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Yoruba leaders in the South-West geopolitical zone, under the aegis of the Yoruba Summit, on Thursday threw their weight behind ranching of cattle. The leaders during an extra-ordinary session of the summit held in Lagos said the ranching means that “those in such business will acquire land according to the extant rules and subject their operations to the norms and culture of their host communities.” They, however, opposed the establishment of cattle colonies proposed by the Federal Government against the backdrop of the recent attacks by herdsmen in the region. In a communiqué issued after the summit, the leaders argued…

The committee set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on true federalism Thursday, January 25, submitted its report to the National Working Committee of the party. The committee, headed by the Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, was commended by the party leadership for a job well done. The committee’s report was received in Abuja by APC’s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun who promised the party leadership would study the report and its recommendations before the end of February. Highlights of 10 things recommended by the El-Rufai committee on restructuring. Independent candidacy: The committee recommended the introduction of independent…

Some eminent Nigerians and political parties, Wednesday, picked holes in the Federal Government’s response to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s advice to President Muhammadu Buhari not seek re-election in 2019 on account of ill-health and poor performance among others. In response to Obasanjo, the Federal Government in a statement by the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described the letter and advice as distractions to the on-going move of the government to address the enormous challenges bequeathed by previous administrations, insisting the government is doing well and recorded many achievements in various sectors of governance. Buhari will not listen to…

The Senate Wednesday threatened to invoke Sections 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic to order for a warrant of arrest of the chief executives of AVEON and GILS Automation engaged in the Egina Project. Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, Chairman of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee currently investigating Local Content and cost variation on the $16 billion Egina Deep Sea oil project revealed this when two similar companies- AVEON and GILS Automation- refused to honour their invitation. Adeola, APC, Lagos West, warned that the chief executives risked arrest if they refuse to show up in the next…

The Police in Bauchi State have arrested a middle-aged man from Ningi local government area of the state for allegedly killing his five-day-old son with insecticide known as ‘piya piya ‘. The suspect, one Habibu Bala, was said to have killed his baby because ‘he had no money to organise naming ceremony for the child.’ DSP Kamal Datti Abubakar, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state police command stated this Wednesday while briefing newsmen on the successful operations carried out within the week. Abubakar said on January 21, 2018 the suspect’s brother, one Musa Bala, reported at the…

Operatives of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Edo state command, have discovered a warehouse used for the storing of large quantities of cannabis otherwise known as Indian hemp worth more than N26 million. A statement by Mr. Wakawa Buba, the State Commandant of the NDLEA, said the warehouse was discovered in a thick forest in Ugbubezi village in Owan West local government area of Edo State. Buba said the agency recovered cannabis that weighed 1,996 kilogramme comprising 34 compressed bags and 94 bags of dried weeds from the illegal warehouse. The NDLEA boss attributed the discovery of the…

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum Wednesday reported the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to President Muhammadu Buhari for its inability to remit the Joint Venture Cash Call to the Federation Account for five years. Briefing State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Abdulaziz Yari, Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, and governor of Zamfara State, explained that NNPC shortchanged the country for five years when oil price was high. He regretted that this took place when the Cash Call Joint Venture was high as the oil price was about $110 per barrel. Explaining…

Flight operations at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja,Thursday suspended as a result of a mishap involving a private jet operated by Nest Oil lasted for more than one hour. The jet skidded off the runway while landing and lost its landing gear in an attempt to return to the runway. Although Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, had said the shutdown would last 30 minutes, a stranded passenger told TheCable that the situation had been on for nearly one hour. “The airport was shut around 4:30 p.m. and we were told it would last 30 minutes. We have spent almost…

A 42-year-old housewife, Wednesday in Lagos lost her 22-year-old marriage for wearing trousers against her husband’s wish. Rasheed Abiola, the husband told the court that his wife, Fatimot Abiola, wears trousers which he had warned her severally to desist but she refused. “My mother and I had warned Fatimot severally to stop wearing a pair of trousers but she would not listen. I can no longer cope with her way of life and her defiant attitude,” he said. The 47-year-old customs officer said that his wife was threatening him from marrying another wife. “Fatimot is threatening to harm me if…

The International Worship Centre in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom in Nigeria’s 21st state whose foundation stone was laid Sunday, January 21 is put at N10 billion, investigation by StraightNews has shown. The centre, the first of its kind, located at the Banking Layout, Udo Udoma Avenue in Uyo is being handled by Julius Berger (Plc) Nigeria, measuring 5,000 acres. It has a sitting capacity of 8,500 with such appurtenances as main auditorium, library, offices and conference halls, among others. But in the state budget for 2018, the centre was supposed to have a 10,000-sitting capacity. The complex is…