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Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, on Thursday, launched an attack again on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, accusing it of trying to silence every dissenting voice.

Ortom, who declared that he would never be cowed into silence, maintained that the All Progressives Congress, APC, Government had failed in every indices.

The Benue Governor made the claim in Enugu during an event on organized by the Radio Nigeria chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ.

He said the Government was busy fighting perceived opposition while at the same time looking the other way amid mindless killing and maiming …

Babagana Zulum, Borno State Governor, on Thursday said thousands of Boko Haram members have surrendered.

Zulum disclosed this during a Town Hall meeting in Maiduguri, the state capital.

Describing the decision of the terrorists as a welcome development, the governor said the Nigerian Army, Department of State Services, DSS, and police have been supporting his administration over handling of the repentant Boko Haram members.

Zulum said the Army, DSS, and police are supporting and helping his government ensure the success of the process.

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The Federal Government have stated that it is doing everything possible to get justice in the case involving Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho.

Speaking on Wednesday, the minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, said; ‘We are doing the needful in terms of looking at the law as it exists, and then working within the context of the law in ensuring that justice is done as far as the contending issues between the parties are concerned,’ he told reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New …

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, told Maxima Zorreguieta, Queen of The Netherlands, that there have been significant changes in Nigeria in recent years.

Buhari assured the Queen, who last visited Nigeria in 2017, that if she came again, she would see a lot of differences.

He spoke at a bilateral meeting at the margins of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

The President said Nigeria was well aware of her limitations, and thus prioritized the provision of infrastructure.

‘Without infrastructure, development would be limited, so we put emphasis on building roads, rail, and power. We

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved ₦836 million for the establishment of oxygen production plants for COVID-19 pandemic intervention across the country.

Briefing State House reporters after the weekly FEC meeting on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the approval of the upward review followed a memo presented by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire to the council.

‘The Minister of Health also presented a memo seeking for an upward review for the emergency supply, installation, and maintenance of the 38 oxygen plants all over the country,’ Mohammed said.

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The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has asserted that the north and Nigerians generally cannot afford another tribalistic leader like President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

NEF Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, made this assertion while stressing that Nigeria’s next president should not be tribalistic as Buhari.

Baba-Ahmed said Nigeria needs a President who will act in the “opposite direction” to Buhari.

The NEF spokesman disclosed this on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ breakfast programme which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the refusal of the President Muhammadu Buhari led-Presidency to expose the names of the sponsors of Boko Haram and other terror groups in Nigeria.

The opposition stressed that Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) government are giving Nigerians the impression of ‘official cover for terrorists and bandits pillaging the nation’.

In a statement which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York on Tuesday, PDP spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan berated the government for saying it would not expose the identity of terror masterminds.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the United …

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ibrahim Pantami, has said that fake and biased news are the major causes of disunity in the country.

Pantami urged Nigerians, particularly media practitioners to eschew the spread of fake news.

He made these declarations at the 3rd Anniversary of Muslim News Nigeria held in Lagos at the weekend.

Present at the event included Alhaji Femi Abbas, Barrister Ibrahim Yakubu Umar, Dr. Saliu Oyelami, former Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr Abdul Lateef AbdulHakeem; Amirah of the Federation of Muslim Women Associations of Nigeria, Hajiah Rafiah Sanni and former Chairman of …