BuhariGovernors absent as Osinbajo endorses state police
None of the 36 governors was in attendance at a security summit yesterday as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo explained why Nigeria is ripe for state police.
The inability of governors, as state chief security officers, to commandeer police forces has always been on the front burner of complaints about defects in the nation’s structure.
Slash legislators’, ministers’ pay by half, Sanusi tells Buhari
Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II has canvassed for a review of the salaries of National Assembly members and minsters by half with a view to creating more jobs for Nigerian unemployed youths.
Buhari orders arrest, trial of herdsmen with illegal arms
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday ordered security operatives to arrest and prosecute anyone found with illegal arms in the country.
Buhari, who lamented the spate of reckless killings of innocent citizens across the nation, said “all attacks by suspected herdsmen will no longer be tolerated in north central and elsewhere in Nigeria.”
Catholic bishops rate Buhari low, president disagrees
Catholic bishops yesterday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock where they lamented what they described as a glaring failure of his administration to tackle poverty, hunger, insecurity, violence, fear and unemployment.
VP Yemi Osibanjo’s Daughter Set To Tie The Knot
In the spirit of Valentine, Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, took to twitter to announce the engagement of his daughter, Oludamilola, to Hajia Bola Muinat Shagaya’s son, Oluseun Bakare, this morning.
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