January 19, 2020

Imo State: APGA, Ararume Pledge To Support Uzodinma

January 19, 2020 9:56 am

 

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo State has directed its members to support the new All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the best interest of the state.

 

At the meeting in Owerri which had in attendance the APGA Chairman, Henry Okafor, its governorship candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and other top officials, the party said following the recent development in the state, it is collapsing its structure into the APC in the state to form a coalition.

 

Araraume noted that the people of the state have suffered hence the need for the people to help the …

What Ojukwu Said When He Fled To Ivory Coast

January 19, 2020 9:56 am

OJUKWU’S SPEECH FROM IVORY COAST

 

Three days ago I left the Republic of Biafra with certain members of my Cabinet as a result of a decision taken by that Cabinet in the interest of our people’s survival.

 

Since my departure events have moved with such breathless speed that friends and foe alike have been left not only bewildered but confused.

 

It is therefore necessary for me to address these words to the international press in order to keep the records right, and in pursuit of the object of my leaving the Republic of Biafra.

 

It is …

Fresh Female Army Recruit Found Dead In Lovers House

January 19, 2020 9:54 am
A 23-year-old lady, Patience Amos, has died in the hands of her boyfriend in the Adamawa State capital, Yola.

The decomposing body of Patience was found in the boyfriend’s room days after she died, perceivably after a violent argument.

Neighbours said they heard voices of Patience and the boyfriend, Ali Wakil, at his residence in Damilu in the Jimeta area of Yola, but did not take it for anything that might turn fatal.

‘’Residents became suspicious when we could not see the lady for good three days, and what worried us more was the terrible odour emitting from their room,’’

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Atiku, Buhari Sends Message To Emeka Anyaoku

January 19, 2020 9:53 am

A former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has extended birthday wishes to former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, as he turns 87 years on January 18.

Atiku described Chief Anyaoku as an enabler of freedom, justice and democracy in Nigeria and African.

In a tweet on his official Twitter page at the weekend, Atiku wrote: “I celebrate Chief Emeka Anyaoku, seasoned diplomat and patriot, and an enabler of freedom, justice and democracy in our country and the African continent on his 87th birthday. As you age, so shall your strength. –AA President.”

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu

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Boko Haram: 608 Ex-Terrorists To Be Freed – Nigerian Army

January 19, 2020 6:32 am
The Nigerian military says no fewer than 608 repentant Boko Haram insurgents are currently undergoing De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) Programme by Operation Safe Corridor (OSC) at Malam-Sidi, Gombe State.

Brig:- Gen. Musa Ibrahim, Commandant DRR Camp OSC, made this known when the Managing Director, North East Development Commission (NEDC), Mohammed Alkali visited the camp on Saturday.

NAN quoted him as saying 14 of the repentant insurgents were foreigners from Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic.

Ibrahim said: “from inception we received 893 out of which 286 graduated

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Imo: Why We Lost Zamafara To PDP – APC

January 19, 2020 6:29 am
Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday said it lost the state to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because God wanted to test the party.

APC Chairman, Lawal Liman, spoke on the Supreme Court ruling on Imo governorship election at the party’s monthly stakeholders meeting in Kaura-Namoda.

Liman said the APC members in the state deserved commendation considering their patience and persistence in supporting the party in spite of the challenges they are facing.

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“We are aware of the challenges that our members are

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Amotekun, Ploy By Yoruba Leaders To Create Oduduwa Republic

January 19, 2020 6:28 am
A former governor of old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has said that the main reason the leaders and governors of the Southwest region set up the new security outfit, Operation Amotekun was to create Oduduwa Republic.

NAN reported that Governors in the South West region had established and inaugurated the security outfit to curb the menace of herdsmen attacks in their region.

But Musa, in an interview with the Sun, warned that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government must not allow the operation of such security network, adding that it falls out of the established laws of the country.

He

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Simon Mallam, Nigerian Prof Killed In Gas Explosion Buried

January 19, 2020 6:26 am
The remains of late Prof. Simon Mallam who died in a gas explosion in Sabo Tasha, Kaduna have been laid to rest in his hometown, Malagum, Kaura Local Government, Kaduna State.

Mallam, a Professor of Nuclear Physics at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, was until his death, the Chairman of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.

He was among the eight persons killed in the gas explosion on Jan. 4, 2020.

Mallam’s remains were laid to rest on Saturday, after a funeral Service held at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Malagum.

The Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Ogbonaya Onu

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Oshiomhole

Clear Reasons Hope Uzodinma Defeated Ihedioha In S’Court

January 19, 2020 6:23 am
Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said his party deserved the victory handed it by the Supreme Court in the Imo State governorship election.

Oshiomhole explained that APC deserved the judgement based on the ‘facts’ available to the court and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Recall that the Supreme Court had a few days ago nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo State while declaring Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the governorship election.

However, Oshomhole in a press conference over the weekend in Abuja described the

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Buhari Speaks On Closure Of Nigeria’s Borders

January 19, 2020 6:17 am
President Muhammadu Buhari, Saturday, in London said that the partial closure of Nigeria’s borders was not to punish her neighbours.

He explained that it was meant to strengthen the country’s security and economy.

At a meeting with a select group of the Nigerian community in the United Kingdom, the President explained that the period of closure will be used for stock-taking on threats to the nation’s security and economy.

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He noted that Nigerian farmers have been celebrating the closure which has drastically reduced smuggling of agricultural produce as

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Border Closure: Customs Seize 42 Bags Of Foreign Rice

January 19, 2020 6:15 am
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has intercepted 42 bags of foreign rice at Kankara axis of Katsina State.

The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Sunday James, who disclosed this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Abuja, said that it was concealed in a vehicle.

James said that the officers were on routine patrol along the Kankara axis when they apprehended a vehicle carrying the contraband.

Read Also: Dickson’s Critics Will Regret After His Exit – Bayelsa Govt

According to him, the 42 bags of rice have been handed over

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