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Residents of Matazu Local Government Area have raised concerns following a peace dialogue held on Saturday between community leaders, Islamic clerics, and notorious bandit groups in the area. Eyewitnesses reported that a notorious bandit leader attended the meeting armed with Rocket-Propelled Grenades, RPGs, General Machine Guns, GMGs, and AK-47 rifles, sparking anxiety among residents who continue to suffer frequent attacks. …

Residents of Matazu Local Government Area have raised concerns following a peace dialogue held on Saturday between community leaders, Islamic clerics, and notorious bandit groups in the area. Eyewitnesses reported that a notorious bandit leader attended the meeting armed with Rocket-Propelled Grenades, RPGs, General Machine Guns, GMGs, and AK-47 rifles, sparking anxiety among residents who continue to suffer frequent attacks. …

African leaders and elder statesmen have warned about the impending collapse of democracy in the continent if urgent and strategic actions are not taken by all stakeholders. The leaders, including incumbent and former presidents, made the stark observation during the Democracy Dialogue of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, Ghana. The elder statesmen include Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, …

African leaders and elder statesmen have warned about the impending collapse of democracy in the continent if urgent and strategic actions are not taken by all stakeholders. The leaders, including incumbent and former presidents, made the stark observation during the Democracy Dialogue of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, Ghana. The elder statesmen include Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, …

There is palpable tension in Enugu State following the gruesome murder of a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Matthew Eya, by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. The incident occurred on Friday evening along the Eha-Alumona–Eha-Ndiagu Road in Nsukka Local Government Area. Fr. Eya, until his death, was the parish priest of St. Charles Catholic Church, Eha-Ndiagu. Initial reports had suggested that the assailants were …

Minister of the Federal Capital, Nyesom Wike, has suggested that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagun, betrayed him. Wike claimed that he has turned out to become Damagum’s enemy, adding that the PDP Chairman won’t hesitate to kill him if he had the opportunity. He said that he was the reason Damagun is still in …

Some professors in the country have recounted their struggles with poor remuneration, revealing how meagre salaries have forced them into multiple loans and an unending cycle of debt. In separate interviews, the lecturers described how the government’s weak commitment to education has made life increasingly difficult for them and their families. Their concerns come amid ongoing agitation by the Academic …

As the tenure of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, ends next month, the question of who will replace him is increasingly becoming of interest to Nigerians, Weekend Trust reports. Yakubu was first appointed as the electoral body’s chairman in 2015 and reappointed for another term in 2020, giving him the record of the …

A Yoruba socio-cultural group, Ìgbìnmó Májékóbájé Ilé-Yorùbá, has called on President Bola Tinubu to publish the names of the beneficiaries of the N330billion cash transfers his administration claimed were disbursed to poor and vulnerable Nigerians. The union alleged that the supposed beneficiaries were largely members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), dismissing the government’s claim as propaganda. In a …

A Yoruba socio-cultural group, Ìgbìnmó Májékóbájé Ilé-Yorùbá, has called on President Bola Tinubu to publish the names of the beneficiaries of the N330billion cash transfers his administration claimed were disbursed to poor and vulnerable Nigerians. The union alleged that the supposed beneficiaries were largely members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), dismissing the government’s claim as propaganda. In a …