The decision by the 19 governors of Northern states under the umbrella of the Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF to take sides with Fulani herdsmen has touched on raw nerves in other parts of the country.
The NSGF had after its meeting in Kaduna on Friday taken exception to the labeling of Fulanis as criminals following repeated destruction of farmlands, houses and killings by herdsmen in their host communities in the North Central, South South,...
Saturday, 30 April 2016
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce (PDP Bayelsa East) got on his Twitter handle on Saturday to drop a bit of advice for President Buhari.
Ben Murray-Bruce
@benmurraybruce
I admire President Buhari for fighting corruption. Yet in doing that, he mustn't forget our priority: Security for Nigeria and the economy
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Citizen Uche is not happy with Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for his recent visit to President Buhari in Abuja and he took to Twitter to express his disappointment.
Uche Chuta
@nnabros
If I was governor and "herdsmen" had just killed people of my state, I won't come to Abuja for photo ops with Buhari but I'm just Uche ...
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Nigerian troops are all set to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists and destroy all their camps and hideouts in the Sambisa forest.
The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mansur Dan’ali, told newsmen during an inspection tour of the under-construction Army barracks in Gusau on Saturday, that soldiers were about to invade the forest and clear it of all the insurgents terrorizing the Northeast.
He noted that the present administration has made immense impact...
Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education has picked holes in President Muhammadu Buhari's economic policies.
Likening Buhari's present economic policies to what he offered during his stint as military Head of State between 1984 and 1985, Ezekwesili described them as opaque and archaic.
The ex-Minister who spoke at The Platform, an annual public policy forum presently going on in Abuja said that Buhari’s policies are hurting the poor and vulnerable...
Police authorities have issued a clarification on Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase's order on the arrest of illegal sellers of petroleum products.
Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olabisi Kolawole made the clarification in a statement she issued in Abuja on Saturday.
“Further to the Nigeria Police Force directives on the activities of unscrupulous elements who engage in illegal sale of petroleum products, there is need to make some...
The 19 governors from the northern states under the umbrella of the Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF have decried the labeling of Fulanis as the brains behind atrocities being committed by herdsmen across the country.
The Chairman of the NSGF and Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima said after a meeting of the forum in Kaduna on Friday that it is an insult to consider criminals as Fulani.
“We want to unequivocally condemn the recent...
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has expressed his determination to ensure the safety of lives and property in Kaduna State by putting an end to the rampant kidnappings in the state.
During a town hall meeting in Kachia, Kachia Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, El-Rufai said the frequent abductions in the state have been giving his administration sleepless nights.
“We have put in place as part of our statutory function, security...
Friday, 29 April 2016
The Presidential Initiative for the North East, PINE, has donated relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs from Borno State being camped at different locations in Taraba State.
The materials were received on behalf of the displaced persons by Gov Darius Ishaku from the Secretary of PINE, Alhaji Umar Gulani,
Gulani assured the IDPs of Federal Government's commitment to put an end to insurgency and communal clashes across the country...
Lagos State governor, Akinwumi Ambode was at the State House, Abuja on Friday on a courtesy visit to President Muhammadu Buhari.
He lauded Buhari on his purposeful leadership, especially his recent trip to China where he secured investment agreements worth over $6b.
Ambode said the agreements would benefit Lagos especially as regards the Lagos-Kano rail line and the Lagos metro project.
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Owing to what he described as the failure of Nigerian coaches to separate coaching from business, the President of the Nigeria Referees Association, NRA, Tade Azeez has advised the Nigeria Football Federation to hire a foreign coach to rebuild the Super Eagles.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN in a telephone chat that a foreign coach is the only way forward for the NFF.
"If the board believes they can get a foreigner that will work very...
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce (PDP Bayelsa East) has called on the Federal Government to disarm cattle rearers in the country.
He said while speaking on the floor of the Senate in the wake of Monday's killings at Nimbo community in Enugu State that if the activities of Fulani herdsmen were the checked, the situation could lead to reprisals and ultimately plunge the country into war.
"That day is here and that day is now when retaliation begins. The...
Following a motion by Sen. Chukwuka Utazi (PDP Enugu North) on the recent attack on Nimbo Community in Enugu State by armed Fulani herdsmen, the Senate has summoned the nation's security chiefs to brief it on the activities of terrorists fleeing the Northeast.
Sen. Utazi had raised a point of order to make the subject matter an issue of public concern with a seven-prayer motion.
"There is wide spread fear of more attacks as there have been recurring...
The League Management Company, LMC has imposed an additional fine of N3.65m on Giwa Football Club for failing to honor its rescheduled week 11 Premier League game against Rangers International FC in Abuja.
An analysis of the new fine shows that Giwa would pay a penalty of N2m to LMC for failing to show up in Abuja for the match against Rangers,N1m to Rangers to offset their bills and N650,000 to the match officials in accordance with Rule B (13.25)...
The League Management Company, LMC has imposed an additional fine of N3.65m on Giwa Football Club for failing to honor its rescheduled week 11 Premier League game against Rangers International FC in Abuja.
An analysis of the new fine shows that Giwa would pay a penalty of N2m to LMC for failing to show up in Abuja for the match against Rangers,N1m to Rangers to offset their bills and N650,000 to the match officials in accordance with Rule B (13.25)...
