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Sheik Gumi: Banditry now war situation

Sheik Gumi: Banditry now war situation

Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has urged the Nigerian government to take his advice and grant amnesty to bandits for them to lay down their arms. Gumi was reacting to the killing of three students of Greenfield University, Kaduna by bandits who abducted them from their school. Speaking to newsmen on Friday, Gumi said the incident had underscored his position that bandits were now at war with the nation. The cleric, who was involved in the process that led to the release of students abducted by bandits in Katsina and Niger states, said he was helpless in the case of…
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IPOB: Why I invited soldiers to Orlu – Imo Gov, Uzodinma

IPOB: Why I invited soldiers to Orlu – Imo Gov, Uzodinma

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has justified the Nigerian military operation against Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in some parts of Orlu. Uzodinma vowed that his administration would not yield to pressure from those calling for withdrawal of soldiers. The governor said he invited soldiers in Orlu to restore calm in the area after members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) killed policemen and citizens. Uzodimma, who spoke through the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Cyprain Akaolisa, at a press briefing in Owerri, said the narrative that innocent people were being killed by the military was false. He…
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Wike reveals why it is difficult to end insecurity in Nigeria

Wike reveals why it is difficult to end insecurity in Nigeria

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has explained that the war against insecurity in the country has been difficult to be won because the Service Chiefs were becoming unprofessional. Wike expressed regrets that security chiefs were given more attention to playing politics than ensuring the security of lives and property of the people, which is their core mandate. This was as the governor also stated that the State Government spends N1.8 billion monthly to pay pensioners in the state, wondering why people claim that the state was not meeting its obligations to the retirees. This was contained in a statement…
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Enugu Killings: No Force on Earth Will Stop OYC Panel of Inquiry report, says Coalition of Igbo Groups

Enugu Killings: No Force on Earth Will Stop OYC Panel of Inquiry report, says Coalition of Igbo Groups

Press Release ...as Preliminary reports on indicts Former Governor, Former Minister, and others. Coalition of Igbo Groups namely, World Igbo Youth Congress, Southeast Women Professionals and Igbo Students Union had asked the Seven Man Igbo Panel of Inquiry set up Independently by Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide on Monday 24th August 2020 to investigate the gruesome incident that claimed the lives of 21 Igbo Youths on the side of Dss and Ipob at Emene Enugu on 23rd August 2020,not to bow to the pressures to quit  the ongoing independent investigations by some  highly organised syndicate of Igbo leaders and Groups…
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THE NORTH, “THEIR NORTH”, why huffing and puffing against Buhari now?

THE NORTH, “THEIR NORTH”, why huffing and puffing against Buhari now?

By Solomon Musa Why is "the North” huffing and puffing against Buhari now?; When Southern Kaduna was bleeding the “North” kept quiet;When terrorists took over Benue State, the “North” kept Mum;When Plateau State cried out, the “North” closed its ears;Chibok, Dapchi fell, no single whimper;Southern Kaduna, Benue, Plateau, Taraba are not parts of the “North”,“their North”; you Now, Northern Elders Forum, Coalition of Northern Youths, several groups in the North, “their North” are huffing and puffing;Clerics are spewing and speaking out “the truth”;Women, Youths and children are protesting because their “North” is at the receiving end;Katsina, Zamfara, Birnin Gwari Sokoto…
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