Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has told President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime to hire hundreds of Nigerians into the country’s security forces to boost the ongoing fight against insecurity. Mrs Buhari also urged military and police chiefs’ wives to support their spouses to accomplish their duties to the nation. She said this while receiving the spouses of service chiefs on a familiarisation visit to her at the State House, Abuja. She noted that rendering such support would help to boost their husbands’ morale and strengthened their commitment to the fight against crime in Nigeria. The first lady also appealed to relevant…
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Former Super Eagles captain cum Chelsea legend, Mikel Obi has called for youth leadership in Nigeria ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The Stoke City player made this call during a courtesy visit to the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Sunday. The midfielder during his visit also pledged support for the political ambition of the Kogi State Governor, adding that youths should be given the chance to get the change Nigerians clamour for. He commended Governor Bello for his achievement in Kogi in the areas of security, healthcare, infrastructure, education and agriculture. He further stated that when such projects…
An anti-President Muhammadu Buhari activist, Adeyeye Olorunfemi, walked out of a Channels Television programme on Monday, after refusing to remove his #BuhariMustGo T-shirt. Olorunfemi stated that he chose to walk out of the studio rather than continue with the interview because doing that was tantamount to compromising on his belief. He noted that he was offered a jacket to wear, to cover the #BuhariMustGo inscription on his T-shirt but he refused as it was “too absurd” for him. The activist wrote, ”Here is my reaction to those who opined that I should have gone ahead with the interview this morning,…
Adamu Garba’s Crowwe application has suddenly disappeared from Google play store. The Crowwe app, which has been described as an instant messaging and financial transaction app that comes with a digital wallet that helps to transfer and receive money while chatting, has received worst reviews. Following the announcement of Twitter ban by the Federal Government of Nigeria, the former presidential candidate presented the Crowwe app as an alternative to the microblogging website that can help “to grow Nigeria.” “Join Crowwe now! Build your country, Build your people and Build your Brand. Join Crowwe now., Mr Garba tweeted “This is the…
The Commanding Officer of the 231 Battalion, Biu, in Borno State, Lt. Col. M. E. Obi has allegedly unjustly dismissed about 15 soldiers from the Nigerian Army. A source in the military who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons told SaharaReporters on Sunday that soldiers who complained about any injustice meted out to them under Obi always got dismissed. The source said even though the Nigerian Army has other disciplinary actions to use in correcting errant soldiers, Obi prefers to dismiss soldiers in his battalion. He talked about the latest case in which a soldier made several…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has lamented the Ifo takeover by hoodlums following the withdrawal of police officers from the area in the wake of #EndSARS protests. The FRSC decried repeated attacks on its personnel on duty by ‘area boys.’ Joseph Akinsanya, the Ifo unit commander of FRSC, condemned the attacks in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ota, Ogun. Mr Akinsanya stressed the need to urgently tackle the problem, saying the hoodlums in the area constituted a threat to FRSC personnel discharging their duties lawfully. “The area boys believe that they are…
The first four years of Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the governor of Ondo state was glorious, it witnessed unprecedented and tremendous life changing projects across the state. The achievements were not a coincidence but a result of a well thought-out economic blueprint designed to redirect the sunshine state on the path of progress. On assumption of office as the 6th democratically elected governor of Ondo state, Akeredolu called out the people of the state on a redemptive mission in all sector of the economy as encapsulated in his five point agenda of JMPPR Job creation through agriculture, entrepreneurship and industrialization;…
Unknown gunmen have attacked Kofar Gayan and Kofar Kona areas of Zaria in Kaduna State, abducting no fewer than 12 persons from their homes. The abduction comes barely two days after bandits invaded Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, and took away students and lecturers of the institution. ASP Mohammed Jalige, the spokesman for the police command in Kaduna confirmed the incident but said he was still trying to gather details to update the press. An official of Kaduna State Vigilance Service (KadVS), speaking on condition of anonymity Sunday in Zaria, said the incident occurred between 12.01 and 1.00 a.m. on Saturday…
Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet has shelled a wedding venue, killing some wedding guests at a remote community in Niger State, PRNigeria reports. The airstrikes were targeting bandits and insurgents in the area. The airstrike in which some armed bandits and cattle rustlers were killed took place at Genu town in Niger State, the blog reported on Saturday, adding that “One of the bombs allegedly strayed at a wedding party in an adjoining village.” “We saw the small aircraft dropping bombs from afar on the location of fleeing bandits and one of the explosives hit a wedding event in Argida…
Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Saturday, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim on lifting 10.5 million citizens out of poverty is a ‘presidential lie”. He said rather, Mr Buhari’s government lifted 10.5 million into poverty. Mr Buhari had in his Democracy Day speech claimed that his administration has lifted 10.5 million Nigerians out of poverty in the last two years. Reacting to Mr Buhari’s speech in a series of tweets on Saturday, Mr Fayose said Mr Buhari’s claim was a “presidential lie” as his government has left more Nigerians impoverished. “Buhari has impoverished Nigerians and caused disunity in the…