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There Is No Country Where Killers Walk Freely Like Nigeria

January 23, 2020 5:28 am

Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, has lamented that there was no place in the world where human lives were slaughtered anyhow without the perpetrators caught and brought to face justice like in Nigeria.

He spoke at the 3rd General Assembly and peace conference with the theme: ”Inter-Religious Dialogue: Strengthening the Culture of Peace, Reconciliation and Justice”, in Abuja on Wednesday.

Kukah stressed that Nigeria must move from talking to taking action.

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Kukah noted that the country must find a way

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Corruption And Repression In A Country Practicing Democracy

December 15, 2019 6:56 am

Are we really practicing democracy in this country? We may borrow an answer to that question from G. K. Chesterton, who wrote: “If we really lived in a democracy, we would not be deciding what to do about the poor. They would be deciding what to do about us.” We would have been able to answer in the affirmative if government at federal, state and local levels were to be at the service of the citizen. But the sad fact is: government has become a crushing burden that the citizen is forced by the same government to bear. This calls

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'Nigeria Is A Lawless Country', Sowore Fights For His Life

Video: ‘Nigeria Is A Lawless Country’, Sowore

October 1, 2019 1:21 pm

Omoyele Sowore; a Nigerian human rights activist and former presidential aspirant has declared Nigeria a lawless country.

Sowore was seen struggling for his life with security agents in their bid to hold him down and take him away from his fans.

“Nigeria is a lawless country, you can see they have kept me here for over six months. See the way they are dragging me around like a criminal even when I did nothing to them. I love my country and I will fight and die for this country”.

While Sowore and the security agents were having their fracas, …

FAO launches Country Programme Framework for Nigeria

May 7, 2019 11:45 am

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has launched its Country Programme Framework for Nigeria (CPF) for 2018 to 2022.

The launch took place on Tuesday in Abuja.

Mr Suffyan Koroma, FAO Country Representative, said during a public presentation of the programme that the CPF was a guide on FAOs partnership and collaboration with the Federal Government for food security and national development for a five year circle.

In preparing the documents, the stakeholders identified five key areas priorities in which the organisation could best apply and leverage its knowledge, resources, experience and expertise, Koroma said.

According to him, the priority …