Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu recently convened a state security summit to appraise successes, prospects and challenges of keeping the cosmopolitan state safe. Feedback from stakeholders pointed at the malfeasance of commercial motorcyclists, describing it as the jigsaw puzzle between the governor’s grand security agenda and residents’ sense of ease. “It was like a scene from a […]
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Police Inspector General, Usman Baba The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has flayed recent order by the high command withdrawing police escorts from entourages of governors and other political leaders in the region. In a statement yesterday by the President General and Secretary General, Goodluck Ibem and Kanice Igwe, the group described the […]
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COVID-19 cases surpass 4.66m, 22.4m Africans vaccinated NPHCDA silent on date of next batch of AstraZeneca, seeks equitable access to vaccines Soldiers to vaccinate residents in volatile areas, says FG About 38 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been acquired by Africa out of which 22.4 million doses have so far been administered, representing 1.8 […]
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President General of Ohaneze, Prof George Obiozor Amid rising insecurity that has enveloped the Southeast region, stakeholders are raising concerns over the Presidency’s directive of “shoot on sight” order. The concerns specifically arose over the order targeted at protesting Igbo youths, especially against the backdrop of recent posting of northern soldiers to quell the disturbances […]
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The Coalition of All Ethnic Groups Youth Presidents of Nigeria (CAEGYPN) has deplored the shoot-on-sight directive against young people of the South East and South South geopolitical zones by the Nigerian Army. Its Deputy President, Chief Arthur Obiora, said yesterday in Awka that the order was consistent with the “masterfully-orchestrated exclusion of South-East zone from […]
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Farming activities in parts of Epe Local Council in Lagos State have ceased, following Fulani herdsmen’s invasion of farmlands. It was reported that herders attacked farm owners, forcing them to flee from the community to prevent further injuries. The herdsmen, who were said to have migrated from Igangan in Oyo State, settled on the large […]
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Scheme is corruption-prone, says Oyo AFAN chairman Our biggest challenge in Ondo is herdsmen, Akinbi declare Oyo getting set to access Anchor Borrowers scheme, says Raji We released N1.8b to 8,757 beneficiaries in Ogun, CBN insists Ondo farmers, NIRSAL trade words over fraud allegation Six years after the Federal Government launched the Anchor Borrowers Programme […]
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Bauchi Governor Mohammed says there are elements of truth in what the 17 southern governors canvassed; accuses FG of nepotism, injustice Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has accused any Nigerian opposing the ban on open grazing by his southern colleagues of having a hidden agenda. He made the submission yesterday at Holy Ghost Parish […]
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About three years after its unveiling in London, the Federal Government has relived hope of the new national carrier with a funding offer above $250 million. The Ministry of Aviation, in a memo, disclosed that the private sector would avail the fund, in line with the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) design for the ‘Nigeria Air’. The […]
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Unknown gunmen attacked a police station in Bende Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State on Wednesday night, freed detainees and set the station ablaze. It was gathered that a policeman on duty was shot in the leg as the hoodlums made their way out of the scene. Investigation at Bende headquarters revealed that the […]
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