West Africa

Kaduna, Abuja — Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai, yesterday said that after President Muhammad Buhari’s tenure ends in 2023, the presidency should be zoned to the southern part of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Malam Mamman Daura, had recently said that there was no need for zoning the …

The former senator and businessman, Buruji Kashamu, is dead. Mr Kashamu died Saturday at the First Cardiology Consultants Hospital in Lagos, his friend and former colleague at the Senate, Ben Murray-Bruce, confirmed. “I have just lost my good friend of forever to #COVID19. Until his death, Sen. Buruji Kashamu and …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday reminded the military of their sacred duty to protect Nigerians, irrespective of ethnic or religious backgrounds. Mr Buhari spoke at the Passing Out Parade of 114 medics of the Nigerian Air Force Short Service Course 29, in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports …

Benin — Crisis in the Edo State House of Assembly took a new twist as 14 members-elect, who were refused inauguration last year and three lawmakers who had endorsed the governorship candidate of the APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, elected Victor Edoro, as a parallel speaker. It was gathered that the …

Two maize farmers associations, Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) and Maize Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN), have received N29 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) to produce over 20 million metric tonnes of maize for the wet season. Of this figure, …

This week is World Breastfeeding Week, a flagship campaign of the International Confederation of Midwives. Ensuring that mothers can breastfeed – to nurture and nourish their newborns – requires scaling up commitments to reach the last mile for neonatal intensive care and nutrition. ‘Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet,’ is …

Kaduna — The Kaduna state government has recently imposed curfew in Zango Kataf and Kauru local governments due to the escalation of tension in the affected areas. However, there is uproar by the southern Kaduna people union (SOKAPU) and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over what they alleged as ethnic …

In sane climes, when a government signs any loan agreement, the interest of the citizens is prioritised. That has not been the case with loan agreements signed with China by Nigerian governments – past and present. Some critical things are signed away by our governments in these deals. Between 2010 …

If there’s one country so deeply buried in the box of doing the routine and the mundane,that country is Nigeria. On everything, our leaders, policymakers and implementers never sit and think deeply. They never listen, and are mostly averse, to counsel, wise and otherwise. They either never consult experts who …

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has asked the federal government to initiative well-calculated and stringent measures to put a permanent end to #RevolutionNow protests in the country. Members of the #RevolutionNow group led by the convener who is an opposition politician, Omoyele Sowore, had launched a protest in …