Governor Bala Muhammed of Bauchi state, on Monday said he was not opposed to the ban on open grazing, but detests ethnic criminalisation of herders. Muhammed made this known at the ongoing 2021 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) – Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) in Ibadan. The conference is entitled: “The Role of Public Interest in Governance in Nigeria”. He said that banning of open grazing was good, “but the baby must not be thrown away with the bad water”. The governor said that open grazing was a form of occupation to some ethnic groups.…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Activities on the nation’s bourse resumed on Monday still on a bearish trend, as investors await the outcome of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. Specifically, the All-Share Index lost 36.49 points or 0.10 per cent to close at 38,287.58 from 38,324.07 posted on Friday. Accordingly, month-to-date and year-to-date losses increased to 3.9 per cent and 4.9 per cent, respectively. Also, the market capitalisation which opened at N19.975 trillion dipped N19 billion or 0.10 per cent to close at N19.956 trillion. Thus, the All-Share Index declined by 0.1 per cent to 38,287.58 points. The decline was driven by price depreciation…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has expressed delight at the 6.47 per cent contribution by the ICT sector to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first Quarter of 2021. Pantami expressed this in a statement issued by Dr Femi Adeluyi, IT Technical Assistant to the Minister in Abuja. According to Pantami, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Q1 report said Nigeria’s GDP grew by 0.51 per cent (year-on-year) in real terms in the first quarter of 2021, This, he said, marked two consecutive quarters of growth following the negative growth rates recorded in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) congresses and national convention will hold in June, subject to ractification by its leadership, an official has said. Sen. James Akpanudoedehe, Secretary APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said this when he spoke with newsmen at the end of an emergency meeting of the committee on Monday in Abuja. He, however, assured that there won`t be crisis in the party as being speculated in some quarters, even if the committee failed to organise the national convention in June. The APC national convention was expected to usher in new a National Working Committee (NWC)…
President of Ife Development Board (IDB), Mr Lawrence Awowoyin, has appealed to the Federal Government to prioritise security in the aviation sector to ensure safety of lives and property of the citizenry. Awowoyin made the appeal while speaking on Monday in Ile-Ife. He condemned the plane crash that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Ibrahim Attairu and 10 other officers in Kaduna on Friday. Awowoyin described the incident as very unfortunate, saying that it had dealt a terrible blow on the nation’s security system. He also described the death of the late COAS as loss of…
A civil society organisation and the Original Inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory (OIDA) have called for the review of the 1999 constitution, to grant FCT a statehood status. They made the call at a news conference in Abuja, on Monday, at the Agenda Setting on the participation of FCT Original Inhabitants in the 1999 constitution review process. Dr Ibrahim Zikirullahi, Executive Director of the Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED), said that the call was necessary to address what he described as constitutional gaps Zikirullahi said that the organisation deemed it necessary to reflect and brainstorm…
The House of Representatives Special Committee on Constitution Review has fixed June 1 to June 3 for its zonal public hearing taking place across the country’s six geopolitical zones. Umar Puma, Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep Ahmed Wase, said in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said that the committee had invited the general public, executive and judicial bodies, traditional institutions, political parties, civil society organisations, professional bodies and all other stakeholders. Wase, Chairman of the special committee on constitution review, was quoted in the statement as saying that each zone would have…
President Muhammadu Buhari hosted President of Central African Republic, Prof. Faustin-Archange Touadera, on Monday and told him that security and well-being of Nigerians is of utmost concern to him. Presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement issued in Abuja, quoted the president as saying: “at all times, security and well-being of Nigerians is my first concern, my priority. “That is why we are hosting a summit of the Lake Chad Basin Commission in Abuja to discuss the situation in Chad and the implications for neighbouring countries. “The recharge of Lake Chad with water from Congo Basin is another issue…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has charged officials of the ministry on diplomatic posting to change the narratives about Nigeria in the countries of their assignment. Onyeama gave the task on Monday in Abuja during the opening of a three-day induction programme for the 350 officers posted to Nigerian missions abroad. He enjoined them to carry out their duties diligently and change whatever negative narratives about Nigeria and the ministry in other countries. “I am here to rejoice and to express my love for you all and to say that we have to keep hope alive, we have…
Residents of Gauraka community in Tafa local government area of Niger state on Monday, blocked the Abuja-Kaduna highway to protest rising cases of kidnapping and banditry in the community. Burning tyres and halting vehicular movement on the highway, the protesters were demanding that the state and federal government should boost security in the area and end the incessant attacks. Recall that kidnappers had stormed the area on Saturday and Sunday and kidnapped 15 persons from the community and killing three others. Residents of Gauraka community, which is about five kilometres away from Nigeria’s capital, Abuja have lamented that more than…