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Concerned Igbo Group Moves To Reconcile Warring Ohanaeze Factions
Some concerned members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo have initiated moves to reconcile the warring factions in the organisation following the January 10, 2021 election in Owerri, Imo State that produced Prof. George Obiozor as President-General. Certain persons, who purchased forms to contest various positions in the organisation, had earlier withdrawn from the race, alleging a plot by the former leader of...
Stop Our Nation From Bleeding Or Resign, 127 Civil Society Organisations Tell Buhari
After what appears a lull in Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) activism in the country, a coalition of 127 CSOs under the Joint Action Civil Society Coalition/Nigeria Mourns Secretariat, Sunday, petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, stop the escalating insecurity in the country. They further raised the alarm that the first quarter of 2021 has witnessed...
You Can Tackle Insecurity Without Foreign Assistance, South Korea Advises Nigeria
Nigeria has been advised to tackle its security challenges internally, as they were ‘mere family affairs.’ The Ambassador of South Korea to Nigeria, Kim Young-Chae, who gave the advice in Abuja, held that the insecurity facing the most populous nation was akin to a family disagreement that does not require the intervention of the international community, but regional cooperation. His words:...
Bello Appoints Ex-cleaner As SSA On Sanitation
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appointed a speech impaired youth and former cleaner, Peter Aliyu, as his Senior Special Assistant on Sanitation. This was made known in a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. The appointment, Muhammed said, was part of Bello’s...
No Sympathy Over Death Of Your Son, Sunday Igboho Mocks Bishop Adeboye
Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has mocked Bishop Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, over the sudden death of his son, Pastor Dare Adeboye. The Yoruba national activist said he would not greet or sympathize with Adeboye over the demise of Dare because the General Overseer does not support Yoruba nation. Igboho did not mince words when he...
We Didn’t Mind Killing Abducted Students Along With Bandits In Planned Bombardment — El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said when 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, were abducted, the plan was to attack and kill the bandits even if it meant some students would die in the process. El-Rufai added that Kaduna is currently at war and such would only be considered as collateral damage,...
We Will Deploy 5G Technology Soon – FG
The Federal Government has announced it is going ahead with arrangements for deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) Technology in the telecommunications industry. The government allayed fears and concerns on health and security implications over deployment of 5G, asserting Nigeria cannot afford to be left behind. It added the resources and revenues to be earned from the deployment are so huge they...
No Sense Hunting ESN While Bandits Sack Communities In North — Sen. Ohuabunwa
Former Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa has queried the reasonability of the security agencies hunting for suspected members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN in South East while bandits and terrorists are sacking communities in the North and taking over their ancestral land almost unchallenged. Senator Ohuabunwa who spoke on the heels of media reports and confirmations by some...
Mbaka Talks Tough, Dares APC To Report Him To Pope
Reverend Father Ekije Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu has called the bluff of the All Progressives Congress by telling them to go to Rome and report him to the Pope. He said this in his homily delivered during his ministry’s Sunday Service of May 2, 2021. He said that he will be given accolades by the Pope when...
World Press Day: Mind How You Use Your Freedom, Buhari Tells Journalists
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the media to be sensitive to the prevailing situation in the country and avoid applying its freedom to highlighting contents that can worsen its fragile mood. President Buhari spoke on Sunday in his goodwill message to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day, admonishing that while it continues to carry out its traditional duties, the...
