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Insecurity: We have achieved some level of peace – Defence Minister, Magashi
Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi said the country has experienced some degree of peace amid the current security challenges. He said this on Tuesday while receiving the senate committee on defence. Magashi expressed that though officers have been killed in various operations, some level of successes have been recorded by the Military. “Nigeria has been contending with diverse internal security challenges even as it grapples with the unconventional warfare waged against her by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, and banditry in some states like Niger, Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto and Zamfara,” he said. “The armed forces are confronting the emerging threat…
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Buhari will govern Nigeria from London, no need transmitting power to Osinbajo – Presidency
The Presidency has ruled out speculations of the President transmitting power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo following his Medical trip to the United Kingdom. The presidency noted that President Muhammadu Buhari can rule from whatever part of the world he finds himself and so no need transmitting power. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Tuesday’s edition explained that Buhari has not contravened the laws of the land by not transmitting power to his deputy. “He (Buhari) will continue from wherever he is,” Shehu said when asked if…
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FFK takes COVID19 vaccine months after describing it as evil and ”Gates killer vaccine” (photos)
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode FFK, has taken his own share of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine. This follows his several condemning tweets describing the vaccine as evil and ”Gates killer vaccine” . Fani-Kayode had posted photos and videos of him taking the jab at the National Hospital Abuja on Tuesday, March 30. According to him, if his hero, Donald Trump, who questioned the vaccine could take it, then he too can. He wrote; ”Despite my initially strong reservations I bowed to sound logic and superior reasoning and took my Covid 19 vaccine today. This is thanks to the counsel of…
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Medical Trip: Buhari arrives in London
The president has arrived in London, the United Kingdom where he is to undergo a routine medical check-up. This was according to a tweet by Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmed. The President since assuming office has embarked on several trips to the UK to seek medical care. He, however, has not been to the UK since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. He is expected back in the country in the second week of April. The President before his trip met with the service chiefs and ordered them to identify leaders of bandits and kidnappers and take them out to restore…
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Nigerian brands that shot their adverts abroad will pay N100k each time it is aired locally – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has announced that Nigerian brands who shot their adverts abroad will now pay N100k each time it is aired on local TV stations in the country. The Minister made this known on NTA’s ‘Good Morning Nigeria’ programme on Monday March 29. He said Nigerian brands who also shot their adverts abroad and placed it in international TV stations will also pay same amount which will go to the Content Development Fund. He noted that the new rule is embedded in the amended broadcasting code. “Let’s assume you have brought in La Liga, and…
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Take out bandits, kidnappers and their sponsors – Buhari orders service chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the service chiefs to “take out” agents of insecurity and their sponsors. The President issued this directive during his meeting with the service chiefs at the presidential villa, Abuja, this morning, March 30. According to the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, he quoted the president as saying that the armed forces should be more proactive rather than reactionary. Monguno noted that the president insisted that all the decisions approved at the national security council meeting in February should be enforced. The decisions include a ban on mining activities and the no-fly order imposed on…
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Fani-Kayode reveals steps to fight insecurity
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to a recent comment by the former Governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu at his colloquium. He called for the employment of 50 million youths into the Nigerian army to tackle insecurity. According to Bola Tinubu, the insurgents and bandits are taking advantage of the high unemployment in the country and are recruiting the youths to indulge in their criminal activities. Reacting to this, Fani-Kayode expressed that political will, patriotism, love for country and courage will help to win the war against insurgency and without any of these things the war cannot…
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“Tinubu is a kingmaker, He will support a youthful President in 2023” – Yahaya Bello
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed that he believes former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu will support a youthful president come 2023. He said this during an interview with BBC Pidgin on Monday. When asked who will make a better president between him and Tinubu in 2023, the Kogi Governor stated that Tinubu is a kingmaker who knows his limitations and would rather advocate for the younger generation to take over the leadership of the country. “Our national leader, Tinubu, is a revered statesman, well-respected by all, including me. I know that he is a smart mentor. He has…
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Some secessionists will become campaign managers of opposition parties in 2023 – Senate Spokesperson
Spokesperson of the Nigerian senate, Ajibola Bashiru has said that it will be a surprise when most secessionists become campaign managers of opposition parties in 2023. Bashiru questioned the “democratic credentials” of these secessionists and further stated that there are democratic processes to present agitations. He said this on a Channels Television programme on Monday March 29, In his words; “When politicians begin to use instrumentality of agitation, violence to seek to undermine a democratic government, you come to suspect what their motive is. And you will be surprised, by 2022, 2023, some of these elements calling for disintegration of…
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UK medical checkup: Hand over power to Osinbajo – Dino Melaye tells Buhari
The presidency yesterday disclosed that Buhari was billed to depart Nigeria on Tuesday (today) for the UK for a medical check-up. This decision has trailed several reactions Reacting to this, Dino Melaye, former Kogi West Senator adviced that Buhari hand over to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo before embarking on his trip by writing to the National Assembly. Melaye tweeted: “The president should transfer power to the Vice President through a letter to the National Assembly before leaving the country in-line with constitutional provision. SDM”
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COVID-19 vaccine not mark of the beast, accept it – Prophet Iginla tells Christians
The General Overseer of the Champions Royal Assembly, Prophet Joshua Iginla has called on Christians to accept the Covid-19 vaccine. There have been controversies surrounding the vaccine as to it being unholy. The prophet speaking during a live service in his church said that some church leaders who have created a theory against taking the vaccine are insensitive because the vaccine will do more good than harm to the people. He noted that some have described it as a mark of the beast, and a manifestation of the anti-Christ, but faulted this claim by backing it up with the scripture…
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“My pastor said she was a witch” – Woman arrested for allegedly hacking her mother to death in Ondo
The police in Ondo state have arrested a 30-year-old woman identified as Blessing Jimoh for allegedly killing her mother, Ijeoma Odo. According to Blessing, she killed her mother with a cutlass after a Pastor told her that she was a witch and was behind all her predicaments in life. She said she was mentally unstable when the ordeal happened. Blessing and her mother were on a farm in Ile-Iluiji area of the state when she used a cutlass to hack her to death. She said; “It was something doing me that made me kill my mother. I am not happy…
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