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The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Monday voiced his opposition to President Muhammadu Buhari’s quest to bring back cattle grazing routes in the country. The President had last Thursday approved the return of the cattle grazing route used during the First Republic. The grazing system adopted during the period allowed herdsmen to use designated grazing routes to move their cattle to several...

The Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli, on Monday said the emirate is under siege. According to him, the residents are having sleepless nights due to abductions going on within Zaria and environs. He described the situation as unacceptable and urged the government to take action. The emir disclosed this when he received a delegation of Security Heads led by the...

The Super Falcons played a 3-3 draw against Portugal in their second outing at the US Summer Series. The game played early Monday morning at the BBVA Stadium in Houston Texas, saw the Nigerian ladies bounce back from their defeat against Jamaica. Recall that the Falcons fell to a surprise loss to Jamaica in the opening game of the Seires. But captain...

Israel’s parliament on Sunday ended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year rule after voting in favor of a new coalition government. Netanyahu’s former ally, Naftali Bennett, becomes the country’s new prime minister. Sunday’s voting which ended 60-59 marked the beginning of a new era for the country which had conducted four elections in two years. Bennett is expected to preside over a diverse...

A group, which claims to be made up of Fulanis, has written the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, threatening Jihadist attacks on some strategic facilities in the state if he fails to withdraw his support for a ban on open grazing enacted by southern governors. In the unsigned letter pasted on some locations in Asaba, the state capital on...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has said the military no longer has excuses not to deliver in the war against insurgency. Ndume said this in a statement to mark this year’s Democracy Day. Last week, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) announced that President Muhammadu Buhari had submitted a supplementary budget of N895 billion to the National Assembly...

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Thursday the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors and other elected officials are defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) because of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The governor, who stated this in Makurdi shortly after returning from Oyo State where he commissioned some projects on the invitation of his Oyo...

Nigeria’s power generation has increased by 8.46 percent to reach a peak of 4,469.80 Mega Watts on Sunday. This is according to the latest data sourced from Nigeria electricity System operator. The data showed power generated had increased from 4,120.9MW it stood on Sunday, 6 June the previous week. As at 6.00am on Monday 14 June, Ripples Nigeria observed grid Generation was at 3,937.50...

Seventeen fresh deaths have been recorded in one day as a cholera outbreak in Bauchi State continues to ravage the state, bringing the number of recorded deaths to 37, the state Ministry of Health has announced. Ripples Nigeria had reported the outbreak on May 26 which led to the deaths of 20 people in some local government areas of the...

Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has blamed policies of the Federal Government for hindering his investments in the state’s power sector, saying all his efforts at getting the state to distribute power are being frustrated. Emmanuel who disclosed this on Sunday at a press briefing to present his score card in the past six years, noted that the...