Buhari is healthy to run for re-election – Spokesperson

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 21st January 2018

Presidential adviser on media and publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Sunday in Abuja said President Muhammadu Buhari has not decided on whether to contest in the 2019 election. Adesina said this while speaking with State…

Suspected herdsmen set Falae’s farm ablaze

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 21st January 2018

Men suspected to be herders on Sunday set ablaze the farm of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, in Akure, the Ondo capital. The farm was located at…

Islamic State terrorists discovered, arrested in Benue, Edo, Kogi

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 21st January 2018

Many members of Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) who infiltrated Nigeria have been arrested in Benue, Edo and Kogi. Security operatives have identified the infiltration of Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) in Nigeria’s…

Fulani herdsmen: Follow Awolowo model, NMPC President tells Buhari

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 20th January 2018

THE President, National Movement for Positive Change (NMPC), Barrister Niyi Aborisade has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to adopt a model propounded by the former Premier of the defunct Western region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, as…

Let’s not sweep restructuring `under the carpet’—Obasanjo

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 20th January 2018

Former President, Chief Olusengun Obasanjo, has cautioned against hushing the call for restructuring in Nigeria. Obasanjo made the call while presenting a plaque to Prof. Ehosa Osaghae, the Convocation Lecturer at the National Open University…

Army, Fulani herdsmen disagree over cattle rustling claims

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 20th January 2018

THE army’s Special Task Force (STF) in charge of security in Plateau State has disagreed with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) over the number of cattle alleged to have been stolen by natives…

All APC govs have endorsed Buhari for 2019 – Okorocha

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 20th January 2018

IMO State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, says all governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second tenure. Okorocha said this in a statement issued on his behalf by Sam…

Activist sues Buhari over appointment of NIA DG, seeks reversal

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 20th January 2018

The controversy over appointment of a new director general of Nigeria’s external security organisation, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has moved to the courts. On Friday, an activist and the convener of the Concerned Nigerians…

Ajimobi goes to appeal court over sacked Ibadan kings

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 20th January 2018

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State said his government will appeal the judgment which sacked the 21 Ibadan high chiefs that he installed as monarchs. Justice Olajumoke Aiki of Oyo State High Court on Friday…

Court nullifies Installation of 21 kings by Governor Ajimobi

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 20th January 2018

Justice Olajumoke Aiki of an Oyo State High Court on Friday declared the review of existing 1957 Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration and other Related Chieftaincies in Ibadanland by the Oyo State Government as unconstitutional, illegal, null,…