Minister Expresses Concern On Attacks Of The Custodial Centres

National SecurityNewsNigeriaMinister Expresses Concern On Attacks Of The Custodial Centres

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 2, 2021

The Federal Government has expressed concerns about recent attacks on some of the facilities of the custodial centres by hoodlums and gunmen and declared the centres across the country ‘Red Zones’ to invaders. Minister of Interior, Ọgbẹni Rauf Arẹgbẹsọla who spoke while addressing Squadron Commanders of the Nigerian Correctional Service, in Abuja, during the weekend, charged them that they were armed and positioned to directly guard the centres and defend their integrity. “Earlier this month,...

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Federal Government Denies Fr Mbaka Contracts- Presidential Spokesman

NewsNigeriaFederal Government Denies Fr Mbaka Contracts- Presidential Spokesman

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 1, 2021

Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesman on Friday disclosed that the spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr Ejike Mbaka, turned against President Muhammadu Buhari after his requests for contracts as compensation for his support were turned down. The presidential spokesman reaction followed Mbaka’s call on the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari if he failed to resign over the increasing spate of insecurity in the country. Shehu, in a statement titled, “Father Mbaka is...

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Father Mbaka Asks For Contract as Compensation for Supporting Buhari – Presidency

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRegionsFather Mbaka Asks For Contract as Compensation for Supporting Buhari – Presidency

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 1, 2021

The Presidency has alleged that the popular Catholic Priest, Father Mbaka, who supported President Muhammadu Buhari but has turned against the President because his request for contracts was ignored. Father Mbaka supported Buhari in his first and second term elections. He recently called on the National Assembly to impeach the President if he failed to resign over the rising spate of insecurity in the country. In his reaction on Friday, the Presidency said the cleric...

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Anambra Airport Successfully Receives its First Commercial Test Flight

Aviation-AirportsNewsNigeriaAnambra Airport Successfully Receives its First Commercial Test Flight

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)May 1, 2021

The Anambra Airport sited on a vast beautiful landscape at Umueri, a major infrastructure developed by the Governor Obiano administration has successfully received its first test flight. The Airport; a magnificent edifice with a 34. 5-meter tower and a 3.7 massive and solidly constructed runway, is considered one of the very best, more so ever undertaken by a state in Nigeria. A journey of about less than thirty minutes from Awka the state capital, the...

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Osinbajo Outlines FG’s Policies for Development of ICT Startups Ecosystem

BusinessTelecommunicationOsinbajo Outlines FG’s Policies for Development of ICT Startups Ecosystem

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 30, 2021

Vice President Prof. Yemi Osibanjo has said that the Federal Government is to reconvene the Technology and Creativity Advisory Council on policies that would support the ecosystem for ICT startups in the country. Osibanjo said this on Thursday, at the Startup and Developer virtual event organized by Google, with the theme “ The African Start-up Ecosystem Opportunity’’, in Abuja Represented by Mr. Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Osibanjo identified...

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Security: Plateau State Government To Procure 50 Pick Up Vans, 200 Motorcycles

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSecurity: Plateau State Government To Procure 50 Pick Up Vans, 200 Motorcycles

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 30, 2021

JOS — Plateau State Executive Council has approved the procurement of 50 patrol pickup vans and 200 security motorcycles for distribution to security agencies in the state. Briefing newsmen Wednesday after the weekly State Executive Council Meeting held at the New Government House, Little Rayfield Jos, Commissioner for Information and Communication Mr. Dan Manjang said the decision was taken to strengthen the capacity of the security agencies to respond to various challenges across the state....

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Nigeria Is the Third-Worst Governed Country in the World – Report

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaNigeria Is the Third-Worst Governed Country in the World – Report

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 28, 2021

Nigeria has been ranked the third-worst governed country in the world by the Chandler Good Government Index. The report ranked the West African Country very low in governance, leadership, and foresight, scoring Nigeria 102 out of 104 countries with a score of 0.319 points ahead of Zimbabwe and Venezuela. The 2021 report was released in Singapore on Monday by the Chandler Institute of Governance. It added that the ability to handle corruption properly is the...

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A Revelation of the Big Fall―Predictions from an Armchair Prophet

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionA Revelation of the Big Fall―Predictions from an Armchair Prophet

PilotnewsApril 28, 2021

“Racism is terrorism. Period.” ―Don Okolo The American system of government is still on the move, going into its two hundred and fifty-fifth year as a nation. It has, undoubtedly, endured. The bulk and size of her polity, the one singularity that had woven the ligaments of her fabric into a tight, waterproof structure…the sole rationale for her longevity, the reason it has persevered inside both rigors of good and bad politics are because of...

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OPINION: Nigerian Government Minister’s Jihadi Statements Cause Uproar

National SecurityNigeriaOpinionOPINION: Nigerian Government Minister’s Jihadi Statements Cause Uproar

PilotnewsApril 28, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist & Blogger   Isa Pantami is minister of communications and digital economy in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Some years ago, in sermons and other statements, he used rhetoric about Christians and the West that mimics that of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. He also fulsomely praised Osama bin Laden. Some years later, he apologized. Recently, however, those statements surfaced on social media. One Nigerian newspaper claimed that Pantami was on a U.S. government watch list for terrorists—a...

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Second Phase Digital Switch Over To Begin On April 29 – Lai Muhammed

NewsTechnologyTelevision & RadioSecond Phase Digital Switch Over To Begin On April 29 – Lai Muhammed

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 28, 2021

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has announced that the second phase roll-out of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) would begin on April 29 in Lagos state. The minister disclosed in Abuja, on Tuesday, at an interactive session with the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation and the 13-Member Ministerial Task Force on the DSO project. The minister said: “We are kickstarting the new roll out in Lagos State on April...

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