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Herdsmen: States should make anti-grazing laws – Senator Ekweremadu

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The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said the best way to end the crisis between herdsmen and farmers is to dump open grazing for ranching. He urged the states to make laws to end open grazing, describing it as “archaic, anachronistic and out of tune with modern society.” Ekweremadu stated this at the House of Commons, Parliament of the United Kingdom, where he delivered a lecture titled, ‘African Politics: The Dynamics and Lessons.’ A statement on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, quoted Ekweremadu…

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We’ll resist creation of cattle colonies in Igboland – MASSOB

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The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra on Sunday said it will do everything within its power to frustrate any attempt to establish cattle colonies in any part of the South East and Biafran land in general. MASSOB, in a statement, said the move to establish cattle colonies is a devious way of imposing Islam and ceding Biafra land to people with sharp difference in their way of living with those of Biafrans. In the statement signed by its National Director of Information, Comrade Samuel Edeson,…

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Alex Ekwueme an epitome of integrity – VP Osinbajo

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday described late former Vice President Alex Ekwueme as fearless and an epitome of integrity. He said this in his remarks at the Service of Songs and Night of Tribute in Abuja for the late Second Republic Vice President who died in a London Hospital on Nov. 19, 2017 at 85. Osinbajo noted that Ekwueme was the most remarkable person to serve the nation and believed in its indivisibility. He said that while alive, the late octogenarian possessed profound humility that came from the understanding…

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Kogi youths move against cattle colonies

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A non-partisan interest group, Kogi Youths Round-Table (KYRT), on Sunday warned Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State not to cede any part of the state land to the Federal Government for the establishment of cattle colony. The group in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Ajogwu Jerry, called on stakeholders, civil societies and relevant legal advisory bodies to work with Bello to find better ways of addressing the incessant herdsmen attacks. The statement read in part, “Kogi State is not a cattle republic and the idea of the state…

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NSE implements new kobo-based pricing rules

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The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) will today begin the implementation of its amendments to the pricing methodology and par value rules, which remove the stopgap that has supported stocks at their nominal value and will allow shares of quoted companies to trade as low as one kobo. After a long-drawn stakeholders’ engagement and training including a week-long hands-on training for stockbrokers, financial journalists and other analysts, which was rounded off at the weekend, the Exchange will this morning open trading with the revised pricing rules. Under the new pricing rules,…

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Archbishop urges governors to resist proposed cattle colonies

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A retired Archbishop of Methodist Church Nigeria, Ayo Ladigbolu, has described the proposed creation of cattle colonies for Fulani herdsmen as an attempt to seize land in other parts of the country for cattle rearers. Ladigbolu, who is also the vice chairman of the Yoruba Unity Forum, advised governors in the South-West to resist the attempt. Speaking in an interview with newsmen in Osogbo on Sunday on the sidelines of the 10th anniversary of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Osogbo, the retired archbishop said, “We cannot be re-colonised. Whether…

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Russian opposition leader arrested amid election protests

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Protesters gathered across Russia on Sunday to support opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s call to boycott the March presidential election, and Navalny himself was arrested while walking to the Moscow demonstration. Many of the crowds that turned out in generally frigid weather skewed sharply young, apparently reflecting growing discontent among Russians who have lived most or all of their lives under President Vladimir Putin, who came to power on New Year’s Eve 1999. “As long as I’ve been alive, Putin has always been in. I’m tired of nothing being changed,” said…

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Herbalist arrested for selling new born baby

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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a 38- year- old herbalist for allegedly selling a new born baby for N650,000. The accused, Chigozie John Emmanuel, A.K.A ‘Akuchi’, allegedly sold the new born baby to a woman whom he promised to make pregnant spiritually. The Head, Press and Public Relations of NAPTIP, Mr Josiah Emerole, said in Abuja on Sunday that Emmanuel, who is from Enugu State, owned “Akuchi Herbal Concept”, located at New Nyanya, Abuja. He was arrested after weeks of surveillance mounted…

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SGF: President Buhari will contest in 2019

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Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, at the weekend, declared that re-electing President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 would fast-track South East’s quest to produce the President of the country. He said the zone would stand a good chance if it backs President Buhari in the next election, to be supported to produce the President. The SGF also cautioned the zone against making fatal political mistake that will ruin its yearnings. Mustapha stated this at a reception organised for the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs Office, Barr.…

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Cattle Colony: Before Buhari lures us into deadly trap

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To us here in Nigeria, a colony is nothing new. The colony of Lagos established by the British in 1861 has familiarised us to it. But our acquaintance with it goes much further back to the ancient colonies established in 7th century B. C by the Greeks on the Mediterranean coastline of Italy, France and Spain, of which Nice, Marseilles and Naples are notable examples; by the Phoenicians, notably Utica (Utique) in 1100 B.C. and Carthage in 813 B.C. (both in present-day Tunisia) and Tripoli in 900 B.C. in present-day…

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