Barrister Chukwudi Ezeobika is the National Chairman United Patriots (UP) he is also Chairman Media Committee of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), he spoke on President Buhari’s refusal to sign the electoral act and the planned removal of fuel subsidy removal Excerpts, What’s your view on president Muhammadu Buhari’s withholding of assent to the amended electoral act?* It is the primary responsibility of the legislative arm of Government to make laws in Nigeria. Consequently, when a Bill, such as the Electoral Act amendment Bill is passed by the National Assembly, it behoves on the President to assent to such…
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The Commander Corps of Artillery Major General Tari-Timiye Gagariga has urged fresh Graduands of the Nigerian Army Training Center to always maintain high professional standards in their conduct during operations.Assistant Director Army Public Relations captain Babatunde Zubairu who issued the press Statement quoted theCCA to have given the advice on Thursday, 23 December, 2021 in Kontagora during the graduation ceremony of 288 officers and men of the Nigerian Army. The officers had undergone training on Basic Camel MRAP and APC EQ Series Vehicle Course. The Commander Corps of Artillery who was the Special Guest of Honour at the event was…
By John Akubo, Abuja Senator Alex Usman Kadiri, an APC stalwart, who represented Kogi East from 1999 to 2003 in the National Assembly, told JOHN AKUBO in Abuja that for refusing his assent on the 2021 Electoral Act the lawmakers should veto President Buhari. The National Assembly passed the electoral amendment bill 2021, which gives INEC leverage to transmit election results electronically at its discretion. The other is the Direct Primary to decide how parties decide persons to field for elections. As a former lawmaker, what’s your position on the controversial stalemate?The President is so weak that it is the…
Member representing Yagba Federal Constituency at the House Representatives, Honourable Leke Abejide, is sustaining efforts to mitigate the holiday time traumas, of his constituents in Yagbaland and indeed Okunland, on their yuletide travels. About two months ago, Abejide in response to the pains of commuters on decrepit access roads in Yagba federal constituency, commenced the palliative works. With the major road artery through the area fallen into worrisome disrepair, characterised by gullies, lacerations and general unmotorability, Abejide commissioned the scraping, filling and compaction of the road. Workers on the road, have been functioning round the clock, virtually, to deliver on…
From Abel Abogonye, Lafia Following the murder of 45 farmers by killer herdsmen, over 5000 Internally Displaced Persons IDPs are currently in three camps amidst cold weather and no food situation. The IDPs who are mainly Tiv fled their homes over fear of further attacks by the rampaging killer herdsmen in Awe, Obi and Lafia local councils. Our correspondent who visited some of the IDPs camps noted that children and women form the majority with little or no sleeping spaces and poor sanitary facilities. At the time of the visit majority of the IDPs said the state government had not…
For Nigeria to turn it’s myriads of challenges into success stories it has to embrace Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as key to ensuring economic growth, the President Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Engr. Babagana Mohammed, has indicated.Mohammed gave the indication at the graduation ceremony of the Young Entrepreneurs’ Club (YECLUB) pilot Public School Co-Corricular TVET Project Abuja.The program was Sponsored by a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Ladi Memorial Foundation (LMF) through its Chateko Vocational Institute (CVI). The NSE President urged professionals to focus more attention on promoting the culture of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) by encouraging mentorship,…
By Ahmad Rufa’i, Dutse The Jigawa state Government has allocated 400 hectares of land to Federal Fovernment for the construction of permeant sites of three Federal higher institutions established in the state. The Commissioner for Land, Housing and Urban Development, Honourable Sagir Ahmed made the disclosure while speaking at the Weekly Media Engagement Forum organized by the state Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)He said “vast lands have been given as permanent site for the new higher Institutions established by the Federal Government”. The commissioner explained that 200 hectres is for the Federal University of Technology in…
Stakeholders have challenged christian, Muslim and traditional religion leaders to step up the responsibility of contributing to the collective reengineering and moral rearmament urgently needed to salvage the nation, in fulfilling their roles as religious leaders and pulpit managers. This was part of the consensus reached according to a communique issued after an inclusive, open dialogue recently in Abuja through the collaboration of Vision Africa (VA) and the Global Peace Foundation (GPF); which was facilitated by the President of Vision Africa, Bishop Sunday Onuoha. The inclusive security dialogue had in attendance, key stakeholders and elder statesmen, namely; former president Chief…
From Naseer Mijinyawa Minna It has been discovered that Armed bandits in Niger State usually carry out intensive initiatives on communities before launching their offensive attacks, Special adviser on security matters to the Niger State Governor, Gen(rtd) Ndagulu Abubakar Imam has indicated.He spoke when he appeared before the Justice Danladi Ahmed Baddegi Judicial Commission of inquiry sitting in Minna.He disclosed that 99 percent of the attacks on most of the communities were being carried out by armed bandits adding that whenever such incident occured in any of the communities, the first place to get information from is the Local Government…
From Naseer Mijinyawa Minna The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has deployed 1,200 personnel across all formations and the 25 local government areas in Niger State aimed at beefing up security during, after the Christmas and New year festivities. The state commandant of the Corps Mr Haruna Bala Zurmi stated this while addressing officers and men of the command at the state headquarters of the corps in Minna Thursday.He admonished personnel of the command to be more proactive and vigilant, live above board in curtailing any act inimical to security in their respective areas of duty.He reiterated the…