By Peter Duru The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, has said it was wrong for Nigerians to lump local Fulani herders with those illegally finding their way into the country and causing crises. Secretary-General of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Gadzama, said this at the event marking the third year anniversary of the Open Grazing Prohibition …

By Emeka Obasi Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa saw it coming. In 1962, Emmanuel Adu Olawaiye, led a team of five policemen comprising three officers and two other ranks to Malaya. The Nigerian government sent the cops on a course that culminated in the birth of the Police Mobile Force (PMF). The PMF came in to …

A file image of the #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate, before the gunfire. By Magnus onyibe Nothing illustrates the constructive and equally destructive capacity of our youths more than the fall outs of the #EndSARS protests. And education makes the difference between the creatively and positively charged ones and the destructively and the negatively charged ones. Allow …

The Pennsylvania Republican Party asked the US Supreme Court Friday to halt the counting of late-arriving ballots in the state, as Democrat Joe Biden took a lead in the tally and was poised to defeat President Donald Trump. If Biden wins Pennsylvania he wins the presidency. The last-ditch appeal for an emergency injunction asked the …

By Fr Geroge Adimike In humanity’s groping for intelligibility, direction and truth, universities are supposed to function as lighthouses that illuminate her pathways and waterways. In actuality, good universities liberate the benighted world from constraints, contradictions and paradoxes that register their presence through different forms of pseudo-freedom and reign of terror. A good university serves as …

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, on Friday, inaugurated a 27-man steering committee to formulate a 20-year development plan for the state. Speaking at the inauguration of the committee in Ibadan, Makinde said the initiative was conceived to address developmental challenges in all aspects of the state economy within a stipulated timeframe. According to him, …

A map of Nigeria Capt Umar advises Nigeria to seek help in fighting terror By Dirisu Yakubu Retired military officer, Capt. Aliyu Umar  has said the continental and global respect  enjoyed by the Nigerian military is now waning owing largely to what he called the absence of craftsmanship across the leadership spectrum of the country. …

…as coronation’s scheduled for 9th of Nov Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Moves to stop the coronation of the 19th emir of Zazzau suffered set back as a Kaduna state High Court sitting in Zaria dismissed the application brought before it by one Bashir Aminu, the Iyan Zazzau. This came as arrangements were on …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday in Abuja made virtual and public presentation of its `Report of the 2019 General Election’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the commission also made public presentation of the ` Review of the 2019 General Election: Report of the Commission’s Retreats and Stakeholder Engagements’’. INEC …

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A policy group called Africa’s New Dawn, a public policy advocacy organization, yesterday, disclosed of honouring 46 public officer holders with ‘Next Level’ Achievers Award 2020 on December 3, 2020. This was contained in a statement signed by Coordinator, Planning Committee, Ike Chukwu Chima, for the organizers, where it explained …

Democrat Joe Biden was on the brink of winning the US presidency on Friday, as he took the lead in the key battleground states Georgia and Pennsylvania, but President Donald Trump vowed to keep fighting. Biden has overturned what initially appeared to be a substantial lead for Trump in Pennsylvania, opening a lead of some …