Politics

Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello has said that actions of bandits will not intimidate the government or the people. According to him they will not sit and watch bandits to change the style of living of the people. He made this comment as he set up the Niger Special Vigilante Corps (NSVC) which comprise of nine vigilante group. Bello noted that the government will not allow the bandits to change the style of living of the people no matter how hard they try. “Bandits want to force us to change our way of…

Public Afairs Analyst Segun Sowunmi has said that nobody is stopping Nigerian youths from contesting elections in Nigeria. According to him what he has observed over the years is that the young people haven't disected and distilled the argument properly because there has never been a time where young ones have not participated in elections. He cited Yayah Bello, Donald Deo and many others who are all young ones yet participated in elections. ''What I have noticed over the years is that young people have not really…

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Fulani herdsmen who attack farmers in Nigeria with weapons like AK-47 riffles are not Nigerians but foreigners. Speaking in an interview on Arise TV on Thursday, the President stated that the Nigerian Fulani herders carry just sticks and machete to gather herbs on the farms and do not carry guns. “The problem is to understand the culture of the cattle rearers. The Nigerian cattle rearers do not carry anything more than a stick. “Sometimes they carry machetes…

Professor Placid Njoku, Imo State deputy governor has debunked reports of his resignation and has asked the general public especially the Imo people to disregard any report on it as fake. According to him the story of his resignation has no iota of truth in it but a mere figment of the imaginations of those working against the Government and the people of Imo State. “My attention has been drawn to the fake news circulating in the social media purporting that the deputy governor of Imo State, His Excellency Prof Placid…

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has said that he is not the one to decide who to succeed him but the All Progressives Congress (APC). The President made this comment while speaking in an exclusive interview on Arise TV on Thursday June 10. Speaking on who will succeed him as President he said; ''about succession, what this administration can do is to make sure APC lasts beyond this administration. “We have started registration from ward to local government and to the state level. That way, the APC can know…

President Buhari says the #EndSARS protest was a deliberate attempt by Nigerian youths to remove him form office of the presidency. Mr. Buhari made this shocking revelation in an exclusive interview with Arise TV. Speaking on a question asked about his plans to make Nigeria a more attractive place for foreign investment, he was quick to say that Nigerian youths must behave themselves if they want better jobs. “This question was answered when there were the #End SARS protests. You remember the young people who…

Nigeria's President, Buhari has defended his government's decision to spend $1.9 billion on a rail project in Niger because he has family members there. The President in an interview with Arise TV noted that he has and his government have decided to build a rail lines from Kano to Niger just to enable his relatives in the country easy access to Nigeria. “I have cousins, family members, etc., in Niger Republic. I shouldn’t just cut them off,” Buhari justified his regime's decision. Explaining the other reasons why…

President Buhari has said in an interview with Arise TV on Thursday June 10, 2021 to 'behave' so they can attract jobs and investment in the country. The President noted that security was essential in order for investment in the country, where unemployment rose to 33.3% in the fourth quarter. "Nobody is going to invest in an insecure environment. So I told them, I said they should tell the youth that if they want jobs, they will behave themselves, "make sure that the area is secure. So that people can come in and…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked governors not to sit idle waiting on him to solve every problem in their states especially killer fulani herdsmen, urging them to stop herdsmen attacks by themselves. In recent times the country has been hit with different forms of attacks especially from Fulani herdsmen with the country recording a recent on in Igangan, a farming community. Because the President is Fulani some Nigerians have accused him of being bias and deliberately not helping to fight the menace. The…

President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government is committed to treating bandits in the language they understand best and this will enable an improvement in Nigeria's poor security situation. Recall that not long ago the President made this same comment while addressing constant attacks meted on INEC and its executives. His comment didn't sit well with a number of Nigerians who resorted to throwing fresh missiles at the President. The President doesn't seem too be remorseful over his earlier…