March 2021

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi yesterday admitted that the concerns about Nigeria’s unity were legitimate, he, however, noted that the clamour was transient and could be resolved through the active engagement of all stakeholders.

In recent times, the clamor for restructuring and regional self-determination has grown to take the center stage in national public discourse.

Amaechi spoke at the 34th Convocation Lecture of the University of Calabar, where he delivered a lecture titled, ‘Beyond our Imperfect Union: The National Question and Nigeria’s Future.’

According to him, ‘In recent days, we have begun to hear loud voices …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday offered a special prayer against another war in Nigeria over 50 years after the first civil war.

President Buhari made this prayer at an event to welcome the World leader of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Religious Movement, Sheikh Muhammadul Mahy Niass, the Grand Khalifa of Sheikh Ibrahim Niass on Friday.

Buhari, who recalled that in the 30 months of the civil war, Nigerians on both sides lost numerous lives, prayed that ‘never again shall we experience such‘.

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President Joe Biden on Thursday said he intends to run for re-election in 2024 with Vice President Kamala Harris on the ticket.

At his first presidential news conference, Biden responded ‘Yes’ when asked if he would seek the office he currently occupies again in 2024.

‘The answer is yes, my plan is to run for reelection,‘ ‘That’s my expectation.‘

When asked about the potential for another Biden-Harris ticket, Biden praised Harris for the work she’s done so far.

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‘I would fully expect that to be …

Yoruba Groups, under the umbrella of all ‘Yoruba Groups Worldwide’, have set aside June 12 as the day of referendum for the Yoruba nation on the self-determination agenda.

This and other resolutions were reached at a meeting held at the Western Hall, Oyo State Secretariat Complex, Ibadan, with the theme: ‘The Paramountcy of Yoruba Unity in Tackling The Insecurity Menace in Yorubaland.’

The Founder of Yoruba K’oya Movement, Otunba Deji Osibogun, who read the communique for the groups after the meeting, said that Yoruba self-determination was non-negotiable.

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The groups, which urged …

This certainly not the best of times for the Nigerian Senate as the bill to establish the Armed Forces Commission which is being proposed by the minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe pitched the Senators from the southern region against their northern counterparts.

Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has declared that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is the best thing to happen ever happen to the country.

He made this assertion on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme which was monitored by our correspondent, according to the governor, the has recorded a lot of achievements.

The programme anchor had asked him if he agrees with his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterparts who said Buhari is the best thing to happen to Nigeria and he responded thus: ‘I agree with the given circumstances we have now. I believe 100 per cent. I know what …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, gave reasons for the demolition of the property of some key members of the past administration in Edo state.

The immediate past deputy governor of the state, Dr. Pius Odubu, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, former Secretary to the State Government, SSG, and Mike Itemuagbon who is sports promoter, had last week seen their properties demolished.

The Secretary to the Edo State Government (SSG), Mr. Osarodion Ogie, in a statement in Benin, said the C 0f Os of the property was revoked on December 21, 2020, as they were government property which ex-Comrade governor …