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Indications emerged last night that no fewer than 145 persons have been arrested in various parts of the North, following the crackdown ordered by the federal government on suspected militias causing mass deaths in some states in the region. A top source, who gave an update to Vanguard last night, also hinted that the militias killed no fewer than 30 policemen mobilised by the government to quell the onslaught. The official hinted that the bulk of those areas was in Benue, Kaduna and Nasarawa states, following the order given by President Muhammadu Buhari to security agencies to fish out perpetrators of…

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Benue as afterthought and needless, several months after the massacre of Nigerians, serving only as a large billboard of his administration’s gross insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians. The party, however, said its mega rally, which held in Dutse, Jigawa State, today, has opened a new vista for the party as the true hope for Nigerians. The PDP, in a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, on Monday, said it is appalling and highly disheartening that a President can only visit his distressed citizens after a…

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Unknown gunmen Monday kidnapped two clergymen in Ikot Akpa Idem, Ukanafun local government area of Akwa Ibom State, Straightnews has gathered. Pastor Mfon Akpan Udo Nneke, Area Superintendent of The Apostolic Church, Ikot Akpa Idem was said to have been kidnapped at 5 a.m. by the gunmen while he was preparing for Women Fellowship prayer meeting. Nneke who hails from Idung Nneke is a cousin to Dr. Idongesit Umoh, the founder of Sure Polytechnic, Idung Nneke in Ukanafun. However, Umoh was abducted from his country home last year, ransom paid but his abductors amputated his right hand. A family source…

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A one-time General Manager of Akwa Ibom State Newspaper Corporation, Udo Silas has described the industrialization policy of the government as a ruse. Industrialisation policy forms part of its major thrusts of the state government. On September 23, 2017, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo inaugurated Syringe Manufacturing Company and Metering Company in Onna local government area. But speaking on Planet 101.1 FM Radio, Uyo under Team Nigeria, a programme sponsored by Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Silas himself an indigene of Onna dismissed the industrialisation usually written in mass media and social media as “mere…

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A top media professional in Akwa Ibom State has disparaged that there is government but no governace in the state, submitting that “All is not well in the state in the scheme of things.” Speaking on Planet 101.1 FM Radio, Uyo under Team Nigeria, a programme sponsored by Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Udo Silas, the immediate past General Manager of Akwa Ibom State Newspaper Corporation, stated “In fact, there is government but no governance in Akwa Ibom State.” Silas, who is a media professional and a stalwart of All Progrssives Party (APC), explained…

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The Senate has confirmed the revelation by Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central that each Nigerian Senator collects N13.5 million running cost monthly. Straightnews had reported last week that the Senator dropped this bombshell during an interview with The News magazine. Aliyu Abdullahi, the Senate spokesperson, said said the revelation recently made by Sani that each member of the red chamber receives N13.5 million monthly is “nothing new.” Abdullahi said the details revealed to the public by Senator are already contained in budget for the National Assembly. He said the details are “contained in various line items and expenditure…

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Luis Enrique, former Barcelona coach, has agreed to replace Conte at Chelsea. The 47-year-old stepped down from Barca last summer and vowed to take a year off from football before returning to the game next term. Enrique, who led Barcelona to their 5th Champions League title in 2015, has been tipped to replace troubled Antonio Conte at the Stamford Bridge this summer. El Confidencial reports that Enrique has settled terms with Chelsea to succeed Antonio Conte at the end of this season. They also suggested that Chelsea’s board has run out of patience with Conte after his constant sniping this…

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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, reportedly Sunday, March 11 fired members of the state executive council and the 21 administrators of the local government areas and in a paranoid manner reversed the decision few minutes later. Straightnews reported Sunday that Bello announced the decision at an on-going meeting he held with all political appointees at the Government House, Lokoja, the state capital. The report quoted a source as saying the governor directed all the 15 commissioners and 21 local government administrators to submit the keys to their official vehicles to the Secretary to State Government (SSG). Of recent, the governor…

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Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s ex-president said research had proven that the Boko Haram insurgency started as a means of fighting hunger and joblessness, saying that the federal government can use the same problems to crush the menace. Obasanjo made the observation in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, where he presided over a meeting of the Zero Hunger Forum, a social development goal programme of both the Nigerian government and international development partners. The meeting was attended by the host governor, Kashim Shettima, and officials from the federal ministry of agriculture, as well as others from Borno, Benue, Sokoto, Ogun and…

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In its resolve to guarantee liquidity in the market, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injected $355.43 million into the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) on Friday, March 9. The figure was to meet requests in the agricultural, airlines, petroleum products and raw materials and machinery sectors. Mr. Isaac Okorafor, the Bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, who confirmed the figures, reiterated that the CBN interventions in the market were aimed at sustaining liquidity in the market as well as boosting production and trade. Okorafor said with increasing accretion to the country’s reserve, the Bank is in a much…

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