Author: Alex Enemanna
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Edo guber: IGP orders nationwide clampdown on proliferation of illegal weapons
As part of preparations toward the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo States, as well as efforts by the Police High Command to curb the proliferation of prohibited firearms in the country, the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu, has ordered Commissioners of Police in the thirty-six States of the Federation and the Federal Capital…
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NAF deploys special forces to boost security in Southern Kaduna
As part of efforts to support ongoing operations in the North Western Zone of the country, the Nigerian Air Force has deployed Special Forces operatives to Southern Kaduna. The Special force team, led by the Commander of the 404 Force Protection Group (404 FPG), Squadron Leader Richard Ngaro, was airlifted by a NAF Mi-171E Helicopter…
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You can’t produce President in 2023 former Imo Commissioner tells Ndigbo
A former Commissioner for Information, Tourism and Public Utilities in Imo State, Vitalis Ajumbe, has said the South East should forget the agitation for 2023 presidency. The region, he explained, should rather pursue the Vice- Presidential slot and build from there. He spoke in an interview in Abuja, saying the Igbo people are not united…
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Buhari, Jonathan felicitate with IBB at 79
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent warm felicitations to former military President, Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on his 79th birthday. A statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) in Abuja, on Sunday, said Buhari joined family, friends and associates to celebrate with the elder statesman. It said that as the…
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Udom Emmanuel, APC fight over unemployment rate
All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked Akwa Ibom State government to effectively deal with the unproportionally high rate of unemployment and underemployment based on the 2020 report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBC) NBC in the said report had rated Akwa Ibom with the second highest unemployment rate in the country at 45.2%, translating…
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President Trump’s brother dies at 71
US President, Donald Trump, has lost his younger brother, Robert, the White House announced in a statement on Saturday. Robert, 71, died a day after the American president paid him an emotional visit on his hospital bed in New York. “It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away…
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Our reasons for borrowing justified, FG insists
The Federal Government says the funds it has borrowed so far are justifiable because they are being used for the development of critical infrastructure that will benefit Nigerians The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this at the Obafemi Awolowo terminal end of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail project. The News Agency…
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Internet fraudster to control traffic for 3 months in Ilorin, says court
Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin has ordered one Kolade Balogun to control vehicular movement for three months in Ilorin as he was convicted of internet fraud and other related offences. The court also fined the convict a sum of N500,000. Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) had…
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Truck driver crushes lawyer, okada rider to death
A truck driver, Jamilu Ahmed, has reportedly crushed a lawyer and commercial motorcyclist to death in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Witnesses said Barrister Chiadikoli Ezike was on the motorcycle when the driver crushed him and the rider. The Nation reports that both of them were confirmed dead upon being rushed to the…
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2023 Presidency: Buhari, Tinubu aren’t your problem, APC chieftain tells Ndigbo
A chieftain of the All progressives Congress in Abia State and Director-General of Buhari South East Youth Movement (BUSEYM), Engr. Nwabueze Onwuneme, has called on Igbo elites not to see President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as stumbling blocks to the realisation of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction come…