Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has proposed that the federating units in Nigeria should be allowed to develop and operate their respective minerals and pay royalty to the federal government. He said this has become pertinent because the federal government which unilaterally controls the country rich mineral endowment has failed to translate the…
The President has asked to state governments “to review their policy of rewarding bandits with money and vehicles, warning that the policy might boomerang disastrously.” President Buhari gave this warning on Friday via his Twitter handle in reaction to the recent abduction of 317 schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara. The president also…
Camps and hideouts of cattle rustlers, armed bandits and other criminals in Zamfara and Katsina States were cleared by troops fighting insurgents in the North West geo-political zone of the country. Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army under the auspices of Operation SHARAN DAJI, on Wednesday cleared suspected armed bandits camps in both states. This…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured Nigerians that there would not be late arrival of election materials in the 2015 general polls. This assurance was given in Gusau, Zamfara, by Jubrin Zarewa, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state on Friday during a press conference. The top INEC official disclosed further that…