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Wike Charges FG on Miltary’s Combat Capacity
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow …..as he promises gunboats Rivers State Governor has challenged the Nigerian government to strengthen the combat capacity of the Nigerian Army and make it the strongest army in Africa. The governor gave the charge while delivering a keynote address at the Nigerian Army […] More
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Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday Igboho, Boko Haram: Two Faces of Government Contradictions
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba rights activist, has declared he will not be intimidated by the recent fresh attempt by the Department of State Services, (DSS) to arrest him. He said any attempt to arrest him on Yoruba land […] More
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The North’s Misguided Anger Towards Southern Governors
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 12 July, 2021) Aye ti ba je! (the world has gone bad). A US dollar exchanged for N504 at the weekend. What this means is that your one million naira cannot buy two thousand dollars worth […] More
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The Cats in Igboho’s House
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 5 July, 2021) It was in Hubert Ogunde’s ‘Jayesinmi’ that we last saw witches transforming into cats – black cat, red cat. I never knew witchery and witchcraft have found their way into the curricula of […] More
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President Buhari’s Drums of War and Twitter’s Reaction
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The most trending issue of the moment involves Twitter’s deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s threats to some Nigerians whom he described as “many people misbehaving today were too young to remember the deaths and destruction from the civil war”. He then threatened, “those […] More
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Wike Says Nigeria has Collapsed
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow [responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday declared that Nigeria had collapsed, giving the uncontrollable state of insecurity in the country. Wike, who was addressing traditional rulers and opinion leaders from Andoni at Government House, Port Harcourt, said it was baffling […] More
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All Eyes on New Service Chiefs to Kick Out Boko Haram, Bandits
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow [responsivevoice] Will the change of guard in military leadership make the difference in the war against terror? The appointment of four new military service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, January 26, came to many critics as an anti-climax in the war […] More
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National Assembly Lacks Power to Summon Buhari over Security Matters, Says Malami
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow [responsivevoice] Abubakar Malami, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, attorney general of the Federation and minister of justice, Wednesday in Abuja, stated that the National Assembly lacks the constitutional power to summon President Muhammadu Buhari to explain security matters as requested by the House […] More
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National Assembly Summons President Buhari over Insecurity
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow [responsivevoice] Amidst anger across Nigeria and globally over the massacre of over 43 farmers by Boko Haram insurgents in their rice farms at Zabarmari, Jere Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday December 28, the House of Representatives Tuesday passed a resolution […] More
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Zulum in the Minefield
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow For the fourth time since getting into public office, Babagana Zulum, professor and governor of Borno State escape the attack of the dreaded Boko Haram, which has not hidden its distaste for the resolve of the governor to develop the state. He had […] More
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Nigerian Army Inducts Newly Acquired Mine Resistant Vehicles
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian Army says it has inducted and operationalised four newly acquired Mine Resistant Anti Ambush Protected vehicles, MRAPs, in the North East theatre of operation to enhance firepower and protection of troops fighting Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province, […] More
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Boko Haram: Nigeria is at War – Omoruyi
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The debate is unending, and different perspectives have continued to emerge as the twin issues of the nature of Nigeria’s federal system and the need for restructuring of the country continue to dominate national discourse. These issues, expectedly, came to the fore at […] More