Politics

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has said that the state would implement the Ruga settlement initiative to resettle herders and boost economic activities.   The governor told the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajiamila who visited the state that the state government would go ahead with the programme in spite …

Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian President, has written another letter to President Buhari, warning that the “nation is at the precipice, dangerously reaching the tipping point”. This will be the 2nd time the former president who has never hidden his dissatisfaction of the Buhari-led administration, will be writing a letter.   …

Former Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, has reacted to the death of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti, who was killed by armed bandits last Friday July 12th.   The former governor in a tweet posted this afternoon, stated that he warned Nigerians against re-electing President Buhari. He …

Wole Soyinka on Sunday, July 14, 2019 lamented over the security challenges facing the country, and how President Buhari’s alleged failed approach to the herders/farmers’ crisis.   The Nobel Laureate in his speech at the event where he played host to 85 pupils drawn from all the six geopolitical zones of the country …

Former Chairman of Northern Elder’s Forum, NEF, Paul Unongo, has posited that power will remain in the north at the end of President Buhari’s second tenure in 2023.   The Second Republic Minister stated that northerners contesting in the 2023 election was morally right because they have the population, and are …

Nuhu Ribadu, the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that the children of the herdsmen and bandits needed to be educated so that they could start a process of rebuilding the country.   Ribadu, a former Presidential candidate, said there was hope for Nigeria despite the current …

Oby Ezekwesili, on Saturday said despite being called the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, President Buhari, is not in charge of the country’s armed forces.   Ezekwesili, a co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls Movement, stated this in an interview with journalists after speaking as a panelist in the 11th Wole Soyinka …

Senator Dino Melaye, the lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district, has said he is now a member of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and deserves a share of the RUGA settlement.   The senator said during the funeral service of his mother in Aiyetoro-Gbedde, Ijumu local government area …

Former Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon on Saturday narrated how he alongside other prominent Nigerians stopped former President Olusegun Obasanjo from getting impeached by the National House of Assembly.   Gowon said he and Former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, were among the prominent persons that appealed to …

President Buhari in his reaction to the killing of Afenifere leader’s daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin, debunked claims which linked the incident to Fulani herdsmen.   Recall that it was reported that Olakunrin was shot dead, after being attacked alongside other road users by suspected Fulani herdsmen at Ore junction in Ondo …