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Richard Odusanya “So it goes. Returning violence for violence multipliers violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”-Martin Luther king Jr The recent warning of the Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka added to the voices of reasons across the country and beyond, are not issues to be taken lightly. War is not a champagne toast and those who dare to talk about it, may not be prepared for the aftermath of war in its real sense. Regardless, this is a time for sober reflection, call for reasoning, and call for men of good conscience to intervene….before it is too late. The Challenges are enormous and it requires all hands on deck. The time is also ripe for all and sundry to speak with one voice and stand to be counted. The horizon is not only cloudy but dark and the “cumulus nimbus” is forming like a wild fire in the harmattan season. The drumbeat o...

The South-West, South-East, South-South and Middle Belt leaders on Tuesday faulted the appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, describing him as unfit for the anti-graft agency. The leaders in a statement signed by Dr Yinka Odumakin of the Afenifere, Chief Guy Ikokwu, Senator Bassey Henshaw, and Dr Isuwa Dogo, said Bawa was in charge of the Port Harcourt zonal office last year when dozens of petrol trucks confiscated from suspected looters were auctioned off to his proxies at ridiculous prices. They also recalled that he was arrested and detained for several days in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, before the erstwhile chairman, Ibrahim Magu, ordered his transfer to the agency’s training school in Abuja pending the conclusion of investigation.  See Also Politics Nigerians Ask Senate To Reject Bawa As EFCC Chairman Over Multi-billion Naira Corruption Allegation 0 Comments 3 Hours Ago The leaders said, “Presi...

Achike Chude Troubled times! Troubling times! The Fulani herdsmen crisis has assumed a more frightening direction as people, tired of government failures are now taking matters into their hands. This time, unlike other times, it is happening in the south of Nigeria, notably Oyo state. There are stories that the same situation has developed in Ebonyi state. Properties of northerners are being raised to the ground. Thankfully, there has not been any serious report or reports of deaths in these places.  The reaction on social media is equally important enough to contend with. Some, quite rightly are calling for calm, for government at state and federal levels to step in. Others are however sabre rattling, promising reprisal and vengeance on southerners up north. But not all northerners are on the same page with such people. The period of the “One united monolithic north” has long been over following decades of socio-political contradictions. Achike Chude If ever there is a t...

Some young Nigerians have explained the reasons why they will never join the  Nigerian Army.  The Army as well as the Nigerian Air Force recently called on Nigerians to enrol for their recruitment exercises.  SaharaReporters Media Bashir Ahmad, an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, had in a Twitter post on Monday said Nigerians who  who possess a minimum of secondary school leaving certificate can apply for the army’s exercise.  But in interviews with SaharaReporters, a cross-section of secondary school leavers said they would rather pursue another career, citing the risks involved and lack of adequate equipment to fight enemies, particularly insurgents. Ebuka Emmanuel, a secondary school leaver, said: “I won’t join the army because looking at the soldiers, they are not well equipped to face the enemy. They don’t pay them well and then there is stress involved. They keep deploying someone from state to state. Being in the army also makes one the en...

File photo used to illustrate story. The Kano State Police Command has arrested a senior official with the state’s Hisbah board after he was allegedly caught with a married woman in a hotel. According to Freedom Radio Kano, the official was arrested in the Sabon Gari area of the city. His name was not immediately mentioned, but he was described only as police chief when the matter featured on Freedom FM’s popular magazine programme “Inda Ranka”. File photo used to illustrate story. The arrested commander is said to be in charge of arresting beggars and prostitutes in Kano metro area. He was taken into custody after the husband of the woman with whom he allegedly had an affair filed complaints.  According to the station, Kano Hisbah Commander, Muhammed Haruna, while describing the incident as unfortunate, said a two-man committee had been set up to investigate the matter.  Hisbah officers regularly arrest unmarried people caught in hotels, presumably for sexual acti...

