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Sep

2022

COAS Flags Combat Orienteering Competition in Cross River State • emphasised the importance of training in Combating Terrorism and Insurgency

NATIONAL NEWS, SECURITY#BokoHaramInsurgents, #Combat, #LieutenantGeneralFarukYahaya, insurgency, The ChiefOfArmyStaff(COAS)

COAS Flags Combat Orienteering Competition in Cross River State • emphasised the importance of training in Combating Terrorism and Insurgency The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has flagged off the Nigerian Army Inter Divisions Combat Company Orienteering Competition. The event was held on Tuesday 30 August 2022 at Godwin Ally Cantonment Ogoja, Cross River State. The COAS who was represented by Major General Joseph Omali reiterated the importance of training in the fight against insurgency and terrorism noting that competition will also enhance the leadership development of junior commanders. Gen Yahaya urged the participants to…

Aug

2022

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IGP Orders Prosecution Of All Assault Cases Says Officers Have Human Rights

NATIONAL NEWS#Exhibit, #FundamentalHumanRights, #Hard drugs, #IndianHemp, #NigeriaPolice

IGP Orders Prosecution Of All Assault Cases Says Officers Have Human Rights By Oki Samson, Lagos The viral videos of Saturday 27th August 2022 in which some youths engaged in frontal attack of policemen in the Ilupeju division of Lagos Command is one of many recent unwholesome practices targeted at the men and officers of the Nigeria Police. If the police officers at the Ilupeju incident have been taken over by rage to shoot at the four youths namely Bolade Richard Talabi, male, 31, a corper in Oyo state; Odigie Ehis, male, 35; Oyedeji Motunrayo Salamot,…

Aug

2022

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Climate Change: NW4GGI Applauds Onuigbo’s Innovative Approach

NATIONAL NEWS#ClimateChange, #Innovation, #Rep.SamIfeanyuchukwuOnuigbo

ReClimate Change: NW4GGI Applauds Onuigbo's Innovative Approach The Nigerian Women for Gas and Green Initiative (NW4GGI) has lauded Hon Sam Onuigbo for his efforts at ensuring that Nigeria has a regulatory framework for fighting Climate Change. The initiative expressed this during a courtesy to the legislator at his office at the National Assembly, on August 19, 2022. The team which was led by Hajia Maryam Salihu Ibrahim, wife of Nigeria's former Chief of Army Staff, General Salihu Ibrahim, noted that with the newly enacted Climate Change Act 2021, it now has unlimited leverage to mobilize the entirety of the women…

Aug

2022

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Peter Obi 2023: IPOB Blows Hot Makes Shocking Revelation About Position On Igbo Presidency

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Peter Obi 2023: IPOB Blows Hot Makes Shocking Revelation About Position On Igbo Presidency The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has rejected the candidacy of Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, insisting that it does not have interest in the politics of Nigeria. The freedom fighting outfit who dissociated itself from the extant clamour for the presidency of Igbo extraction, reiterated their commitment to the restoration of Biafra land. This is even as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has described as “laughable”, a certain claim which had linked the OBIdient movement…

Aug

2022

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UPDATE: Muslim/Muslim Tickets: One of Tinubu’s Plumber-Bishops Unmasked (Watch Hilarious photos+Video)

METRO, NATIONAL NEWS#2022 APC Presidential Ticket, #2023Presidency, #BolaTinubu, Fake Bishops, Muslim/Muslim ticket

UPDATE: Muslim/Muslim Tickets: One of Tinubu's Plumber-Bishops Unmasked (Watch Hilarious photos+Video) One among the Bishops who purportedly endorsed Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was today, caught, while discharging his duty as a plumber. The suspected impostor was spotted at a city in Nigeria, while discharging his official duty as a plumber to one of his clients. Unbeknownst to the unsuspecting Plumber turned Bishop that Nigerians, known for their smartness were already on the lookout for all of the "Bishops" who reportedly officially threw their weights behind Tinubu. This was…

Aug

2022

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AWADEC 2022: NAWOJ Chairperson, Comrd. Ikechukwu Condemns Negligence Towards Nigerian Women’s Rights(Photos+Video)

