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Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has appointed the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to chair the newly inaugurated Kano Investment Advisory Committee. The committee is saddled with the task of identifying strategies for making the state economically viable. The governor hinted that the overall wisdom behind the committee was to take advantage of the personality of the emir, …

Edo State Government has described as premature, the Bill for a law to prohibit open rearing and grazing of livestock, sent to the Edo State House of Assembly by the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, commended the Edo PDP for heeding the counsel of the …

By Osehobo Ofure Rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State declared on Tuesday that about 52 persons were killed while over 150 men, women and children have suffered assorted injuries as a result of Herdsmen attacks on arable farmers in different parts of Edo state. The State chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih who disclosed this while briefing …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the Nigerian Navy has provided tremendous backing for the actualisation of the Gelegele Seaport project in the state, as its men are providing support to its foreign partners, China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), who are currently conducting feasibility study for the project. Obaseki also thanked the Navy for its swift …

Edo State branch of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has sent a bill on the prohibition of open grazing to the Edo State House of Assembly for consideration and passage into law. Mr. Chris Nehikhare, its spokesman, disclosed this in Benin City in a press release on Tuesday. Nehikhare said that the need for a law to prohibit …

After over two years of what seemed like a cold war between former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, the two Nigerian leaders on Sunday in Otuoke, Jonathan’s village, publicly reconciled and harped on the virtues of forgiveness and national unity. Obasanjo who was also treated to a luncheon in Jonathan’s country home in Ogbia maintained that without reconciliation, peace …

The House of Representatives has kicked against the proposed establishment of cattle colony by the Federal government as a solution to the open cattle grazing and its attendant consequences on communities across the country. Rather, the lawmakers advised the Federal government to work out modalities for the establishment of cattle breeding settlements as a lasting solution to incessant clashes between …

Mamudu Hassan, one of the accused persons standing trial over unlawful importation of 661 sophisticated pump action rifles into the country last December, yesterday told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, that he paid a sum of N1 million to officials of the Department of State Security, DSS, and other security agencies to smuggle the guns out of Apapa …

The pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Monday expressed its opposition to the creation of state police. The 36 state governors had endorsed the creation of state police to, according to them, address rising insecurity in the country. The governors’ endorsement was a follow-up after Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo supported its creation. However, the ACF noted that the creation of …

A former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has said only sickness can stop President Muhammadu Buhari from seeking re-election in 2019. Kalu who spoke with journalists at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Sunday night said the president was ready for the task ahead. He said, “Buhari is a honest man and will tell Nigerians at the …