An unidentified suicide bomber has bomber self to pieces in Afikpo town, Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi state. According to reports the incident occurred at about 12pm on Tuesday. Commissioner for Internal Security, Stanley Okoro who confirmed the incident, noted that he was yet to get details if what happened. However, a source revealed […]
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The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has revealed why the President was absent at Saturday’s burial of late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other military officers killed in a plane crash. According to her the president must be given a 48-hour notice before any funeral […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says the death of Army Chief, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other military officers in an air crash had increased the country’s problem. The President had on Monday spoke when the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, and his colleagues visited him at the Presidential Villa to console him. Fayemi was […]
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Senator Rochas Okorocha, an Imo West Senator has said injustice and poverty are the cause for insecurity in Nigeria. He noted that if the government failed to address poverty and injustice in Nigeria, no amount of ammunition can win a war against insecurity. The former Imo governor spoke at the 2021 NBA -Spidel annual conference […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday expressed a strong resolve to address the conflicts of herders and farmers for a permanent solution. The President also ordered that the associated problem of the gun-wielding “killer herdsmen” be tackled. Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, in a statement recalled Buhari approved measures to bring an end to the skirmishes […]
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The conversation elicited since the Asaba declaration of the Southern Governors of Nigeria is still ongoing but not with the unexpected clap back from different groups and individuals. Since the decision by the Governors to ban the much controversial Open Grazing, there has been a round of applause for the once regarded docile leaders, cutting […]
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The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is set to celebrate this year’s Africa Day in commemoration of African unity with the third edition of its annual UBA Africa Conversations, headlined by Africa’s international leaders that include the President of Rwanda, H.E Mr Paul Kagame; Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation(WTO); Dr Tedros […]
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An ex-Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has requested that President Buhari consider an Igbo military officer to replace the former Chief of Army Staff. Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who was killed in the air crash last Friday, May 21. According to Reno, this move will help cease the fight of secessionists. He wrote; ”The best way […]
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Some angry residents of Niger state have blocked the Gauraka Abuja-Kaduna Highway in the Tarfa Local Government Area of Niger State, as they protested the incessant kidnappings recorded on the road. According to reports the irate youths as early as 6am today, 24th May, barricaded the busy road with a bonfire, stones, and wood, insisting […]
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Atleast eleven persons have been reported killed by notorious armed bandits in Saulawa community of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An eyewitness said the victims were killed when heavily armed bandits stormed the community on Saturday evening and started shooting sporadically. The source noted that the bandits carted away livestocks, other valuables including […]
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