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No Plan To Overthrow Buhari’s Regime — Army
The Nigerian Army has said on Saturday night that its loyalty to the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria and President Muhammadu Buhari has never been in doubt hence it has fully subordinated herself to civil authority. Director Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu who made this known in a statement titled “Re: Defence Headquarters Warns Soldiers Against Overthrowing...
2023 Election: Same Faith Ticket Has Nothing To Do With Religion – Sheikh Gumi
A Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, says the same faith ticket adopted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nothing to do with religion. Gumi enjoined Nigerians to unite and do away with ethno-religious policies that had no benefit for developing Nigerians. Speaking with newsmen at his residence in Kaduna on Monday about the 2023 general elections in the country,...
IPOB Proscription: Appeal Court Adjourns Till March 7 As Legal Team Makes Strong Statement
Barr. Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to the embattled leader of Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has expressed dissatisfaction with the failure of the 3-man panel of Justices of the Appeal Court to meet on Wednesday to hear the appeal against the proscription of IPOB and the illegal detention of the IPOB leader. The federal government had proscribed...
VIDEO: Simon Ekpa Remains The Real Governor Of South East – Senate President Akpabio
Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President has described the Prime Minister of Biafra Government in Exile, Mazi Simon Ekpa as the real governor of the Entire Southeast. Speaking at the Senate, Akpabio bemoaned a situation where the governors of the entire Southeast states obey the Sit-at-Home Ordered by Biafra Government in Exile led by Simon Ekpa. Meanwhile, Simon Ekpa has dismissed a...
Wike Offers Explanation On Why He Asked Permanent Secretaries To Bow Before Tinubu
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has explained reasons why he asked permanent secretaries to bow before President Bola Tinubu. The Minister on Tuesday during the commissioning of the Aerial Road N20 Expressway at the nation’s capital city directed the permanent secretaries bow before Tinubu. Reacting to criticisms which trailed the directive, Wike said the action was to show appreciation...
Some States Don’t Need COVID-19 Test Laboratory — NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has said not every state requires a molecular laboratory to test for COVID-19. The media aide to the NCDC Director-General, Emeka Oguanuo, said this in an interview with The PUNCH while addressing the non-existence of COVID-19 labs in border states including Zamfara, Katsina, Kebbi, Yobe, Jigawa and Adamawa. According to Oguanuo, labs of that nature...
President Buhari To Officiate First Oil Drill In Northern Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Tuesday, supervise the first oil drill in oil fields located in Bauchi and Gombe States. The ground-breaking ceremony of the Kolmani Oil Prospecting Lease (OPL) 809 and 810 at the Kolmani field site will be the first oil drilling in Northern Nigeria. Oil was discovered in commercial volume in the region about two years ago. While Nigeria...
14 Die In Kogi Auto Crash
No fewer than 14 persons on Sunday died in a head-on collision involving two Toyota buses in Kogi State. The accident occurred at Aloma community in Ofu Local Government Area of the state. An eyewitness told NAN that the accident involved a Toyota Sienna bus heading toward Abuja from Port Harcourt and a Toyota Hiace bus heading to the southern part...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Commends Gov. Ikpeazu For Building Peace, Economic Growth
Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Abia state has applauded the efforts of the state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu towards building peace and ensuring the growth of the economy in the state in the last eight years in office. The chapter President, Mr. Okey Nwankwo, made the commendation in an interview in Umuahia on Sunday. He said that the outgoing governor created an enabling environment...
Eid-El-Kabir: FG Declares Monday, Tuesday Public Holidays
The Federal Government has declared Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July, 2022, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. A statement from the Ministry of Interior signed by the Permanent Secretary, Dr Shuaib Belgore disclosed t...
