A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has advised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to consider military intervention in Niger Republic.The chairperson of ECOWAS, President Bola Tinubu, had said the bloc had resolved to use force as a last resort if the Niger coup leaders do not relinquish power to the ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.After a meeting of the bloc’s defence chiefs in Accra, Ghana’s capital city, ECOWAS said on Thur...

The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammed Sanusi, has said Nigeria has never been this divided since the Civil War of 1967 to 1970.He said the country, because of the elections, was now “dangerously divided along ethnic and religious lines”, adding that it had put the integrity of public institutions in question.“The people now have suspicions about policies, policing, judiciary and the election umpire,”Sanusi made the remarks on Tuesday at the th...

Kingsley Moghalu, a presidential candidate for the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has reacted after the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation ordered all offices to close at 1 p.m. today.According to a statement issued by Dr. Ngozi Onwudiwe, Permanent Secretary (Service Welfare Office) for the Head of the Public Service of the Federation, the order was made to allow civil servants to attend the MKO Abiola Stadium to cheer on the Super Eagles when they...