Daniel Agbolade, Ibadan Residents of Ekerin layout, behind Abe technical college New garage Akala expressway in Oluyole local government area of Ibadan would not forget Thursday in a hurry as they were sacked from their houses by gun-wielding land grabbers. The land grabbers were also armed with padlocks, chains, red paint with which they mark 'x' on the affected buildings. It was learnt that many people fled for their dear lives and others unaware of the development scaled fence to safety on discovering that their houses had been locked up. It was further gathered that a notice from Oyo state…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday blamed internal and external factors for the security challenges facing the country. He made the remark while receiving security report of Course 40 of National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) at Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to him, the security challenges bequeathed to his administration in 2015 were threatening lives and properties. He said NIPSS was commissioned by his administration to have a holistic view of the country’s security problems towards finding a sustainable solution to them. The President said: “In November 2017, I tasked management of NIPSS with the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Musa Abaji as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He made this announcement via a letter he sent to Senate on Tuesday. In the letter, read by the Senate President, Mr Bukola Saraki, he said the appointment was according to advice of National Judicial Council. “In line with 1999 constitution upon the advice of National Judicial Council, I hereby refer for confirmation the appointment of Mr Musa Abaji as Justice of Supreme Court of Nigeria. “While hoping that this is expeditiously considered by the Senate, accept the assurances of my highest regard,” the…

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Mr Udoma Udo Udoma, has opened up, for the first time, on the fierce battle the then agitators of resource control for Niger Delta, fought with the then president Olusegun Obasanjo. Speaking while representing President Muhammadu Buhari at a book presentation/launch titled ‘It Is Well With My Soul’ and 80th birthday celebration of a former governor of Akwa-Ibom, Mr Obong Victor Attah, Udoma revealed that they were summoned to Aso Rock before security chiefs and threatened with prosecution if they did not back down on their demands. The minister commended the courage of the…