A former director with the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor has urged the federal government to allow state-owned security outfits bear prohibited firearms like AK-47 so that they can match up with the assault rifles of non-state actors like bandits and terrorists. “This is one of the best ways the federal government should even help check crimes. Allow these well, formal, established security outfits like Amotekun, virtually all states have their own vigilante and security outfits, allow them to carry these prohibited firearms, they will be more effective because they are close to the ground than the police. “We…
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The North East Development Commission (NEDC), in collaboration with Gombe government, trained 50 women on renewable energy and distributed energy efficient stoves to them. Mr. Aliyu Abdulkadir, the training Coordinator NEDC, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday after the training. He said the aim of the training was to equip the women with knowledge regarding the climate change as a phenomenon and what they could do to mitigate its impact. The exercise was to achieve target set by the Federal Government to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDG 13 is one of the…
Thousands of supporters of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi staged a peaceful rally in Abuja on Saturday. The pro-Obi supporters marched from the Unity Fountain to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium amid heavy security. At the rally alongside the pro-Obi supporters are officers of the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Road Safety Corps. The supporters are making a statement that Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, have physical structures beyond social media. Demonstrators had last week staged a peaceful rally in Ebonyi State, in Nigeria’s South-East, as well as other states across the Federation. 61-year-old Obi is…
Coalition of the Northern Nigeria Peoples Democratic Party Youth Movement, on Friday protested at the PDP Secretariat in Kaduna, demanding the resignation of National Chairman of the party, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu. The PDP is currently hit by crisis after Atiku Abubakar emerged the party’s Presidential Candidate for the 2023 general elections. Some PDP governors and leaders, particularly from southern Nigeria were insistent that for fairness, northern Nigeria should not hold both the party’s presidential ticket and national chairmanship position. Leading in the struggle for resignation of Ayu, who is from the North Central, is Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Nigeria Integrated National Financing Framework Report on Sustainable Development (NIFF), on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York. Speaking at the event, the president’s media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, quoted the Nigerian leader as saying: “For Nigeria and indeed Africa as a whole, achieving the SDGs will mean ending poverty and hunger, safeguarding our ecosystem and the planet and ensuring our people live in peace and prosperity by the year 2030.” While stressing the importance placed by the present administration towards achieving this, Buhari said: “It is pertinent to state…
Rafa Nadal says an important part of him was also leaving the men’s Tour with the retirement of the Swiss tennis star Roger Federer. Sitting courtside Nadal cried as his great rival, Federer, bid an emotional farewell to tennis at the Laver Cup on Friday. Nadal, who has won a men’s record 22 Grand Slam singles titles, said it was a difficult night for him emotionally. This was after the defeat to the American pair of Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe marked the end of the 41-year-old Federer’s dazzling career. “For me, has been huge honour to be a part…
Roger Federer’s trophy-laden career ended with defeat on Friday, but for once the result hardly mattered as the Swiss maestro headed into retirement with tears in his eyes and cheers ringing in his ears. With a sellout crowd of 17,500 at London’s O2 Arena willing him on, the 20-time Grand Slam champion returned after more than a year away to play tennis. He played alongside Rafa Nadal, the Spaniard with whom he shared one of tennis’s most captivating rivalries. With the clock past midnight, Federer could have sealed victory in the Laver Cup doubles clash when he served at match…
Dr. Dauda Lawan-Dare on Friday, re-emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the 2023 poll in Zamfara. Lawan-Dare was re-elected with 422 votes in the re-run primary ordered by a Federal High Court in Gusau. Chairman of the PDP Governorship Primary election committee and Kaduna State PDP Chairman, Hassan Hyet, made the declaration at the conclusion of the exercise in Gusau. Hyet said that Lawan-Dare polled 422 votes to beat his two opponents who scored one vote each. According to him, out of 431 accredited delegates, 428 cast the ballot in which four votes were declared invalid. He said…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released a 422-member Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) ahead of the commencement of the party’s 2023 presidential campaign to be headed by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the list of members of the council released in Abuja on Saturday, Sen. Bola Tinubu, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate and Abdullahi Adamu, its National chairman, are to serve as deputy chairmen of the council. Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau is the Director General with James Faleke as secretary of the council. Sen. Kashim Shettima, the party’s Vice-Presidential candidate is the vice chairman of the council and Adams…
His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III has perfected plan again to celebrate the quarterly cultural diversity within his domain on Saturday 24th September while the most anticipated Olu of Warri Tech Challenge winner will receive the cash million naira only (#1,000,000) on October 1st marking Nigeria independent day. Ogiame Atuwatse III whose life and influence since ascension to the throne of his ancestors is about impacting the life of male and female both young or old in Warri Kingdom can be likened to the famous inaugural speech by late Former America President, John F Kennedy who said that “Ask not…