Thursday, 28 April 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that plans are underway to raise a multilateral task force to patrol the Gulf of Guinea.
Presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adeshina said that Buhari gave the assurance during a meeting with the French Minister of Defence, Jean-Yves Le Drian in Abuja.
He said that Buhari thanked the French government for assisting his administration in its efforts to end Boko Haram insurgency.
“When we got into office in May...
President Muhammadu Buhari conveyed his condolences to the government and people of Enugu State on Thursday when he received Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi at the Statehouse, Abuja.
More than fifty persons were killed and many houses burnt down when armed Fulani herdsmen attacked some communities in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday.
See photos below.
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RE:DISQUIET IN THE WAR FRONT AS SOLDIERS COMPLAIN OF UNPAID ALLOWANCE
The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to some stories going round the media circles with the title “Disquiet in the war front as soldiers complain of unpaid allowance” alleging that there was problem in the Nigerian Army due to non-payment of allowances to some soldiers serving in the North East.
In particular, they were alleging non-payment of outstanding peacekeeping...
France on Thursday in Abuja promised to help Nigeria increase its military capabilities in order to contain security threats around its territory in the Gulf of Guinea and the Sahel region.
The promise was announced In a communique read by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Amb. Danjuma Sheni at the end of the maiden meeting of the
France-Nigeria High Defence Committee.
"Deliberations focused on areas of mutual interest aimed at...
In its effort to support government in helping Internally Displaced Persons, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC plans to deploy medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical professionals to IDP camps across the country.
The newly appointed The Director General of the NYSC, Brig-Gen. Sule Kazaure, disclosed this in Yola on Thursday while flagging-off the NYSC intervention programme at Damare IDP camp.
"This programme, which is designed...
To commemorate this year's workers day celebration, the Federal Government has declared Monday May 2 a public holiday.
In this regard, Interior Minister , Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd) has congratulated Nigerian Workers for their resilience, hard work and commitment to the change agenda of the Buhari administration, despite the prevailing challenges.
He urged Nigerians to continue to support the President in his quest to "fight corruption,...
These unrepentant and hardened insurgents which include Musa Kalile Sabakara (an Ameer), Babagana John (an informant and also seller of foodstuffs), Isah Abakar (an Ameer) and Usman Abasa, (who specializes on cattle rustling and selling of food stuffs), as well Bukar Gujja (a tailor who prepare clothes for the terrorists) and Bukar Kahalifa (also a tailor who prepares the dress for the Boko Haram terrorists were arrested by troops on Thursday after...
Troops raided a Boko Haram logistics base in Dikwa on Wednesday.
The raid led to the arrest of five terrorists (3 adults and 2 minors) and recovery of 1 truck, 2 Golf cars painted in mud, 4 bicycles and 3 x 5kva power generating sets, as well as 55 bags of corn.
The minors were dressed in Boko Haram's new uniform.
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Literary icon and Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka is not convinced that the Buhari administration has any solution to the rampant attacks by Fulani herdsmen across the country.
Here is what he said.
“I have yet to hear this government articulate a firm policy of non-tolerance for the serial massacres that have become the nation’s identification stamp.
“I have not heard an order given that any cattle herders caught with sophisticated firearms...
The military has expressed fears that attacks by Fulani herdsmen on host communities could assume the dimension of Boko Haram insurgency if not checked.
The Head, Defence Headquarters Committee on Persistent Clashes between Herdsmen and Farmers, Maj. Gen. Edward Nze expressed this concern during a courtesy visit to the Acting Governor of Benue State, Benson Abounu at the Government House in Makurdi.
Nze later told newsmen that the Chief of Defence...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been told how a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh allegedly used public funds to acquire a 320 million naira mansion for his 28 years old son in Abuja.
Air Commodore Aliyu Yishau, Rtd, told the court that he was the Director of Finance and Accounts of the Nigeria Air Force when Badeh was the Chief of Air Staff between September 2012 and December 2013.
Yishau was testifying as...
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
According to an update issued by the Police Service Commission, PSC in Abuja on Wednesday, 806,646 people have so far applied for the 10,000 vacancies in the Nigeria Police Force.
The update was contained in a statement issued by the Head of Press and Public Relations Unit, PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani.
“As at 9:35am on Wednesday April 27, 2016, 806,646 applicants have submitted applications.
“A breakdown shows that 232,857 applied as ASPs, 190,415...
According to an update issued by the Police Service Commission, PSC in Abuja on Wednesday, 806,646 people have so far applied for the 10,000 vacancies in the Nigeria Police Force.
The update was contained in a statement issued by the Head of Press and Public Relations Unit, PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani.
“As at 9:35am on Wednesday April 27, 2016, 806,646 applicants have submitted applications.
“A breakdown shows that 232,857 applied as ASPs, 190,415...
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC Timi Frank and Kawu Baraje were at the Code of Conduct Tribunal to lend their support to Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki who is being tried for false and anticipatory declaration of assets.
Frank, Baraje and Saraki have something in common. They all decamped from PDP to APC.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Inspector General of Police and other security chiefs to hunt down the herdsmen behind the killings on Monday at Ukpabi Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Buhari’s order was conveyed in his address delivered by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at the public presentation of Senator Ike Ekweremadu's book, "Who will love my country: Ideas...
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