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Oby Ezekwesili A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili,  says President Muhammadu Buhari  created the problem that led to the abduction of over 300 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. She said the President and his government should not be congratulated over the release of the schoolboys after six days in captivity. Oby Ezekwesili Ezekwesili said this on Friday night during an interview with Channels Television monitored by The PUNCH. The former minister, who is one of the Co-Conveners of the Bring Back Our Girls group which led the demonstrations for the rescue of over 250 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State, said the Buhari regime must tell Nigerians exactly what happened in Kankara when gunmen on motorcycles attacked the school and abducted hundreds of students. The abduction occurred some hours after the President arrived in Daura, Katsina on December 11 for a week-long private visit. Katsina State Govern...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The prospect of the former Nigerian minister of finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, becoming the first female director-general of the World Trade Organisation has met a setback, as the United States wants the race reopened. This was revealed on Wednesday as Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, said an experienced handler is needed for the high profile job. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala AFP via Getty Images Lighthizer, in an interview with BBC, said the job is for “someone with real experience in trade, not someone from the World Bank or a development person.” Okonjo-Iweala had got the backing of 110 out of 164 member countries, but the US opposed her candidacy. The trade organisation operates based on consensus, that is, if one country opposes, a final decision cannot be made. Iweala and Yoo Myung Hee, South Korea’s trade minister, are the final candidates for the top job at the WTO following the resignation of Roberto Azevêdo in May. Following the lack of...

President Buhari during meeting with released Kankara schoolboys in Katsina State today President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that the abduction of 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State, was targeted at embarrassing his administration. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Buhari made the statement when he met with the rescued Kankara students and representatives of their parents at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Katsina. President Buhari during meeting with released Kankara schoolboys in Katsina State today The president, who spoke in Hausa, said it was not a coincidence that the bandits struck on the very day he visited his home town, Daura after about 18 months. PHOTONEWS: President @MBuhari Meets With Released Kankara Schoolboys In Katsina State | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/Qs2YM3KFFN #KankaraBoys #KankaraAbduction #OurBoysAreBack #KankaraStudents pic.twitter.com/dSVumiV3fF — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporte...

President Buhari Prominent leaders from various ethnic groups from the South-West, South-East, South-South and the Middle Belt have described the 1999 Constitution as a fraud put together to subjugate other nationalities under the control of the Fulani perpetually. The aggrieved leaders gave the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government a 90-day ultimatum to constitute a committee on Sovereign National Conference to decide on the repeal of the 1999 Constitution or to dissolve Nigeria’s amalgamation of 1914. President Buhari According to a statement on Friday, the Middle Belt and southern leaders made the resolution at a meeting in Lagos. The leaders, who spoke on the platform of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination, said the 1999 Constitution was responsible for the worsening insecurity and poverty in the land. Some of the leaders who signed the communiqué are former Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang; Prof. Yusufu Turaki; a prominent historia...

Ayo Ademiluyi A human rights lawyer, Ayo Ademiluyi, has condemned the invasion of the home of revolutionary Afro-beat musician, Seun Anikulapo Kuti, by personnel of the Lagos State Police Command on Friday. Ademiluyi warned the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, to desist from laying siege to the musician’s house, as this unconstitutional action would lead to mass demonstrations by Lagosians. Ayo Ademiluyi See Also #EndSARS #EndSARS: Policemen Invade Seun Kuti's House In Lagos, Arrest Family Member 0 Comments 19 Hours Ago SaharaReporters had exclusively reported on Friday that armed police officers invaded the Ikeja residence of the musician known to be vocal during the EndSARS struggle and picked up his family member when they met his absence. The whereabouts or reasons for the arrest of the family member had yet to be known, as of press time. Ademiluyi noted that Kuti’s house was invaded wit...