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Wednesday, 17 January 2018 03:30

Reps to Buhari: Declare state of emergency on security

House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the federal government to declare a state of emergency on security in the wake of deadly attacks in Benue and other states. In a motion by Mr Babatunde Kolawole (Ekiti – PDP) and Benue state caucus of the House led by member representing Guma/Makurdi federal constituency, Mr Dickson Tarkhighir, the house mandated an ad hoc committee to conduct a public hearing to hear from both sides and proffer a lasting solution. While presenting the motion, Kolawole said scores of farmers have been killed in attacks, including women and children, a development that has…

Wednesday, 17 January 2018 03:28

Buhari has failed to protect Nigerians, violated constitution - CAN

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of failing to protect Nigerians as enshrined in the constitution. Reacting to Benue killings and insecurity in the country at a news conference in Abuja, itsGeneral Secretary, Mr Musa Asake said: “President Buhari was elected on a wave of unprecedented public approval in 2015. Unfortunately, within a few weeks of his election, he started creating the impression that he was in power to serve the interests of his Fulani ethnic group only. Discerning people were quick to note that contrary to his electoral promises, he actually meant to pursue core…

Wednesday, 17 January 2018 03:27

Killer herdsmen: Catholic Bishops warn of ‘war’

Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria has asked the Federal Government to suggest better alternatives to the establishment of grazing colonies proposed by the presidency. In a press statement signed by president of CBCN, Mr Ignatius Kaigama, on Tuesday, the conference said the government should rather encourage cattle owners to establish ranches in line with international best practice. “The recent mass slaughter of unarmed citizens by these armed herdsmen in some communities in Benue, Adamawa, Kaduna and Taraba states has caused national shock, grief and outcry. “We commiserate with families of the deceased, whilst we pray for the blissful repose of…

Wednesday, 17 January 2018 03:25

Dogara to Buhari: Fuel scarcity, subsidy a ‘betrayal’

Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has expressed frustration with the lingering fuel crisis, accusing the executive arm of “betrayal”. Dogara said coming after the government raised the price of petrol, with the assurance that subsidy had been removed and there will be no scarcity, the executive must give compelling reasons for Nigerians not to feel betrayed. He expressed the determination of the House to investigate the lingering fuel scarcity and the alleged re-introduction of fuel subsidy in the country. Dogara said this while welcoming members of House of Representatives from Christmas and New Year break. He urged…

Wednesday, 17 January 2018 03:22

Lalong sends delegation to Benue after apology to governor

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue said on Tuesday that he had accepted the apology tendered by Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau and had forgiven him even before he tendered his apology. Mr. Ortom stated this in Makurdi when a delegation from Plateau led by Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Town Planning, Festus Fuater, paid him a condolence visit. The Plateau governor had blamed the violence on Benue state’s newly-implemented anti-open grazing law, telling journalists he had warned the governor to seek alternatives. Mr. Ortom denied receiving such advice. On Tuesday, the governor said there was no need for the blame…

Tuesday, 16 January 2018 03:44

Buhari to Ortom: Please, accommodate your fellow countrymen

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja appealed to Governor of Benue State, Mr Samuel Ortom, to accommodate his fellow countrymen, promising that all perpetrators of violence in the state would be made to face the wrath of the law. “I ask you in the name of God to accommodate your countrymen. You can also be assured that I am just as worried, and concerned with the situation,’’ the president was quoted to have said in a statement by his media and publicity adviser, Mr. Femi Adesina, after a meeting with visibly angry leaders of thought from the state, led by…

Tuesday, 16 January 2018 03:42

Benue killings: You lied, Osinbajo tells Ortom

Vice-President, Mr Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, denied receiving any letter from Benue State governor, Mr Samuel Ortom, warning him of attacks planned by herdsmen. In a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Laolu Akande, Osinbajo expressed shock over the governor’s claims, which he described as a “terrible falsehood.” Ortom had said he alerted President Muhammadu Buhari, Osinbajo, Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, of the planned attacks by herdsmen but that they allegedly ignored it. Reacting to the allegation, Osinbajo said neither him nor the other parties the governor claimed to have alerted got any letters on the situation. Akande explained that…

