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Boko Haram, Kidnapping: Senate passes vote of no-confidence on police, military, other security outfits

The Senate under the leadership of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday passed a vote of no-confidence on the Military, police, and other security structures in Nigeria, following the high spate of crime witnessed across Nigeria. Recall that Boko Haram, herdsmen, armed bandits, and kidnappers have been running riots in several states of the country, despite the presence of security operatives. iswap Boko Haram However, the Senate during a debate on the insecurity situation in the country, unanimously agreed that the security structure in the country has totally collapsed. The lawmakers lamented that underfunding of security architecture, Security Chiefs overstaying…
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Buhari is not fighting corruption to please Transparency Int’l – Lai Mohammed

Buhari is not fighting corruption to please Transparency Int’l – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has reacted to Transparency International's recent report which ranked Nigeria 146 out of 180 corrupt countries, with a total of 26 points out of a possible 100 points. In an interview with some international media organizations in London, the Minister stated that the Federal Government is not fighting corruption to impress Transparency International but to develop the country. He added that they are already winning the fight.  Lai Mohammed said;  “In any event, we are not fighting corruption because we want to impress any organization. We are fighting corruption because we believed that…
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Herdsmen kill Nollywood actor in Kwara

Herdsmen kill Nollywood actor in Kwara

A Nollywood actor identified simply as “Juwon” has been killed by suspected herdsmen along Ogbomoso/Ilorin Expressway, the Nation reports. The herdsmen reportedly attacked motorists, including some Nollywood actors going to shoot a film at the Otte area of the expressway on Monday. According to the report, the suspected herdsmen came out from nowhere into the middle of the road and started shooting sporadically. And the gunshots killed “Juwon” who was among the Nollywood actors on the road at the time. The deceased was identified as a personal assistant to a popular Yoruba actress, Toyosi Adesanya. Adesanya told journalists that she…
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Femi Adesina: Insecurity not as bad as under Jonathan

Femi Adesina: Insecurity not as bad as under Jonathan

Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says despite the growing insecurity in the country, security has improved under the Buhari administration. Adesina said while the latest bomb blast at a Borno mosque is regrettable, Nigeria used to experience as many as 10 bombings in a day before President Muhammadu Buhari took over from former president Goodluck Jonathan. The presidential spokesman said this on Sunday when he appeared on a Channels TV programme. OHAFIATV News broke the story of how the bombing carried out by suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed a 12-year-old. The incident is the latest in a series of attacks in the north-east —…
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Frederick Forsyth attacks Britain: You committed crimes against Igbo.

Frederick Forsyth attacks Britain: You committed crimes against Igbo.

Frederick McCarthy Forsyth, the English journalist and author will be 82 this year. He was born on 25 August 1938. At such age when a man is inching closer to his grave or Maker, his conscience becomes sharper, his propensity for remorse greater. He tends to make all crooked ways straight; he confesses his sins or does so vicariously- that is, on behalf of his clan or community or country.    That is exactly what Frederick Forsyth has done, blaming his country, Britain, for its bias against the Igbo during the Nigeria-Biafra war that spanned three years, 1967 to 1970.…
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