EKITI State branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has advocated a compulsory psychiatric test for anyone wishing to work as an operative with the newly created regional security operation Amotekun.
BELGIAN-born striker Cyriel Dessers has been cleared by the world football governing body Fifa to represent the Super Eagles after he successfully completed a switch from Belgium to Nigeria over the last week.
PRESISDENT Muhammadu Buhari is expected in the UK this Wednesday as he is scheduled to take a 20-day vacation during which it is expected that he will meet with his medical doctors and have a health check.
(1) On Friday, the Ekiti State House of Assembly passed the state security bill into law, making Amotekun a legal entity. I expect Governor Kayode Fayemi to sign the bill into law today, making it fully constitutional
(2) Later today, the houses of assemblies in Oyo, Ogun and Ondo states should also pass the bill into law. Over the next few days, their governors should then assent to the bill, making Amotekun a reality that is here to stay
INVEST in Nigeria's oil and gas sector has fallen to a three year low according to a recent survey published by leading economists who pointed out that the country is failing to woo the needed investment that will result in economic growth.
NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) demanding that it conduct fresh elections in Bayelsa State because the new governor failed to meet the statutory requirements for office.
(1) This recent Lagos Okada ban has made solving the Almajiri urchin problem across northern Nigeria more urgent as all of a sudden, we have a new crop of thousands of unemployed youths roaming the streets. In Adamawa State alone, the Nigerian Army was taken aback by the size of the influx. Something desperate needs to be done or make no mistake about it, these youths will soon take up AK47s as there is nothing else for them to do
EMIRATES Airlines has suspended all flights to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos until further notice saying it will only resume operations there when the facility's damaged instrument landing system (ILS) is fixed.
ANY operative who wants to serve in the regional security outfit Amotekun in Oyo State must get a letter of recommendation from his or her divisional police officer (DPO) and local government chairman attesting to their good character.
SEVERAL traditional rulers in Osun State have asked Governor Gboyega Oyetola to suspend the Oluwo of Iwo Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi from office after he embarrassed them by beating up a fellow monarch at a meeting yesterday.
EKITI State branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has advocated a compulsory psychiatric test for anyone wishing to work as an operative with the newly created regional security operation Amotekun.
BELGIAN-born striker Cyriel Dessers has been cleared by the world football governing body Fifa to represent the Super Eagles after he successfully completed a switch from Belgium to Nigeria over the last week.
PRESISDENT Muhammadu Buhari is expected in the UK this Wednesday as he is scheduled to take a 20-day vacation during which it is expected that he will meet with his medical doctors and have a health check.
INVEST in Nigeria's oil and gas sector has fallen to a three year low according to a recent survey published by leading economists who pointed out that the country is failing to woo the needed investment that will result in economic growth.
NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) demanding that it conduct fresh elections in Bayelsa State because the new governor failed to meet the statutory requirements for office.
EMIRATES Airlines has suspended all flights to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos until further notice saying it will only resume operations there when the facility's damaged instrument landing system (ILS) is fixed.
ANY operative who wants to serve in the regional security outfit Amotekun in Oyo State must get a letter of recommendation from his or her divisional police officer (DPO) and local government chairman attesting to their good character.
SEVERAL traditional rulers in Osun State have asked Governor Gboyega Oyetola to suspend the Oluwo of Iwo Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi from office after he embarrassed them by beating up a fellow monarch at a meeting yesterday.
