Hassan Umaru, theatre commander of operation lafiya dole, who disclosed this at a media briefing in Maiduguri on Friday, also revealed that troops killed 63 Boko Haram insurgents and foiled some suicide bomb attacks within a week. The theatre commander, speaking through Lucky Irabor, the deputy commander, said that the troops recovered many “AK47 rifles, […]
Continue ReadingAt least 7,000 penitent militants in Akwa Ibom State ready to give up their arms today in Uyo, so as to be able to join the Niger Delta Amnesty programme. The information was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Co-ordinator of the Amnesty Program, Brigadier-General Paul Boroh (rtd), who […]
Continue ReadingThe All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has maintained its position on Governor Ayodele Fayose’s ownership of property in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.The party had raised the alarm many times in the last one year over the governor’s frequent trips to Dubai almost every month after receiving the state’s allocation from Abuja, noting that […]
Continue ReadingThe Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has issued a word of caution to security agencies in the country, urging them to be mindful of the instructions they receive and execute from All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government. The word of advice is coming as a direct reaction to the handcuffing of Olisa Metuh, the National […]
Continue ReadingSenator representing Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016 budget as holy. He made this declaration while making his contribution to debate on the 2016 appropriation bill on the floor of the senate. Positing that the budget would serve the interest of Nigerians, he […]
Continue ReadingGoveror Adams Oshiomhole, of Edo state, has expressed support for the handcuffing of Olisa Metuh, national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as he appeared in court on Tuesday.Reacting to reports accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of attempting to break the spirit of PDP through such measure, Oshiomole who spoke during a meeting with […]
Continue ReadingThe leadership of Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) on Wednesday said its forthcoming election would afford Nigeria opportunity to learn how to conduct elections that are free of crisis. The founder of BIM, Ralph Uwazuruike, made the assertion in Enugu during a sensitization programme ahead of the February 22 election into wards, provinces, districts, regions and […]
Continue ReadingA Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senaor representing Abia South, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016 budget as “dead on arrival”. Sen. Abaribe spoke while making his contribution to the debate on the budget on the floor of the senate on Wednesday. “Mr President, my colleagues, this budget is indeed unique.; after the budget […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal Hon. Danladi Yakubu Umar yesterday, spoke to the Senate Committee Chairman on Anti- Corruption, Senator Chukwuka G. Utazi on near total lack of adequate funding to Tribunal itinerant session. He made the disclosure in Abuja when the committee visited him for their oversight and equally assesses the performance of […]
Continue ReadingThe president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Le Graet, has said Karim Benzema deserves a second chance and is being unfairly treated. Benzema has been charged with complicity to blackmail teammate, Matthieu Valbuena in a sextape plot, which even lead to his invitation by the police. Benzema has been suspended from the France team […]
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