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Sokoto: Details Of Sultan Meeting With Tambuwal Emerge

January 21, 2020 2:26 pm
The Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Tuesday, urged political gladiators in the state to unite for the benefit of the entire people of the state.

A statement issued to newsmen by the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, Malam Muhammad Bello, said that Abubakar made the appeal when he received Tambuwal during a courtesy visit to the Sultan in Sokoto.

According to the monarch, it is high time for the political gladiators to set aside their differences and work together to achieve maximum benefit for the people of the state.

“There has never been a time in

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Trump Gives Exact Details On Elimination Of Soleimani

January 18, 2020 10:39 am
President Donald Trump has narrated minute-by-minute details of the US strike that killed Iran’s top military commander, Qassem Soleimani.

Trump spoke at a GOP fundraising dinner held inside the gilded ballroom on his Mar-a-Lago property Friday evening, CNN reports.

In his speech, Trump said that Soleimani was “saying bad things about our country. How much of this shit do we have to listen to? How much are we going to listen to?”

He called Soleimani a “noted terrorist” who “was down on our list” and “was supposed to be in his country” before traveling to other nations in the region.

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Details Of Buhari’s Meeting With Security Chiefs Emerge

January 17, 2020 2:34 pm
The Federal Government has taken delivery of two fighter helicopters to boost the ongoing fight against insurgency and banditry in the country.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of Security Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.

The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Abubakar also announced that additional fighter helicopters and other military hardware would be supplied to the nation’s armed forces to enhance their capacity in the battle fields.

He said: “In terms of procurement of platforms, substantial

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Imo: Details Of Hope Uzodinma’s Swearing-In

January 15, 2020 7:16 am
Imo Governor-Elect, Senator Hope Uzodinma and his Deputy, Professor Placid Njoku will be sworn in Wednesday at 1pm.

Chief Judge of Imo State, Justice Paschal Nnadi, will conduct the inauguration at the Government House where security remains tight

Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will then give an inaugural speech.

Thereafter, he will address a press conference.

Uzodinma is expected to announce his first set of appointment within 24 hours.

Positions like Chief of Staff, Secretary to the State Government and Chief Press Secretary would be filled.

The Supreme Court, in a unanimous Judgment on Tuesday, sacked Emeka Ihedioha

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Herdsmen: Details Of Meeting Between Ortom, Sule Emerge

January 13, 2020 4:35 am

The details of the meeting between Governors of Benue and Nasarawa States at the Government House in Lafia, have emerged.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State and Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa were accompanied by delegations made up of top government officials and traditional rulers from the two states in the peace meeting held on Sunday.

It was a follow up meeting to the earlier one in Makurdi, the Benue State capital on July 22 last year.

The Lafia meeting gave Ortom and Sule the opportunity to assess the progress so far made to sustain peace in border communities of the …

Plateau Attack: Details Of Buhari’s Meeting With Lalong

January 11, 2020 5:38 am
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau, says the 19 Northern states have gone far in their efforts to introduce community policing in the region.

Lalong spoke with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said he was at the Presidential Villa to brief the president on security issues in Plateau, particularly the Jan. 9 attack in which 13 people died in Mangu Local Government Area, and the efforts being made to contain the situation, NAN reports.

Lalong said that his timely intervention and presence in the villages where the

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IPPIS: Details Of Buhari’s Meeting With ASUU Emerge

January 10, 2020 2:20 am
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, in Abuja, said Federal Government will give more attention to improving personnel and infrastructure of universities to produce quality graduates, assuring that education will, henceforth, be a top priority in development goals of the country.

President Buhari, who received leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) led by Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi at the State House, said effective and efficient operations of universities will go a long way in improving the economy, especially with focus on science and technology.

The President urged members of ASUU to assist the Federal Government in realising the target of

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Details Of Osinbajo, Govs’ NEC Meeting On Thursday

December 20, 2019 4:49 am

The National Economic Council (NEC) says there is need for states to pool resources together and set up a security trust fund in view of the huge cost of maintaining security.

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos State briefed State House correspondents after the 100th NEC meeting presided over Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, NAN reports.

He said that NEC’s Committee on Security and Policing headed by Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti with some governors, Inspector-General of Police (IG-P), National Security Adviser (NSA) and Chief of Defence Staff as members presented a report to …

JAMB advises candidates to secure registration details

May 1, 2019 9:23 pm

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised candidates who wrote this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to guard their profile code and registration details well.

The board said unscrupulous individuals were on the prowl to dupe unsuspecting candidates.

JAMB’s Head of Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, gave the advice yesterday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

He also said the board had secured conviction of three persons who were arrested for impersonation during the examination.

The spokesperson said the three offenders had been sent to two-year jail with no option of a fine.

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