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Marshal Idris Deby Itno, the President of Chad, on Saturday expressed optimism that the armies of the four countries under the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) can eradicate the Boko Haram insurgents.

The Chadian President made this assertion while responding to questions from State House correspondents after an official visit to President Muhammadu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja which was held behind closed doors.

The Chadian leader said terrorism remains an issue in the Lake Chad Basin and the Sahel region of Africa because the MNJTF has not been carrying out enough required operations.

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 US President Joe Biden on Friday revealed that the United States has invited China and Russia to be among 40 nations to participate in a global summit on climate change scheduled to hold in April.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were among the world leaders who have been invited to the April 22-23 summit, Biden said.

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Biden told reporters he had not yet spoken to the two leaders about it, ‘but they know they’re invited.’ Climate change is one area that Biden administration officials believe …

Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Army, yesterday, held a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, at the Nigerian Army Headquarters in Abuja to discuss security issues.

The lawmakers’ committee led by its Chairman, Abdul-Razaq Namdas, held the meeting with the COAS behind closed doors at about 11.am.

The agenda of the meeting was not immediately revealed as the leaders of both parties declined to speak to journalists after the meeting, however it was gathered that the meeting centered on agitations of some groups to divide the country and rising insecurity.…

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi yesterday admitted that the concerns about Nigeria’s unity were legitimate, he, however, noted that the clamour was transient and could be resolved through the active engagement of all stakeholders.

In recent times, the clamor for restructuring and regional self-determination has grown to take the center stage in national public discourse.

Amaechi spoke at the 34th Convocation Lecture of the University of Calabar, where he delivered a lecture titled, ‘Beyond our Imperfect Union: The National Question and Nigeria’s Future.’

According to him, ‘In recent days, we have begun to hear loud voices …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday offered a special prayer against another war in Nigeria over 50 years after the first civil war.

President Buhari made this prayer at an event to welcome the World leader of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Religious Movement, Sheikh Muhammadul Mahy Niass, the Grand Khalifa of Sheikh Ibrahim Niass on Friday.

Buhari, who recalled that in the 30 months of the civil war, Nigerians on both sides lost numerous lives, prayed that ‘never again shall we experience such‘.

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President Joe Biden on Thursday said he intends to run for re-election in 2024 with Vice President Kamala Harris on the ticket.

At his first presidential news conference, Biden responded ‘Yes’ when asked if he would seek the office he currently occupies again in 2024.

‘The answer is yes, my plan is to run for reelection,‘ ‘That’s my expectation.‘

When asked about the potential for another Biden-Harris ticket, Biden praised Harris for the work she’s done so far.

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‘I would fully expect that to be …

Yoruba Groups, under the umbrella of all ‘Yoruba Groups Worldwide’, have set aside June 12 as the day of referendum for the Yoruba nation on the self-determination agenda.

This and other resolutions were reached at a meeting held at the Western Hall, Oyo State Secretariat Complex, Ibadan, with the theme: ‘The Paramountcy of Yoruba Unity in Tackling The Insecurity Menace in Yorubaland.’

The Founder of Yoruba K’oya Movement, Otunba Deji Osibogun, who read the communique for the groups after the meeting, said that Yoruba self-determination was non-negotiable.

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The groups, which urged …

This certainly not the best of times for the Nigerian Senate as the bill to establish the Armed Forces Commission which is being proposed by the minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe pitched the Senators from the southern region against their northern counterparts.

Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has declared that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is the best thing to happen ever happen to the country.

He made this assertion on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme which was monitored by our correspondent, according to the governor, the has recorded a lot of achievements.

The programme anchor had asked him if he agrees with his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterparts who said Buhari is the best thing to happen to Nigeria and he responded thus: ‘I agree with the given circumstances we have now. I believe 100 per cent. I know what …