NIGERIA'S federal government has eventually declared the armed bandits who have been holding the nation to ransom with their murderous campaign as terrorists making them subject to international terror laws.
Over recent years, these bandit have laid waste to large swathes of northwestern Nigeria, especially, Zamfara, Katsina...
GOVERNOR Aminu Masari has called on local residents in Katsina State to arm themselves and confront the bandits operating within their communities because security officials cannot tackle the growing insecurity alone.
Katsina, like other states across northwest Nigeria have been ravaged by violence and armed banditry of...
HUNDREDS of Muslims joined their Christian brethren in Kaduna for Christmas church services as part of a communal programme aimed at promoting peace and religious tolerance across northern Nigeria.
More than any other state in Nigeria, Kaduna is split 50:50 between Muslims and Christians but of late, has been the scene of...
Ayo Akinfe
Over the last few years, Nigerians have been agonising over the way forward as the security situation in the country deteriorates on a daily basis. With 23% of the workforce unemployed, it is no surprise that violent crimes like armed robbery, kidnapping, banditry and terrorism are on the rise. With no means of survival,...
Ayo Akinfe
Contrary to what most Nigerians believe, public outrages guarantee human rights and decent living conditions. In Nigeria, we erroneously believe that good governance will solve all our problems even if the public is docile
In any decent country, there is no way they would tolerate the Fulani herdsmen massacres. There...
AFRICA'S richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote is planning to get his new automobile assembly plant fully up and running in 2022 with an ambitious programme to roll out a new set of assembled cars during the first quarter of the year.
Known as Dangote Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria (DPAN), the new company was given birth to five...
ORGANISATION of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) finance house the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved the disbursement of $98m to Nigerian in the form of loans to the education sector to support a plan to help eradicate illiteracy.
Nigeria is currently wracked by insecurity brought about by the lack of opportunity for...
ARMED hoodlums have killed the member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly representing Giwa West Constituency Hon Rilwanu Aminu Gadagau shooting him dead during an attack at Kofar Gayan on the outskirt of Zaria.
Hon Gadagau was travelling to Kaduna from Zaria when the attack took place, with gunmen opening fire around 8pm...
CONTROVERSIAL cleric Sheikh Ahmed Gumi has thrown another cat among the pigeons by sending a medical outreach team to the forests of Kogi State to provide medical care to Fulani cattle herdsmen living there.
Highly divisive and seen as one of the subtle backers behind Fulani herdsmen who have unleashed a reign of terror on...
Ayo Akinfe
Host a meeting of the South East Governors Forum in Akwa. At this summit, I want to see him sell the others the idea of floating a finance house called Ogbunigwe Bank. It will hand out loans to small businesses across Igboland with a maximum interest rate of 5%
Sign a deal with Innoson Motors under which...
