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Sat, 22 May 2021 17:12:40 +0000
"Its Biggest Threat To The North"—Northern Youths Praise Southern Governors For Banning Open Grazing
File Photo Forty-two northern youth groups have endorsed the ban on open grazing in the country.The northern youths disclosed this after its 27th delegates' conference in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, on Saturday. File Photo ...

Sat, 22 May 2021 17:11:42 +0000
Nigerian Arrested In India Over COVID-19 Injection Scam
A 41-year-old Nigerian man, identified as Chieuikem Daniel, has been arrested in South Delhi's Khanpur area for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of supplying them Remdesivir injections meant to treat COVID-19 patients at a higher rat...

Sat, 22 May 2021 14:37:05 +0000
The Beatification Of A Coup Plotter, By Owei Lakemfa
Mahamat Idriss Deby, 37, bedecked in the military fatigue of a four star general, spotting a red beret and some decoration on his chest, was seen at the Nigeria Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Friday, May 14. He had at least two other four st...

Sat, 22 May 2021 09:53:55 +0000
Protesters Storm Akure, Demand Yoruba Nation
Again, agitators for the independence of the Yoruba nation stormed Akure, the Ondo State Capital, on Saturday. In a video that has now gone viral, the protesters gathered at Isinkan Roundabout, Akure, calling for self-determination. ...

Sat, 22 May 2021 09:44:05 +0000
Late Chief Of Army Staff, Others To Be Buried In Abuja Today
Ibrahim Attahiru The burial rites of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and other senior officers who lost their lives in an air mishap in Kaduna on Friday will be held on Saturday in Abuja. The interment for the l...

Fri, 21 May 2021 22:48:45 +0000
Army Chief, Attahiru's Plane Crash Caused By Bad Weather—Defence Headquarters
The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has stated that the crash of the Nigerian Air Force jet which killed the Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Attahiru Ibrahim, and 10 other officers was due to bad weather.  The DHQ in a release on Friday ni...

Fri, 21 May 2021 22:00:09 +0000
Chief Of Army Staff Was A Shining Light Who Died Too Soon, El-Rufai Mourns Attahiru, Other Crash Victims
The Kaduna State Government has described news of the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and others in a plane crash on Friday as sad.   Attahiru, six senior military officers and four crew members on Frida...

Fri, 21 May 2021 21:45:47 +0000
Buhari Mourns Death Of Chief Of Army Staff, Attahiru, Others, Calls Them Heroes
President Buhari receives briefing on the Plane crash which led to the death of the Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and others in State House on 21st May 2021 President Buhari receives briefing on the Plane crash which led to th...

Fri, 21 May 2021 21:43:51 +0000
El-Rufai And His "Hell" Of A State By Bolaji O. Akinyemi
Kaduna State Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai "What the hell!" is the greatest human expression of abhorrence. When human souls are led beyond incomprehensible sequences of nature in negativity, the word 'hell' suffices.  Hell is a place r...

Fri, 21 May 2021 21:38:20 +0000
Why Open Grazing Must Be Discontinued By Tanimu Yakubu
File Photo In 1999-2002, I was a cabinet member in Katsina State Government. When I was preparing our first budget, I was unsettled by the past trends in government support for agriculture.  Year in year out, 80% of the budget for agricu...



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