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Feb

09

2021

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Anambra polls: I didn’t boycott S/East PDP meeting over leadership crisis – Anyim cries out

OPINION, POLITICS"Amotekun, #AnyimPius#Anyim, #EbonyiStateGovernment, #Engr.DavidUmahi

Samuel Amah, Abakaliki A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, has denied the publication making in the social media that he was not present at the South-East PDP Stakeholders Meeting, which held in Enugu, on Monday. This is even as the former President of the Senate pointed out that not only that he was conspicuously present at the meeting, but participated fully in all its sessions and ensured it ended well. According to Anyim, those saying he was absent from the meeting because he was angry that the party was poised to making…

Feb

06

2021

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Rep. Sam Onuigbo Storms Umuahia, Distributes Galvanized Battery Cages, Point of Lay Birds, Others to Abia Farmers

AGRICULTURE"Amotekun, #EndSARsProtest, agriculture, all progressives Congress, BIAFR Restoration, Coronavirus Disease, empowerment, federal government of Nigeria, Hon. Sam Onuigbo

By Charity Uwakwe Not fewer than sixty farmers from Ikwuano/ Umuahia Federal Constituency of Abia State smiled back home yesterday, as the Federal government, through Rep. Sam Ifeanyichukwu Onuigbo Member at the Red Chamber disbursed mouthwatering facilities to facilitate Poultry farming in the area. Facilities received by each beneficiary at the end of the training and empowerment section included modern cages, point-of-lay (POL) birds, 3-bags of feed. Reportedly, the event was held at Kolping Society, WBHE, Umuahia, the state's capital, was in line with the diversification of country's economy through Agriculture. In his address, the House Member, represented by Engr.…

Feb

06

2021

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Amotekun Ejects, 37 Herders, 5,000 Cattle From Forest Reserves Over Refusal To Register With Government

NATIONAL NEWS"Amotekun, #Homeland security, Coronavirus Disease, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

Over 37 herdsmen with 5,000 cattle were on Thursday evicted from forest reserves by the Ondo State Government. The state’s security network, also called Amotekun Corps, which effected the ejection, said the herders failed to comply with the directive of the state government to register before they could be allowed to operate in the area. Director General of the corps, Adetunji Adeleye, told PREMIUM TIMES on Friday that the process of effecting the directive of the state government was ongoing. He said those who failed to cooperate with the corps would leave the forest, even as he noted that a number of…

Feb

24

2020

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“Amotekun has come to stay and we must stand by it”… Lagos Speaker

NATIONAL NEWS"Amotekun, Lagos State Government, Nigerian government, security

Those were the alarming words of Lagos Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, at the public hearing on Amotekun, Monday at the Lagos State House of Assembly. The Speaker, in his keynote address declared that Amotekun, as a security outfit, in the state and the South West had come to stay, as the public hearing on the issue ended a verdict, hence “no going back on Amotekun”. Also, the Lagos Arewa community/Miyeti Allah, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Muslim community, Community Development Associations (CDAs), Community Development Committees (CDCs), state security outfits, traditional rulers including the Aare Ona Kakanfo, Otunba Gani Adams, political…