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Boko Haram Was Fraudulent Plot, Designed To Destroy Nigeria – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday described the Boko Haram group and its attendant ideology — which abhors Western education — as a “fraudulent plot” designed to “destroy Nigeria.” Buhari’s comments come barely 48 hours after he alleged a “deliberate plot” to destroy the country, which failed. Officially known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, the Boko Haram sect is an Islamic terrorist...
Edo Train Attack: Nigeria Will Prevail Over Forces Of Darkness — Tinubu
Sen. Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, says Nigeria will prevail over forces of darkness, adding that evil will not prevail over the country. He said this in a statement by his Media Officer, Mr Tunde Rahman while condemning Saturday’s Edo train station attack where 31 passengers were kidnapped by suspected bandits. Tinubu described the abduction of the 31...
Atiku Holds Talks With British Government, Discusses Security, Defence, Others
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, met with members of the United Kingdom Parliament to discuss his solutions to issues that could be of concern to the European country if he is elected president next month. “I just concluded successful meetings with The Right Hon. Andrew Mitchell MP—Minister for Development and Africa in...
Buhari Says He’s Orphan, Doesn’t Know His Father
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday in Damaturu, Yobe State, said he is an orphan and does not know his father, but was enlisted in the Nigerian Army because he went to school. President Buhari also urged eligible voters in the state and the northeastern part of the country to ensure that his party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is elected...
Despite Failing To Provide Nnamdi Kanu’s Feeding, Medication, DSS Rejects N1m Donation For IPOB Leader — Lawyer
The Lead Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has disclosed that the Department of State Services, DSS, rejected the one million naira donated for the agitator’s medication and feeding. Ejiofor said Mike Ozekhome, leader of Kanu’s legal team, raised one million naira and gave the DSS to get Kanu’s medication but the...
Resident Doctors Threaten Nationwide Strike
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to go on a nationwide strike if the federal government does not meet its demands. The association in a letter to the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on Monday, and signed by its president, Dr Emeka Innocent Orji, said processes for the strike would commence if the issues are not addressed...
I’ve Fulfilled My Promises To Nigerians – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has fulfilled his promises Nigerians on tackling Boko Haram insurgency, reviving the economy, and fighting corruption. According to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the president said this during a banquet organised in his honour in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. The president paid a working visit to Yobe on Monday. READ ALSO: Tinubu Can’t...
FG Resumes Work On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Federal Government on Tuesday appealed for further understanding and support of road users as work resumed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction/rehabilitation project. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Umar Bakare, made the appeal while monitoring resumed work and laying of crash barriers along construction zones between OPIC and Berger, on the Lagos- bound lane. Recall that work...
I Will Stand As Nnamdi Kanu’s Surety If Granted Bail – Senator Kalu
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu says he will stand as surety for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu if granted bail again. “I will stand surety for him (Kanu) if the Federal Government wants to release him to me,” Kalu said on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm programme aired on...
Nigeria Immigration Sets Up Task Force To Clear Over 100K Unclaimed Passports
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has stepped up strategic actions on the efficiency of passport administration with the deployment of Assistant Comptroller Generals (ACGs) to some zonal offices with a higher number of unclaimed passports with a view to ramping up the collection of over 100,000 produced but unclaimed passports nationwide. Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris, while announcing...
