The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has reacted to the recent crisis which befell Ile-Ife in Osun state following the clash between Hausa and Yoruba traders in Sabo Market. Recall that the clash which occurred some weeks ago led to the death of more than 40 people. In reaction to the crisis, the Ekiti……
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Crisis looms in LAUTECH over salaries cut
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ibadan zone has called on the National Assembly to intervene and prevent the education sector from being plunged into another round of crisis. This is due to what it called “unfortunate trend of decreasing salary of public universities’ staff”. The union threatened that academic staff at LAUTECH may be…
Need To Amend Laws To Solve Nigeria Energy Crisis – SP Saraki
Yusuph Olaniyonu, Abuja: Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said the National Assembly will have to amend the laws on power generation, transmission and distribution in other to replicate the feat recorded by the German Village, Feldheim, where residents combined efforts and local resources to produce clean and renewable energy. Saraki in a statement…
‘My efforts are being misinterpreted’ – Goodluck Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday alleged deliberate misinterpretation of his efforts to resolve the crisis tearing the Peoples Democratic Party PDP) apart. According to THE NATION, He blamed those who do not wish the party well for originating “the conjectures.” Such people, Jonathan’s media adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, said in a statement in Abuja, “are not……
Update From Southern Kaduna Security Situation- Samuel Aruwan
The Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has commended Zauru community in Zangon Kataf local government for rescuing 30 persons who were attacked by hoodlums. The Governor’s spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued in Kaduna. The Zauro community in Bajju Chiefdom had on Wednesday resisted a group of hoodlums who stormed…
Southern Kaduna : Crisis exaggerated, a propaganda — CP
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Mr Agyole Abeh on Friday said the crisis in Southern Kaduna was largely exaggerated and used as a propaganda by those benefitting from it. Abeh said in Kafanchan while giving update on the security situation in the area, that some community leaders in the area were compounding the issues……
UN and 3 Other Countries Hold Donor Conference For Insurgent-Humanitarian Crisis In Norway
Isa Gusau, Abuja: Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima on Tuesday night arrived, Oslo in Norway where he is expected to speak as the United Nations and Government of Norway, Germany and Nigeria jointly host a two-day donor conference that is focusing on humanitarian crisis arising from the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast and other…
Managing The Boko Haram Crisis In Borno State – Governor Kashim Shettima
Apart from the immeasurable national impact he made within just 198 days (less than seven months) in office, what is decidedly affirmed to be the late General Murtala Muhammed’s most famous speech set the stage for Africa’s epochal confrontation with colonial, racist and settler regimes in Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Rhodesia (renamed Zimbabwe), and South Africa….
Trump deflects migrant ban chaos by blaming Delta and protesters
President Donald Trump defended the immigration clampdown that sparked a global backlash over the weekend by blaming the confusion at airports on protesters and on a computer outage at Delta Air Lines Inc. that caused flight cancellations. “Only 109 people out of 325,000 were detained and held for questioning. Big problems at airports were caused…
Osinbajo off to Niger Delta to checkmate crisis
In further efforts to address the Niger Delta situation, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is to visit a number of oil communities in the region. His visit which is billed to take him across some Niger Delta states begins Monday, January 16, 2017, with a visit to Delta State, after which he is also to…
Senate President To Intervene In Aviation Sector Facility Crisis
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Saturday pledged to intervene in the nation’s aviation sector, which has suffered major setbacks, with the purported non-calibration of all 30 Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) and VHF Omnidirectional Ranges (VHFs) that are operational in the country. In his response to a social media user, Adamu Taiwo Haruna, who…
Ondo Election Cannot be Postponed on Account of PDP ’s Internal Crisis
The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is drawn to a bizarre request by a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State on account of the PDP’s internal crisis. The PDP in continuation of its wild conspiracies…