Governor Mai Mala-Buni of Yobe has charged Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, to replicate successes he recorded as a former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) in diplomacy. Mala-Buni gave the charge when Buratai paid him a courtesy visit, on Saturday in Damaturu. He said the newly appointed ambassador was a worthy representative of Nigeria in Benin, noting that he would bring to bear his wealth of experience in discharging his duties. “l have great confidence in your ability to build a viable and strong relationship between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. “Your Excellency,…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has revealed why withdrew his son, Abubakar-Sadiq from a public institution, Kaduna Capital School, where he was enrolled in 2019. The governor made the disclosure in an interview with the Pidgin Service of the BBC, monitored in Sokoto. According to El-Rufai, Sadiq’s younger sister, Nasrine had also been enrolled in the same school after turning six years. He said available security reports indicated that three bandits groups were planning to abduct his son from the school. “My son and also my daughter are registered in the school, because his (Abubakar-Sadiq) sister also clocked six and…
The State Security Services (DSS) has granted access to Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Making the this known on Friday, the lawyer said: “Thankfully, our effort is yielding the desired result. “We have just received a communication approving our visit to our client – Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. “Shall keep the world posted on the outcome, immediately after the meeting, later in the day. God is with us.” Earlier on Thursday, Ejiofor protested that an application to be allowed to have audience with his client, had not been approved. Yet,…
… Say ‘Enough is Enough’ …Vow to resist attempt to shortchange them over Lauretta The Nigerian women, under the aegis of Nigeria Women for Good Governance and Inclusive Government, have lent their voices to the ongoing protests against the unexplained Senate’s delayed confirmation of Lauretta Onochie as National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This they did by storming the National Assembly Complex at the Three-Arm Zone Abuja in their numbers ventilating their displeasure about the treatment meted to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Social Media Aide, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie, on baseless excuses. Recall that President Buhari nominated Onochie…
President Muhammadu Buhari says the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has remained faithful and consistent in the training of members of Nigeria’s armed forces. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, in a statement, said that Buhari stated this when he received Gen. Nadeem Raza, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Islamic Republic, at the State House, Abuja, on Friday. He said: “We greatly appreciate your help in terms of training members of our armed forces. “Some of my colleagues trained in your country, and you have remained consistent in assisting us. We benefit a lot from Pakistan, and we…
The Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN) on Friday passed a vote of no confidence on its British counterpart, over the latter’s approval of same-sex marriage. The Nigeria variant of the church said this in a statement by its spokesperson, Rev. Oladapo Daramola, in Lagos. Daramola said that the Church expressed its displeasure over the decision of the British Church in favour of same-sex marriage. According to him, the position of MCN was made known by its Prelate, His Eminence Chukwumerije Kanu-Uche, in a message he shared with members, on July 2. Kanu-Uche announced that MCN was cutting formal ties with the…
The AU team on Country Review Mission (CRM) on the Peer Review process has described Nigeria’s self-assessment report of its second peer review as excellent and amazing. Prof. Janneh Abdoulie, Head Panelist on AU CRM, stated this on Friday in Abuja, at an interactive session with critical stakeholders, Civil Society as well as media organisations. The assessment process is on the ongoing Peer Review of member states of the African Union Development Agency and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA/NEPAD), across the continent. CRM team arrived in Nigeria to further assess the country’s self-assessment record, following the approval of…
The National Economic Council (NEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has endorsed the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP). Mr Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, gave the highlights of the emergency virtual NEC meeting anchored on Friday from the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The MTEF is annual, rolling three-year-expenditure planning which defines the medium-term expenditure priorities and hard budget constraints against which sector plans can be developed and refined. Akande said that Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning,…
The World Bank estimates that the collapse of select ecosystem services provided by nature can result in a decline in global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $2.7 trillion annually by 2030. The bank, in a statement in Washington on Friday, said this was according to a newly published report, adding that Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia would suffer the most relative contraction of real GDP. The report is titled: The Economic Case for Nature: A Global Earth-Economy Model to Assess Development Policy Pathways. The report was undertaken in collaboration with the University of Minnesota and Purdue University. It comes as…
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has explained how bandits and Boko Haram terrorists operate differently from the way proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, led by Nnamdi Kanu do. The governor, speaking to BBC Pidgin said that while bandits do not call for the break up of Nigeria, carry out their criminal activities as a form of business and do not have centralized leadership, IPOB are calling for secession. “I was very happy (when Nnamdi Kanu was arrested) because, first he jumped bail, jeopardising his sureties. “Secondly, a person that challenges the sovereignty and the authority of a state and…