…Receives Real Estate CEO of the Year Award By Ebriku John Friday The Managing Director of Delta Mega Trend, owners of the Plantation City and Southbrook Estate, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria has said that the vicious and unfortunate destruction of property during the violent stage of the EndSARS’ protest will spur a new preference, in the property market, for gated and secure communities, complete with well-stocked commercial area. He made this known while reacting to the level of destruction that greeted businesses and investments across the country in the wake…
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INEC Presents Certificate Of Return To Odey
…as Odey appreciates electorates, promises selfless service By Ebriku John Friday The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tuesday, presented Certificate of Return to winner of 5th December, Cross River North Senatorial District by-election, Dr Stephen Odey. The presentation was made by the Director, Media, INEC, Festus Okoye, at INEC headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital city. Meanwhile, the Senator-elect, Dr Odey, appreciated the good people of his Senatorial District for massively voting him as their senator, and described their action as patriotic and forthright. Dr Odey, promised to deliver on…
Read MoreGroup fingers NASS members, PDP behind fresh plots to undermine Nigeria’s democracy
The March4Nigeria Movement has raised an alarm over a deliberate plot by the National Assembly and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to truncate the country’s democracy by forcing a regime change. The group called the attention of security agents, well-meaning Nigerians and the world at large to a planned coup by these “disparate elements in Nigeria and their external collaborators”. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja, National Coordinator, Richard Augustine- Adie, said the new tactics is to demand President Muhammadu Buhari’s resignation or face impeachment over conditions that they…
Read MoreC’River bye-election: Court Affirms Odey As PDP Candidate
…Dismisses Jarigbe’s case The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Thursday, declared Dr. Stephen Odey as the rightful candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Cross River North Senatorial bye-election scheduled for Saturday December 5, 2020. The presiding judge, Justice S.A. Amobeda, who gave the judgment in a suit filed by Dr. Stephen Odey against the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) and Hon Jarigbe Agom, in suit No FHC/CA/CS/87/20 restrained INEC and any other party in the case from doing anything that will adversely affect the candidature of Dr.…
Read MorePro-northern group cautions Shekarau against running errands for coupists
The Northern Patriotic Assembly (NPA) has warned former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, to desist from running errands for coupists with his statements on national security and the service chiefs. In a statement signed by its Director of Press, Muhammadu Adamu, on Thursday, the group said Shekerau’s remarks is “despicable and might be a manifestation of one of the many smear campaigns intended to discredit the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari in addressing the security threats in the country”. Like his contemporaries, the Northern Patriotic Assembly said the Senator representing Kano Central doesn’t have…
Read MoreFighting insurgency and much ado about mercenaries
By Richard Murphy Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, is definitely riding the wave as the year 2020 poster boy of populism. From surviving terrorist Boko Haram’s targeted attacks to being able to show off completed model projects amidst an insurgency, he has certainly won the heart of many Nigerians and the people of his troubled state to the point where some think he should run for presidency in 2023. But the idea of hiring mercenaries to defeat Boko Haram, as currently postulated by the governor, qualifies as pushing one’s…
Read MoreInsurgency: Buratai harps on collective action, citizen’s participation
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, says a collective effort from citizens is required to put an end to the insurgency in the North-East. According to the Army chief, it would take the combined actions of both civilians and the military to win the war against terrorism. Buratai said this on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday. He wrote, “There is general misunderstanding of what insurgency and terrorism entail. There is likelihood of terrorism persisting in Nigeria for another 20 years. It only depends on the level…
Read MoreOvercoming Nigeria’s political insecurity
By Kolawole Abe Since 2009 when the Boko Haram insurgent group began a violent campaign in North-East Nigeria, there have been efforts by successive administrations towards addressing the challenge. In some quarters, it has been argued that the lackadaisical attitude of the government, especially between the period of 2010 to 2014, indeed gave the Boko Haram insurgent group the impetus to spread its nest and wreaked havoc of unimaginable proportion in Nigeria. The Boko Haram crisis has also resulted in extensive damage to social, economic, health and market infrastructure. Numerous…
Read MoreZabarmari Killings: Senate, Reps urged to face realities in insurgency war
Following the killing of farmworkers in Zabarmari, Borno State, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives have been advised to face the reality on the ground and see the fight against insurgency as a collective one. The Coalition for Truth and Justice (CTJ) gave this call on Wednesday at a press conference in Abuja. Speaking on behalf of the group, National Coordinator, Timothy Charles noted that for far too long, the crisis in the North-East has been left for the military alone without any help from relevant stakeholders, including the National…
Read MoreZamfara Assembly byelection; APC waging war against Democracy.
The Centre for Public Accountability CPA, has described as a bad omen for free and fair election, the desperation being exhibited by the All Progressives Congress APC, ahead of the bye election into the Bakura constituency of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, scheduled for Saturday December 5, 2020. CPA in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Olufemi Lawson says it was reacting to the constitution of a 20-man election campaign Council by the APC National secretariat, which has 3 serving Governors, Senators, members of the House of Representatives…
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