Archives for May 26th, 2016

BREAKING: Ekwueme visits Buhari at the state house

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President Muhammadu Buhari received a very important guest at the statehouse today, May 26. President Mohammadu. Buhari. The Nigerian president welcomed Sir, Dr Alex Ekwueme, the first elected Vice-President of Nigeria. Ekwueme served in office from 1979 to 1983 in the Shehu Shagari era, and it is speculated that the ex-VP came to discuss with Buhari on ...

READ FULL TEXT OF PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI CHILDREN’S DAY MESSAGE TO THE NATION

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI CHILDREN’S DAY MESSAGE TO THE NATION I heartily greet and felicitate with all Nigerian children on the occasion of this year’s Children’s Day celebration. I seize the opportunity of this year’s celebration which comes just two days before the first anniversary of the present Administration, to reassure our children and youth that we remain ...

President Buhari vows to eradicate Boko Haram from Nigeria

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By Our Correspondent President Muhammadu Buhari has once again reiterated his resolve to eradicate Boko Haram insurgents from the shores of Nigeria. President Mohammadu Buhari Buhari who made the resolve in his Children’s day message to the nation on Thursday May 26, vowed that his administration will not “rest on its oars until the ungodly terrorist sect is totally ...

Amaechi: 51 Garlands to the New Face of Democracy in Nigeria

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By Eze Chukwuemeka Eze PREAMBLE President Mohammadu Buhari and Honourable Rotimi Amaechi. My good friend and political leader, Minister of Transportation, Rt  Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who piloted with other great Nigerians the ousting of the last looting PDP Administration under the watch of Dr Goodluck Jonathan that ruined and brought our country to her knees, will ...

There is no militant group called Niger Delta avengers – IYC

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...Says Federal Govt. Must Address issue of neglect in the region ...True Federalism is solution - Uranta By Francis Sadhere, Warri President of the Ijaw National Youth Council, world wide, Udengs Eradiri has said that there is no militant group called Niger Delta Avengers anywhere in the region, calling on the Nigeria Government to settle the issue of underdevelopment in the ...

Ijaw Youth Council leader confirms attack at Chevron oil facility

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By Our Correspondent A Nigerian civil rights leader and a Niger Delta resident confirmed on Thursday that militants had attacked a Chevron oil facility in the region. A militant group called Niger Delta Avengers said late on Wednesday that it had blown up the main electricity feed pipeline leading to the Escravos tank farm. 'The attack truly happened,' Eric Omare, ...

The New Face of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme

By Mene Lube The Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Program was set up in 2010 by former president Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua GCFR. The sole purpose of the programme was to help rehabilitate and reintegrate militants in the Niger Delta who had accepted presidential amnesty given to them. It was on June 25, 2009 that President Yar'Adua proclaimed a 60-day unconditional amnesty period ...