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The cost of insecurity to the economy is much greater Last week revelation by the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) that banditry, Boko Haram insurgency, farmer-herder’s conflict, separatist agitation, and other violent eruptions cost the nation a whopping sum of $10.3bn in 2020, has continued to elicit debate. Insecurity, according to the council, has crippled economic activities nationwide and contracted …

Scores of protesters yesterday took to the streets of Lagos to protest insecurity and high cost of living in the state. Falana and others during the process The protesters, led by Jaye Gaskiya, an activist, included human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana (SAN), and his son, Folarin. Others were trade unions, civil society, students, farmers …

The southern governors ban on open grazing is a legal decision informed by security threats Among the many resolutions passed by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) which met recently at Asaba, Delta State, the presidency has deemed it fit to react only to the item dealing with the ban on open grazing. Although Forum Chairman, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State …

Former Edo State governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole and All Progressives Congress, APC, Edo State governorship candidate in the September 19, 2020 poll, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, have congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki on his recent victory at the Supreme Court. Oshiomhole in a letter to  Obaseki by his media aide, Victor Oshioke, said: “Congratulations on your victory at the Supreme Court, which …

Edo State Government has expressed concern over 16,100 Nigerians killed annually by tobacco, calling for urgent measures and partnerships among relevant stakeholders to check its consumption and reduce the health and other risks associated with tobacco use. Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Health, Dr. Osamwonyi Irowa said this while briefing journalists in Benin City in commemoration of the World …

President Joe Biden commemorated those who died serving in the military in Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery and urged Americans to honor the fallen by strengthening and protecting the nation’s democracy, the CNN reported today. “Democracy itself is in peril, here at home and around the world. What we do now — what we do now, how we …

Saturday, May 29, marked exactly six years since President Muhammadu Buhari took office as the fourth man to lead Nigeria in the Fourth Republic. The former army general who became the first opposition candidate to win a presidential election in Nigeria returned to power in 2015 on the strength of his promise to tackle insecurity, fight corruption and improve the …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied any involvement in the killing of Ahmed Gulak, a former adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, who was shot dead in Owerri, Imo State, on Sunday morning. Mr Gulak was on his way to the airport when he was killed by gunmen. The police have accused IPOB and its security arm, Eastern Security Network (ESN), …

A few hours after the kidnap of many students from Saliu Tanko Islamic school on Sunday, Niger State Governor, Sani Bello, left Nigeria. According to his aide, Mary Noel-Berje, Mr Bello travelled abroad on a mission to seek solutions to the security challenges in his state. “The governor, who had left the country to explore all possibilities of strengthening the state’s …

The Chief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere, has been assassinated. Mrere was murdered on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri, Vanguard learnt on Monday. A senior officer of NIS, who confirmed to newsmen, said the slain officer’s corpse was discovered in a bush on Sunday morning. Mrere was riding a Hilux …