Faye Mooney, a British [...]
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says his generation has failed the country.Speaking on Hard Talk, a BBC programme, the professor said the dreams people of his generation had about the country had not materialised.Zeinab Badawi, anchor of the programme, had asked the literary scholar: “Has your generation of older Nigerians failed the people?” and he responded, “Yes, I believe so.“I compare [...]
Olusola Adeyeye, lawmaker representing Osun central senatorial district, says senators earned as high as N20m as running cost until the 7th assembly presided over by David Mark.Adeyeye disclosed this while reacting to the criticism of his stance that Nigeria’s constitution poes a problem for the country.Last year, Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, revealed that members of the upper legislative [...]
Buba Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, has challenged him to swear with the Qur'an that he did not rig the 2019 presidential election.Galadima, who spoke in an interview with The Sun, said Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP, won the election but it was allegedly rigged by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the national minimum wage bill into law.The senate passed the bill on March 19, approving N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. The house of representatives had earlier passed the bill.On Tuesday, workers in the federal capital territory (FCT) begged Buhari to sign the minimum wage bill into law before May 1.Buhari sent the wage [...]
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has insisted the result from the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shows he defeated President Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential election.In his submission to the presidential election tribunal, the former vice president gave the "unique MAC address and Microsoft product ID of the INEC server" from where [...]
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