DIASPORA body the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) has just elected a new executive committee to conduct its affairs for the next two years at its annual general meeting with journalist Ayo Akinfe voted in as its new chairman.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that yesterday's death of the chief of army staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru  and 10 other military officers would not be in vain indicating that the tragedy will spur him to step up the fight against insecurity and terrorism.

GOVERNORS of the five state that make up the southeast geo-political zone have pledged their commitment to an indivisible and united Nigeria despite the ongoing calls for secession and the balkanisation of the country.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Given that there are 200m Nigerians with about 50% of them being 18 and over, we should have a 20 year plan to build 40m housing units over the next 20 years

[2] Of these 40m, the federal government should build 10m of them in Abuja and Lagos

[3] We need a law that compels all 36 state governments to build houses as a matter of law

[4] Each state must be obliged to build at least 10,000 housing units a year

SECESSIONIST group the Biafra Nations League (BNL) has warned the inspector-general of police Alkali Baba that if his men carry out the shoot-at-sight order he instructed them to their members will resort with fullscale violence.

VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo is to mediate in an ongoing dispute between the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the repayment plan for bailout loans.

GOVERNORS from across the southeast geo-political zone have promised to address the ongoing restiveness in their region within the next six months by coming up with solutions to the plight of their youths who have resorted to violence of late.

NIGERIA'S newly-introduced restrictions aimed at preventing a fresh outbreak of the Covid-19 virus has hit the air passengers hard leading to travellers having to spend the night at airports as a result of a curfew which restricts movement.

HERDSMEN umbrella body the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) has backed the recent declaration by the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) calling for a ban on open grazing across the country.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Disarmament centres shall be opened in every single one of our 774 local government areas where illegal weapons can be handed in without prosecution under a 30- day amnesty programme. Disarmament centres will also be opened at six mega cattle ranches established across the country