Year: 2018

Plateau Paid Mourners And Matters Arising By Gabriel Onoja

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I wish I could avoid certain negative thoughts about Nigeria.  It is my country and place I cherish so much.  Until my aged mother passed on, she kept reminding me that there is no place like home. I have grown up to cherish her counsel. No peace anywhere is comparable to the peace in your house or home. But negative thoughts about my country keep troubling  my senses.  I look at the actions and evil machinations of our people and feel its self- delusion not to reflect about the odd…

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Group Calls For Prayers Against Politically-masterminded Killings In Nigeria

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…Expresses confidence in Nigerian military, security agencies The National Peace Campaign Network (NPCN), a non-denominational and inter-faith organization  has called for prayers against what it tagged as “politically masterminded killings” in Nigeria. The group noted that the ongoing killings in Nigeria have political undertones, hence the inability of the security agencies to quell the reoccurring incidents despite concerted efforts. NPCN, while expressing confidence in the Nigerian military and other security agencies, noted that torrential prayers needed to be activated so that some persons fueling the killings in the nation could…

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Tukur Buratai: Reflecting On The Counsel Of A Master Strategist By Anthony Kolawole

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Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and leader of the counter-insurgency operations, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai is one enigmatic leader. He is passionate and tenaciously works according to his convictions on service to fatherland. Every day he steps out for his official assignments, he faces multiple risks of death from enemy camps, together with his troops. But it’s no deterrence to him and the team, as professional soldiers to the core. But his resolve never to relent or bow before the forces amassed against his country, who minutely, threaten…

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NEMA Stalemate  As The Hand of Esau And Voice of Jacob

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By Solomon Gowon Depression and nervousness are the bane of staff of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on the fate that awaits them. Panicky directors and other staff facing the EFCC‘s noose are becoming more vicious in plots to obfuscate the truth and save their necks. The EFCC is probing the alleged siphoning of N2.5 billion from the agency led in this crime by the former Director-General,(DG-NEMA) Mr. Mohammed Sani Sidi and at least, six directors. EFCC’s preliminary report exposed very mindboggling acts of sleaze perpetrated by the former…

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C/River-Ebonyi Boundary Clash: Sen Oko Tasks FG On Proper Delineation To End 13 Years Conflict

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As communal clash escalates between two boundary communities of Izzi in Ebony State and Nfuma in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, the Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Dr Rose Oko, Thursday, tasked the federal government proper delineation of the boundary between the two communities to end the 13-year-old conflict. Oko stated this in a post on her Facebook wall, against the backdrop of the nature of the dimension the conflict has assumed, and called on the federal government to order the deployment of military as…

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NCPC Flags Off Easter Pilgrimage To Israel

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The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) flagged off the 2018 Easter Pilgrimage to Israel at the Pilgrims Terminal of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on June 27. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) Rev. Uja  Tor  UJa admonished the intending Pilgrims to ensure they hand over their problems to God while in the Holy Land and defeat them there. He further charged them to go Israel with the vision and power of God. The NCPC boss further enjoined them to be true ambassadors of Nigeria while…

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Buratai, Nigerian Army And Trip Back To Roots By David Onmeje

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It is no exaggeration that the evolution of modern Nigeria is inextricably tied to Great Britain. As former colonial masters of Nigeria, the most populous black nation on earth, the influence of Britain on the country’s national life is visible in multiple aspects. Some liberal thinkers conclude that whatever portrait Nigeria flaunts before the world today, it is essentially a reflection of the ideals and culture imbibed from Britain. In warfare for instance, pre-colonial independent tribes in Nigeria raised and maintained communal warriors. But they were only concerned with fighting…

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Plateau Killings: Selfish Politicians Instigating Crisis To Blackmail PMB, Lalong – Middle Belt

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The Middle Belt Conscience Guard (MBCG) has attributed the ongoing crises in  Plateau State to some selfish politicians who are hell bent on blackmailing the state government and President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking on the ceaseless attacks, the middle belt group said some political players were only using the crisis to make the state and the country ungovernable ahead of the 2019 polls. Prince Raymond Enero, National President of the group while reacting to the ongoing killings in the area, called on President Buhari to replicate the feat performed with the…

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NCPC Begins Airlift Of Intending Pilgrims To Israel On June 27

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The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) is set to commence the airlift of intending pilgrims to Israel on June 27, 2018. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Rev Uja Tor Uja disclosed this recently in Abuja during a strategic meeting of NCPC with the States Chairmen and Secretaries of Pilgrims Welfare Board. He explained that this pilgrimage exercise which is termed the Easter pilgrimage was supposed to have been held between March to April, but was delayed due to visa issues with the Israeli authorities. The NCPC helmsman stated that…

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Peter Nwaoboshi: NICreL Cries Out Over Persecution Of Delta Senator

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The New Initiative for Credible Leadership (NICreL), has warned against what it termed a campaign of calumny against Peter Nwaoboshi, a senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly. The group said it was unfortunate that some persons have sworn with their blood that they must drag the hard-earned name and reputation of the senator into political pit latrine. Recall that a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had in April ordered the remand of Nwaoboshi in Ikoyi Prison following the arraignment of the senator by the Economic and Financial…

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