Month: February 2020

Gen. Buratai And Why The Awards Still Keep Coming

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By David Longpet Henchman of the counter-insurgency operations in Nigeria and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai is a household name in Nigeria. Any time his identity is echoed, it reverberates with an uncommon fondness of millions of his fans. He strikes the psyche of people in different ways. To the average Nigerian soldier, he is the best and ideal leader or boss they have ever had in recent time. He has a charming and infectious aura. He is simple, humble, amiable and hardworking. Gen.…

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MTI : Celebrating a trailblazer and his footprints 

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By David Onmeje When the reelection campaign train of President Muhammadu Buhari berthed in Lokoja, capital of Kogi, the confluence state, the President made a silent, but striking promise. He told the very jubilant Kogites that if the ambition of a second mandate to lead Nigeria scales through the electoral hurdle, the abandoned and lifeless Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill in the state will bounce back to full animation. God Himself sealed President Buhari’s reelection in 2019 unquestionably Of course, development experts have always hinged Nigeria’s stunted status on the absolute…

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Boko Haram: Nigerians will soon have cause to celebrate the Army again- Archbishop Julius Ediwe

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The Archbishop of the South-South Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria, Archbishop Julius Ediwe has stated that Nigerians would have a cause to celebrate the efforts of the Nigerian Army in the fight against terrorism in the country in no distant time. The clergy, who is known for his many predictions on the state of affairs in Nigerian as regards the Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgency, stated this in an interview with journalists recently. In the interview, he emphasized the fact that there has been a strategic alliance against Nigeria by neighboring francophone countries,…

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WORLD BANK SCORES CROSS RIVER HIGH ON IMPROVEMENT OF POVERTY INDEX

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Cross River State Ministry of International Development earlier on Friday attended the Special Funds Management and Implementation review meeting for the Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) to foster development in the State. The Cross River State Commissioner for International Development, Dr Inyang Asibong, who was the only Commissioner invited to the meeting consequent upon the State’s track record of being the leading State in implementation in South-South, Nigeria, opined that the CSDP is a Community Driven Development (CDD) program focused on building and rebuilding social and natural resource infrastructure…

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COVID-19: C’RIVER INTENSIFY SCREENING, VISITS AIRPORT, SEAPORT AND OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST

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In a bid to protect the state against any case of the deadly CoronaVirus disease (COVID-19), the Governor Sir Ben Ayade-led Cross River State Government has intensified efforts towards prevention by adopting strict screening exercise at all entry points to the state, such as land boarders, airports as well as seaports. To this end, the proactive Commissioner for Health, Dr Betta Edu along with the health team and officials of World Health Organisation (WHO) in the state on Friday visited the Margaret Ekpo International Airport and other port of entry…

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Insecurity: NAPS calls off protest, rallies support for PMB, Service Chiefs on war against terrorism

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The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has distanced itself from a planned protest by some students against the nation’s Service Chiefs and has instead thrown its weight behind the military’s top hierarchy. Speaking on behalf of the group at a press conference on Thursday, National President, Activist Sunday A Asuku, said NAPS came to this conclusion after a series of meeting with security experts both within and outside Nigeria. According to Comrade Asuku, the students resolved that sack of the Service Chiefs is not the practical solution to insecurity…

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MILITARY POWER ALONE CAN’T DEFEAT BOKO HARAM, SAYS BURATAI

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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has declared that the war against Boko Haram could not be won by military might alone due to series of indoctrination that have been carried out in the north for more than two decades. Buratai said that only 25 per cent of the war falls within the ambit of the military. The rest, according to him, is for the civil populace to handle. He made these declarations yesterday in Lagos during the 2020 Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)…

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Civil Society Network Tasks PMB To Take Great Green Wall More Seriously.

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The National Agency for the Great Green Wall will be the Center of National Attraction as the Civil Society Network for Good Governance is set to pay it an all-important visit. this was disclosed on Tuesday by the National President of the Organization Mr. Adefila Kamal at an inspection tour of Facilities at the Lagos Airport. He said the civil Society Organizations that comprise the Coalition are desirous in knowing more about the Agency and how it operates. He expressed displeasure at how some critical agencies of government are not…

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ONE YEAR AFTER RE-ELECTION, RT HON JARIGBE AGOM APPRECIATES CONSTITUENTS FOR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT

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By Ebriku John Friday ….Says I am poised to delivering on the mandate you graciously gave to me The House of Representatives member representing the good people of Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, Rt Hon Jarigbe Agom on Monday marked his one year electoral victory at the poll with a message of appreciations to his teeming supporters and constituents. Rt Hon Jarigbe, who is also the deputy chairman, House Committee on Waterways, in the forthright message through his verifiable Facebook account said, he remained poised to delivering on the mandate graciously given…

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DG NITDA Task e-Commerce Companies to Leverage on Digital Economy Policy

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The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, tasked Nigeria’s leading e-Commerce companies to join hands with Federal Government in its strategic implementation of National Digital Economy Policy. Mr Inuwa made the call while receiving Chairperson of Jumia Group, Ms Juliet Anammah in his office yesterday. The DG said it is time for the e-Commerce companies in Nigeria to come together and form a strong and viable entity that can work with government so as to achieve the dream of digitalising Nigeria’s business activities. He…

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