Month: May 2017
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Democracy Day: Metuh Laments Erosion of Democratic Values
By Aaron Ossai Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh has said that that the prevailing erosion of democratic values and tenets completely negates the celebration of 2017 Democracy Day, noting that only the promotion of true democratic values will douse the tension in the land and resolve the…
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1,400 Boko Haram suspects in detention – Irabor
By Yahaya Wakili with agency reports The Nigeria Army has said that no fewer than 1,400 suspected Boko Haram members arrested by the military are undergoing investigation at its detention facility. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the outgoing Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, said this during a handover at the army command headquarters in Maiduguri…
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Sit-at-home: Traders Close Shops In Port Harcourt
By Our Correspondent Business activities in some parts of Port Harcourt were hugely on low ebb as many traders’ closed shops following the sit-at-home order declared by pro-Biafra agitators. It would be recalled that he Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) had declared a…
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Woman Docked For Locking Housemaid In Tolilet
By Our Correspondent A 34-year-old woman, Oyinyen Chuks was on Tuesday charged at Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State with locking up her 14-year old housemaid in a toilet for 20 days. Chuks, a trader, who resides at 19, Ojo St., Shasha, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a four-count charge bordering…
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Biafra: MASSOB Leader Hails Ndigbo
By Eziuche Nnamani, Enugu The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, (MASSOB) Comrade Uchenna Madu has hailed Ndigbo over the high level of compliance with the sit-at-home declared by pro-Biafra groups on Tuesday. In a statement Comrade Madu said the huge success the sit-at-home recorded…
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Police Raid: Ekweremadu Commends Arraignment of Whistle Blower
By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has commended the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Kpotun, on the prosecution of one of the false whistle blowers, whom police alleged misled them into raiding his official guest house in Abuja on Friday, May 27. Reacting to the arraignment…
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Democracy Day: Metuh Laments Erosion of Democratic Values
Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh has said that that the prevailing erosion of democratic values and tenets completely negates the celebration of 2017 Democracy Day, noting that only the promotion of true democratic values will douse the tension in the land and resolve the national question. Metuh, in…
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GOV SHETTIMA’S BORNO: THE TRIUMPH OF OPTIMISM.
By Saleh Galadima It is a season of celebrations across the country, as states mark Democracy Day. Many of them are even celebrating fifty years of creation. In the face of the security challenges Borno State has been facing, the state is being seen as having little or nothing to rejoice about. Public opinion paints…
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Children’s Day: Edo To Introduce E-Learning In Schools
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City Governor Godwin Obaseki has revealed that the state government would introduce the use of computers and notepads as tools for teaching and learning in primary and secondary schools across the state from September this year. The governor announced this as he celebrated the 2017 National Children’s Day with young…
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Rainstorm Wreaks Havoc In Ilorin
By Steve Oni,Ilorin Many residential buildings and shops were submerged in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, following a downpour in the early hours of Saturday. The heavy rain lasted about three hours and was accompanied by flood. The asphalt on some township roads was also washed away by the flood. The bridge on Alagbado road linking…