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• Oyo anti-open grazing law not effective two years after• Enugu residents seek enactment of anti-open grazing law• Katsina bans inter-state transport of cattle• Niger suspends cattle markets over insecurity• Afenifere raises concerns over alleged deployment of Northern youths Less than 24 hours after Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu suspended all activities in Ondo State forest reserves, he, yesterday, signed into law …

Customs makes N1tr, CBN denies alleged financial breach Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has said the Federal Government will sustain subsidisation of Premium Motor Spirit (popularly known as petrol) till 2022. Speaking at a stakeholders’ hearing organised by the Senate Joint Committees on Finance, National Planning, Foreign and Local Debts, Banking, Insurance …

Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has said the Federal Government will sustain subsidisation of Premium Motor Spirit (popularly known as petrol) till 2022. Speaking at a stakeholders’ hearing organised by the Senate Joint Committees on Finance, National Planning, Foreign and Local Debts, Banking, Insurance and other financial institutions and Petroleum Resources on …

The embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has reacted to his purported suspension by the ward 5 of the Andoni local government in Rivers state, stating that it is only the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party that can suspend him as a national officer. A statement by his media aide, Ike Abonyi, said …

In the last couple of weeks, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, and President Muhammadu Buhari have been embroiled in a war of words. At issue is the security of lives and property of Nigerians, the primary responsibility of government, and who to blame for the worthlessness of human life in Nigeria today. An utterly exasperated Ortom, who has buried, perhaps, …

On August 21, 2019, Sabo Nanono, the now former minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, assumed duty at the ministry of agriculture after a shoddy ratification procedure at the Senate ministerial screening session. Mr Nanono was asked by the senators to “take a bow and go” because of his affiliation with some lawmakers, under the claim of having wide experience …

… Sacking Nanono, Mamman not enough to cover your failures, PDP mocks Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari said, yesterday, he sacked the Minister of Agriculture, Mohammed Nanono and his counterpart in Power, Saleh Mamman, to reinvigorate his cabinet and consolidate his achievements. President Buhari in the minor cabinet reshuffle, which came as a shock to the cabinet members, appointed Minister of Environment, …

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to pardon 70 convicted Nigerian soldiers. Mr Falana, who defended 58 of the 70 soldiers, said their dismissal from the army was ill-advised by the military authorities. The dismissed military personnel were tried by General Courts Martial and convicted of mutiny between 2013 and 2014. “In prosecuting the war …

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and the  Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, reportedly left the Lekan Salami Sports Complex in anger on Wednesday evening after security operatives deployed at the entrance of the newly remodelled stadium prevented them from going in. The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and the  Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji Our …

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), yesterday, bagged Air Peace airline’s sponsorship deal worth over N500 million for national teams’ travels.The four-year deal, which earns Air Peace the official airline of the Super Eagles and others, covers both flight services and financial support. Super Eagles The deed of agreement was signed in Lagos yesterday, in the presence of NFF and Air Peace …