Politics

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) wants President Muhammadu Buhari to inform Nigerians if outlaws have taken over the country.

The organisation’s question is coming as a reaction to the abduction of more than 300 schoolgirls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State.

CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, in a statement, said the recurring kidnapping of students was shocking and must be stopped.

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Ayokunle decried, ‘the ease’ with which bandits and insurgents carry out daily attacks.

‘It is totally embarrassing. When will this government give the citizens of

The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package being promulgated by the Biden administration was on Saturday approved by the US House of Representatives, the move was hailed by Democrats as a critical step in funneling new funding toward vaccinations, overburdened local governments, and millions of families devastated by the pandemic.

This is coming four days after the Covid-19 death toll surpassed the 500,000 mark in the United States. The relief package which is seen by many as a sprawling measure from President Joe Biden and seen as a moral imperative by many now heads to the Senate for consideration next week.…

The United States has revealed that violent extremist organizations including Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab remain a threat to the African continent and to the world generally.

The US also believes that the activities of the Peoples Republic of China in Africa might increase instability in the continent if left unchecked.

These disclosures were made by the Deputy Commanding General, United States Army (Europe-Africa) Maj. Gen. Andrew Rohling, and the Commanding General, US Army (Europe and Africa), Gen. Christopher Cavoli, said these at a telephonic briefing with journalists on Tuesday.

The comments come at a time Nigeria and other African countries’ …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the  Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) have threatened to shut down schools over the incessant spate of abductions of students by terrorists. 

In separate reactions, the two groups decried the recent spate of kidnap while noting that it means that students are no longer safe hence the move.

In an interview with newsmen, the national secretary of the NUT, Dr. Mike Ene, and Southwest coordinator of NANS, Kappo Olawale Samuel, stated that some people were all out to put a setback to education in Nigeria while reacting to the recent Zamfara abduction.…

Prof Itse Sagay who is the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has warned that the fight against corruption would suffer a set back if the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, is allowed to exert undue influence on the activities of the newly confirmed chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa.

According to Prof Sagay, Malami commands too much influence that must be put in check for anti-corruption agencies to function independently.

Recall that Bawa was confirmed as substantive chairman of the EFCC by the …

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, yesterday, told his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, that he would do everything possible to woo him back to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Recall that on the road to the 2020 governorship election in Edo, Obaseki. Governor Obaseki defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from APC. Although his defection followed his disqualification by the APC screening committee over issues relating to his certificate.

Obaseki defeated the candidate of the APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, at that governorship election. This weakened the influence of his predecessor and political foe, Adams Oshiomhole, the erstwhile National …