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Buhari submits list of 43 ministerial nominees that includes several key loyalists like Keyamo and Akpabio

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has submitted a list of 43 ministerial nominees that includes several of his key loyalists such as Festus Keyamo and Godswill Akpabio to the National Assembly for screening and approval.

 

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Nigeria’s Shiites are a persecuted religious minority 

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Over the last fortnight, we have witnessed the beginning of what could become another armed insurgency as the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) have stepped up their fight against the federal government over the continued incarceration of their leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky 

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Buhari, Goodluck and Obasanjo dragged before ICC over 13m Nigerian children being out of school

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and two of his predecessors Dr Goodluck Jonathan and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo could be dragged before the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Nigeria's failure to address the problem of 13m children being out of school.

 

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PDP women's leader Josephine Anenih says female politicians need to be more militant and aggressive

FORMER minister of Women Affairs and women's leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Josephine Anenih has urged female politicians wishing to contest elections against male counterpart to adopt a militant disposition if they want to win.

 

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Teachers and pupils of Alabata community in Ogun State flee after recent Fulani herdsmen attacks

TEACHERS and pupils of all the primary and secondary schools in the Alabata community of the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State have fled abandoning education following recent attacks by armed Fulani cattle herdsmen.

 

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German engineering giant Siemens to enter into electrification partnership with Nigeria

GERMAN engineering giant Siemens intends to sign a major electrification plan with the federal government as part of a comprehensive programme to address Nigeria's chronic power supply crisis.

 

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Boko Haram fighters told they can become president of Nigeria if they lay down their arms

BOKO Haram militants who lay down their arms and embrace peace can be elected president of Nigeria if they chose to according to the general officer commanding the Seventh Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army Major General Abdulmalik Biu.

 

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Talking about cattle without animal feed compounds is like building a hospital without thinking of pharmaceuticals 

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) If you want to know how clueless those around the presidency who came up with the Ruga idea are, you just need to look at the fact that they came up with a insane and fanciful livestock suggestion without a livestock feed plan. It is kind of like building a hospital without having plans to supply it with pharmaceuticals 

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US and Nigeria sign five year Feed the Future Country Plan to boost agricultural output

NIGERIA and the US have signed a Declaration of Partnership agreement as part of a five-year Feed the Future Nigeria Country Plan aimed at boosting agricultural production and ensuring food security.

 

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Zamfara villagers take corpse of man shot by bandits to Government House in Gusau

VILLAGERS from the Jirrawa community in Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara have dumped the corpse of a local man recently killed by armed bandits at State House in Gusau to protest the inaction of the government over the matter.

 

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