PGF boss, Lukman denies media report of division among APC governors The Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Lukman, has denied media report susgesting division among the serving governors of the party. One of the Sunday Newspapers of June 21, 2020 had carried on its front page a headline “13 governors back NWC, […]
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Group alleges NEF, others being paid to blackmail Buhari
…. dares Ango Abdullah’s group to swear with the Koran The Progressive Yoruba Youths Congress (PYYC) has revealed that an ex-presidential candidate pays the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) a whopping N100m monthly to blackmail President Muhammadu Buhari. The Yoruba youths made this known at a press conference by its President Kola Salau on Sunday to address […]
President Buhari’s meeting with security chiefs and Monguno’s insensitivity
By James Giwa Last week Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari, had a cause to meet with top security chiefs in the country to discuss the recent security breaches in the country in which over a hundred persons lost their lives. Nigerians were happy to see the President rise to the occasion to address the unfortunate incidents […]
Boko Haram And Our Failure To Act Right
By Andrew Idoko The Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria has had its attendant effect on our socio-political life, given the wanton destructions that have been recorded in North-East Nigeria. In July 2009, the Boko Haram uprising began in Borno state. It spread to other northern states, leaving hundreds of followers, Nigerian law enforcement officers, and […]
Banditry: Kuanum blames failed politicians, hails military efforts
A security expert and public affairs commentator, Mr Terrence Kuanum, has attributed the incessant cases of violence and bandit attacks in parts of northern Nigeria to the activities of failed politicians who want to paint the President Muhammadu Buhari administration in bad light. He insisted that the Nigerian military is doing a good job of […]
APC Crisis: Oshiomhole’s intolerance responsible, not 2023 ambition – Lukman
The Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, has dismissed claims that the current leadership crisis in the party is as a result of scheming by political gladiators to control party structures ahead of the 2023 general elections. The APC chieftain attributed the wave of crisis in the party to the intolerance of […]
Insecurity: Northern youths warn politicians behind killings, sponsored protests
The Coalition of Northern Groups for Good Governance (CNGG) has fired warning shots at politicians it alleged to be behind the recent killings and protests across the country to seize from their mission to destabilize Nigeria. The group which said it is made up of about 35 CSOs and groups across the north disclosed that […]
Insecurity: CALSER scores Farouq high on FG’s humanitarian activities
The Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has expressed satisfaction with the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, for her handling of the Federal Government’s assistance to victims of humanitarian crisis in the country. The centre gave this commendation in a press statement signed by its Executive Director, […]
Security: Kaduna Biu Community Commends Nigerian Army, Gen Buratai
The Biu Community in Kaduna State has commended the Nigerian Army under the examplary leadership of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai for tireless and laudable efforts in ensuring security for Nigeria. They expressed this on Saturday in Kaduna at a ceremony organised to console him on the death of his […]
Security : How Monguno is Dragging the Service Chiefs Behind
By Emmanuel Okoye One thing you cannot take away from the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Mohammed Babagana Monguno (rtd), is the fact that he is not totally unaware of the challenges hampering the security of the nation. The retired Major General and old boy of Kings College, Lagos, who is experienced in military […]