NATIONAL NEWS#Abia, #Development, #EndViolenceAgainstWomen, #Legacy, #NAWOJ, #NigeriaAssociationOfWomenJournalists, Comrd. Oluchi Lechi Ikechukwu, Mrs.NkechiIkpeazu, Vicar hope foundation

AWADEC 2022: NAWOJ Chairperson, Comrd. Ikechukwu Condemns Negligence Towards Nigerian Women's Rights (Photos+Video) By Charity Uwakwe The Caretaker Committee Chairperson of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ Abia State chapter, Comrd. Oluchi Lechi-Ikechukwu has decried the extant negligence meted out to the women folk in Nigeria. Addressing newsmen at the International Conference Center, Umuahia, shortly after the 8th edition of Abia Women August Delegates Conference, AWADEC 2022 with the theme “Women In Abia: Engineering Development, Creating Legacies”, urged leaders at all levels to endeavour to appreciate the rich potentials of women in the society. Comrd. Ikechukwu who congratulated women all…

Aug

2022

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IPMAN Threatens To Shut Down Petrol Depots Over Alleged Police Harassment

NATIONAL NEWS#IndependentPetroleum #MarketersAssociationOfNigeria, IPMAN

Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria,I IPMAThreatens To Shut Down Petrol Depots Over Alleged Police Harassment The Chairman of Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Cross Rivers State Branch, Mr. Robert Obi has revealed plans by the Association in South-east zone, to shut down all petrol depots over alleged police harassment. Obi described the alleged police action as an invitation to anarchy during an interface with newsmen, Friday, in Calabar, He alleged that there were moves by the legal unit at the police headquarters in Abuja to arrest its executives across the zone and possibly…

Aug

2022

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World Youth Day: Be Patriotic, Umuahia North ADC Candidate, Amalambu Charges Nigerian Youths

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World Youth Day: Be Patriotic, Umuahia North ADC Candidate, Amalambu Charges Nigerian Youthsre As various Nations of the world celebrate the annual World Youths Day, Rev. Dr. Blessed Uchechukwu Amalambu, candidate for State House of Assembly, Umuahia North State Constituency, in Abia State have advised Nigerian youths to imbibe the spirit of patriotism. Rev. Amalambu who is also the Secretary of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, (PFN), maintained that Nigeria in its present state needed a collaborative effort of from both adults, youths and her leaders. The famous clergy gave this charge, weekend, while interacting with newsmen on the ordeals of Nigerian…

Aug

2022

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2023: Get It Right With Other Well-meaning Nigerians or Face Eternal Economic Extinction- APP Candidate, Anyaragbu Tells Ikwuano

NATIONAL NEWS#Extinction, #Ikwuano, #NaturalResources, #WisdomLanAnyaragbu

2023: Get It Right With Other Well-meaning Nigerians or Face Eternal Economic Extinction- APP Candidate, Anyaragbu Tells Ikwuano As the 2023 general election draws closer, the candidate of Action People's Party, APP, for Ikwuano State Constituency, Hon. Wisdom LAN E.C Anyaragbu has urged the people of Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State to be meticulous in choosing candidates that would represent them at various capacities. Hon. Anyaragbu may maintained that their choices of candidates would either mitigate their protracted agonies or launch them into deeper, perpetual agonies. Describing himself as"a Breadth Of Fresh Air) Anyaragbu urged the people of…

Aug

2022

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UK-PACT Team Visits Rep. Onuigbo Over Climate Change Act 2021

NATIONAL NEWS#Climate change, #Commonwealth, #EffectiveRepresentation, #Rep, ECOWAS

UK-PACT Team Visits Rep. Onuigbo Over Climate Change Act 2021 The UK-PACT team from London, have visited the member representing Ikwuano Umuahia North and South Federal Constituency of Abia State, Rep. Sam Onuigbo to discuss the implementation of the Climate Change Act 2021. The team visited the Lawmaker alongside their counterparts from the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO). The Lawmaker in a statement issued to FamousReporters.com, expressed deep satisfaction over the envisioned collaboration between Nigeria and the team. The statement read in brief: "I hosted in my office today, the UK-PACT team from London, and their counterparts from the…