Year: 2018

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai has Charged the various commands of the Nigerian Army especially “Operation Lafiya Dole “ to sustain the numerous successes being recorded by the Army across board on daily basis. The Army Chief stated this in a speech at the ongoing Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja. Buratai while calling on troops to desist from hobnobbing with politicians ahead of the 2019 general elections, said the Army is putting in place a robust procurement and operational plan to preserve and promote…

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President Muhammadu Monday in Abuja declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019. President Buhari made the declaration at a closed-door meeting of the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The President said he was responding to the clamour by Nigerians to recontest in 2019, adding that he wanted to give NEC the honour of notifying them first. Shortly before making the declaration, the President presented a speech on the report submitted by the APC National Executive Technical Committee. His remarks: REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI,…

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The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the recent stage-managed political endorsement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Buhari Presidency, by procuring individuals who masqueraded as religious leaders, as hypocritical and disgusting signs of desperation. It said the Buhari Presidency’s hiring of supposed Arewa Pastors was a second attempt to orchestrate fake endorsements ahead of the 2019 election, recalling the recent Martin Luther King Jr. saga PDP said both procured endorsements, which had turned out to be fake, are, to say the least, despicable and betray the…

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Cross River State member of parliament in the House of Representatives, representing Ogoja/Yala federal constituency, Hon Jarigbe Agom on Saturday empowered 240 students with disbursement of Bursary. Hon Agom, who is also the deputy chairman House Committee on Tertiary Education had two weeks ago inaugurated an 8-man Bursary committee headed by Barr Leo Aggrey with the mandate to identify eligible and authentic students of Ogoja/Yala LGA. The committee was given two weeks to conclude the assignment and report back for immediate disbursement to beneficiaries. According to the lawmaker, students form…

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The attention of the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has been drawn to a group of clergymen under the aegis of Arewa Pastors Peace Initiative, Nigeria (APPIN) who visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday to pledge their support to him and his government. The group went further to the extent of claiming to the President that they knew some Pastors who are being used by the opposition against his government. Claiming that islamisation agenda is the idea of the opposition is the least expected of those who…

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has organised a 2-days National Transparency and Accountability Capacity Building Workshop for State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs), at ICPC Auditorium, Abuja. The event with the theme Transparency and Accountability: A Veritable Tool For An Effective and Corruption-Free Basic Education In Nigeria, kicked off on Wednesday 4th and ended on Thursday 5th April, 2018. The workshop which was well attended by the Cross River SUBEB Executive Chairman, Dr Stephen Odey and other Management Staff is specifically aimed at promoting a…

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Wife of the Senate President Bukola Saraki, and founder/president of Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), Mrs Toyin Ojora Saraki, on Friday welcomed the launch of the $170 million Gates Foundation gender strategy. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced its first-ever gender equality strategy, which will commit $170 million to support four areas related to women’s economic empowerment: financial inclusion, assets and issues such as land ownership and land tenure security, opportunity and self-help groups. Mrs Saraki commented: “I commend the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the timely implementation…

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