Since the onset of the Boko Haram insurgency in North-East, Nigeria in 2009, Nigeria has witnessed a period classified as one of the most trying in its history. I would say that the Boko Haram insurgency was underestimated. Consequently, conventional tactics were deployed in an asymmetric war. And the outcome of such military deployment remains […]
Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Sen. Solomon Adeola yesterday donated different empowerment tools to his constituents as part of its commitment towards uplifting their living standard and delivering dividends of democracy. This is as the lawmaker disclosed that during the current 9th Senate, he has sponsored and successfully introduced 11 Bills, adding that eight […]
Finally, the missing link in the puzzle unfolding in Southwest Nigeria has been discovered with the recent expose by no less a person than Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters. Ojudu in a widely circulated piece he wrote, narrated how a meeting was arranged between Southwest political leader, Bola Ahmed […]
The Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom has declared a one-week mourning period, effective January 25, 2021, following the death of the State Chairman of the Party, the late Obong (Hon.) Udo Ekpenyong. According to a statement of the decision reached by the State Working Committee, SWC of the Party and signed by the State […]
Africa’s peaceful parenting coach, Abimbola Olayinka has said that the pathway to raising a responsible, peaceful, empathetic, compassionate and value-inclined child is to parent with peace. She noted that when parents are at peace, it would be easier to transfer that state of peace to their family climate which peaceful parenting seeks to fulfil, bearing […]
The Congress for Human Rights in Nigeria (CHRN) has warned the International Criminal Court and Amnesty International to steer clear of the Armed Forces of Nigeria for taking side with Boko Haram terrorists. The human rights group, which made this known at a world press conference on Monday in Lagos, noted that these groups aim […]
The Northern Patriots Assembly (NPA) has called on the Police to arrest Apc laeder and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi over vacation order issued to Fulani herdsmen in Ondo. The NPA, which made this known at a press conference on Sunday in Abuja, said the quit notice has Apc leader handwritting all over it. Recall that Governor Akeredolu […]
Following the order by the Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, that herdsmen should vacate forest reserves across the state within seven days, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has described the governor’s directive as a bold move. Speaking exclusively to Saturday Telegraph, the Secretary General of Afenifere, Chief Sehinde Arogbofa, said the development would in […]
of Edo State seeking to get registered for their National ID Number at the various designated centres in Benin, the state capital, as it has become cash and carry affair, some of the people paying as much as N10,000 to agents before they can get their names registered. Our reporter, who visited the centres in […]
Following hitches faced by many mobile phone subscribers in linking their Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) with valid National Identification Numbers (NINs), Saturday Telegraph investigation has revealed that many Nigerians, especially those in the rural communities and hinterlands across the states of the Federation are still oblivious of the real intent of the government’s directive on […]