Under the 2025 budget estimate of N47.90 trillion, the federal government has set aside the sum of N4.26 trillion as statutory transfers to newly established development commissions for various regions in the country. It all started with late President Umaru Yar’Adua’s initiative to restore stability to the restive Niger Delta and rev up the crude … Read more
At peak of the campaign in 2013 to package an amnesty programme for Boko Haram terrorists who were wreaking havoc in the northeast and enormous pressure was brought on then President Goodluck Jonathan, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua, widow of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, pleaded that a general amnesty be granted to the Boko Haram terror group. … Read more
It is an acronym that is as classy as it is inspiring. In 1999, just as the Fourth Republic was birthed, the governors of the six states that make up the Niger Delta, got together and set up the BRACED Commission – to create a strong regional economy through economic cooperation and integration, … Read more
Rich or poor, the average Nigerian took immense pride in his sense of independence. Hunger was an unknown deprivation. Even when he respects and honours his rich kinsman or leader, he had a red line that must never be crossed. He must never be insulted by the well-to-do neighbour, friend or leader. “You don’t feed … Read more
More than nine months after 17 soldiers were killed at Okuama during a mission the Army is yet to explain to Nigerians, the revenge operation in the community which left the community completely devastated with the indigenes forced to seek refuge in surrounding forests is festering. Two of the community leaders who were arrested by … Read more
Read full article Understanding Tinubu’s definition of ‘fake life’ – By Pius Mordi on TheNewsGuru. He chose an academic gathering to define and redefine the lives Nigerians had been living before he became president. Read full article Understanding Tinubu’s definition of ‘fake life’ – By Pius Mordi on TheNewsGuru.