Tag: Government
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Just in: Imo police arraign 14 aides of Okorocha for breaching state’s security
Fourteen aides of the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, were on Monday arraigned before her lordship, B. U Adikaibe of Magistrate Court 4, Owerri. Some of the aides are Eberendu Chimechefulem, Ebere Nwoke, Basil MBA, Ebuka Samuel, Darlington Ibekewe, Obasi Goodluck, Nwaiwu Ndubuisi, Ekpendu Peace, Steve Anisnuobi, Ebere Nwokeobi. They were being arraigned…
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Niger youths give government 48 hours deadline to rescue Kangara students, others
Youths in Niger State on Saturday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the state government to rescue 41 persons abducted from the Government Science Secondary School, Kangara, and 21 commuters abducted along Minna-Zungeru road. Briefing journalists at the Abdulsalami Youth Centre in Minna, the youths, under the aegis of the National Youths Council of Nigeria, decried…
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For bandits, an end to red carpets -Chidi Amuta
By Chidi Amuta President Buhari’s National Security Adviser, Mr. Babagana Monguno, needs not bother with more seminars and town hall meetings on insecurity. The seminars and meetings are holding themselves daily in the nightmare of our daily encounter with terror and armed lawlessness. The very conclusions he seeks have already been drawn. They are etched…
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Edwin Clark reveals three greatest enemies within Buhari’s government
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark on Wednesday said while popular Kaduna based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi’s recent peace meeting efforts with some bandits in Zamfara forests is commendable, however his (Gumi’s) statement comparing them (bandits) with the Niger Delta agitators is inhumane and condemnable. The former Federal Commissioner for Information also said President Muhammadu Buhari…
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New job definition for Governor Obaseki
By Okoh Aihe I am in one of the pretty priced hotels in Benin City, capital of Edo State, lying on the bed and staring blankly at the ceiling. My wife is on my side, and there is a reason we are not talking to each other this pretentiously lovely afternoon. We are a stone…
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Nigerians don’t trust Buhari’s government – Cardinal Onaiyekan
The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said that Nigerians will be happy to have a government that can be trusted. The cleric who spoke on a monitored programme on Channels Televison on Friday (Christmas Day) lamented the lack of trust in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. “We will be really happy to…
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Niger government discovers over 2,000 ghost workers
Niger State Government says it has uncovered over 2,000 illegal workers amongst its workforce in the state. This was the final result of findings submitted by the Salary Management Committee set up by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello. Chairman of the Committee who is also Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Engineer Ibrahim Panti made the…
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Things may get worse in Nigeria if govt fails to act – Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has warned government at all levels, especially the Federal Government that things may slip from bad to worse for Nigeria if decisive steps are not taken to listen to the cries of the citizens and act on them promptly. He spoke at the 5th coronation anniversary lecture of…
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Kleptocrats have hijacked, derailed Buhari’s government – Ndume
Senator Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South claimed that kleptocrats have seized control of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and thus derailed it. Ndume, who spoke on Channels TV, did not name the kleptocrats. But he suggested that they dominated the government and are now betraying the objective of the Buhari administration. “The president is a…
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Could Tough Govt Action Against #EndSARS Protesters, Be Govt Terrorism Against Citizens? By Magnus onyibe
By magnus onyibe. Nigeria has become the cynosure of all eyes globally. Not for the positive contributions or inventions by its citizens that would move mankind a tad forward in positive progress , such as when man first visited the moon on July 20, 1969-tributes to the pair of American Louis Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin; or…