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We No Longer Get Accommodation In Anambra, Cattle Breeders Cry Out
Members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Anambra state say people no longer rent houses to them. Leader of MACBAN in South East, Alahaji Gidado Siddiki, disclosed this to journalists after attending Governor Charles Soludo’s one-year Anniversary in office. The event which held in Akwa, the state capital, had many dignitaries in attendance. Siddiki cited Anaku, Umueje,...
Enough Of The Hate Speech, Be guided, DSS Warns Politicians
The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned politicians to desist from peddling “hate speech” and all forms of “false narratives” to ignite violence or pit citizens against the President Muhammadu Buhari government or the incoming administration of the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Saturday, DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, said violence will consume politicians inciting the breakdown of...
Hard Times For Drug Offenders As UK Trains 35 NDLEA Officials
No fewer than 35 officers of the Marine Command and Seaports Operations of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have undergone diverse training organised by the United Kingdom Home Office International Operations (HOIO), in recent weeks. Of the number, five are currently undergoing a two-week Maritime Patrol and Tactical Coxswain training by the UK’s Central Maritime Training Unit based...
Nigeria’s Ex-Vice President, General Oladipo Diya Is Dead
Nigeria’s former Vice President, General Donaldson Oladipo Diya is dead. Diya died at the age of 79. He served as Chief of the General Staff, under military head of state General Sani Abacha from 1994 until his arrest for treason in 1997. He previously served as Chief of Defence Staff and was Military Governor of Ogun State from January 1984 to August 1985. READ...
Tension Over Rumoured Plan To Arrest Peter Obi, Baba-Ahmed
Tension has continued to build up across the country, particularly among the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi over purported plans by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to get him arrested. The alleged move was sequel to the activities of the former Anambra Governor, his running mate, Datti Ahmed and their supporters...
2023 Elections: INEC Confirms Dates For Issuing Certificates Of Return To Governors-elect
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the dates on which it will issue Certificates of Return to newly elected governors. The committee made the decision during a meeting on March 25, 2023, one week after gubernatorial elections were held across the country. The constitution requires INEC to issue the Certificate of Return within 14 days. The electoral authority has now...
594 Repentant Boko Haram Fighters Undergo Deradicalisation Exercise, Set For Reintegration As They Promise Not To Rejoin Terror Group
The Nigerian Army on Saturday graduated 594 ex-Boko Haram members after undergoing six months Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme in Gombe State. The graduation ceremony of the repentant terrorists took place at Malam Sidi camp in Kwami Local Government Area of the state. The Camp Commandant, Col. Uche Nnabuihe, said that out of the 594 who underwent the training, three...
Tinubu Raises Concern, Accuses Opposition Of Attempts To Truncate His Swearing-in
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has raised the alarm over plots by some aggrieved partisans to truncate the transition process, particularly his expected swearing-in on May 29. Tinubu in a statement by his Director, Public Affairs and Minister of State Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo SAN also warned the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar...
Cross River Farmers Lament Wild Animal Invasion Of Their Farmlands
Farmers and other villagers in communities in Boki and Akamkpa local government areas of Cross River State have lamented the continual stray of gorillas and elephants from their protected habitats into their farmlands and settlements. Speaking at a one-day workshop sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, and the World Conservation Society in Calabar, the state capital,...
Stop Investing In Lagos, Return Home – IPOB Tells Igbos
The Indigenous People of Biafra have told Igbos living and investing in Lagos State to stop doing so and return home. The group made the call following what it said was the intimidation of Igbos in Lagos State during the general election. In a statement on Thursday by its Secretary of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, IPOB said there are several...
