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Acting president Yemi Osibanjo on Tuesday attributed the nation’s increasing security problems to corrupt practices and injustice. He also said inability of government to provide the basic needs of the people gave rise to incessant agitations by ethnic groups in the country. Osinbajo spoke at the 50th Conference of Nigerian Law Teachers Association held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, …

Members of Taraba State chapter of Miyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, clad with arms, yesterday, took its protest against the state’s Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranchers Establishment Bill 2017 to the House of Assembly, threatening breakdown of law if the bill is passed. The anti-open grazing bill was sponsored as an executive bill to the state House of …

Barely 48 hours after the arrest of notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Onuamadike a.k.a Evans, in his palatial mansion in Lagos, police sources, yesterday, disclosed that the dreaded leader of the gang has started singing like a canary, naming high-profile accomplices. It was gathered that detectives investigating the case were kept busy, yesterday, taking him round Lagos, with a view to …

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission must have been quoted out of context on its directive to distribution companies to provide all Maximum Demand customers with meters, Kano Electricity Distribution Plc, has explained. KEDCO’s Media and Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Kandi, while making the clarification, said there was nothing ambiguous about the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s statement, to the effect that …

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, commenced a series of consultations with leaders across the country on the recent quit notice handed down to people of the South East to leave the Northern part of the country. Osinbajo kicked off the consultations with a meeting with leaders from the Northern part of the country. He is expected to meet …

The Otaru of Auchi Kingdom, Alhaji Aliru H. Momoh, in Edo, on Monday announced the arrest of 24 suspected Boko Haram members operating as Fulani Herdsmen in the community by the Nigerian Army. The monarch told newsmen in his palace at Auchi, headquarters of the Estako-West local government area of the state that the commandant of the Nigeria Army School …

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) NERC, on June 11, directed MD customers not provided with meters to stop paying estimated bills presented by distribution companies. The commission also directed the companies not to disconnect such customers. It advised such customers to report to the commission, if disconnected. Prepaid Meters NERC said that the directive was to make the companies …

The Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) Chief Ralph Nwazuruike, ‎ Monday, met in Kaduna to broker peace over the quit notice issued to Igbo to leave the northern region by a coalition of Northern …

Femi Falana Human Right lawyer says June 12 should not be seen as a Yoruba struggle but a national movement that gave birth to the 18 years of the uninterrupted democratic process in Nigeria. Falana made this known at a public lecture to mark the 24th anniversary of the June 12 presidential election tagged: ‘Hope ’93: Dream Deferred’ on Monday …

The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday signed the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law. Osinbajo appended his signature on the document at about 4:41pm inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The brief event was witnessed by principal officers of the National Assembly, presidential aides and other top government officials. (Punch)