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I was prepared to lay down my life for Nigeria when I joined the Army – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that during his days in the Nigerian Army, he was ready to pay the ultimate price for the betterment of the country. Buhari who stated this in his speech on Saturday to mark the 2021 Democracy Day, expressed optimism that the country would surmount the current security and economic challenges bedeviling it. According to him, his administration is working hard to ensure that the killings in many part of the country come to an end. He appreciated Nigerians for their support and patience despite the challenges, stressing that the country will come out of the…
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Nigerians are very forgetful – President Buhari (video)
President Buhari has said that Nigerians are very forgetful as they allow people who have been accused of corruption win elections. The President said this during his exclusive interview with NTA that was aired yesterday evening June 11. While accessing his administration’s fight against corruption, the President said “When I was a bit younger, in uniform, when I came, I arrested president, vice-president, governors, ministers, commissioners, and put them under restriction or detention, and told them they are guilty until they can prove themselves innocent. Now, this is opposite – democratic system, as people would like to believe,” he saidWe put investigation…
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“They’re being unfair”- President Buhari replies Nigerians saying he is soft on bandits and insurgents but hard on other tribes (video)
President Buhari on Friday evening, June 11, had an exclusive interview with NTA where he quizzed on some very important national issues. When asked to expatiate on his recent statement saying those attacking security personnel and institutions would be treated in the language they understand, President Buhari said ”What I mean…How can you go to police station, kill the policemen there, loot the armoury and burn the place. What do you want to achieve? To go and open the prison and allow criminals that have been tried through the legal system to set them loose on the society.How can government sit…
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Stop the current genocide against the Igbos in the South-East and parts of the South-South– Igbo Elders tell FG
The Igbo Elders Council have accused security agencies of indiscriminately killing Igbo youths in the South-East, in the guise of fighting members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB and its security network, Eastern Security Network. Speaking at a news conference in Abuja yesterday June 11, the chairman of the group and a former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, alleged that dozens of young people, mostly male, are being extrajudicially executed on a daily basis by security operatives in the region. “We condemn without any reservation the destruction of public properties in the South-East, because it is not in…
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FG delegation and South East leaders meet in Enugu, reject agitation for Biafra
A delegation from the Federal Government led by the Minister of Defence, Retired Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi, Governors of the five States of the South East and other leaders of political, religious and traditional institutions in the zone, met at the Enugu state government house yesterday June 11 where they discussed the security challenges confronting the region in particular and Nigeria in general. Addressing newsmen after the meeting, the Defence Minister, Magashi, disclosed that the delegation will relay the commitment reached at the parley and other outcomes of the consultation to President Muhammadu Buhari. The Defence Minister who was accompanied by his Interior Ministry…
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Insecurity: Zamfara cancels Democracy Day celebration
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has cancelled this year’s Democracy Day celebration. He made this known while speaking in Gusau on Friday during a prayer session organized by the state government to seek divine intervention against banditry. The Governor directed citizens of the state to defend themselves against attacks by bandits and not wait for security personnel to come to their rescue. Governor Bello Matawalle said, “The insecurity situation has defied solution, as such people should defend themselves. I am calling on the people of the state to defend themselves if the bandits attack them. “My government has approved that…
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Governor Ayade vows to deal with anyone who protests in Cross River state on June 12
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has warned against any June 12 Protest in the state as he has vowed to deal with any person or group of persons who take part in any protest. In a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Christain Ita, Ayade warned that violators of the ban on procession will be made to face the full weight of the law. He also called on Parents to keep a firm grip over their children to avoid them falling prey. The statement read; “The Cross River state government wishes to remind the general…
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Obasanjo spent €400m on Maritime Equipment, but it all disappeared – Amaechi
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has alleged that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo spent between €300 million and €400 million on equipment for fighting insecurity in the maritime sector but the equipments are missing. Amaechi stated this at the inauguration of the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure in Nigeria (also called the Deep Blue Project) at the ENL Terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos. He said a war was waged against him during the implementation of the project by stakeholders in the industry, but he was determined to complete the task. He said; “Just because of this project, three committees were set up against me;…
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June 12: Protest is the language Buhari understands –Deji Adeyanju
Popular human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju has expressed that protest is the only language President Muhammadu Buhari understands as he insisted that the June 12 Protest by his group will hold Deji on Friday morning while speaking on AIT’s ‘Kakaaki slammed the President for saying that EndSARS protesters planned to remove him from office last October when the campaigners staged demonstrations against police brutality and extrajudicial killings. Adeyanju further pointed out that the aim of the protest by his group is not to topple the government as only the National Assembly has the powers to remove the President from office.…
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Pull out the troops from Igboland, agitation for referendum is people’s right – Onyeka Onwenu tells Buhari
Veteran Singer, Onyeka Onwenu has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw Nigerian troops deployed in South-East and engage in a dialogue with secessionists in the region. She said this at a press conference organized by the Credible Igbo Women Initiative (CIWI) in Lagos as she stated that agitation for referendum is people’s right. ”Some people want to agitate for referendum, it is their right. Some people want to cry out that they are being marginalized, it is their right. Listen to them. You may not agree with them, but they have the right to speak. We are begging, we…
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Buhari appoints new NBC DG
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the appointment of Balarabe Shehu-Ilelah as the new Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Ilelah’s appointment will last for the next five years. His appointment was confirmed in a statement by Segun Adeyemi, the special assistant to the president (media), as announced by the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Abuja on Friday.
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ESN kidnapped, forced policewoman to identify other officers for assassination – Kayode Ogundamisi alleges
A popular Nigerian political activist and commentator, Kayode Ogundamisi, has accused the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militia arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), of kidnapping a policewoman. Ogundamisi in a tweet alleged that ESN abducted the policewoman and made her identify the homes of fellow officers to be assassinated. “Just to break it down, Nnamdi Kanu’s IPOB armed wing aka ESN kidnapped a @PoliceNG woman and made her point the homes of Nigeria police officers to be assassinated. @ukhomeoffice and @ukinNigeria officially classify IPOB and its armed militia wing ESN as a nonviolent group, he wrote Some…
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