Urged FG to do the Needful The former leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, has ascribes the recent renewed Boko Haram Attacks in the North East of Nigeria to poor funding of the Nigerian Armed Forces, and the inadequate troops that were prosecuting the insurgency. The Chairman, Senate Committee …
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The Daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Hannan, and the Department of State Services (DSS), may face a lawsuit over unlawful detention of one Anthony Okolie for fifteen weeks. Tope Akinyode, a lawyer to Anthony Okolie, said his client, was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for using a …
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Despite the objections raised by the Senate about its visa-on-arrival policy for Africans, the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS has released application details for its new Visa-on-Arrival policy for Africans and non-Africans. President Muhammadu Buhari had recently announced the policy for Africans travelling to Nigeria, explaining that it will “bring down …
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The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the main opposition political Party in Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, has alleged that his life is under serious threat of attack for saying that any member of the party is free to contest for the presidency come 2023. According to …
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The Arewa Youth Consultative Movement has cried out on Thursday, saying that the political elite of northern extraction had failed the region and Nigeria at large. The youth body also said they were supporting southern presidency in 2023. They said, “Insecurity, strangulation of government work, corruption, disregard for the rule …
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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested the mastermind of the foiled robbery of a first-generation bank in the Mpape area of Abuja last Saturday. The suspect, a barman identified as Ernest was nabbed at Katampe his hideout by police. The arrest of the suspect comes barely one week …
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has traced under development in Nigeria to party loyalty by elected politicians and political appointees. Onuesoke who made this statement in his New Year message to Nigerians, said excessive loyalty to a ruling political party is responsible for corruption and bad …
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The Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, has called on the people of Oredo Local Government Area of Edo state, to join him as he continue to fight Godfatherism in the state, saying that his pact with the people of the state is to defend their interests and end godfatherism, …
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Amidst resistance from loyalist of the Former President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, the Kwara state government has demolished the Sarakis’ political home better known as ‘Ile Arúgbó’ in Ilorin. It was gathered that the building was demolished early Thursday morning after security operatives dispersed protesters, including aged women …
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), wrote a letter to Nigerians to commemorate the New Year. The letter was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Read the full content of the letter below: A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AT NEW YEAR My Dear Compatriots, NIGERIA’S DECADE Today …
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