The police yesterday , a memo issued by the Nigerian Army warning officers and men to steer clear of police personnel over fear of likely reprisal in the wake of last week’s killing of three policemen by soldiers in Taraba State. In the memo, the army had warned its personnel …

Members of the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSCON) have declared as unacceptable the federal government’s continuous withholding of the N98 billion gas flare penalty money owed oil producing communities. It was learnt that the money, which was allegedly paid by the IOCS to the Department of …

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) reaction to the Federal Government’s move to ban the importation of milk is curious and should not be allowed to go unchallenged. There appears to be more to the MACBAN’s strange response than meets the eye because the policy instrument is supposed …

A recent lamentation by the Organised Private Sector (OPS), that the Nigerian economy lost a whopping N6 trillion to the protracted gridlock in Apapa should spur the authorities to seek ways of decongesting Lagos, which is to open other ports in other geo-political zones in the country. Port Harcourt, Onne …

Since President Muhammadu Buhari was re-elected for a second and last term, he has been playing host to groups generally known as traditional rulers, campaign organisations, political associates, business groups and special interest groups, lobbyists, attention seekers and political jobbers. Just about everyone with some access wants to be seen …

Again, resentment against the government is taking another shape with the nationwide protest tagged #RevolutionNow, led by African Action Congress’s (AAC) presidential candidate, Mr. Omoyele Sowore. The protest is said to be a clean, quick and succinct revolutionary process that will put an end to the shenanigans of government that …

Perhaps, for the sake of argument, let us console ourselves by saying that we are in a republic or even a Democracy. However, we know that we definitely fall short of what is meant by a republic because my Apple Computer dictionary defines republic as; a state in which supreme …

The Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and other leaders of the party of failing to discharge their responsibilities. In a letter titled “APC: Appeal for Reconciliation,” dated August 6, and made available to newsmen, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has sacked its Resident Electoral Commissioner REC in Cross River state, Dr. Frankland Briyai for using her premises not to announce his resignation, but to declare his joining the All Progressives Congress APC and contesting for the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Festus …

The Nigerian Army has captured suspected notorious cultist, Bobrisky, barely 24 hours after Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike placed a N30million on him and suspected killers of a state official in recent Choba crisis. Wike during a security meeting with leaders of Rumuolumeni Community at the Government House Port Harcourt Friday, …