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Ban On Open Grazing: No Going Back, Ikpeazu Vows
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Saturday reiterated the state’s commitment to enforce the ban on open grazing of cattle in Abia. Ikpeazu said this during a zoom meeting with newsmen of Abia extraction under the aegis of Abia Media Forum. The governor said that a bill was already in place to enforce the ban and to check the activities of...
Restructuring, Ban On Open Grazing: Southern Governors Playing To Gallery — Sen. Adamu
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa), has accused the Southern Governors Forum of playing to the gallery with their demand for restructuring. State governors from the southern part of the country, on Tuesday, met in Asaba and issued a communique in which they demanded the immediate restructuring of Nigeria and the banning of open grazing in...
Pray Against Kidnapping, Banditry, Buhari Charges Muslims, Christians
President Muhammadu Buhari in his Eid-el-Fitr message to Nigerians asked both Christians and Muslims to unite and jointly pray against tragic incidents of kidnapping and banditry. He also called for practices that promote brotherhood and forgiveness noting that unity and solidarity among all citizens is imperative especially at this time when Nigeria is faced with multiple challenges. This was disclosed in...
Okorocha Knocks Buhari Government Over Growing Poverty, Injustice
The Senator representing Imo West, Rochas Okorocha, has said injustice and pervasive poverty were responsible for the anger and frustration with the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Okorocha, who is also a member of the governing All Progressives Congress, stated this while hosting less privileged Nigerian Muslims at his private office in Abuja, on Tuesday. The former...
GUU Team Present Trophies To Management
Gregory University, Uturu, participated for the first in the Nigeria Universities Theartre Arts Festival, (NUTAF) in 2019 as an observer. Their wonderful performance at that year's event sparked interest in this young University licensed in 2012. Unknown to many this young University, has mastered the act of conquering fear, hence they applied for hosting right and competed with older and...
Edison Cavani Signs New Manchester United Contract
Edinson Cavani has put pen to paper on a one-year contract extension with Manchester United, according to reports. Cavani, 34, only joined United on a one-year deal in the previous summer and autumn transfer window, meaning he was set to become a free agent at the end of June. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been determined to tie the Uruguay striker, who...
Shoot-On-Sight Order Against Igbo Youths Genocidal — Ohanaeze Decries
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned the “shoot-on-sight” order by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Nigerian military against protesting Igbo youths, warning that such was call for another pogrom and genocide. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation claimed that the alleged move would commence from Orlu, Imo State, in the next few days, adding that the secret plot was recently elaborated by a...
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:...
