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By Femi Fani-Kayode May 30th, 2019 represents the 52nd anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of Biafra. I have written the following contribution to help mark that day. I hope it goes a long way to show where and when the trouble and challenges all started. I also hope that it widens and stimulates the debate about the plight …

BY ALLTIMEPOST.COM, WITH VANGUARD REPORT Embattled National Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has again come under the hammer of his predecessor, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun who, on Tuesday accused him (Oshiomhole) of looking for scapegoats rather than focusing on his personal failings as the current party chairman. It is the second time in less than …

As the Edo State Government puts finishing touches for the kick-off of the Benin Industrial Park project, the Federal Government has commenced the public engagement for the park’s Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (EIA). In a statement, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, said the public display on the EIA which runs for twenty-one working days starting from Monday, June 3, …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, advised President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, to engage her husband privately and raise her concerns about the government’s policies. Mrs Buhari has publicly criticised many of the policies of the government headed by her husband, who just won a second term in office, several times in the past, including threatening not to work for …

An army commander and six soldiers are currently missing after two bases of the Nigerian military in Borno State came under Boko Haram attack on Saturday, with one soldier feared dead. There was also a loss of “unquantifiable” combat equipment in the wake of the terrorists’ offensive, PREMIUM TIMES has been told. The terrorists attacked troops of 192 Battalion deployed …

President Muhammadu Buhari has not approved the formation of state police structures as being reported by some newspapers, the Presidency said on Monday. A statement signed by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said President Buhari Monday rather received a report on the reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). It said the president requested that the report be studied and a …

The ever-pressing need to break the ground in fast-tracking industrialisation and economic diversification has led many state governments to tinker with diverse industrial models, with a number of them recording negligible successes. This trial and error approach has led to the creation of industrial clusters or zones that dot the country, all of which, analysts say, are boggled with numerous …

Immediate past National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has absolved himself of allegations of being behind the current travails of his successor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, describing the former labour leader as a master of the art of deception and author of confusion. He described the allegations as “ludicrous and infantile” as well as “an …

Suspected bandits on Sunday opened fire on the motorcade of the Zamfara governor, Bello Matawalle, who was on his way to condole with victims of a previous attack on a community in Gusau Local Government, witnesses have told PREMIUM TIMES. The witnesses said the governor’s convoy came under attack on Sunday evening while he was enroute Lilo community to sympathise …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Edo State Commissioner of Police, Dan Mallam Mohammed has warned youths in the state that the ban on Community Development Associations (CDA) is still in force, as anyone or group who under any guise engages in activities contrary to the law would be arrested and prosecuted accordingly. The police chief stated this while reacting to alleged activities …