Author: Innocent D. Akemere

NSCDC recovers 43 ammunition, parades 24 suspects for illegal possession of arms, others

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Rivers State Command, yesterday, said it recovered 43 ammunition after a gun duel with a kidnap syndicate, operating at Okuru – Ama waterside. The Commandant, Michael Besong Ogar, disclosed this, while speaking with newsmen at the Command Headquarters in Port Harcourt. He said the Anti-vandal Squad engaged the suspected kidnappers in a […]

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2023: I will sell refineries to raise $10bn – Atiku

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has promised to privatise the nation’s three refineries to raise $10 billion for the empowerment of small and medium-scale businesses, SMEs, in the country. Mr Atiku, who said this while addressing a campaign rally yesterday in Lagos, said he would follow the privatization through if elected President next year. […]

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FG to activate army aviation in sustained modernization move

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The Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN), President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to ensure the sustenance of the ongoing modernization of the Nigerian Army (NA) through the activation of NA Aviation to effectively address contemporary security challenges bedevilling the nation. The President made the remark during the opening ceremony of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) […]

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Wike Blasts Minister over Comment on Airports, Flyovers in States

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Governor Nyesom Wike has taken a swipe at the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mr. Clement Agba, saying that he the minister lacks understanding on how governors plan projects in their various states. Governor Wike was responding to the comment credited to the Agba, advising the governors to tackle poverty, stop building airports and flyovers in various […]

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Again, Buhari accuses governors of stealing LG funds, slowing growth

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President Muhammadu Buhari again came down hard on governors over what he said was their unbridled ill-treatment of the administration of resources at the local government levels, causing what he termed stunted development experienced at the third tier of government and unfair labelling of his administration at the grassroots. The President bared his mind yesterday after he delivered a speech […]

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2023 Polls: The People’s Will Must Prevail, Says National Security Adviser

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The National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno, yesterday, assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari, had given a clear directive that the will of the people must prevail in the 2023 general election and that’s exactly what the government would ensure happens during the elections. The NSA, who further allayed concerns by some Nigerians about the feasibility of the 2023 elections, […]

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No PVC, No Voting in 2023 Elections, INEC Declares

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•Vote buyers, thugs won’t go scot-free, IG warns •EFCC: Diezani paid out $115m to compromise 2015 polls With 86 days to the February 25 presidential general election, the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC), yesterday, declared that there would be no voting by anybody without his or her Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC). Also, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has […]

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UNN ASUU directs members to withhold results over unpaid salaries

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) chapter, has directed its members to withhold examination results of students in protest over eight months unpaid salaries by Federal Government. The university lecturers’ union also directed its members to boycott, forthwith, departmental, faculty and Senate council meetings, aimed at approving results of students until the salary issue […]

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No PVC, No Voting in 2023 Elections, INEC Declares

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•Vote buyers, thugs won’t go scot-free, IG warns •EFCC: Diezani paid out $115m to compromise 2015 polls   With 86 days to the February 25 presidential general election, the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC), yesterday, declared that there would be no voting by anybody without his or her Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC). Also, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, […]

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