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Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to end the lingering Boko Haram crisis and other criminal activities such as the herdsmen/farmers clashes within the shortest possible time, if elected as President in 2019. This is even as controversial politician and governorship aspirant in Borno State, Mr Grema Terrab, who is being wanted by the police for alleged murder, was Tuesday arrested by Special Anti-Robbery Squad, (SARS) operatives at Atiku’s political meeting in Maiduguri Atiku, who is Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential hopeful for the election, made the vow Tuesday while addressing PDP supporters in Maiduguri, Borno State. He…

As the death toll in the flooding caused by heavy downpour that wreaked havoc in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State rose to 52, Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President, Tuesday, assured that the Federal Government would assist victims of the disaster. Osinbajo, who gave the assurance when he visited the state to commiserate with the affected victims, noted that the Federal Government will avert future re-occurrence of the unfortunate incidence. It will be recalled that the downpour which lasted hours claimed lives of 52 persons, left 20 missing, destroyed more than 500 houses and killed 260 livestock dead and washed…

There are indications that the Federal Government’s oil revenue dropped by more than 297.6 per cent between the second quarter of 2010 and fourth quarter of 2017, as a result of developments in the international market. Investigations by Vanguard showed that the situation was fuelled by some factors, including the supply of United States of America’s shale oil, some nations’ ability to find alternatives to oil and negative speculation before Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, and non-OPEC members intervened to withdraw excess oil from the market. Consequently, President Muhammadu Buhari administration, which took over from former President Goodluck Jonathan, earned less…

Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tuesday, warned that ignoring its steel sector and depending on importation, Nigeria would end up enriching the Asian country and other countries in Europe and America. Specifically, Dogara raised alarm over the huge sums of money Nigeria was sinking in China to buy steel, saying it portended danger for the country. To this end, he called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to give priority to steel development in Nigeria, saying it was the bedrock of the development of the country. Dogara, who spoke at the ongoing 2018 Open NASS Week in the National…

The Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Tuesday, said most of the Distribution Companies, DISCOs, in Nigeria were technically insolvent. Alex Okoh, Director General of the Bureau, made this revelation during an interactive session held at the instance of House Committee on Power, with critical stakeholders in the Nigeria’s power sector, including Nigeria’s Bulk Electricity Trading Company, NBET, Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, and Generation Companies, GENCOs. The DG in his submission, said there was need to immediately solve the challenges bordering on price structure and liquidity of DISCOs. Okoh said, “We need to solve the liquidity challenge. How do we make…

Fresh crisis looms between the executive and the legislative arms of government over the insertion of N578 billion into the N9.12 trillion 2018 budget by the lawmakers. However, President Muhammadu Buhari in a letter to the Senate Tuesday, asked the National Assembly to remove a total of N228 billion as re-instatement from the inserted N578 billion in the 2018 budget to fund critical projects. In the letter read at plenary by Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, Buhari told the senators that not less than N242 billion would be required for the conduct of 2019 general elections. After President Buhari…

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo was officially unveiled as a Juventus player on Monday evening, following his club-record transfer from Real Madrid.. The Italian side announced the player’s €100 million (R1.55 billion) move from Los Blancos last week, following weeks of speculation as to whether or not he would indeed leave Santiago Bernabeu. With Ronaldo having opted to call time on his Madrid career, he leaves the Spanish giants as their record goalscorer, with 450 goals in 438 games. The 33-year-old was unveiled as a Bianconeri player at a press conference on Monday evening after passing a medical earlier…

The 2018 World Cup held in Russia has come and gone, but some memories continue to linger in the minds of football buffs. It may not out of place to say it was a spectacular victory at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow as France and Croatia battled for the trophy. From the hugs of the Croatia president to the dramatic jump of the French president in jubilation, it was a beautiful moment of world unity as fans looked on to see who would clinch the trophy. The Guardian quoted by Straightnews indicates that among the team were France’s Kylian Mbappe…

Senator Godswill Akpabio, Monday, said that he could win election on any political party for his second term ticket for Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District in 2019. Akpabio, Senate Minority Leader, who contested under the People’s Democratic Party in 2015, won convincingly to represent the district in the Senate. Daubed ‘uncommon transfomer’ during his reign from 2007-2015, the two-term Akwa Ibom governor spoke at an endorsement rally in his honour and Governor Udom Emmanuel by PDP Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District comprising 10 local government areas. He had to play down on the issue of party because he believed any party under…

Two different tribes. They perform opposite customary rites in marriage.  One culture tests bravery among men, but the other cherishes fidelity among women. In one, a man submits himself for beating, but in another, a woman entices a man to cane her. One world, two countries. Yet, the same gathering, same mission all aimed at fostering a successful marriage among the people. Among the Fulani in Nigeria, “sharo” is a fulani game that involves two suitors flogging one another publicly to win a maiden’s hand in marriage. The nomadic Fulani are known for their hard work, discipline and courage. It…