Month: September 2018

…. laud’s military on welfare of personnel   Hundreds of Women this morning besieged the Presidential Villa, Abuja to appreciate the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari towards ending Insurgency in the North Eastern part of the Country. The Women who marched under the aegis of the Coalition of Nigerian Women for Peace carried various placards with inscriptions such as “Boko Haram is gone forever, we thank PMB, Abuja without bomb and Boko Haram” among others were full of praises to the present administration for restoring peace to the North East.…

The ongoing war against insurgency took an emotional twist on Friday after a group of octogenarians took to the streets of Lagos to commend President Muhammadu Buhari for decimating the Boko Haram insurgency. The groups during a rally which kick-started from freedom park in Lagos and ended at Alausa Govt House witnessed thousands of the elderly Nigerians paying glowing tributes to the Nigerian Army and it’s leadership. Addressing the rally, National President, Southwest Veterans And Concerned Patriotic Elders’s (SouthWest-V &PE), Elder Johnson Adebayo said President Buhari has liberated several communities…

The ambition of a business mogul, Geoffrey Bawa Shitgurum, to be governor of Plateau State under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 may be heading for the rocks following allegations that he had been convicted in the United Kingdom over some shady deals. He was said to have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP last month. The PDP for Peace and Good Governance Forum, a pressure group, therefore demanded that an investigation should be carried out on the allegation. The organisation said…

The Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, His Excellency Governor Udom Emmanuel has commended the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) for the choice of Uyo for the 2018 Christian Pilgrimage Leaders and Managers Conference. The Governor who spoke through the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem said Akwa Ibom State being the first State to host the Pilgrimage Leaders and Managers of Nigeria outside Abuja was strategic. The Governor stated that Akwa Ibom State is completely a Christian State and as such would do everything possible as a…

…says he’s mischievous, after governor Lalong Barely 48 hours after his demand for the declaration of a state of emergency in Plateau State, Taraba, Benue  and Zamfara States, the Minister of of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has come under fire with the Middle Belt Conscience Guard (MBCG), warning him to desist from such “in his own interest.” The organisation said that by calling for emergency rule in the states under the over alleged “continuing” killings, the minister was up to mischief. “Dalung cannot deceive anybody anymore. He has continued…

The Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism (CATE) has commended the gallantry of the Nigerian Army repelling the remnants of Boko Haram, that had attempted to attack innocent civilians in Gudumbali. The group said the army continues to show commitment in its constitutional role of securing the territorial integrity of Nigeria, despite facing various challenges, from both local and international collaborators In a statement signed by its national coordinator, Gabriel Onoja, CATE however frowned at attempts by foreign media, especially the AFP to downplay the gallantry of the army in the…