Month: April 2018

A group, the Benue Proactive Initiative (BPI), has revealed that yesterday’s attack on personnel of the Nigerian Army which led to the death of a soldier in Naka, Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue state was the handiwork of miscreants whose past time is getting high on cheap drugs. The group, which stated that the restive youths on Wednesday night killed and buried a Nigerian Army officer after disarming him, strongly condemned the act as barbaric, wicked and malicious. Convener of PBI, Comrade Terkaa Jam made this known in…

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Nigerians in the Diaspora under the auspices of Nigerians in Diasporas Monitoring Group, NDMG, have stated that the recent call by the Senate for President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the nation’s service chiefs is in furtherance of their ploy to separate the President from his appointees who are diligent. The Nigerians living abroad dismissed the state of insecurity on which the lawmakers predicated their call as a smokescreen, stressing that security breaches that would have been insignificant in the past are now being highlighted for public attention owing to the…

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The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Uja Tor Uja has called on the federal government to invest massively in the aviation sector. He disclosed this in Abuja while playing host to the Management team of Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, led by Capt. Jim Hassan. Uja said, “I will like the Federal Government to make a heavy investment in the Aviation industry”. He explained that our competencies are high but our investments are very low”. The executive secretary further stressed that Nigeria has all…

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The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Uja Tor Uja has called on the federal government to invest massively in the aviation sector. He disclosed this in Abuja while playing host to the Management team of Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, led by Capt. Jim Hassan. Uja said, “I will like the Federal Government to make a heavy investment in the Aviation industry”. He explained that our competencies are high but our investments are very low”. The executive secretary further stressed that Nigeria has all…

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A coalition of 22 civil society groups under the umbrella of Good Governance And Change Initiative have berated the Nigerian Senate over their calls that the Chief of Defence Staff and other service chiefs in the country be sacked. Addressing journalists in Abuja, convener of the coalition, Comrade Emmanuel Okpokwu Ogenyi accused senators behind the statement, saying they are not happy with the determination of the military to rid the country of all insecurity challenges before the 2019 elections. He said said rather than asking for a change in military…

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The three-pronged focus of the current administration resonated through the conversation, as President Muhammadu Buhari held a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister, Theresa May on Monday at 10, Downing Street, London. “We campaigned on three major issues, to secure the country, revive the economy and fight corruption,” said the President. “We have elections next year, politicians are already preoccupied with the polls, but I am bothered more about security and the economy,” he stressed. Recalling that Nigeria and Britain have a long history of cooperation on several fronts, President…

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…exonerates DG of any abuse The New Initiative for Credible Leadership (NiCReL) has raised the alarm over alleged attempts by some top-ranking officers at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to scuttle the efforts of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)from beaming its searchlight on the agency. It also warned some masked agents going about the town with non-existing documents to smear the reputation of the current NEMA DG, Mustapha Maihaja, stressing that their efforts would hit the rocks because it will not stop their prosecution. Recall that the…

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Some women believe to be sponsored by the Taraba State Government today protested following the arrest of 2 members of the State Sponsored militias by the Nigerian Army. Reports said the arrested persons were armed with very sophisticated weapons and loyal to be to the Local Government Chairman. According to a recorded audio sent to this Newspapers by an eye witness, Hon. Shiban Tikare unwittingly confirmed the killings of innocent civilians by militias group sponsored by the Council. The Protest today demanding the removal of the Army over their refusal…

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…accuses APC of dividing the country with sentiments Ahead of 2019 general elections, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, Wednesday, charged youths across the country to take over the mantle of leadership. Uche gave the charge during a meeting held with social media influencers, bloggers and online publishers at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja, where he said the country needs vibrant and smart young people to be at the helm of affairs. According to him the party is keen on young…

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