Unongu Shares Mind

Senate has stepped down the second reading of three bills on cattle rearing in the country. They are ‘A Bill for An Act to Provide for the Establishment of Grazing Areas Management Agency and For Other Related Matters 2016’ sponsored by Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso (Kano-Central) and ‘A Bill for An Act to Provide for the Establishment of National Ranches Commission for the Regulation, Management, Preservation and Control of Ranches and for Connected Purposes 2016 sponsored by Senator Barnabas Gemade (Benue North-East). The third is ‘A Bill for An Act to Control the Keeping and Movement of Cattle in Nigeria and for Other Related Matters Thereto 2016’ sponsored by Senator Chukwuka Utazi (Enugu-North). The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who raised a point of order when the lawmakers began to treat the bills during Wednesday’s plenary, pointed out that the Senate lacked the powers to deal with matters that are on the Concur...

News reaching our stable has it that The Presidency has finally moved to curb the violence between Fulani herdsmen and farmers across Nigeria. The Nation reports that the federal government has set up a technical committee to find solutions to the reoccurring clashes between the two factions. The committee, which was launched in Abuja on Tuesday, November 8 by the minister of interior Gen. Abdulraham Dambazau (rtd), has two weeks to come up with its findings. The committee is headed by the Director-General of the Institute of Peace, Conflict and Resolution, Prof. Osita Osita. Dambazzau said the committee was raised to fashion out ways to address “this conflict that is fast becoming a clog in our efforts toward achieving a harmonious relationship among the citizenry as well as to our economic development moves.” It would also “Situate the Niger-Benue generally and Nigeria in particular as areas of conflict between pastoralists and sedentary farmers; identify regional...

So eloquent, informative and full of wisdom... try and read through to the end: PAUL UNONGO FINALLY PAYS COW DEBT OWED FULANI BY TIV!! Read full text of speech below: SPEECH BY WANTAREGH PAUL IYORPUU UNONGO ON THE OCCASION OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF HIS EMINENCE, MUHAMMAD SA’AD ABUBAKAR AS THE SULTAN OF SOKOTO ON THE 31st OCTOBER, 2016 Protocols I am honoured to be part of this epoch making occasion in honour of a great man, a great leader, who sits on the throne of a line of great men and leaders. As a Tiv man, I come as a friend, a brother and a comrade. I come as a Northerner, for it is not immoral and subversive to suggest that our loyalties must first be to ourselves. I come with a strong belief and conviction in what our great Arewa stands for. And as a Nigerian, I come as a compatriot with all the faith in the non- negotiable indivisibility of the nation-state of Nigeria. I come with peace, I bring you goodwill, and I stretch forth my hand of fellowship and...