Presidential spokesperson said the cost-cutting exercise affects the entire apparatus of the federal government including the office of the president, vice president and the first lady. Read More
A leaked memo being circulated online showed that a firm linked to the minister, received a substantial sum labeled as 'consultancy fees' from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Read More
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"I think the federal government needs to look at the security arrangements in the country," Mr Yahaya said. "For example, as a state governor, if I call the police commissioner (in my state), or ask him to do something, he would say he has to inform the Inspector General of Police because that's the only person he receives orders from. Read More
Mr Adelaja, who is also a piggery farmer, was reportedly kidnapped from his Ijebu-Igbo residence on the night of 31 December, 2023, as he prepared to attend the crossover service. Read More
"I was shocked because the company in question was a company where I was a director. About five years ago, I had resigned from my directorship," he said.
According to the data, the local currency closed at N856.57 per $1 at the official market on Monday as against N869.39 recorded in the previous session last Friday.
This is not the. first time such a call would be made. With insecurity ravaging Nigeria in the last two decades in the form of banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, sectarian violence, ethnic strife and religious conflicts resulting in an orgy of killings, and destruction of property, the displacement of persons, and a persistently apparent inability of the Nigerian state to serve its true purpose which is to ensure "the security and welfare of the people", the despair, angst and bitterness among the people has led not a few to demand that the best option for Nigerians is to allow every citizen to own a gun and defend themselves.
…the Federal Government, on its part, needs no reminder about the level of havoc insecurity has already wreaked on citizens and their property. No part of the country appears to be safe anymore. Nigeria entirely, and not Plateau alone, is bleeding. But the haemorrhage will persist if no concrete actions are taken. That is just the gospel truth.
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