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Remembrance Day: Buhari, Osinbajo, Honours Fallen Heroes

January 15, 2020 2:19 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday led other top government functionaries, including service chiefs and members of the diplomatic corps to honour the nation’s fallen and living heroes.

The event, which involved the laying of wreaths at the National Arcade, was one of the highlights lined up to celebrate the 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration (AFRDC).

First to lay the wreath was the President, followed by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Senate President, Speaker, House of Representatives and Chief Justice of Nigeria, NAN reports.

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Remembrance Day: Oby Ezekwesili, Fani-Kayode Send Message

January 15, 2020 2:12 pm

A former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili has insisted that Nigeria lacks ‘shared humanity’.

Ezekwesili said this while felicitating with fallen soldiers in celebration of Armed Forces Remembrance Day.

Every January 15th, Nigeria marks the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, a day set aside to appreciate and celebrate fallen heroes and men and women in the military, who work round the clock to keep the nation safe.

Ezekwesil in her message on her official Twitter page wrote: “I was four when that brutal war started in 1967 and the suffering forced me to grow up overnight, seeing children like me die

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Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Why FG Must Review Welfare

January 15, 2020 7:19 am

Senator representing Plateau North, Istifanus Gyang has appealed to the Federal Government to use the 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day to review the welfare of serving officers and men as well as retirees, “including dead benefits and wellbeing of surviving families”.

He also said as the Deputy Chairman Senate Committee on Defence, the Committee will initiate and engage necessary legislative interventions to further equip and empower the Armed Forces “to effectively undertake and deliver on their clearly defined constitutional responsibility”.

Gyang disclosed this through his Special Adviser Media and Protocol, Ibrahim Musa Ashoms, on the occasion of the 2020

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