Tuesday, 16 January 2018 03:39

Nigerians pushing towards war unknowingly - Aregbesola

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that Nigerians are inadvertently pushing the nation towards another civil war through hate speeches, wickedness and massive killings going on in the country. The governor said the nation was lucky to come out of the first civil war but stressed that Nigeria might not be lucky if it was plunged into another round of civil war now. According to a statement in Osogbo by the governor’s media aide, Mr. Sola Fasure, Aregbesola said this at the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration on Monday. Making an allusion to the widespread killings by…

Tuesday, 16 January 2018 03:38

Boko Haram video purports to show some kidnapped Chibok girls

Militant Islamist group Boko Haram released a video on Monday which purported to show some of the girls kidnapped from the Nigerian town of Chibok nearly four years ago, saying they do not wish to return home. Of the some 270 girls originally abducted from their school in April 2014, about 60 escaped soon afterwards and others have since been released after mediation. Around 100 are still believed to be in captivity.A group of about 12 teenage girls and young women, some of whom holding babies, are seen in the 21-minute video. "We are the Chibok girls. We are the…

Tuesday, 16 January 2018 03:36

Police arrest woman ‘impersonating’ Aisha Buhari

Police in Abuja paraded a woman they accused of impersonating wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari. Mrs Aisha Mubammed-Bello, 37, was paraded by Mr Musa Kimo, FCT police commissioner, during his first press briefing in 2018. “Today, we have a special suspect to present before you, she is Aisha Muhammed Bello, 37 years old, mother of four from Plateau State. “She was arrested for impersonating wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari. She is using the name of the First Lady to solicit for contracts and financial assistance from unsuspecting members of the…

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Tuesday, 16 January 2018 03:34

Emmanuel/Akpabio conflict gets messier as gov sacks SSG

Emmanuel/Akpabio conflict gets messier as gov sacks SSG The ongoing political war between Akwa Ibom Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, and his estranged godfather, Mr Godswill Akpabio, has claimed its next victim - Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr Etekamba Umoren. Emmanuel on Monday sacked Umoren, nominated into the cabinet by Akpabio, Senate Minority Leader. The first official to be sacked from the cabinet was the then commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Mr Udo Ekpenyong, about two weeks ago. However, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Udoh, who announced the sacking of the SSG, said the move…

Tuesday, 16 January 2018 03:29

Ekiti bars Fayemi, other from holding public offices

A White Paper released by Ekiti State Government has barred a former governor, Mr Kayode Fayemi, from holding public office in the state for 10 years. The state also barred his Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Dapo Kolawole, for the same number of years. The duo were barred based on the report of Ekiti Judicial Commission of Inquiry, which indicted them over alleged mismanagement of the state’s finances between October 2010 and 2014. Fayemi, now a Minister of Mines and Steel Development, was the governor during the stated period. The report declared them “as unfit to hold any public office in…

Monday, 15 January 2018 04:37

Herdsmen killings: Buhari meets Benue leaders today

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday (today) meet some leaders from Benue State over recent killings recorded in the state. Those expected at the meeting scheduled to hold at Presidential Villa, Abuja include political, traditional and opinion leaders from the state. A top government source told journalists on the condition of anonymity on Sunday that Governor Samuel Orton was expected to lead the state delegation that would include federal and state lawmakers as well as traditional rulers to the meeting. Security chiefs are also expected at the meeting. The source described the meeting as one of the ways Buhari was…

Monday, 15 January 2018 04:35

Needless bloodshed must stop - IBB

A former military president, Mr Ibrahim Babangida, on Sunday urged Nigerians and governments at all levels to serve as national vanguards in resolving some recent disturbing incidents affecting national security. Babangida, a retired army general, made the call in a statement made available to the journalists in Minna. According to the statement, the media should serve as national vanguards in tackling the present security challenges facing the country. It is customary to observe Armed Forces Day on 15th January every year to remember officers and men of Nigerian Armed Forces who laid down their lives for the unity of our…

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