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*Adds: 80,000 have died due to insecurity By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–THERE are 6 million ammunition in illegal circulation in Nigeria,the former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar,rtd.,has said. The ex-Nigerian military leader also said the insecurity ravaging the country has so far claimed over 80,000 lives, expressing concern that the proliferation of all calibre of weapons in
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs and the Chief of Defence Intelligence to the Senate as non-career ambassadors-designate. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja on Thursday. In a letter
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By Luminous Jannamike The Chairman and Publisher of Leadership Newspaper, Sam Nda-Isaiah, 58, who died on December 11, in Abuja, was yesterday buried amidst glowing tributes. The remains of the late business mogul, politician and philanthropist was buried at the Gudu Cemetery, Abuja after service of songs at his FCT residence. His burial services, both
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Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on trained community defenders against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) to be good advocates for the elimination of all forms of violence in society.
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Former Heads of State, Friday commended President Muhammadu Buhari, for addressing Nigerians yesterday. Buhari had Thursday night addressed Nigerians over the lingering #ENDSARS protests, advising youths to discontinue with their campaign. In his speech Buhari vowed to preserve the unity of the country and improve good governance and democratic process. “Let me at this point
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As bandits attacked and killed not fewer than 15 persons in Dansadau community of Zamfara state this weekend, Murtala Abubakar of the Coalition Against Killings in Northern Nigeria, CAKIN, has said that Northerners wasted their votes in electing President Muhammadu Buhari.
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By Ibrahim Hassan – Wuyo Murtala Abubakar of the Coalition Against Killings in Northern Nigeria, CAKIN, has said that Northerners wasted their votes in electing President Muhammadu Buhari. According to him, “this is because they thought his administration could defeat Boko Haram and banditry,”. His reaction was coming on the heels of another bandits attack
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia, on Thursday, dissolved the state executive committee (EXCO) and replaced it with a caretaker committee. The dissolution was coming in the wake of the expiration of the four years of the EXCO headed by Chief Johnson Onuigbo from Abia Central Senatorial District. The Acting Publicity Secretary of the
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Says legal battles affected governance By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, said he expressed fear he could be sacked by the Supreme Court like the former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha after his opponent and predecessor, Muhammed Abubakar boasted that the court’s verdict will favour him. The governor who was
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Fowler for those who might not know is from Lagos State and he was replaced by an Abubakar not from Lagos State. From the statement credited to Garba Shehu, who was just a loudspeaker and not one of the “we” who removedFowler, one would assume that Fowler was given definite revenue generation targets for each year in office which he failed to achieve.
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