(1) Now that Amotekun is more or less done and dusted, it is time to move on from the hype and face the realities it presents us with. I like the fact that all sorts of safeguards are being put in place to prevent the Amotekun Corps becoming a band of thugs, political hoodlums, an ethnic militia or an uncontrollable congregation of hooligans. What is lacking though is a commercial masterplan to make the project an exemplary initiative in self-sustainability
LAWMAKERS in the Ogun State House of Assembly have added a caveat to the bill authorising the creation of the regional security outfit Amotekun by including a clause which provides for a compulsory insurance scheme for all its operatives.
SENATORS have given their approval to a bill that will establish a federal agency that will rehabilitate repentant Boko Haram fighters who lay down their arms after the proposal passed its first reading on the floor of the National Assembly today.
EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have warned Nigeria that they may impose restrictive visa implementation rules on Nigerian travellers if the governor fails to play its part in the return and readmission of its nationals staying illegally abroad.
WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been issued with a National Identity Number (Nin) and has applied for a national identity card during a recent visit to Abuja where he affirmed his Nigerian citizenship.
GERMAN engineering giant Siemens has asked the federal government to allow it venture into the Nigerian power sector by acquiring some of the regional electricity distribution companies known locally as Discos.
NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have denied reports that former Super Eagles captain Daniel Amokachi has been appointed as its new technical director pointing out that coach Bitrus Bewarang remains in the position.
OVER 23 people have been killed at a refugee camp in Niger Republic when the Borno State governor Babagana Zulum went there to distribute food items to its occupants and several were crushed in the ensuing melee.
FURTHER details have emerged about the increasing meddling of the chief of staff in the presidency Alhaji Abba Kyari in security arrangements across the country with a fresh revelation that he recently commandeered a lucrative police equipment contract.
LAWMAKERS in the Ogun State House of Assembly have added a caveat to the bill authorising the creation of the regional security outfit Amotekun by including a clause which provides for a compulsory insurance scheme for all its operatives.
SENATORS have given their approval to a bill that will establish a federal agency that will rehabilitate repentant Boko Haram fighters who lay down their arms after the proposal passed its first reading on the floor of the National Assembly today.
EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have warned Nigeria that they may impose restrictive visa implementation rules on Nigerian travellers if the governor fails to play its part in the return and readmission of its nationals staying illegally abroad.
WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been issued with a National Identity Number (Nin) and has applied for a national identity card during a recent visit to Abuja where he affirmed his Nigerian citizenship.
GERMAN engineering giant Siemens has asked the federal government to allow it venture into the Nigerian power sector by acquiring some of the regional electricity distribution companies known locally as Discos.
NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have denied reports that former Super Eagles captain Daniel Amokachi has been appointed as its new technical director pointing out that coach Bitrus Bewarang remains in the position.
OVER 23 people have been killed at a refugee camp in Niger Republic when the Borno State governor Babagana Zulum went there to distribute food items to its occupants and several were crushed in the ensuing melee.
FURTHER details have emerged about the increasing meddling of the chief of staff in the presidency Alhaji Abba Kyari in security arrangements across the country with a fresh revelation that he recently commandeered a lucrative police equipment contract.
