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‘We’ll Not Abandon You’ – Buhari Assures Burkina Faso

December 27, 2019 4:38 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the government and people of Burkina Faso that Nigeria and the West African sub-region would not abandon them to their fate.

His spoke in reaction to Islamist militants’ killing killed 35 civilians, 31 of them women, in an attack on a military base and a town in Burkina Faso.

Seven soldiers and 80 militants were also killed as the army repelled Tuesday’s attack in Arbinda, in northern Soum province.

President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré had since declared two days of national mourning.

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Delta Monarchs Abandon Palaces As Flood Sacks Communities

October 17, 2019 4:19 pm

The ravaging flood resulting from the overflow of the River Niger has rendered residents in over ten communities along the shores of the river homeless.

The communities which spread across four kingdoms are in Oshimili South and Ndokwa East local government areas of Delta State.

As at the time of filing this report on Thursday, the four traditional rulers had abandoned their palaces for fear of being submerged by the flood.

Farmlands, houses and other properties in the affected kingdoms including Oko, Abala-Oshimili, Aika and Okpai had gone underwater.

The worth of the properties destroyed are said to in …

Enugu government did not abandon me, says Chukwu

April 14, 2019 12:42 am

Former Super Eagles Chief Coach, Christian Chukwu, yesterday, said Enugu State government has not abandoned him, as the government has continued to pick his hospital bills.

Speaking from his ‘Mary room’ sick bed at Nikea Hospital, Enugu, Chukwu said his health has continued to improve by the day, disclosing that initial reports of his abandonment may be due to “communication gap”.

Chukwu’s revelation came as former old Anambra State governor, Chief Jim Nwobodo, said the former Green Eagles captain requires being flown overseas for further treatment. Popularly called ‘chairman’,Chukwu told reporters who accompanied Nwobodo on the visit to him that …