President Muhammadu says the Federal Government has deployed 5,000 Civil Defence Agro-Rangers to offer protection to farming investments. In a national broadcast to commemorate the 2020 Democracy Day on Friday, the president reiterated his administration’s commitment to diversifying the economy, noting that agriculture remains “the key” to this strategy. The Agro Rangers is a special […]
Southeast Governors and other Igbo leaders, yesterday settled their rift with the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu over the modalities for Community Policing planned for the region. Chairman of Southeast Governors Forum, and Governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Dave Umahi stated this after a virtual meeting of the governors and Igbo leaders with the IGP. […]
.By Muhammed Dahiru Lawal AREWA AGENDA – Ravaged by Boko Haram Insurgency for over a decade and a rising case of banditary, kidnappings and wanton attacks across its geographic spread, Nigeria’s North risks the possibility of being a ‘red zone’. With the raging COVID-19 pandemic, many had thought attacks will temporarily cease, but it turns […]
…Warns that no nations survives a second civil war The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has warned that the unspoken laws of the Federal Government that supports Fulani men to wield automatic firearms without consequences, even in Igbo land, is a clear invitation to anarchy. This is also as the group maintained that the Igbo nation will defend […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, urging him to use his leadership position to “ensure that the bill that would allow ‘repentant Boko Haram terrorists’ opportunities to access public funds to enjoy foreign education is immediately dropped, and to sponsor bills that would […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has decried the poor security situation in Nigeria. Obasanjo said it seemed nobody was in charge in the country, especially with the bickering, infighting and confusion in the nation’s security high command. He said: “There has been embarrassing paralysis and ‘katakata’ in the nation’s security house as if we have nobody […]
Head of Cooperation, Embassy of France in Nigeria, Mr. Ellien Helios, has said that efforts to find sustainable solutions to the spate of insecurity in Nigeria particularly in the North-West is inadequate, tasking all concerned authorities and stakeholders to step up actions to effectively define and tackle the menace. This is just as stakeholders on […]
As part of efforts to bring to an end, the challenges of insecurity facing parts of Niger state and the country at large, Muslim Ummah in all the headquarters of the Eight Emirates in the State, have held a special prayer session seeking God’s intervention. This is also as Governor Abubakar Sani Bello noted that […]
A full grown male Hyena escaped from Imo State Zoological Garden and Wildlife Park at the early hours of Monday. The Hyena described by management of the zoo as a ‘giant Hyena’ was however recaptured by wildlife experts from the zoo barely six hours after the endangered animal escaped from the zoo. General Manager of […]
The Nigerian Army Engineer Corps, Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) has commenced local production of Mines Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles in Maiduguri to enhance their operational capacity. Maj.-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, the Theatre Commander OPLD, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Friday in Maiduguri. Adeniyi disclosed that with the belief that money […]
