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Editor’s note: Senator Dino Melaye was cleared by the Senate after weeks over being involved in a scandal concerning his academic qualification. In this opinion by Azu Ishiekwene, he points out that the Melaye case is an eye-opener there is a lot of problem with the Nigerian system as Ahmadu Bello University has a lot to deal with. We are in trouble We’re in trouble, but that’s not the worst part. The real tragedy is that we don’t know that we don’t know. It took one week and a Senate summons for the Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Professor Ibrahim Garba, to say that Senator Dino Melaye graduated from ABU. And even then, his testimony left more questions than answers. In response to repeated press enquiries, ABU had promised to take a public position on Wednesday. But for reasons that can only damage the school’s reputation, it made a U-turn, saying it would not make any comment until invited to do so by the Senate Ethics Commi...

Police declares illegal wearing of mini-skirts, skinny jeans, among other attires they deem unfit for 'public eyes' -Anyone found flaunting the new rule will be arrested without hesitation and fined or jailed for six months, or both - The authorities insist that from 1st April, every citizen in this country must get conversant with the dress code they need to wear to avoid being arrested If mini-skirts and skinny jeans are your favourite outfits, then you may need to overhaul your wardrobe, as these kind of attires are no-longer allowed in Zambia and can easily get you jailed, fined or both. The Government of Zambia has also reportedly directed its officers to start, with immediate effect, arresting people who dress indecently in public. “Zambia police is concerned with the dress code of some of our women and men in public. It is now a serious offence to dress indecently in public," a statement from the police command said. Wearing of mini-skirts, sagging trousers , ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointments into the executive management of some government agencies and parastatals - The affected agencies are Nigerian Television Authority, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria and National Emergency Management Agency The press has obtained a press statement released by President Muhammadu Buhari's special assistant on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, announcing the new appointments. According to statement, the new chairman of the board of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) is former newspaper editor and ex-presidential spokesman, Chief Duro Onabule. Other executive directors of NTA include: Dr Steve Egbo for administration and training; Abdul Hamid Salihu Dembos for marketing; Mohammed Labbo for news; Fatima M. Barda for finance; Stephen Okoanachi for engineering; and Wole Coker for programmes. At the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Aliyu Hayatu is new chairman, while Buhari Auwalu and Yinka Amosun, are zonal d...

A group, the National Assembly, Stand up for Nigeria, says it is set to reclaim the Senate from Bukola Saraki and his supporters and return it back to the people of Nigeria - The group insists that the Senate carry out screening of RECs as it is their constitutional role that must be carried out - The group says it has scheduled 3 days rally at the Freedom Park in Lagos or Unity Fountain, Abuja next week A group known as the National Assembly, Stand up for Nigeria (SUN), has called for Senate president, Bukola Saraki to step down.The group which is up of over 99 Civil Society Organizations, 70 freelance activists and 100 Non governmental organization (NGOs), made the call in a statement signed by the national president, Sunday Attah in Abuja, Vanguard reports. Attah said the group is aimed at reclaiming the Senate from Saraki and his supporters to return it back to the people of Nigeria. The group condemned the suspension of Senator Ali Ndume and insisted that the Senate carry out...

As they marched close, armed with placards with various inscriptions, their faces said it all. They are frustrated and helpless. The only hope they have is the Lagos state government led by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. The residents of Oko Addo village, a community in Eti-Osa local government area of the state no longer sleep comfortably. They only could stage a protest within the community against one retired Brigadier-General Tunde Reis who they alleged has taken over their lands and houses. Among the placards read inscriptions which included, “Please, save, protect and preserve our inheritance,” “Save us from Brigadier-General Reis,” “Why should we be rendered homeless,” “Gen Reis, stay away from our land,” “Our land is not up for grabs, we intend to keep it for our use,” " Gen Reis stop the demolition on our land," among others. The residents, who said they had earlier gone to court on the matter, claimed that many of the ...

Reno Omokri, an ex-aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of lack of transparency over how much he paid for his medical trip to the United Kingdom. Omokri, in tweets on Friday, March 31 evening, accused President Buhari of failing to 'walk the talk' on his campaign for transparency in governance. According to Omokri, Buhari is a servant of the people and is accountable to them. Failure to disclose how much he paid for his medicals from Nigeria's funds during vacation to the United Kingdom, Omokri said, is plain wrong. He tweeted In a tweet on Monday, March 27, Omokri accused President Buhari of constantly breaking his campaign promises to Nigerians who voted him into power. He noted that this was the worst kind of corruption

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy conditions over the central states of the country on Saturday with chances of localised thunderstorms over Minna and Ilorin in the morning. NiMet gave the prediction in the Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) on Friday in Abuja. It also said that there would be prospects of localised thunderstorms over Mambila plateau during the afternoon and evening hours with day and night temperature of 36 to 40 degrees and 21 to 27 degrees Celsius. The agency predicted that southern states would experience cloudy conditions with chances of localised thunderstorms over Akure, Warri, Lagos, Benin, Port-Harcourt and Calabar in the morning hours. It also predicted localised thunderstorms over most part of the south with exception of Shaki and Abeokuta in the afternoon with day and night temperatures of 32 to 34 and 23 to 26 degrees Celsius. According to NiMet, northern states will experience sunny morning with ...