The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has warned that the recent attacks by Yoruba youths on the Fulani community in the South West could trigger upheaval capable of destabilizing the country. This is contained in a statement titled: “Stop the Drift in the South West”, and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Yawe. According to the statement, the civil war in the 1960’s started with attacks and counter-attacks like the Oyo attack on Fulani. “This morning, we received reports of an attack by Yoruba Youths on Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, the Serki Fulani in Oyo State. “In the reports, he…
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US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have agreed to work towards a sustainable economic recovery of both nations. Biden during his first call to a foreign leader as US president on Friday, highlighted the strategic importance of the U.S.-Canada relationship as well as reinvigoration of the two countries’ “bilateral cooperation on an ambitious and wide-ranging agenda, including combating the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening economic ties, defense, and global leadership to address the pressing challenge of climate change.” The President acknowledged Prime Minister Trudeau’s disappointment regarding the decision to rescind the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, and…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the signing of an advance purchase agreement securing up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine. The agreement is coming under the UN-led COVAX equitable vaccine supply programme. The UN health agency, in a statement posted on its website, stated that the rollout for the vaccine would commence with successful execution of supply agreement. According to the statement, WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed the plan at COVID-19 news conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva. Ghebreyesus said pending emergency authorisation, close to 150 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine should also…
The United States, U.S. TV talk show host, Larry King has died of COVID-19 at the age of 87. King, who had Type 2 diabetes and suffered from lung cancer, angina and heart attacks in recent years, was taken to hospital in Los Angeles in late December after testing positive for COVID-19. King’s broadcasting fame began in the 1970s with his ‘The Larry King Show’, which he hosted on the network Mutual Broadcasting System. He also had his own television show, Larry King Live on CNN, between 1985 and 2010, where his guests included politicians, celebrities, sports stars and well-known…
Following an escalated tension in Ibaraba axis of Oyo, where Mr Sunday Igboho allegedly gave Fulani herdsmen an ultimatum to leave the state, Governor Seyi Makinde on Friday said his government would not allow anyone to harass anyone carrying out legitimate businesses in the state. He made the comment when he received the new police commissioner, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko on courtesy call in his office. A video, which had gone viral on social media, showed Mr Igboho swearing to drive out Fulani herdsmen from the entire Yorubaland for causing insecurity and banditry. The governor however said his government and security…
The Cross River Government security outfit, “Operation Akpakwu”, has demolished the “Save side hotel” at 8miles area in Calabar for harbouring suspected kidnappers that have been terrorising the state. Speaking after the exercise, Mr Henry Okokon, the Security Adviser, South, to Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River, said on Saturday that most recorded kidnap cases in Calabar were planned and coordinated from the hotel. According to Okokon, the Homeland Security bill which was signed into law by Ayade clearly stated that “anybody who aid, abet and harbour a criminal is also guilty of the crime. He explained that residents of…
The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) is set to organise an Initial Professional Education (IPE) training programme for both male and female PGA pros in the country. The Director, PGA of Nigeria, Mr Samson Lawal who made this known in an interview on Saturday, said that the aim of the programme was to keep its members abreast with international standards in the discharge of their duties with the use of modern tools and technology as PGA pros. “The training would be a step for those who want to advance themselves in the profession to continue with ease. “Furthermore, it will put…
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently participating in the 58th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting started at about 11.00am with some cabinet members, including the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, Interior, Ra’uf Aregbeshola and the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. Others in attendance at the meeting are National Security Adviser to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina and some officials from Ministry of Foreign Affairs.…
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has said that the organisation is set to clamp down on wanted traffic offenders who have yet to effect payment of fines. In a statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, Oyeyemi said that the corps would go after wanted offenders as from Monday, Jan. 25. Oyeyemi had on Friday Jan. 22 held the year’s first “Strategy Session of Zonal Commanding Officers and Sector Commanders on Zero Tolerance to Crashes in 2021’’. The FRSC boss said that the offenders, who were…
By Tina George, Minna The village head of Zugeru, in Wushishi local government area of Niger state, Maj.-Gen. Usman Mohammed has lamented alleged neglect by the federal and state governments in the areas of security and health. He said this on Thursday when he received Raise Foundation under its Women-led Integrated Protection Against Gender-Based Violence (WIPe-GBV) project, on advocacy visit to push for the end of gender-based violence in the state. According to Mohammed, while his community has been left to protect itself from armed bandits and other threats of insecurity, the federal government has abandoned the Federal Medical Centre…