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INSIDE STORY OF KADUNA S PEACE DEAL WITH BANDITS In a significant move towards restoring peace to Kaduna State, scores of bandits terrorising not less than five local government areas have agreed to drop their arms and discontinue their reign of terror in and around the state. The bandits are known to terrorise Chikun, Kajuru, Kagarko, Giwa and Birnin Gwari …

AJAOKUTA PROJECT TOO BIG TO BE HANDLED BY GOVERNMENT — FORMER CEO Alhaji Magaji Muhammed Inuwa is a 1966 science graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. He later trained as a metallurgist and worked in private companies in Jos and Kaduna. At one point he was the chief executive officer of the Ajaokuta Steel Company. He also served …

WEST AFRICA’S SEASON OF FAREWELLS AND QUESTION MARK, BY CHIDI AMUTA Frances’s major military base in Cote d’Ivoire is billed to close down at the end of this month. The long -standing base, Port Bouet, is to be rid of its French troop occupants and is to be renamed General Quattara Thomas d’Aquinn base after an indigenous military figure. No …

SOME PDP GOVERNORS MAY DEFECT TO APC TO APC – VANGUARD REPORT STRONG indications have emerged that more governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP may move to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2027 general election.Vanguard gathered that moves by the PDP governors to dump their party may not be in connection …

IT’S A LIE. EL RUFAI DENIES DUMPING APC FOR PDP Fomer Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has debunked claims suggesting he has left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or any opposition party. In a post shared on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Sunday, El-Rufai urged Nigerians to dismiss the reports, branding …

N2 TRILLION POWER PROJECTS STALLED There are power projects worth over N2 trillion that have not been completed or simply awarded but yet to start in different parts of the country. The Nigeria’s power sector has, over the years, appeared to defy solutions aimed at providing sufficient and sustainable electricity supply to the country’s over 230 million populace. Experts believe …

IT’S A SHAME THAT 57 YEARS AFTER ABURI ACCORD NIGERIA STILL TALKS OF RESTRUCTURING – OMIRHOBO Human rights lawyer and social commentator, Malcolm Omirhobo, has slammed Nigeria for her inability to find acceptable political accommodation 57 years after the January 4 and 5, 1967 Nigerian military leader meeting at Aburi in Ghana. In a post shared in his X (former …

NORTHERN ELDERS FORUM OPPOSES TINUBU’S TAX REFORM BILLS, CALLS FOR SUSPENSION Northern Elders Forum Again Opposes Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bills, Calls For Immediate Suspension. However, the NEF argued that these measures disproportionately impact Northern Nigeria, which faces challenges such as insecurity, poverty, and youth unemployment. The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) has expressed strong reservations about the President Bola Tinubu-led government’s …

TERRORISTS KILL MIYETTI ALLAH CHAIRMAN IN KATSINA, ABDUCT WIVES, DAUGHTER Suspected terrorists have killed Alhaji Amadu Surajo, the Acting Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Katsina State, in a brutal attack on Mai Rana village, Kusada Local Government Area. The assailants also took the lives of three others and injured several residents during the …

RESIDENTS KILLED, BANK RAZED AS PETROL TANKER BURSTS INTO FLAMES IN DELTA Tragedy struck in Agbor, headquarters of Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, on Sunday, as a petrol tanker burst into flames, resulting in deaths. The incident occurred close to a FirstBank branch along the ever-busy Old Lagos/Asaba Road. Eyewitnesses said the tanker burst into flames, causing …