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Insecurity: Again, South East Governors Meet, Vow To Secure Region From Attacks
Members of the South East Governors’ Forum met on Monday as part of efforts to tackle the rising security challenges in the region. This follows the incessant attacks that have claimed lives and left several injured in various states in the region, with police stations and offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) being the targets in most cases. At...
Ikpeazu Releases Names Of Those To Be Allotted Shops After Reconstruction Of Ngwa Road Market (Full List)
Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has released names of current owners of shops in Lines 1 and 2 of Ngwa Road Market with a view to ensuring that they regain their shops after the reconstruction. Reconstruction of the affected Lines is expected to be completed within 8 weeks. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi urged current...
Let’s Not Deceive Ourselves, Things Are Not Alright, Sultan Abubakar Laments
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on Wednesday, said Nigerians should not deceive themselves that things are alright. He made the comment during a National Security Summit in Abuja. “Let us not deceive ourselves that things are alright, things are not alright,” the revered traditional ruler said. “We know it and we see it. For some of us, we have...
May 30 Biafra Day: Don’t Display Flags, Engage In Solidarity Protests, Ohanaeze Urges Agitators
Ahead of the May 30 Biafra Day celebration, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has urged Biafra agitators to avoid engaging in any form of clash with security operatives. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, in a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, yesterday, urged the pro-Biafra groups to avoid “any form of parade, display of Biafra flags/rallies and solidarity protests...
Reps Fumes As NHIS Spends N152m On Face Mask, Others
Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance have faulted the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) for spending over N152 million on the purchase of face masks, hand sanitisers, and protective wears during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. The scheme also spent at least N2.48 million monthly on diesel to power its head office in Utako and the office...
Garba Shehu Agent Provocateur, Southern Governors Berate Buhari’s Aide
The 17 Southern Governors in the country have lambasted the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, for saying that “their announcement on open grazing is of questionable legality”. Reacting on their behalf, the Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, accused Garba Shehu of creating confusion in the polity by his...
After Attahiru’s Death, Buhari Vows To Do His Best In Tackling Insecurity
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said his administration will continue to do its best in tackling insecurity in the country, even as he said the death of Chief Of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru has increased Nigeria’s security challenge. He regretted that the bad incident happened at a time the country is battling security challenges. Buhari spoke,...
You Traitors Leave Us Out Of Your War, IPOB Replies Uzodinma, Okorocha
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Sunday replied the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, to refrain from drawing it into his war with his predecessor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, saying that it has no business any of the two. Describing the two All Progressive Congress, APC, chieftains as traitors to the cause which IPoB is fighting, the Biafra agitating...
About-To-Wed NAF Pilot Among Those Who Died In Kaduna Plane Crash That Killed Chief Of Army Staff
Friends and family members of a Nigerian Air Force pilot, Flt Lt Taiwo Olufemi Asaniyi, are grief-stricken at the moment as the young officer, who was about to wed, died when a Beachcraft 350 aircraft crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday. Asaniyi was the pilot of the ill-fated jet which also claimed the lives of his co-pilot, Flt...
We’re Aware Of 476 Online Platforms Set Up To Fight Buhari Govt ― Lai Mohammed Alleges
The Federal Government says it has uncovered about 476 online publication sites dedicated to daily churning out of fake news to fight the government. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when he received officials of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations on a courtesy visit Mohammed said the latest of the hatchet...
