Govt Turns All Boarding To Day Schools, Buys 2,000 Bikes Niger government says it has converted all boarding to day schools and bought over 2,000 motorcycles. The Niger government says it has converted all boarding schools to day schools and bought over 2,000 motorcycles to stem the rising tide of abductions following the kidnap of Tegina schoolchildren. It added that it had begun negotiation with bandits responsible for the kidnapping of the pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, Tegina, Rafi local government area of the state. The government also said it was aware of the ongoing negotiation between the parents…
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Malami Finally Speaks On Sending Memo Seeking Suspension Of Constitution AGF, Malami Finally Speaks On Sending Memo Seeking Suspension Of Constitution The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has reacted to a report that he wrote a memo to the President, Muhammadu Buhari, seeking the suspension of Nigeria’s constitution and a declaration of Martial law over rising Insecurity in the country. AGF Malami described the report as ‘false’ and ‘fabricated’. This was conveyed in a statement made available to POLITICS NIGERIA, signed by his media aide, Umar Jibril Gwandu. The AGF maintained that he is pro-constitutional democracy. The statement…
Nigeria Is A Failed Country, Ex-American Ambassador, Gives Reason …Why Nigeria Is A Failed Country A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, and a former Director with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Prof. Robert Rotberg, have said it is time for the United States to acknowledge that Nigeria is a failed state in light of the many security threats plaguing the country. Nigeria Is A Failed Country Campbell and Rotberg said this in an article titled, ‘The Giant of Africa is Failing’ which was published in the May/June edition of ‘Foreign Affairs magazine. The duo argued that…
Like Husband, Like Wife, Buhari Ahmed Blasts Tinubu And Wife Our journey in actualising our dreams as a nation has always been a setback in a country where power is in the hands of a selected few criminals who have consciously incorporated wholesale poverty into the Nigerian system. Women serve as a foundation to nation-building, their role in any society can never be underestimated. They stand on their feet to defend their fellow women who may have been subjected to humiliation and torture. History has always been kind to those who fought selflessly for the country. People like, Mrs Funmilayo…
Genocidal Tweets: Fayose Mocks Buhari, Tells Twitter What To Do Next Ex-governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari over Twitter’s decision to delete his tweet that referenced the civil war. Buhari had in a tweet on Tuesday threatened to punish those “bent on destroying Nigeria through insurrection.” Read Also: BREAKING: Twitter Deletes Buhari’s ‘Genocidal Tweet’, Set To Ban Nigerian President, Gives Reason He made reference to the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970). Fayose Mocks Buhari “Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand.”…
See How Nigerians Rejoice As Twitter Deletes Buhari’s ‘Genocidal Tweet’ Why Nigerians Rejoice As Twitter Deletes Buhari’s ‘Genocidal Tweet Nigerians have commended the CEO of Microblogging platform, Twitter, Jack Dorsey for deleting President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet where he threatened to treat Nigerians “misbehaving” in “the language they understand”. Read Also: BREAKING: Twitter Deletes Buhari’s ‘Genocidal Tweet’, Set To Ban Nigerian President, Gives Reason This was contained in the last part of his Twitter thread on Tuesday. The tweet reads, “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during…
INSIDE LIFE: Take My Wife, Leave My Cow, I Can Marry Another Wife, Man Says Take My Wife, Leave My Cow We may not here be referring to the rag – tag army of policemen attached to Local Government Councillors in the name of security – such that might scamper for escape on hearing the sound of a knockout. Rather, we are looking at what obtains in some of the more advanced countries where security is serious business. Take My Wife, Leave My Cow In those climes, the policeman is not easily given to shooting the suspect. In fact, the…
How NECO Registrar Died Before Chance To Expose Culprits In N6.5billion Contract Scam How NECO Registrar Died Before Chance To Expose Culprits In N6.5billion Contract Scam The Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Professor Godswill Obioma, died on Tuesday in controversial circumstances only one week after the Senate announced it would look into N6.5 billion contracts awarded by the council without due process under his predecessors. Top sources at the Federal Ministry of Education said the probe had unsettled the past NECO bosses and Obioma was willing to lay bare all the documents, which makes his death all the…
BREAKING: Twitter Deletes Buhari’s ‘Genocidal Tweet’, Set To Ban Nigerian President, Gives Reason Twitter has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet threatening genocide against the people of Igbo-dominated South-East. The social media giant deleted Buhari’s tweet following enquiries from Peoples Gazette with the context in which the Nigerian leader issued the threat on Tuesday night. Read Also: PHOTOS: Female NSCDC Declared Missing Days To Wedding Found In Shallow Grave The Nigerian leader may also be locked out of his account for 24 hours of face a temporary suspension for the offensive tweet, The Gazette learnt. Earlier, Twitter had seen no wrongdoing…
BREAKING: How Killers Of Ortom’s Aide Arrested Following the killing of AIG Christopher Dega, Information reaching us that, the Killers Of Ortom’s Aide Arrested Some suspected killers of AIG Christopher Dega (retd.), a Senior Special Assistant to Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Security has been arrested. IBOM FOCUS had earlier reported how some unknown Gunmen shot AIG Dega on Tuesday in Jos. Confirming the incident Read Also: BREAKING: How Governor Ortom’s Aide Shot Dead By Bandits The Police Public Relations Officer in Plateau, Ubah Ogaba, confirmed in a statement on Wednesday said some suspects in connection with the assaaination…