Aliyu Abdullahi, senator representing Niger North, has fingered the selfish tendencies of the elite as cause of the country’s problems. He alleged that local government, as the third tier, only existed on paper, while the states squandered the finances meant for them. Abdullahi made the speech during a press conference at the Senate Media Hall after sponsoring a bill on Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit and Local Government Finances. Governors, he said, have crippled local governments and the Houses of Assembly have held that tier of government at the jugular, to…

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Ekene Franklin, a 15-year-old boy from Abia State has emerged the best candidate in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, by scoring 347 marks considered as the highest by the board. Similarly, a 16-year-old boy from Abia State came second by scoring 346 marks just as a 17 year old from Osun State trailed behind with 345, considered by the board as the third best result in the 2019 UTME. But the Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyode, who announced…

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Due to insufficient manpower in Nigeria’s police force, the Force has concluded plans to engage thousands of Special Constables to work with conventional policemen in communities. The recruitment of the special officers, which would be announced any moment from now, has received presidential backing and it is expected to start in Kaduna and other northern states where the traditional emirate and district structures support the system. It was further learnt that the police had presented the idea to the state governors who were said to have bought into the scheme.…

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In a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sagir Musa, some unnamed foreign powers, are said to be working in concert with their local collaborators to complicate Nigeria’s security challenges by sponsoring terrorism and banditry. According to the army, not only are these elements working assiduously to derail the ongoing counter-insurgency efforts, as well as the West African sub-region, they were also hard at work to scuttle the country’s democracy as well as the May 29 handover date. Col. Musa said the “mischief markers were determined…

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China’s top trade negotiator said on Friday in Washington that trade talks with the US would continue in Beijing following two days of negotiations and a US tariff hike. Speaking to reporters in Washington on Friday, Vice Premier Liu He for the first time gave details on where the negotiations stood following two days of talks with US counterparts, with tariffs and how much China should import from America among the disagreements. “Negotiations have not broken down, but rather, on the contrary, this is only a normal twist in the…

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