The National Economic Council on Thursday recommended a ban on the movement of herdsmen across the country as a way of stopping the killings being witnessed in parts of Nigeria. This is expected to start in the five states where the killings are most pronounced -Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna and Plateau. The NEC chaired by the Vice-President has all state ... Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged Nigerians in Benue, who have been bearing the brunt of unparalleled violence in the country since the New Year to look beyond the surface, as agents of disunity may be at work. “Repeated acts of mass killings and destruction in parts of the country and Benue State in particular, point to the evil design ... Read More »

  A court in Abuja has ordered that a brother to Senator Dino Melaye, Samuel Melaye and three others be remanded in Kuje prison, Abuja for allegedly aiding the Senator to jump off a moving police van. The others are Amaefula David, Pius Inyang and Mohammed Wazari. The order for their remand in prison was made after their arraignment before ... Read More »

 During the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC, African philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony O. Elumelu insisted that prioritizing Africa’s youth by fixing the policy and regulatory issues impeding their innovations would also help attract foreign investors. The Tony Elumelu Foundation Founder spoke alongside World Bank President Jim Kim and LinkedIn CEO ... Read More »

  Four junior secondary school students in Nigeria have created a mobile app that could revolutionise agriculture globally. Sponsored by Guaranty Trust Bank plc, they are on the verge of making history at the globally renowned Conrad Challenge Annual Innovation Summit in Florida, USA. Aged between 12 and 14, Mordi Menashi, GbemiFamobiwo, Afolabi Williams and OsagumwenroUgbo, all from Whitesands School ... Read More »

Scores of people including academics, religious leaders and traditional rulers and others on Thursday converged at Ilara-Mokin, Ondo state where Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka delivered the 2nd Convocation lecture of Elizade University, Ilara-mokin entitled “Tending the tree of commencement”. At the crowded make-shift fully decorated hall, the literary icon urged the youths  to be more dedicated and remain active ... Read More »

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property (SPIPRPP) has accused the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, of engaging in clandestine sale of his assets in the United States in a purported bid to render useless the forfeiture order being sought against him. The SPIPRPP stated this in a counter-affidavit filed on March 26 and deposed to ... Read More »

A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided Clause 25 of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which seeks to reverse the sequence of the conduct of the 2019 elections earlier announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a judgment on Wednesday, held that the powers to organise, conduct and fix dates for elections resides only ... Read More »

The house of representatives has summoned President Muhammadu Buhari over the incessant killings by herdsmen in the country. The president was summoned during plenary on Wednesday. The lawmakers asked the president to appear before them and give a briefing on the security situation in the country. However, they did not state when the president is expected to appear. The lawmakers ... Read More »

    Senator Dino Melaye has been released. The senator representing Kogi West was arrested and detained at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Monday, on his way out of the country. The information concerning his release was contained in a tweet by Senator Shehu Sani. Read More »