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The Cross River State government has canvassed special incentives and intervention from the Federal Government following its scarce resources, loss of Bakassi Peninsula and removal from 13 per cent derivation, among others. A statement from the state government disclosed that ...
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ACF postpones 20th anniversary over fear of coronavirus, appeals to invited guests
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has postponed its 20th-anniversary celebration slated for next week, following the recent Kaduna killings and the spreading Corona-Virus as reasons for shifting the event. Earlier scheduled for Wednesday, March 11 and Thursday, March 12, 2020, in ...
Read More »FG set to reintegrate 606 rehabilitated Boko Haram fighters
Ex-insurgents not absorbed into military, army insists The Nigerian Army has concluded arrangements to reunite another batch of 606 former Boko Haram fighters with their families after undergoing rehabilitation under Federal Government’s Operation Safe Corridor. Coordinator of the programme, Major General ...
Read More »South-South governors set for regional security outfit, to reposition BRACE Commission
The South-South Governors Forum has resolved to revive the BRACE Commission to tackle insecurity and developmental issues in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, saying they had agreed as a zone that there was a need to have a regional security ...
Read More »We needs new constitution,Nigeria may not survive in another civil war, OBJ
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday canvasses for a new constitution for the country as against an amended one. Hailed the Southwest governors for what he called their courage in establishing the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) Operation Amotekun to ...
Read More »Admit us in port, and we will stop chasing fake products in markets and warehouse
The Director-General of Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) Mr Osita A bolo ma disclosed in a one day Stakeholders forum Organized by the agency recently in Lagos in A papa that he wants (SON) to come back to the ports. ...
Read More »‘It takes five years to get justice in Rivers high court’
Borno, Katsina, Kebbi top table of speedy adjudication of cases A national ranking to measure the speed of justice delivery at states high courts has ranked Rivers State as the slowest in justice delivery, as it takes at least five ...
Read More »Wike urges commissioners interested in ethnic politics to resign
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has advised commissioners serving in his administration who are interested in playing ethnic politics to resign. He gave the charge at Government House, Port Harcourt while swearing-in the nine commissioners who were screened and ...
Read More »Army releases 223 children cleared of ties with Boko Haram terrorists
The Nigerian Army has released no fewer than 223 children, including 10 girls from its administrative custody and Maiduguri Maximum Security Prison after they were cleared of suspected ties with the Boko Haram sect. Some of the children had been ...
Read More »U.S. places $7m bounty for information on B’Haram leader, Shekau
The United States Department of State has announced a $7 million or N2.5 billion reward for anyone that provides credible information that will lead to the arrest of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau. Rewards for Justice Programme (RJP), the counterterrorism ...
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