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Nigeria’s problem are poverty, ignorance, not restructuring – Muiz Banire Dr Muiz Banire, the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressive Congress (APC), on Monday said poverty and lack of enlightenment were major problems facing Nigeria, not restructuring. Banire made the assertion on the sidelines of an Independence Day Anniversary programme organised by the Lagos State chapters of the Buhari Youth Organisation and National Orientation Agency in Lagos. The programme tagged: “United Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities” started on Sept. 29 with series of activities. Banire said that poverty and ignorance were the main reasons for agitation for secession in some parts of the country. He called for right representation of people to quell agitations, adding that Nigerians should also learn to ask questions from their representatives at various levels.         “People agitate only when they feel offended and deprived, but the solu...

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the mass shooting in Las Vegas, saying that the perpetrator was “a soldier” who had converted to Islam months ago, without providing any evidence to support the claim. The group released two statements on its Aamaq news agency on Monday, hours after the shooting at a country music concert that killed at least 50 people and wounded at least 400. It did not name the suspected shooter, identified by Las Vegas police as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, but said he had “executed the operation in response to calls to target countries of the coalition” batting the extremist group in Iraq and Syria. IS often claims attacks by individuals inspired by its message but with no known links to the group. Get more stories like this on Twitter & Facebook

The United Nations rights chief said he was disturbed by the violence during a police crackdown on the banned independence referendum in the Spanish region of Catalonia and urged Madrid to investigate any possible misconduct. “I am very disturbed by the violence in Catalonia on Sunday… I urge the Spanish authorities to ensure thorough, independent and impartial investigations into all acts of violence,” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, said in a statement. “Police responses must at all times be proportionate and necessary.”           Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, said the country’s security forces “performed their duty” and that the rule of law had prevailed. Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, said police had used “indiscriminate force” against people demonstrating “peacefully”. Catalon authorities said 844 people needed medical attention after the weekend unrest, with at least ...

A man has been charged after a 15-year-old Muslim boy was stabbed outside a Shia mosque in the central English city of Birmingham. Dominic Palmer, who is 29 years old, is expected to appear in front of magistrates early on Monday accused of the attempted murder of Syed Hasan on Friday at the Idaara Maarif-e-Islam Hussainia Mosque in the Small Heath area of the city. The teenager, who had celebrated his birthday two days before the incident, is in critical condition with injuries to his neck. The alleged attacker is believed to have lived on the same road where the mosque is located. “This was a tragic incident and our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time,” said Detective Inspector Jim Colclough of West Midlands Police. “Our investigation is continuing as we work to establish the circumstances of what happened so that we can provide his family with the answers they need,” he added. ‘Open mind’       Earlier, Colcl...

The Presidency on Monday said it was unfair for the Igbo group, Ohanaeze, to blame the recent unrest in the South East on the Federal Government. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement made available to journalists. Ohanaeze had in response to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day broadcast said the present administration’s anti-Igbo policies fueled agitations in the region. But Shehu urged the group of Igbo leaders to see themselves as partners with the Federal Government in promoting peace and stability in the country. The presidential spokesman said Buhari’s message to all community leaders, that include the Ohanaeze, in his broadcast was that they have a huge role to play i n what happens in their communities and in how their youths behave. He said, “President Buhari was not abdicating his responsibilities. He didn’t request any political leader to do anything seminal or out of t...

Bayern Munich can expect to be without veteran winger Franck Ribery for up to three months with Sky reporting on Monday he has torn a knee ligament. The 34-year-old had to be helped off in the 62nd minute of Bayern’s 2-2 draw against Hertha Berlin on Sunday which left them five points adrift of leaders Borussia Dortmund in Germany’s top flight. Caretaker coach Willy Sagnol was in charge after Carlo Ancelotti was sacked on Thursday in the wake of the 3-0 Champions League drubbing at Paris Saint Germain. Sky reported that Ribery has torn a ligament in his left knee and will be out for between two to three months, although the club has yet to confirm. “I’m in a lot of pain and not doing so well,” said Ribery at Munich airport after the flight from Berlin. “The outside ligament is probably affected, I hope it’s not something worse.” The injury is a particular blow to the Frenchman, who is out of contract at the end of the season, and Bayern, who are already without ...

- Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday he would not allow the country to be dismembered as it faces calls for secession in a region formerly known as Biafra and the Niger Delta oil hub along with a separatist insurgency by Boko Haram. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation and has the continent’s largest economy but it has struggled for unity among its 180 million inhabitants who include Christians and Muslims. Its 250 different ethnic groups mostly co-exist peacefully.  In the last few months calls for a separate southeastern state known as Biafra have grown louder, evoking memories of a conflict there that killed around 1 million people in the 1960s. Militants in the restive southern Niger Delta have also called for independence in the last year. “Highly irresponsible groups” were calling for the “dismemberment of the country,” Buhari said in a televised speech to mark the anniversary of Nigeria’s independence. “We cannot and we will n...