March 10, 2021

We’re Tired Of Open Grazing — Miyetti Allah Declares

March 10, 2021 11:39 pm

The association of herders in Nigeria known as the Miyetti Allah Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has stated that it is tired of open grazing in Ondo State, calling on the government to provide alternatives as a way to put the frequent herdsmen/ farmers’ crises to an end.

The Ondo Chapter Chairman of the association, Alhaji Bello Garba, made this declaration on Wednesday in Akure the state’s capital.

Garba was speaking during a public hearing on a bill to regulate rearing and grazing of livestock and provide for the establishment of ranches and other related matters.

According to him, the …

Min. Wage Lobby Your Reps To Kill The Bill - Doguwa To NLC

Lobby Your Reps To Kill Minimum Wage Bill – Doguwa To NLC

March 10, 2021 11:04 pm

The Majority Leader, House of Representatives, Rep. Alhassan Ado Doguwa has urged the protesting organised labour to rather go home to lobby their representatives at the National Assembly instead if they want to kill the bill which seeks to remove minimum wage from the exclusive list.

Doguwa gave the advice while addressing some of protesters who came to protest at the National Assembly complex on Wednesday.

While commending the workers for their peaceful protest, he said they have channelled their grievances through the right channel.

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‘You are in the …

Removing Minimum Wage Will Enslave Workers – NLC, TUC

March 10, 2021 8:51 am

Workers on the platform of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), have declared that any attempt to remove the minimum wage from the exclusive list is an attempt to enslave Nigerian workers.

The workers made this disclosure when they protested against the removal of minimum wage from the exclusive list.

The workers who protested in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Wednesday advised the Oyo State House of Assembly not to be part of the Bill that would return Nigerians workers into slavery.

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The unionists …

Bandits Abduct 100 Miners, Kill 10 In Zamfara – Emir

March 10, 2021 8:48 am

The Emir of Anka, Attahiru Ahmad, has said that more than 100 miners in Anka and Maru Local Government Areas of Zamfara State have been abducted by bandits.

He spoke in Gusau on Tuesday when the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor visited Governor Bello Matawalle.

The Chairman of Zamfara Council of Chiefs disclosed that bandits also killed 10 persons during an invasion of a mining site.

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He said the incident occurred on March 2 but was overshadowed by the abduction of Jangebe schoolgirls.

Ahmad lamented …

Govt Officials Always Present Whenever I Meet Bandits – Gumi

Bandits Feel Everyone Is Against Them – Sheikh Gumi

March 10, 2021 8:46 am

Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Wednesday suggested ways the Federal Government can resolve the challenge of banditry in the North.

Gumi said the Federal Government should adopt the non-kinetic approach in tackling banditry and insecurity in the Northern part of the country.

In an exclusive interview with Newsmen, the cleric explained that the use of kinetic force was responsible for the current insecurity issue in the North.

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He stressed that bandits feel, ‘everybody is against them,’ hence they are vicious and aggressively fighting for survival.

According to Gumi: ‘Honestly

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Nigeria Needs 8% Growth Rate To Stay Afloat – Rewane

March 10, 2021 12:13 am

A member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane, has warned that unless the economy grows by, at least, 7% to 8% percent yearly in the next five to 10 years, the country risks multidimensional poverty, debt crisis, and heightened insecurity.

According to him although Nigeria has the biggest gross domestic product (GDP) in Africa, it needs to attract both domestic and international capital to grow the current $446.543 billion GDP to $1.5 trillion by 2030 when the country’s population would be 250 million.

The economist, who spoke at a …