Category: Politics

Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), on Sunday declared that the Boko Haram insurgents have been defeated by troops in the northeast. Buratai made the declaration at a special service to commemorate the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, held at ST Bartholomew’s Military Church, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. Buratai, represented by Maj.-Gen. David Ahmadu, the Chief of Training and Operations, Army Headquarters, disclosed that the military has won the war against insurgency. He revealed that the military had recorded successes in the intensified offensive, routed and defeated…

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The Ohaneze Ndigbo, the leading Igbo social-political group, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that no sane person will vote for him come 2019 Presidential election. The National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Prince Uche Achi-Okpaga, pointed out that Buhari’s failure to check the menace of the herdsmen would affect his chances for re-election in 2019. Achi- Okpaga said that “no sane person would vote for a government that was not able to secure the lives of its citizens.” He noted that it was strange that the country’s security agencies, which he…

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Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has debunked an allegation that he is the chief financier of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). The association is the national body of Fulani herdsmen. Paul Ibe, Atiku’s spokesman, in a statement on Friday, described the allegation against Abubakar, who holds Tiv traditional title of Zege Mule U Tiv, as sad and false. Ibe said it was disheartening that in this period of intense grief in Benue State, Chief Paul Unongo would choose to level false allegations on the person of Abubakar. Unongo…

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The All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairman of Etche Local Government Area, Chief Musa Elekwa has resigned his membership of the APC with immediate effect. The Etche APC Chairman has also formally joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a letter to the Rivers State APC Chairman, Chief Davies Ikanya dated January 3, 2017 titled “Resignation of Membership of APC”, Chief Elekwa said he was rejoining PDP because the party has kept faith with the people through projects delivery. The read: “I have decided willingly to renounce my membership of APC…

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Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has accused the federal government of neglecting the state. Mr. Emmanuel said the state, despite being the largest producer of oil in the country, has not seen many development projects from the federal government for years. The governor was speaking on Tuesday during a prayer meeting organised by the state government in Uyo to usher in the New Year. “We are the largest producer of oil in this country,” Governor Emmanuel said. “I want to challenge the minister of petroleum resources, let them show us…

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The Muslim rights concern group has submitted a memorandum to the Federal house of Representatives concerning the ‘injustice’ meted out to a Muslim student, Firdaus Amasa. Amasa made headlines late last year after she refused to remove her hijab in order to be called to bar. Below is a statement from MURIC, signed by its leader, Prof. Ishaq Akintola; The Committee on Judiciary and Justice of the House of Representatives was mandated on Wednesday 20th December, 2017 to investigate the circumstances surrounding Law School hijabgate. A law graduate of the…

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday described the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as “a dead party, not capable of capturing Lagos in 2019.” The Assistant Publicity Secretary of the APC in the state, Mr Abiodun Salami made the remark in a recent statement in Lagos. Salami was reacting to an assertion by the Publicity Secretary of PDP in the state, Mr Taofik Gani, that the opposition party would win Lagos and take over government in 2019. Gani had said that 2019 would be the beginning of the end of…

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The Nigerian army says more than 700 people held by Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country have escaped captivity. An army spokesperson, Col Timothy Antigha, said they had fled several islands in Lake Chad and arrived in the town of Monguno, in Borno state. There has been no independent verification of the army’s claim. Reports suggest that the escapes are likely to have happened over a period of time, not in one go. The military says a recent armed forces operation, Deep Punch II, has weakened Boko…

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President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said his administration will not rest in continually reviewing and strengthening ongoing reforms in the agricultural sector until Nigeria regains its pride of place as a food exporting country. He made this known through his SSA on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu via Femi Adesina’s facebook handle. Receiving the All Progressives Congress (APC) family from Kebbi State in the Presidential Villa, the President said about 90 per cent of some food imports into the country, which usually gulped the country’s foreign exchange reserve, had…

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The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has vowed that Nigerians will not go into 2018 with the scarcity of petroleum products. Baru, who disclosed this in Abuja on Friday, reiterated NNPC’s position to ensure the pump price of fuel was maintained at the current official price of N145 per litre. According to him, any marketer found hoarding fuel or selling above the official price will be punished. “I’m happy to report that we have tamed the monster that reared it’s head as a…

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