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…Says Tchiani’s 3yrs plan to reinstate civil rule provoking The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, said yesterday it was more likely to use military force to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic, if the military junta, led by Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, was hell-bent on his three-year transition plan …

The New Development Bank (NDB), otherwise known as the BRICS Development Bank, has announced plans to begin lending in South African and Brazilian currencies in order to defy reliance on the US dollar. The bank’s president, Dilma Rousseff disclosed this in a recent interview with the Financial Times. Recall that …

  President Bola Tinubu and new ministers. In a bid to reboot his three-month long administration, President Bola Tinubu yesterday, charged the 45 newly sworn-in Ministers to prioritise national interests and shun regional or primordial considerations while working towards facilitating the delivery of objectives that underpin the renewed hope agenda …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike The original inhabitants of Abuja have said there’s nothing to celebrate about the appointment of former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike as minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to the Abuja indigenes under the aegis of the Original Inhabitants Development Association of Abuja …

  Diezani Alison-Madueke Former OPEC president Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the UK National Crime Agency said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. She will appear in court …

University of Nigeria, Nsukka …Private Hostel Accommodation Hits N470,000 Per Room Students of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, have embraced off-campus accommodation following the dirty state of hostels on the campus. A survey conducted by THE WHISTLER on Tuesday showed that private hostels built around the university have been taken over by …

The leader of the mutineers who seized power in Niger, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, said on Saturday that his country does not want war, but will be ready to defend itself if necessary. “Neither the army nor the people of Niger want war, but we will resist any manifestation of it,” …

•Sanwo-Olu restates commitment to net zero by 2050 As part of mitigation measures, Lagos State in 2018 developed a climate action plan, which is targeted at ensuring it achieves net zero by 2050. Experts, government officials and stakeholders, recently converged on Lagos at a summit to ponder on prevention and …

Are war and peace mutually exclusive? This is one important question that has dominated the attention of scholars and students in the area of conflict resolution across time and space. The answer, however, varies with different schools of scholarship. For instance, one academic contends that both war and peace are mutually …

Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof Usman Yusuf, speaks to DANIEL AYANTOYE on the Niger Republic crisis, corruption in Nigeria, among other issues Nigerians are currently facing hardship due to the removal of fuel subsidy. What can be done to save the situation? First and foremost, this …