Month: February 2023

Borno Govt hails SIIP-NE, counts losses occasioned by insurgency

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The Borno state government has reiterated its commitment to support the Special Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations in the Counter Insurgency Operations in the North East (SIIP-NE), stated that the conflict in the area has affected the people of the state adversely. The Governor of the state, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum who stated this when the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chief Tony Ojukwu led members of the panel on a courtesy visit to the government house.   The Governor who was represented at…

2023 ELECTIONS: President Buhari unveils Operational Vehicles, Crowd Control Equipment, Computers, Others

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President Muhammadu Buhari today Monday 13th February, 2023 at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja commissioned a wide assortment of operational assets acquired by the Nigeria Police Force for improved strategic and tactical operational deployments, particularly in light of the upcoming 2023 General Elections.   The equipment which included operational vehicles, crowd control and anti-riot gadgets, and high capacity desktop and laptop computers were acquired to ensure proper enforcement of electoral laws and seamless electioneering process and stabilizing the public space before, during, and after the general…

FCT POLICE arrests Pastor, CSO, Police Inspector over unlawful possession of firearm

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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on the heels of intelligence arrested one Pastor Uche Aigbe of House on the Rock Cathedral Abuja and two others.   The Pastor whose message and demonstrations were tagged inciting by various media and social media users was arrested in the early hours of Monday 13th February 2023, along side the Church Chief Security Officer and one Inspector Musa Audu, who was on duty on the said day and had unprofessionally released his rifle to the said pastor without permission or recourse to police…

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: SOUTH-EAST CONFRONTS APPROACH-APPROACH CONFLICT SITUATION By Law Mefor

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One of the most challenging things in life is decision-making. It is like being at a crossroads, a point at which a crucial decision must be made which will have far-reaching consequences. A wrong decision at this point can lead to lifelong regrets or bliss. That’s why one has to be careful when at crossroads.   The coming presidential election presents such a dilemma to the Southeast. Yes, a dilemma for the Southeast in particular, and Ndigbo in general. Though the rest of Nigeria has to deal with the same…

Asiwaju Remains Long Standing Servant of the Nigerian People, says Shettima … As ALGON Endorses Tinubu/Shettima Ticket

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Of all candidates contesting the 2023 Presidential election, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains the only leader who can pass a test of committed leadership to the Nigerian electorate.   Tinubu’s Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima stated this at the weekend in his speech at a parley with Local Government Chairmen, Vice Chairmen and Councillors in Abuja.   Senator Shettima reiterated Tinubu’s commitment to the development and empowerment of Nigeria’s grassroots, saying none of the candidates in the 2023 elections could match his…

APC Rally: FCT Minister of State mobilises Abuja voters for Tinubu-Shettima

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With less than two weeks to the February 25 Presidential election, the Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, Sunday, intensified support and galvanized voters across the six Area Councils of the FCT, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates during the mega APC presidential rally in Abuja.   This was made known in a statement signed by the Special Assistant, SA, Media to the FCT Minister of State, Austine Elemue.   Aliyu said there is no gainsaying of the fact…

Defence Ministry Shines at Buhari’s Scorecard Series

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By Abdullahi O.Haruna Haruspice     It was all success stories and glitz at the President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard series, Monday, 13th February, 2023, when the ministry of Defence led by its minister, Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) presented the scorecard of Nigeria’s Defence handlings under the president Muhammadu Buhari administration since 2015.   The Minister who rated President Muhammadu Buhari high for his unprecedented and massive investment in military hardware, reeled out the many achievements of the administration said that the administration recognized security as one of its…

On Buhari and his successor By Lasisi Olagunju

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Ancient Oyo people found it very convenient to follow the Alaafin to Koso (where kings are made); they balked at following the Alaafin to Bara (the king’s burial place): Kòso ló se é b’óba rè; Barà ò se é b’óba lo. Nigeria’s politicians do not lick expiring presidential palms soaked in blood; they go for promising ones very rich in oil. A masquerade repairing to the grove is never fed with a cheering crowd; he is starved of it. It is worse if the Egúngún had lived his unearthly existence…

Buhari’s new Naira notes and death of Penkelemes’ musician By Festus Adedayo

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In 1984, Nigeria happened to Ayanyemi Atokowagbowonle. Atokowagbowonle was a musician whose style was unique, his delivery peculiar and he was the official musician of the stormy petrel of Ibadan politics, Adelabu Adegoke, a.k.a. Penkelemes, of the National Council of Nigeria and Cameroon (NCNC). The then-new head of state, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, had just violently seized the reins of power in Nigeria. That year April, Buhari had ordered the colours of all banknotes in circulation to be changed. The currency trafficking prevalent at the time and stolen funds by…

When A Nation Threw Ekweremadu Under A Bus By Law Mefor

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Finally, the trial of the former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, and others over the alleged conspiracy to traffic an initially ‘15-year-old’ in London is underway. But while the trial goes on, the curious role played by Nigeria in the Senator’s matter should be a lesson that citizens must ponder. The tales of woe by Nigerians abroad are commonplace. But citizen abandonment is not even the case in Ekweremadu’s ordeal. His case is worse.The emerging details of the key role of the Economic and…