Sunday Asefon The Osun State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has berated the 45-year-old National President of the association, Sunday Asefon, for backing the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as Inspector-General of Police for three months. Asefon had on Monday, during a news conference in Abuja, faulted the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for instituting legal action against the Presidency, claiming that the tension precipitated by the pervasive insecurity in the country requires that the President exercise discretion in the appointment of a new IGP. Sunday Asefon He insisted that the intention of the President, which he said was to avoid a hasty appointment that would aggravate the already tensed situation, should be applauded rather than condemned. Asefon also dismissed a news report that the IGP purportedly paid N2 billion as a bribe to some persons in the Presidency to extend h...

Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, former Chief of Army Staff under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has joined the All Progressives Congress. The ex-Army Chief declared his membership of the APC at his Isuikwuato country home in Abia North Senatorial District on Tuesday. He thereafter participated in the party’s ongoing registration and revalidation exercise at Ezere Ward 2 where he registered. His registration was conducted by the APC Ward Chairman, Iheanyi Chukwu, in the presence of several party stalwarts of the party, including Orji Uzor Kalu. According to Ihejirika, who served as COAS from 2010-2014 under Jonathan, his coming into the APC is to contribute to the progress of the party in the state and at the national level. The former COAS said having served in the Army for almost 38 years, it is important for him to be in politics with all the sufficient experience gathered over the years.  He said he would contribute to the democracy of the nation and th...

Akinade Ajani, Baale of Shasha community in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has identified eight persons as mischief-makers in the community. According to the PUNCH, the traditional ruler said peace and calm had started to return to the once crisis-ridden community. The Yoruba and Hausa communities clashed in a popular market in the area last Friday, resulting in the death of some residents, destruction of properties, and displacement of people in the area. Consequently, the state governor, Seyi Makinde, ordered the closure of the market and enjoined the warring factions to embrace peace and dialogue. Makinde also led some northern governors to the leaders of the Yoruba and Hausa communities in the market on Tuesday. See Also Trade I Lost Over N20million To Shasa Crisis, Not Going Back There— Market's Traders Association Chairman 0 Comments 1 Hour Ago The governors are Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Bagudu; Kano State Governo...

The Chairman of Shasha Traders Association (STA), Alhaji Usman Nyako, on Tuesday said he lost more than N20 million to the crisis in the Shasha market in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The crisis, which occurred in the Shasha market last Thursday, led to loss of lives and property.  Nyako, who has been the chairman of the market for three years, said even if the crisis is resolved, he will not return to the Shasha market again because of what he experienced.  The businessman, who deals in tomatoes, said the day the crisis started, he had made over N10 million in his shop.  He added that his house, cars and trucks were set ablaze. Nyako, who said he left his house with only one piece of clothing, commended the Kano State government for donating N100,000 to each of the about 200 indigenes of the state affected by the crisis. He said, “I am not going back to that place again. Many people were killed in my presence. I lost my...

File photo Not less than seven children are feared dead in an explosion that rocked Magami village in the Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs in the state, Abubakar Dauran, while confirming the incident said the victims ignorantly picked an explosive device in the bush when they went searching for firewood. File photo According to Channels TV, it exploded when they were playing it and six were said to have died instantly while others were left with various degrees of injury.  Those who sustained injuries were immediately taken to an undisclosed hospital in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, for treatment. Dauran later got information that one of the victims taken to the hospital also died, pushing the number of deaths to seven.  He said the state had put measures in place to prevent future occurrences of the such an incident. Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, has created 10 additiona...

Abubakar Malami The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has recommended the creation of a Nigerian government agency that will regulate the activities of herdsmen. Malami said this while delivering his address as a special guest of honour at the Peace, Unity, and Security Lecture Series at the ECOWAS main auditorium, Abuja on Tuesday. Abubakar Malami The minister admitted that the crisis between herders and farmers had become a pressing issue and steps were needed to be taken to tackle it. According to Punch, he also said there was a need to revitalise the Nomadic Education Commission. He stated, “Nigeria is predominately agricultural in nature and by geography. To that extent, there is constant mobility of herders across the different belts of Nigeria. It is perhaps time to consider the setting-up of a commission for pastoralism regulated by law. “This might provide recipes for resolving protracted farmer-herder conflicts. The comm...