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Buratai Calls For Synergy Between Security Agencies

November 18, 2019 5:12 pm

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has called for synergy between the Armed Forces,  other security agencies and the media as a way of achieving success in operations being carried out by the force.

General Buratai spoke at a workshops organised for Commanding Officers, Defence Correspondents, Officers of the Directorate of Army Public Relations (DAPR) and Online Publishers, saying the present fight against insurgents in the North East , including the war against militancy requires high degree of coordinated efforts among security agencies.

The  Army Chief who was represented by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division …

Falana Calls for Suspension of Morocco From AU

November 18, 2019 7:57 am

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, has called for the suspension of Morocco from the African Union over the alleged illegal occupation of parts of the territory of Western Sahara.

The human rights lawyer made the call to African leaders at the recently concluded international conference on Western Sahara in Paris, capital of France.

Falana, who is also the legal adviser of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic for Africa, argued that the enlistment of Morocco to the AU in January 2017, while occupying Western Sahara, violated some provisions of the constitutive act of …

Trump Calls For ‘War’ On Cartels After Death Of Mormons

Trump Calls For ‘War’ On Cartels After Death Of Mormons

November 6, 2019 3:20 pm
President Donald Trump offered Tuesday to help Mexico hunt the killers of nine Mormon women and children shot dead in a lawless border area and said the United States stood ready to back its southern neighbour in a “war” on drug cartels.
Gunmen ambushed the members of the LeBaron family — a large clan of Mormons who emigrated to Mexico in the late 19th century — on Monday on a rural road between the states of Sonora and Chihuahua, which border the United States.

Three women and six children were killed, including a set of twin babies, said, relatives and

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NBA Calls For Declaration Of State Of Emergency In Edo

NBA Calls For Declaration Of State Of Emergency In Edo

November 1, 2019 1:35 pm

Following the near-deplorable security situation in Edo State, the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Benin branch, thursday called for the declaration of state of emergency on the state of security in the state.

The call was contained in a joint statement signed by the association Chairman, Mr. Collins Ogiebaen, and Secretary, Mr. Pius Oiwoh, which was made available to journalists.

The association said the call became necessary due to the rising wave of insecurity across the state.

The statement added that no fewer than eight lawyers and judges have been abducted across the state within the last nine months, with the …

Boko Haram: UN Calls For Proportionate Military Action

Boko Haram: UN Calls For Proportionate Military Action

October 25, 2019 9:20 am

The United Nations on Friday said the ongoing military action against Boko Haram in the North-east should be proportionate and not add to the plight of the civil populace.

The UN lamented that a total of 38 UN and NGO workers, most of them Nigerians, have been killed since 2011, stressing that 10 aid workers have died as a result of the violence perpetrated by Boko Haram and other non-state armed groups in the past 18 months even as six other persons are still missing.

The UN further lamented that this year alone, the resurgence of Boko Haram has led …

Peter Obi Calls For Massive Investment In Nigerian Youths

Peter Obi Calls For Massive Investment In Nigerian Youths

October 15, 2019 7:12 am

A former Anambra State governor and vice presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday stressed the need for Nigeria to invest in her human capital as it is being done in developed countries, noting that this would go a long way in improving the leadership qualities in the country.

Obi, who featured on Arise TV, expressed concern that the country seemed to be jostling between productivity and certificates, saying rather than calling the Nigerian youths lazy, we should invest in them.

According to him, “Those youths we are calling lazy are our assets. The founder of …

Chesan Nze Calls Out The Producer Who Demanded Sex For Roles

Chesan Nze Calls Out Producers Who Demanded Sex For Roles

September 28, 2019 3:51 pm

Chesan Nze, a Nollywood budding actress recently took to her Instagram page to call out movie producers who demand for sex before starring her in a movie.

She wrote, “I am done keeping mute over the movie producers who demand sex. I do this business for the love of entertaining my people. But, these producers want me to sacrifice my dignity for my passion, after sacrificing my time for my dream. How long will this continue in Nollywood? You want to have sex as a condition before featuring an actor whom you contacted and auditioned for a role? It is …

Nigerian Governors reject calls to scrap security votes

Nigerian Governors reject calls to scrap security votes

September 12, 2019 12:38 am

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Wednesday kicked against calls for the removal of security votes, insisting that doing so would be inimical to development.

NGF Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said in Abuja that the abolition of security votes as being advocated by many in the country would breed chaos in the polity instead of curbing corruption as is being widely believed.

He said there was no development without security.

The position of the governors came just as Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, advocated parameters …

Xenophobia: Kalu calls for retaliation

Xenophobia: Kalu calls for retaliation

September 4, 2019 4:25 am
  • Ekweremadu wants diplomatic ties with South Africa severed

Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, Tuesday reacted to the recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa saying Nigeria has had enough of such attacks.

This is coming just as the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, called on Nigerians to retaliate such attacks while the immediate past Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, canvassed for the severance of diplomatic relations with South Africa in view of the persistent xenophobic attacks.

Lawan, in a statement personally signed by him, emphasised that Nigeria has had enough of its citizens being targets …

Ihedioha calls for peace between NAF, communities over land

Ihedioha calls for peace between NAF, communities over land

August 18, 2019 11:12 am

Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo has called for peace between the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and its host communities over a land dispute, according to Mr Chibuike Onyeukwu, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, in a statement.

In the statement issued in Owerri on Saturday, Ihedioha noted that the dispute between Obube and Umuowa communities in Owerri North and Ngor Okpala local government areas respectively and NAF Regiment 211 had lingered.

The governor who visited the area with the Commandant of the Regiment, Group Capt. Phillip Bindul, appealed to the communities to withdraw the case on the matter from …

Kebbi Emir calls for more aids from EU, UNICEF in community

Kebbi Emir calls for more aids from EU, UNICEF in community

July 24, 2019 9:55 am

The Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Sama’ila Muhammad, has called for more engagement with the European Union and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the area of community health development.

The emir made the call on Tuesday when he received a team from UNICEF, led by Rabiu Musa, UNICEF Communication Specialist, in his palace in Argungu, Kebbi state.

Muhammad, who commended the organisations for their various intervention programmes, said the intervention had transformed healthcare delivery system in most hard-to-reach communities in the state.

“Under the programme we have enjoyed a lot of extension and improvements in our facilities; from buildings to …

Court grants El-Zakzaky leave for medical attention abroad

House disagree over calls to ban Shi’ites, free El-Zakzaky

July 24, 2019 8:46 am

The House of Representatives was thrown into a rowdy session yesterday as lawmakers were engaged in altercations over the call on the federal government to release the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shi’ite, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and to ban the sect.

Following the disagreement on whether or not the House should adopt a motion to that effect, the House quickly adopted a motion to withdraw into an executive session to resolve the matter.

The disagreement over freedom for el-Zakzaky, who has been in detention since 2015, despite a court order granting him bail, came …

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