January 2020

South

South West Govs Have Duty To Protect Their Citizens’

January 22, 2020 12:24 pm
The gubernatorial candidate of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the March 9th, 2019 governorship election in Oyo State, Engineer Hakeem Alao, on Wednesday declared that Governors in the South West region have a duty to protect their citizens when the federal government of Nigeria failed to do do.

Alao, who maintained that, though the issue of security is exclusively a statutory function of the federal government, insisted that the Governors; Seyi Makinde (Oyo) Gboyega Oyetola (Osun) Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) have a duty as Chief security officers of their respective

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Amotekun

Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn As a Game Changer For 2023

January 22, 2020 7:38 am

Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide during the Goodluck Jonathan administration has aired his views about the controversial, Pro-South-South security outfit ‘Amotekun’.

 

“A lot has been written about the introduction of the region-wide security outfit for the Southwest, known as Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn. Much of it is built around emotions. And as my readers may have noticed, I am not a NICE man. I am a WISE man. I deal with facts. I do not deal in emotions.”

 

“Nnamdi Kanu is only partly right. Nigeria is definitely not a zoo. But, I must confess that we live in a jungle, …

Boko Haram: Buhari Reacts To Execution Of CAN Chairman

January 22, 2020 7:18 am
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the Boko Haram killing of Lawan Andimi, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika local government area of Adamawa state.

Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, described the murder as cruel, inhuman and deliberately provocative.

He expressed sorrow that the terrorists went on to kill the religious leader while giving signals at the same time of a willingness to set him free by releasing him to third parties.

“President Buhari consoles the Christian community all over Nigeria, the government

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Army Speaks On ‘Killing, Abduction Of Soldiers’ In Borno

January 22, 2020 7:17 am
The Nigerian Army has dismissed the report of killing and abduction of soldiers by Boko Haram terrorists along Gwoza-Bama road in Borno.

The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement on Tuesday, dismissed claim that 17 soldiers were killed and others kidnapped in a confrontation with the terrorists around Banki Junction, along Gwoza-Bama road.

He said some international organisations had equally fallen prey to the Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province propaganda antics.

“It is pertinent to add that the Army Headquarters has keenly observed that fake news, particularly on security-related issues have become rampant from

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MURIC Speaks On Execution Of CAN Chairman

January 22, 2020 7:17 am

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the murder of the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Rev. Lawan Andimi, by Boko Haram

MURIC director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Tuesday in a statement, described the killing as horrendous, ungodly and barbaric.

He noted that that Boko Haram is not an Islamic group, but a group of misled zealots, adding that any group that kills at will and sheds the blood of innocent people cannot represent the religion.

Akintola said: “What is the crime of Rev. Andimi? Being a Christian is

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PDP Chairman In Kano Defects To APC

January 22, 2020 7:16 am
The Kano State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi, has reportedly defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

According to Daily Nigerian, a source close to the party chairman said his decision to dump the party was based on principles and personal conviction.

“The decision of Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi was not related to the outcome of the Supreme Court judgement. It was purely based on principles and personal conviction.

Read Also: The Northern Nigeria And The Rest Of Us

“In the affairs of Kwankwasiyya, Rabiu Bichi has been lately rendered irrelevant, ostracised and sidelined from

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The Northern Nigeria And The Rest Of Us

January 22, 2020 7:02 am

 

Northern Nigeria may be educationally disadvantaged, but they are not politically disadvantaged. Have you ever wondered why the North has always succeeded in pitching the Igbos, Yorubas and others against themselves while gunning for power?

Isn’t it surprising that the much primitive and less educated North have been outsmarting the more developed and educated South?

Some of the answers can be gotten from this Sardauna’s quote:

“The new Nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grand father Othman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent the change of power. We must use the minorities in the north, …

Ihedioha’s Sack: Ohanaeze Blows Hot

January 21, 2020 2:43 pm

The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned against impending political crisis in Imo state, claiming that external forces have been contracted to destabilize the state on the guise of the recent verdict of the Supreme Court of Nigeria which removed Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, as governor of Imo state.

NAN recalls that the Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, last week ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Uzodinma a certificate of return.

A seven-man panel, in its decision held that Ihedioha did not win the majority of votes cast at the March 9, 2019 governorship election.…

Magu

No High Profile Corrupt Individuals Will Be Shielded – Magu

January 21, 2020 2:36 pm
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, Tuesday breezed into the Ilorin Zonal office of the commission declaring that no high profile individuals involved in corrupt allegations would be shielded from prosecution.

“All of them would be arraigned as soon as investigations are concluded.”

Magu who arrived the zonal office at about 11.20am said ” I am here to see how my men are doing and to also see areas of improvement in the bid to ensure efficiency in the system.”

Read Also: Okey Onyekanma Resigns As Deputy Speaker In Imo

He asserted that the campaign

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Miyetti

FFK Reacts As Miyetti Says Yoruba People Are Most Primitive

January 21, 2020 2:35 pm
Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the statement by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group that people of the Southwest are the ‘most primitive when it comes to politics.’

NAN had reported that the National Secretary of the group, Alhassan Saleh, made the declaration while faulting people of the Southwest for supporting the establishment of Amotekun, a region security outfit.

Featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme, Saleh explained that people of the Southwest are very intolerant of opposition.

Read Also: Okey Onyekanma Resigns As Deputy Speaker In Imo

When asked to confirm a statement credited to

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UTME

UTME 2020: JAMB Withdraws Licenses Of 11 Centres

January 21, 2020 2:34 pm
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn licences from 11 centres for charging candidates exorbitant amount in the ongoing 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) registration.

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the board, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday, at an interactive session with stakeholders.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the stakeholders comprises – the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), banks, E-transact, Digital Partner Network, Interswitch and other service providers.

Oloyede said that the proliferation of tutorial centres was a major concern as most of the centres engaged in fraud and corruption,

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Amotekun

Amotekun: No Amount Of Police Can Stop Us – Yoruba Group

January 21, 2020 2:30 pm
The Yoruba Worldwide Congress (YWC) has on Tuesday, declared that no amount of intimidation from Nigeria Police Force, an agency of the federal government of Nigeria can stop the existence of Western Nigeria Security Network also known as Amotekun.

THISDAY gathered that some men in uniforms stopped the ‘Amotekun’ protesters at Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos on Tuesday.

But, YWC while reacting, insisted that it has drawn the battle line with the Federal Government on the creation of security outfit by South West Governors.

The group said that no amount of Federal Government power can stop the outfit,

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