Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, have called on Nigerians across state demarcations to defend the sanctity of their ancestral lands against usage for Ruga cattle settlements. The call was contained in a communiqué issued on Sunday to document highlights of last Thursday’s meeting between the monarch and Soyinka at the latter’s home in Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The meeting focused on the state of the nation. Oba Ogunwusi and Soyinka made the call just as the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum…

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Niger Delta Agitators yesterday, advised the Federal Government to utilise the large expanse of land at the Sambisa Forest for the contentious Ruga settlement project. The agitators, in a statement jointly signed by Gen. John Dukku and others, maintained that the RUGA settlement plan by the government was in tandem with alleged plot to Fulanise and Islamise the entire country. The agitators, who frowned at the threat by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), which issued a 30-day ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government to implement the…

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Professor Richard Uwakwe, a professor of neuropsychiatry, says suicide cases across the country can be stemmed if early signs of mental disorders are noticed and addressed.  Speaking at the 2nd Public Lecture organized by Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) College of Medicine titled, ‘Alarming Rate of Suicide: The underlying factors and issues’, the guest lecturer noted that though suicide is a complex issue that cannot be traced to a particular factor, 90% of suicide cases have been traced to mental disorders. He noted that complex factors that…

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Embattled Senator Elisha Abbo, representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, who submitted himself for interrogation after assaulting a lady at an Abuja sex toy shop, was of Friday released after around the clock interrogation that lasted for 24 hours. He was granted bail on personal recognition as a senator of the Federal Republic. Confirming his release on bail, FCT CP, Bala Ciroma said the investigation was still ongoing even though both the Senator and the victim have been interrogated. It was gathered that the police tried to ascertain what originally sparked…

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President Muhammadu Buhari has made 11 more appointments. This was made known in a statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu. The 11 are Mohammed Sarki Abba – Senior Special Assistant to the President (Household and Social Events); Ya’u Shehu Darazo – Senior Special Assistant to the President (Special Duties); Dr Suhayb Sanusi Rafindadi – Personal Physician to the President; Amb. Lawal A. Kazaure – State Chief of Protocol; Sabiu Yusuf – Special Assistant (Office of the President). Others are:…

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