The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) led by Professor Ago Abdullahi has alleged that it knows those who are working to achieve an Ethno-religious crisis across Nigeria in order to break up the country warning such people to desist from such.
The Forum noted that one of the antics of such persons is to raise tensions and as well create fears among the citizenry with the aim of causing a major crises in various regions in the country.
In a statement on Friday by the Director, Publicity, and Advocacy of NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed added that such groups also planted falsehood …
Ondo State Government has raised alarm after discovering that a group of terrorists, whose members are masquerading as herdsmen, are stockpiling arms and ammunition to invade the entire State.
The Commander of Amotekun corps in the state, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, told Newsmen on Friday that they recorded a breakthrough by busting the operation of the cartel.
Earlier in a statement, Adeleye said they were able to smoke out these criminal elements with the help of men of the Nigeria Army, Police, and other sister agencies from their hideout in the forest.
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The leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has filed a suit seeking to challenge the extension of the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The suit was filed against Buhari, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Police Service Commission, and Adamu.
‘The NBA’s position in the Suit is that Mr. Adamu ceased to be a member of the Nigeria Police Force when he attained the milestone of thirty-five years of service,’ NBA president Olumide Akpata said in a statement on Friday.
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‘Therefore, the …
Kwankwasiyya political, group owned by the former Kano State Governor has called out incumbent Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje over his intentions to demolish one of the four flyover bridges built by his predecessor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso.
The plans to demolish and reconstruct the Kofar Nassarawa bridge were recently reported to have unveiled by Ganduje’s Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba who stated that the administration only has the intention of making the area more convenient for commuters.
But, Kwankwasiyya in a statement on Friday by former Commissioner, Project Monitoring Directorate during Kwankwaso administration, Comrade Aminu Abdulsalam Gwarzo described the plan …
The Ofo na Ogu concept of justice and fair play in Igbo traditional legal system has many definitions, though they may vary in thought line, they are one and the same. The concept of Ofo na Ogu are one and the same, and are not different concepts.
The Ofo comes from the Ofo tree or (dearum microcarpam) or Ofo Nkpo nata. The Ofo in Igbo traditional legal system is a symbol of truth, power, authority, justice and law. The (Ofo Osisi) is usually given to the first son ( Okpara or Okpala) or the oldest person in a family, kindred …
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has joined the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ban crypto trading.
SEC has stopped admittance of affected persons into its Regulatory Incubation Framework for Fintech firms.
In a statement on Thursday, SEC said it received inquiries on a perceived policy conflict between its September 11 statement on Digital Assets, Classification and Treatment and the February 5 CBN circular.
The commission stressed that there were no contradictions or inconsistencies.
It clarified that last year’s statement was to provide regulatory certainty within the digital asset space, due to the growing volume of reported flows.
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The Management of Air Peace has announced that the UAE Government had stopped passengers’ airlifting from Nigeria to Dubai as part of its COVID-19 measures.
Air Peace Spokesperson, Mr Stanley Olisa, made the announcement in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.
Olisa, however, said that flights bringing Nigerians back from UAE were not affected.
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According to him, to this end, Air Peace flight from UAE (Sharjah-Dubai) to Lagos is not affected.
…‘Normal flights shall resume when the restriction is lifted from Feb. 28, 2021.’
‘Our esteemed customers whose
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I, has disclosed that Nigerians of Fulani extraction residing in his domain are not terrorists.
The paramount ruler made this disclosure during an unscheduled visit to some Fulani settlements within Iwo land on Friday.
Oba Akanbi noted that there were beautiful Fulani children in his domain and that he was going to re-orientate the ones amongst them who had chosen a criminal path.
He maintained that the criminal elements amongst them were formed as a result of decades of …
Nigeria’s Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnya Onu has said that food security was very critical to Nigeria and that the nation must be well-positioned to feed itself, he said this in Abuja on Thursday
Onu said Nigeria’s burgeoning population meant that its inability to feed its citizens would create problems for the country and also for the global community.
Receiving a delegation of the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology that paid him a courtesy visit, he said continuous importation of food already created a hike in prices, thereby putting pressure on the country. He said that …
The European champions came to life following a nervy start and went ahead through a neat strike from the inside right by Joshua Kimmich, but the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) stepped in to call an offside.
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Los Tigres continued to hold ground as the match headed to the closing stages, with a move down the left from Javier Aquino allowing Guido Pizarro to take aim, but
