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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Don’t confirm Onochie for INEC job, NBA tells Senate
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has opposed the confirmation of the Presidential aide, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie, as a commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the Senate Committee on INEC. The Association urged the Senate committee to reject her nomination and deny her confirmation as INEC Commissioner Chairman of NBA Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Monday Ubani, raised the association’s objection to the confirmation of Mrs. Onochie in a letter…
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FG starts auctioning off seized assets from Looters
The Federal Government has commenced the bidding process for the sale of assets recovered from individuals through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This was disclosed in a statement issued by the National Association of Auctioneers on Thursday. The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and the Inter-ministerial Committee set up by the government to handle sales of the assets under the Ministry of Justice opened the bid…
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“They might have no one in power to speak for them, but they have GOD” – Apostle Suleiman cautions FG from going after IPOB members while leaving herdsmen
Popular clergyman, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has warned the Federal government against it’s plans to go after IPOB members. He said they might have no one in power to speak for them but they have God. Suleiman in a post on IG this morning, questioned why the FG plans to go after IPOB members and not Killer herdsmen who have been responsible for several deaths in the country. In his words; ”You will go after IPOB?Yet…
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Twitter ban: “Malami corrupt, criminally deactivated his account” – Sowore claims
Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has berated the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami for deactivating his Twitter handle after the Federal Government’s ban. Malami is believed to have used the Virtual Private Networks (VPN) to access Twitter after the ban by the Federal Government to deactivate his account. Sowore described Malami as a corrupt and incompetent lawyer for criminally deactivating his Twitter account. Malami on Saturday…
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