The family of late Mr Christopher Olorunfunmi Banjo on Wednesday said they would soon announce the burial arrangements for the late businessman and philanthropist, who died recently in Lagos. Banjo, Aare Bobaseye of Ijebu-Ilodo, passed on at the age of 77, at Ikeja General Hospital, Lagos, after a protracted illness. Mr Niyi Banjo, who spoke on behalf of the family at the residence of the deceased, told journalists that they were still deliberating on how to give their departed father a befitting burial. Banjo said the plans would soon be made public. He noted that the departed Olorunfunmi Banjo was…

President Muhammadu Buhari succumbed to pressure on Wednesday by suspending the controversial Ruga settlement scheme, designed to settle the Fulani and their cattle on acquired land across states in the federation. The suspension was announced in Abuja after governors representing the six geopolitical zones of the country met with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at Presidential Villa, Abuja. Chairman of the National Committee on Food Security/Herders/Farmers Conflicts and Governor of Ebonyi State, Mr Dave Umahi, disclosed the government’s decision to journalists after the meeting. Besides Umahi, others at the meeting included Plateau State Governor, Mr Simon Lalong; Governor of Kebbi State, Mr…

President Muhammadu Buhari admitted on Wednesday that the performance of his administration in the power sector was “not good enough”, saying that this called for more efforts by Electricity Distribution Companies to provide the needed resources and technical expertise. He stated that Federal Government would play its own part by improving the transmission of electricity. Buhari spoke in Abuja when Oba of Benin, Mr Omo N’Oba N’ Edo Ewuare II, led members of the Edo State Council of Traditional Rulers and chiefs on a visit to the President at Presidential Villa. The Oba, who sought the President’s intervention on the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations of Presidential Committee on the Impact and Readiness Assessment of African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, agreement. By this, presidential spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu said, the president will be signing the Phase one of the agreement in the course of his attendance at the Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of African Union and 12th Extraordinary Summit on AfCFTA in Niamey, Niger Republic in a few days’ time. In accepting the reports as submitted, Mr Buhari made it clear that the Nigerian government will be seeking to include terms that engender the development of policies that promote…