Northern Herald

DEMOCRACY DAY SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, COMMEMORATING THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE BUHARI ADMINISTRATION, MAY 29, 2017 Dear Nigerians, I bring you good wishes from President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, who as we all know is away from the country on medical vacation. Today marks the second anniversary of our assumption of office. We must thank the Almighty God not only for preserving our lives to celebrate this second anniversary, but for giving us hope, strength and confidence as we faced the  challenges of the past two years. Our administration outlined three specific areas for our immediate intervention on assumption of office: these were Security, Corruption and the Economy. In the Northeast of our country, the terrorist group Boko Haram openly challenged the sovereignty and continued existence of the state, killing, maiming, and abducting, causing the displacement of the largest number of our...

Senator Ike Ekweremadu Applauds Federal Government The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has commended the Federal Government for awarding a contract for the construction of the Nenwe-Nomeh-Mburumbu-Nara Road in Enugu State. Speaking when he inspected ongoing work on the road, Ekweremadu noted that the project would boost economic activities in some rural and agrarian communities in the state. According to him, farmers in rural communities experience difficulties in transporting farm produce to urban areas due to the absence of access roads. “It is well known that the beneficiary communities of this road project are food baskets that are especially good at rice production and palm produce. “They are also very good at groundnuts, palm, cassava, fruits, and so many others. They are capable of hosting value-adding companies to farm products. “Unfortunately, there has been no access road to evacuate their farm produce or encourage value-adding firms to set up around the ...