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By Akanimo Sampson Like some of his peers, a 31-year-old from Bama, a village located about 350 kilometers southwest of Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, did not have the opportunity to further his studies beyond primary education. As a result, Ouattara Siriki started helping out his father in the family plot in his teens. In Bama, most of the population is involved in subsistence farming. This village which is close to 5000 people has a tradition of cultivating rice, maize, millet, and rearing livestock. For decades, Siriki and his father used to obtain seeds from families and neighbours…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted an interim order releasing the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi from detention. Justice Anwuli Chikere granted the order in line with the prayers on the exparte motion filed on behalf of the deposed Emir by Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN. The judge also notes that the order for the release of the deposed monarch should be served on the respondents to the application. The respondents to the application marked FHC/ABJ/CS/357/2020 are the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu; the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Bichi; the Attorney-General…

The dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to enforce his fundamental rights. Sanusi, who was deposed as Emir by the Kano State government last Monday and forcefully taken to Awe in Nasarawa State where he has been on confinement, is seeking an interim order of the court directing his immediate release from detention. Mr Abubakar Balarabe-Mahmoud, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and leader of the team, at a news conference in Kano on Tuesday, threatened to sue the Kano State Government over what it called “illegal detention and banishment “ of…

By Akanimo Sampson The Green Chamber of the National Assembly has suspended legislative approval indefinitely, President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to take an external loan of $22.79 billion. This happens as the Red Chamber of the parliament on Wednesday proposed jail term for anybody who engages in the importation, sales and use of electricity generating sets in Nigeria. The Senate is proposing that anyone found guilty of the offence and upon conviction will be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years. This is the sanction provided in a fresh Bill introduced to the Senate with the aim of…

By Akanimo Sampson A United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Specialist in issues relating to gender-based violence, Eri Taniguchi, says there is a strong association between conflict, forced migration and higher rates of mental and psychosocial disorders. According to her, “as we all know, the vulnerabilities of women, girls, youth and adolescents increase in humanitarian settings, while mental health and psychosocial needs tend to be overlooked or considered not a priority.” But globally, a person is said to die from suicide every 40 seconds. And, it is estimated that for every death, 20 others have attempted to take their own lives.…

By Akanimo Sampson By Akanimo Sampson It appears the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of Governor Hope Uzodimma in Imo State is still as unsettled as the water. The governor does not seem to be exuding confidence in himself since the dramatic crash of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Apparently propelled by fear, the Uzodimma administration on Wednesday claimed that the PDP was hatching a plot to stage protests in Owerri, the state capital, in continuation of its efforts to allegedly discredit the Supreme Court judgment that programmed him into the Government House, Owerri. Governor Uzodimma’s media handler, Oguwike Nwachukwu,…

Joe Biden has cemented his position as a front-runner in the Democratic race to take on President Donald Trump in November’s White House election. The former vice-president won Michigan, the biggest prize of primary voting on Tuesday, extending his lead over main rival Senator Bernie Sanders. Five other states – Washington, Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho and North Dakota – voted on Tuesday. Mr. Biden also swept aside Mr. Sanders in Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho. It was unclear if Mr. Sanders would fight on until the party convention in July. The Democrats’ next big election milestone is in a week’s time when…

By Udeme Nana They are not non-indigenes- they are neither tall nor lanky like some Hausa-Fulanis from the Northern parts of the country.They are neither Muslims nor animists.Their dentition does not betray them as people who engage in an intercourse with kolanut every minute. No, they do not carry small plastic plates around and do not turn out in dirty danshiki.They do not look unkempt and are not illiterates. They are able-bodied, some tall, fair and handsome while others are dark-complexioned, stocky and look hard. Some are graduates from tertiary institutions and are not products of polygamous harems.They are not…

By Akanimo Sampson Founder of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, Atedo Peterside, has faulted some of the policy measures of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the wake of crashing oil prices. He will also be shunning the apex bank’s forum in protest of Muhammadu Sanusi’s ordeal in the hands of the Kano State Government. Peterside says the stability of Nigeria’s macro-economy is threatened by an unsustainable policy mix like CBN’s resolve to “pursue a low domestic interest rate regime which clearly cannot coexist with high inflation and naira exchange rate stability in the face of collapsed or collapsing oil…

By Akanimo Sampson As the world celebrated the International Women’s Day on Sunday, a lawyer in Cross River State was busy drafting court processes against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River and the state House of Assembly for allegedly rejecting Justice Akon Ikpeme as Chief Judge of the state. The lawyer, First Baba Isa, says this is best I can do for women on a day like that. “So, today, I have filed a suit at the Federal High Court against the governor and the House, joining the National Judicial Council, the Attorney-General of the Federation, the Speaker of the…