Senate President, Mr Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, raised alarm that the National Assembly is under invasion by “many unknown and uninvited people”. Lawan raised the alarm at an emergency meeting leadership of Senate had with top security officials in Abuja. The Senate President said he had received report of security threat to the Assembly and tasked top security officials to beef up security measures at the complex to avert any threat. He warned that any security official found wanting in the line of duty would not be spared. Lawan, in a statement by his media aide, Mr Ola Awoniyi, said,…

Federal Ministry of Education has commended the management of Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) over the quick completion of various faculty buildings and other notable projects within its campus. Mr Abdulahi Jubril, representing Federal Ministry of Education, gave the commendation last Wednesday in Oye-Ekiti after an inspection tour on some of the newly completed faculty buildings of the university at both Oye and Ikole-Ekiti campuses. Jubril, who described the various projects as excellent, said he was delighted with the management and the governing council of the University for their achievements. He described the projects on both campuses as laudable, adding that…

Nigeria’s national security adviser, Mr Babagana Monguno, a retired major-general, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Mr Abba Kyari, of undue and dangerous interference on matters bordering on national security. Consequently, Monguno has fired a warning memo to all service chiefs to desist from taking further directives from Kyari, according to documents seen by Premium Times. Monguno said Kyari’s directives to service chiefs were sometimes issued without the knowledge, much less approval, of the president, a practice he said has added to government’s failure to contain insecurity. “Chief of staff to the president is not a presiding head…

Emir of Kano, Mr Muhammadu Sanusi, has said northerners are on the verge of destroying themselves if they fail to address the myriad challenges facing them. Sanusi, who spoke at the 60th birthday of Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, in Kaduna on Monday, highlighted the main problems facing the region as poverty, millions of out-of-school children, malnutrition, drug abuse, Almajiri and Boko Haram insurgency. The emir, who insisted that no “true Northern Nigeria leader” was happy with the problems, said the North should stop relying on quota system and federal character. He said the challenges facing the region must be…