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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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, has boasted that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will suffer if he leaves for another party. Wike made the statement on Monday while briefing newsmen at the Government House, Port Harcourt the state’s capital. The governor’s claim is coming barely one week after his Cross River counterpart, Ben […]
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United Bank for Africa (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services institution, today announced the appointment of Mrs. Caroline Anyanwu to its Board of Directors, effective May 19, 2021. Caroline Anyanwu holds a First-Class degree in Statistics from the University of Ilorin in Nigeria and has worked extensively in the fields of accounting, taxation, credit risk […]
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Commonwealth health ministers have today issued a joint statement after their annual meeting in which they called for swift and equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for everyone around the world. In the statement on behalf of the 54 Commonwealth member countries, they expressed deep concern over the stark gaps in access and delivery of doses, especially in […]
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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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