GOVERNOR Ben Ayade of Cross River State has declared that he will not sign an anti-open grazing bill into law like his contemporaries from across southern Nigeria because Fulani cattle herdsmen are welcome in his state.

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[1] Every Nigerian landlord shall install a solar panel on his/her property to help address the power crisis

[2] Nigerians should only hold parties abroad in exotic locations like Dubai and Seychelles if local facilities such as Obudu Cattle Ranch, Idanre Hills, Tinapa, etc are not available

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has reiterated his call that the federal government include Fulani herdsmen bodies Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) and Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore on its list of terrorist organisations.

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[1] We like to blame colonialism for all our woes but after 50 years as an independent nation, that excuse was no longer tenable. On August 31 1957, Malaya gained independence from Britain. Like Nigeria, she was ruthlessly colonised by the British but had to be let go after World War Two.

EVANGELICAL clergyman Pastor Izuchukwu Anoloba has been apprehended by the Imo State Police Command for organising the kidnapping of Catholic priest Reverend Father Fidelis Ekemgba.

Pastor Anoloba, 35, and several others were paraded by the police as being members of a dangerous syndicate. Rabiu Hussaini, the Imo State police commissioner, said that the suspects held the priest for over seven days and made him to pay a ransom of N5m to them.

FORMER senate president Senator Joseph Wayas who presided over the National Assembly during the Second Republic has suddenly passed way at the age of 80 at his home on the Cross River State capital Calabar.

NNAMDI Kanu's lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor has been warned by federal high court judge Binta Nyako to stop writing letters directly to her in respect of the trial of his client as it is against the procedure of channelling such communication through the court registrar.

CHANCES that Super Eagles midfielder Joe Aribo may move to the English Premier League during the January transfer window have increased significantly after three clubs indicated that they were interested in securing his services.

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr may not get a severance package from the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) as ongoing negotiations between the two sides appear to have neared an agreement under which he would just be paid outstanding salaries.

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[1] On November 7 1916, Jeannette Rankin from Montana was elected to US Congress as its first ever woman representative. Nigeria is yet to elect a female governor. We have to correct this anomally come two years time