Month: August 2021

Your failure In Governance has betrayed The Not-Too-Young-To-Run Campaign- TSG carpets Yahaya Bello

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The Tinubu Support Group (TSG) has described Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello as a betrayal of Not-too-Young-to-Run Campaign with his shoddy performance in governance. The TSG stated this against the backdrop of an interview granted a national daily by the governor in which he advised the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to drop his presidential ambition. Governor Bello had on Sunday, August 22, in an interview with Dailytrust asked Asiwaju Tinubu to drop his presidential ambition and support him, noting that “ as…

WHY DID ‘EXPENSIVE’ BACK THE ENTRANCE? By Festus Adedayo

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With a feeling of revulsion and melancholy, the people of Akure, Ondo State, looked forward to marking the date, August 16, 2021. Thirty eight years before then, specifically on that day in 1983, the crème de la crème of the city had been murdered in cold blood in the federal elections of that year. Chief Robert Agbayewa, National Party of Nigeria (NPN) chairman; Babatunde Agunbiade, Majority Leader, Ondo House of Assembly; Olaiya Fagbamigbe, renowned publisher and member of the National Assembly, were all literally barbecued in daylight inferno due to…

FG to deploy 5G network soon –Pantami

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The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy said it will soon deploy the Five Generation network (5G) in Nigeria for increased connectivity.   The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, disclosed this in Abuja when he featured on Forum, a special News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, interview programme.   The minister said that the decision to deploy the 5G network followed an outcome of thorough investigations, research and trial absolving it of posing security or health threat.   According to him, the work on the national…

ATTACKS ON SECURITY FORMATIONS : Police arrest militants’ spy girl

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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, working with the Military and other security forces, have arrested one 22-year-old female suspect, Gloria Okolie, for her complicity in the series of deliberate and well-coordinated attacks on security formations, other critical national infrastructure including INEC offices and killing of security operatives in the South-Eastern part of the country. The suspect, a native of Umutanza in Imo State, was arrested following ongoing investigations and implementation of special operation, Operation Restore Peace, to amongst other things, break the information, drugs and arms supply chain to…

Buhari: How not to fail By Festus Adedayo

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President Muhammadu Buhari made one of the most down-to-earth statements of his presidency last Thursday, though by proxy. After meeting Nigerian security chiefs at the Aso Rock Villa, the National Security Adviser, (NSA) Babagana Monguno, claimed Buhari said that he dreaded failure in office, so much; and I dare literalize it, like leprosy. “And (President Buhari) also made it very, very (italics, mine) clear that he’s not ready to exit government as a failure,” Monguno said. It was an opportunity for Monguno to thump the Buhari government’s chest. President Buhari,…

NCC ‘ll release biodata of suspects using phones in 60minutes – Pantami:

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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami has said the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will release the biodata of any individual suspected of using mobile phone to commit any offence within 60 minutes. Pantami disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Pantami said only security agencies are permitted to get bio data from any network provider if there was any suspicion of infractions by any citizen on the use of a cell phone. He reiterated his ministry’s commitment to support security agencies to…

Pantami and his bigoted traducers, by Adnan Mukhtar

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In an ironic twist one of the most charismatic Ministers in Buhari’s Administration, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, has been receiving massive accolades for his outstanding performances from sincere citizens, as well as blind criticisms from blackmailing traducers for ulterior motives. Few months ago, the traducers mounted aggressive media campaigns against him over claim of alleged support of ideologies of insurgents over a decade ago. Even though, the Minister had defended himself and explained further that he was one of Islamic scholars that have consistently attacked the ideologies of Boko Haram.…

Is’haq Oloyede and the JAMB revolution, by Kunle Akogun

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There is no doubt that since his appointment as the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board five years ago, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede has remained one of the most visible poster boys of President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption. The reason is simple: The Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin has so sanitised the operations of the tertiary institutions’ admission body in five years that it seems that the 44-year old Board had never been in any tangible operational existence before 2016!  …

FCT Police arrests suspected firearms supplier, armed robbers, recovers exhibits ….. rescues three hostages

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The FCT Police Command on Monday 16th August, 2021 arrested one Matthew Vaaswem ‘m’ 30years who is suspected to be supplying firearms to suspected kidnap syndicates operating along Tungan Maje in the FCT and Gawu axis of Niger State. The suspect who confessed to the crime was arrested at Tipper-Garage, Gwagwalada by eagle-eyed operatives of Gwagwalada Division. Preliminary investigation revealed that, he belonged to a gunrunning syndicate. Police said effort was in top gear to arrest fleeing suspects. Exhibits recovered from the suspect were: two (2) single barrel dane guns…

Kebbi remodels Toyota Land Cruisers into armoured vehicles

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The Kebbi State Government has remodelled a fleet of Toyota Land Cruisers into Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), to strengthen security agencies in the fight against banditry.The Team leader of the fabricators and state Deputy Governor, Col. Sama’ila Yombe-Dabai (Rtd) showcased the transformed vehicles on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital. The vehicles were painted in the army colours. Yombe-Dabai said that the vehicles had been reinforced with hardened steel and were suitable for battle with provisions for a driver, a gunner and space for extra troops. He explained that…