Jude Johnson with Agency The remains of the 18 farmers killed by 'armed bandits' in Batsari local government area of Katsina State, North West Nigeria, have been buried in Katsina amidst tears by families and sympathisers. The farmers were killed in their farmlands at Yar-gamji community, home state of Nigeria's President Muhammadu
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Islamisation: Nigerian govt berates Obasanjo over comments on ISWAP, Boko Haram
Jude Johnson The Nigerian government has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comments imputing ethno-religious motive to Boko Haram and ISWAP as deeply offensive and patently divisive. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, saying such indiscreet comments are far below the
Decrying lingering insecurity, northern governors unveil N6b regional economic recovery plan
•Urges FG to come up with measures to permanently end killings • Lalong appointed chairman of NSGF Jude Johnson The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has decried the lingering security challenges in the country, particularly, in the North and unveiled N6 billion economic recovery plan for the region. This was contained in a communiqué issued
Nigeria: Facing the Challenge of the Islamic State in West Africa Province
•Editor's note: The International Crisis Group report x-rayed that three years after Boko Haram broke apart, one faction, the Islamic State in West Africa Province, is forming a proto-state in northern Nigeria. The state should press its military offensive against the jihadists but also try undercutting their appeal by improving
Presidential Election: Atiku, PDP formally ask Justice Bulkachuwa to rescue self fromTribunal
Jude Johnson The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have formerly applied that the President of the Court of the appeal, Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa recuse herself from presiding over the presidential election petition tribunal. Atiku and PDP based their request on the likelihood that Justice Zainab
Nigerian military dissociates self from call to overthrow government
Godsgift Onyedinefu The Nigerian military has distanced self from the circulation of document, calling for the overthrow of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari was due to be sworn in for his second term on May 29, 2019 after being declared winner of the February presidential election, which is currently being
8th NASS: Stakeholders meet to fast track Buhari’s assent to anti-corruption bills
Godsgift Onyedinefu The key stakeholders in the Anti-Corruption war have met to fast track the process of transmitting five bills to president Muhammadu Buhari for assent before June 11, 2019, which marks the end of the 8th National Assembly. To this end, the stakeholders drawn from the National Assembly, Federal Ministry of
Nigeria losing $1b annually to medical tourism–Authorities
Timothy Obiezu Nigerian authorities say the country is losing more than $1 billion annually to medical tourism as tens of thousands of Nigerians travel abroad in search of the best treatment. Nigeria’s Health Ministry says it is building several world-class health centers to address the issue, but not even the country’s
Insecurity: Nigeria’s security agencies get additional N56.223b of N90b added in 2019 budget
Deji Elumoye Finally, the National Assembly, on Tuesday passed the 2019 Budget with a slight adjustment of its portfolio from N8.83 trillion to N8.91 trillion. The 2019 Appropriation Bill submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 19, 2018 has eventually been passed by the legislature, although it took
Analysis: Security priorities for the new Nigerian government–Experts
Africa Centre From Boko Haram to farmer-herder conflicts, ethno-religious tensions, separatist movements, urban crime, and national identity, Nigeria experts size up the security priorities facing the Buhari government in its second term. On February 23, 2019, Nigerians voted in their sixth presidential election since the transition to civilian rule in 1999,