April 2021

Retired Police officers in Cross River State have staged a peaceful protest to complain about poor remuneration.

The protesters during the peaceful rally threatened to move out of the pension scheme.

The retired Police officers described the pension scheme as fraudulent and raised an alarm of corruption in the pension and housing scheme.

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Speaking at the Police Headquarters in Calabar, during the protest, the spokesperson of the group, SP Iwara Ibiang (retired) described the ordeal of retired officers.

‘After 35 years, I was given less than ₦2.5m as a

The presidency has alleged that the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry (AMEN), Ejike Mbaka had visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the States House seeking for contract.

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made the allegation on Friday.

The allegation followed the clergy’s call for the President to resign for failing to address the deteriorating security situation across the country

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NATO has revealed that the withdrawal of its mission from Afghanistan following a decision by President Joe Biden to bring US forces home has begun in earnest.

According to an alliance official who spoke to journalists yesterday said the process was orderly, coordinated, and deliberate, he said; ‘NATO Allies decided in mid-April to start the withdrawal of Resolute Support Mission forces by May 1 and this withdrawal has begun, Members of the US-backed alliance agreed this month to wrap up their 9,600-strong mission in Afghanistan after Biden made the call to end Washington’s longest war’.

The decision — which …

Hostilities in the west of Chad between the military and rebels who launched an insurgency earlier this month from bases in Libya has continued.

According to a spokesman for the country’s military council, the recent clash was in the Kanem region near the border with Niger.

The area according to reports is close to where former President Idriss Déby was fatally wounded whilst visiting troops on the front line 10 days ago.

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On Sunday the military council, led by the former president’s son, said there would be no negotiating with the …