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No National Law On Grazing Routes, Falana, Basiru Tell Buhari

Mr. Femi Falana (SAN)
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, and the Senate spokesman, Senator Ajibola Basiru, have opposed President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the Attorney-General of theRead More

Unease In Senate As Senators Plot To Remove Lawan

Nigerian Senate
North-west may clinch top post In an impending major realignment in the Senate, senators have started consultations on a possible leadership change that could see President of the Senate, Dr.Read More

Abducted Chibok Girls’ Parents Express Hope Children Will Return Home Soon

Chibok school girls in Boko Haram’s captivity
They will be rescued, Zulum pledges Students not forgotten, says FG Some parents of 112 Chibok girls still in Boko Haram’s captivity since they were abducted on April 14, 2014,Read More

Dangote: Our Ex-factory Cement Pricing, Fair, Just

Dangote Cement
The Group Executive Director, Dangote Group, Mr Edwin Devakumar, yesterday defended its pricing policy for cement and dismissed allegations of extortionate costing, especially by its competitors. Devakumar, while fielding questionsRead More

No Legal Basis for Dialogue With Bandits, Senior Lawyers Insist

Prof. Epiphany Azinge (SAN)
Say banditry is a crime, negotiators trading in criminality Let’s understand outlaws, Gumi urges Nigerians Raises hope for Kagara schoolboys’ freedom Senior lawyers yesterday cautioned against the ongoing appeasement ofRead More

Okonjo-Iweala: My Emergence Will Open Doors For Women

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria’s former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said her emergence as the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), will open doorsRead More

Africa Must Produce To Benefit From WTO, Say Soludo, Rewane

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo
A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo, Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr Birsmack Rewane, and former Nigerian ambassador to the United States,Read More

Afenifere Seeks Foreign Intervention To Combat Herdsmen Crisis

The apex Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere
Reiterates Soyinka’s warning on imminent civil war The apex Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday urged the international community to intervene in the crisis between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria toRead More

Tackle Insecurity, Bakare Urges Buhari, Backs Open Grazing Ban

Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare
Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has thrown his weight behind the calls for a ban on open grazing of cattle and called on President Muhammadu BuhariRead More

Obi Tackles Presidency, Insists Corruption Worsening In Nigeria

The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 general election, Mr. Peter Obi
Says COVID-19 management not transparent The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has thrown his weight behind last week’s report byRead More