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…demands transparent process Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has thrown his weight behind the plan by the Federal Government to privatise some of the country’s assets. The government has listed the assets to be privatized to include the country’s four refineries, the International Conference Centre, Abuja, Yola Electricity Distribution Company, Zungeru Hydro Power, […]

The worsening insecurity challenge in Nigeria took a new twist on Sunday when the leadership of the Amalgamated Union of Food and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AFUCDN) gave to the Federal Government up until February 24 to address their demands or face total withdrawal of their services. This was declared by Secretary-General of AFUCDN, Ahmed […]

People’s Democratic Party, Nigeria’s wobbling opposition party, on Sunday, derided President Muhammadu Buhari over the deteriorating state of security in the country, telling him that he has failed. PDP’s scathing comment came as the insecurity in the country took a further descent in the last week, with scores of Nigerians kidnapped in a brazen display […]

For a government that has repeatedly claimed to have technically defeated Boko Haram on several occasions, it is curious for the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Ibrahim Attahiru to issue a 48-hour ultimatum to the troops of the Nigerian Army to defeat and clear the murderous Islamist terrorist group out of Borno […]

Nigerian soldiers have overrun a farm allegedly owned by Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau in the Sambisa forest. The troops have also successfully repelled ISWAP Terrorists who attacked Dikwa town on Friday evening. These are contained in a video obtained by PRNigeria, that  has gone viral. The troops stormed the farm in the Sambisa axis […]

Certainly, there is everything wrong with the hasty appointment of the ex-service chiefs as non-career Ambassadors by President Muhammadu Buhari. In the trenches, the war on terror, compounded by kidnapping and generalized insecurity is going very roughly. In the minds of a beleaguered citizenry, Nigeria’s leaders are making things even worse. This should not be […]

Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, exited the COVID-19 pandemic-induced recession it fell into in the third quarter of last year. “Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.11%(year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2020, representing the first positive quarterly growth in the last three quarters,” the National Bureau of Statistics said in a […]

The Nigerian Governors Forum, at an overnight emergency meeting, has decided to use part of the Excess Crude Account and other funds to support the purchase of additional hardware for security forces to combat insecurity. Kayode Fayemi, Chairman of the NGF and Ekiti State Governor, announced this while briefing the media, on the outcome of […]