Month: September 2019

Police Adopts Fresh Measures To Tackle Rising Insecurity in Niger

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The Nigeria Police Force has adopted new measures to tackle incessant insecurity especially armed banditry in Nigeria and Niger State in particular. The Inspector General of Police,Mr Mohammed Adamu stated this when he played host to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello in Abuja. The IGP who said Armed banditry and kidnapping were issues peculiar to states across the country pointed out that the police force would not relent in its efforts aimed at tackling security challenges bedeviling the nation. “They are not challenges that are not surmountable. The Governor is here…

INSECURITY: Gov Sani-Bello Solicits FG’s Intervention

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Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger state in an interview, shortly after the Northern Governors meeting today in Kaduna,explained that Niger state government had already approached and solicited emergency intervention from the Federal Government to curb the rising insecurity in some parts of the state. The Governor stated that the RUGA Settlement project which the state government has keyed into was also part of the state government landmark initiatives aimed at addressing issues of insecurity particularly cattle rustling and kidnapping. He said the state government has made appreciable progress in the…

Why I Handed Over The Treasury To Women – Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said placing women in strategic positions of his government, like the financial sector, was to ensure effective management of limited resources available, and promote a stronger sense of inclusiveness. President Buhari said he preferred women to oversee the economic and financial hub of the country, Ministry of Finance, as they can readily deploy their experience in aligning resources with the needs of the country, explained that the nation also had many female technocrats with local and international experiences on economy and finance. The President…

TRIBUNAL JUDGEMENT: Apologize To Nigerians, Lai Mohammed Tells PDP, Atiku

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has asked the PDP and its presidential candidate in the last elections to apologize to Nigerians for willfully distracting the Buhari Administration with a frivolous election petition, instead of appealing the ruling of Wednesday’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. In a statement issued in St Petersburg, Russian Federation, on Thursday, the Minister said while the PDP and its candidate reserved the right to pursue their petition to the highest level, they will be better served by dropping their toga of desperation and…

Gov Sani-Bello Congratulates Winners of APC Party Primaries …..urges both winners ,losers to unite, work for party’s success

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has congratulated all the Chairmanship and Councilorship flagbearers of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that emerged victorious at the party’s recent primaries held across the state. The Governor in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mrs. Mary Noel Berje, charged the winners to see their success as acceptance and confidence repose in them by the people and the party. He called on them to liaise with the party mercenary and various stakeholders to effectively work out ways and strategy that would…

Gov Sani-Bello Condemns Renewed Armed Banditry Attacks In Kukoki, Kusherki Communities …… urges military to establish formation, training camp in vast forest along borders states

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has condemned renewed armed banditry attacks on some communities of Shiroro and Rafi Local Government areas of the state. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mrs. Mary Noel Berje, the Governor expressed concern over the unfortunate attacks added that the security operatives had been mandated to carry out a comprehensive manhunt on the criminals. Governor Sani Bello, in addition to the joint security patrol, made a passionate appeal to the military to utilise the vast forest that serve as hideout for…

Gov Sani-Bello Orders State Ministry To Fix Bad Portions of Suleja- Minna Road

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has directed the State Ministry of Works and Infrastructural Development to carry out emergency repairs of all the three bad portions along Suleja -Minna.   The Governor gave this directive following the two weeks persistent gridlock along the route as well as Minna- Bida road.   The directive is contained in a statement signed and issued by the Chief Press Secretary,Mrs Mary Noel-Berje. The Governor urged the Federal Government to urgently intervene in Makera road to ease traffic on Suleja- Minna road.  …

Gov Sani-Bello Receives Projects Assessment ,Evaluation Committee’s Report ….Expresses need for strong monitoring, evaluation mechanism

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Niger State Governor Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has expressed the need for a strong monitoring and evaluation system that will enhance quality control and checkmate the activities of some defaulting contractors handling various government projects across the state. Governor Sani-Bello stated this while receiving the report of the Projects Assessment and Evaluation Committee in Government House, Minna, the Governor said a permanent monitoring, assessment and evaluation team was vital as its report will guide government in the completion of all ongoing and abandoned projects. Governor Sani Bello noted that, to…

Why Atiku Isn’t Coming By Farooq Kperogi

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Poor leadership is obviously a grave, enduring problem in Nigeria, but an even graver problem, in my opinion, is the country’s docile, acquiescent, and fatalistic citizenry. Most Nigerians are afflicted by a condition anthropologists call cargo cult mentality, that is, the superstitious belief, first recorded among pre-modern tribes in Melanesia, that all the fine things of this world will somehow magically and effortlessly appear because people who desire it wish it into existence. It’s cargo cult mentality that drives and sustains the forlorn hope that “Atiku is coming” as Nigerians…

Kogi Gubernatorial Duel: The Odds Favour Governor Bello.

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The coast is now clear and the battle line is drawn. The choice of who becomes the next Governor of Kogi State is already narrowed down to two persons going by the conclusion of the primaries conducted by the two dominant political parties in the state. The Kogi gubernatorial tussle slated for November 16, 2019 is going to be a two-way horse race between a battle-tested political tactician and a tyro who is yet to grow his first set of political teeth. Perhaps by the time the election has been…