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Feb

2020

“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…

Feb

2020

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Ebonyi State Government Calls For Permanent Borders Closure

NATIONAL NEWSAbakiliki rice, boarders Closure, ebonyi state government, illegal goods

FAMOUS REPORTERS Ebonyi state Governor, Engr. David Umahi has expressed delight over the closure of Nigeria borders saying it has made Abakaliki Rice appreciate credibly across the globe. Governor, Umahi who described farmers as successful, independent and worthy persons who are contribute and bear the vision of State, prayed that the borders would remain permanently closed so as to prevent the importation of foreign rice and other illegal products into the country. Governor David Umahi stated this while declaring open the USAID sponsored Agribusiness Finance and Investment Summit, held at Osborne La Palm Royal Resort, in Abakaliki. The Governor, represented…

Feb

2020

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Read Why Nigeria Must Work With The Chinese
…Rotimi Amaechi Reveals

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FAMOUS REPORTERS "We Are Working With The Chinese To Domesticate The Railway Technology In Nigeria", were the words of the Honourable Minister of Transportation, and former Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi The Honourable Minister of Transportation has revealed plans by his ministry to localize the Railway Technology in Nigeria. The Minister disclosed this, yesterday while laying the foundation stone of a transport institute at Gregory University Uturu, during the school's 8th Matriculation Ceremony. According to him, his ministry has done so much to revive the almost decayed railway lines which has seen the Trains…

Feb

2020

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Nnamdi Kanu’s Parents burial: Restore Peace To Nigeria With Same Spirit…Sen. Umeh Tells FG

NATIONAL NEWSBIAFRA, federal government of Nigeria, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, peace, Sen. Victor Umeh, serenity

FAMOUS REPORTERSEvidently, things are moving on smoothly as should at the dual funeral ceremony of Late Eze Israel O. Kanu and his beloved wife, Lolo Sally Nmeme, the parents of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the revered leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Afaraukwu, Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia State.The former Senator representing Anambra Central, Sen. Victor Umeh who described the burial as a unique and monumental ceremony, urged the Federal government of Nigeria to restore peace to the various nooks and crannies of the country with same spirit.Addressing newsmen at St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Isiama Afara during the church service,…

Feb

2020

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Kanu’s Parents’ Burial: Road Construction To Be Completed Soon As Odernix Intensifies Efforts

NATIONAL NEWSabia government, BIAFRA, burial, funeral ceremony, HRM Eze Israel O. Kanu, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, road construction, Ugoeze Sally Kanu

FAMOUS REPORTERS The construction of the Afaraukwu road leading to the house of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu obviously continues, as workers are seen in the area with their machines. This indisputably is in preparation for the funeral ceremony of Late Eze Israel O. Kanu and his wife, Ugoeze Sally Kanu, slated for tomorrow, February 14. Famous Reporters recalls that Governor Ikpeazu has earlier mandated the Construction Company to ensure that the road wears a look differently from what it used to be, as the epoch making ceremony would have in attendance dignitaries…

Feb

2020

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How Customs Spotted Trailer Conveying bags of Contraband rice Disguised as beans<br>…33,000 Litres of Petroleum

How Customs Spotted Trailer Conveying bags of Contraband rice Disguised as beans
…33,000 Litres of Petroleum

NATIONAL NEWScontraband rice, crime, customs, forfeiture, Nigerian government

FAMOUS REPORTERS Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded trailer load of 330 kilogrammes of Pangolin scales, foreign rice stuffed in bags of beans and 33,000 litres of petroleum products valued at N98.3 million. Addressing newsmen in Yola at the headquarters, Tuesday, Customs Area Comptroller, Kamardeen Olumohn pointed out that the rice was disguised as beans in an attempt to deceive Nigerian Customs personnel who have been enforcing the federal government’s policy against the importation of rice. According to Olumohn,the trailer was impoundedand brought to the headquarters with the content from where it was seized along the…

Feb

2020

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Sen. Abaribe Spoke The Mind Of Nigerians On Security…COSEYL Tells Critics

NATIONAL NEWS, Uncategorizedbloodshed, Buhari's government, coalition of South East Youth Leaders, insecurity, Nigeria government, senator Enyinnaya Abaribe

FAMOUS REPORTERS The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has unanimously frowned at the recent attack on the reputation of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the minority leader of the Senate in the federal republic of Nigeria by some misformed individuals. COSEYL, an umbrella body of all the youth organizations in South East zone expressed their ill feelings through a press statement, jointly signed by Chief Goodluck Ibem and, Comrade Kanice Igwe,President-General andSecretary -General, respectively, condemning in totality the aspersions cast upon the revered Senator. Famous Reporters recalls that some aggrieved individuals have vituperated the minority leader shortly after the latter…

Feb

2020

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How Siena Driver Escaped Gun Shot From Police officer At Check In Imo (Photos).

NATIONAL NEWS, Uncategorizedbribe, gun, Nigeria police, Nigerian government

FAMOUS REPORTERS A police officer at a check in one of the check points in Ideato North LGA of Imo state, this afternoon had attempted shedding the blood of a Sienna driver in his late thirties. Our reporter who was at the scene of the incident recounts that the police officer at the check made for his gun wordlessly as the car pulled up at the spot, leaving the five passengers and the driver in stark bewilderment. According to our reporter, the driver (name withheld) was confused upon seeing the police cork his Rifle which was directly pointed at him.…

Feb

2020

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Redouble Efforts To End Security Challenges: Bishop Onuoha Charges FG

NATIONAL NEWSbloodshed, Boko Haram insurgency, Buhari's administration, crime, death, insecurity, killing, Nigerian government

FAMOUS REPORTERS The President Vision Africa International and Co-chair Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace, Bishop, Dr, Onuoha has harped on the need for Nigerians not to give up in the search for Peace, stressing that there is no alternative to peace. Speaking during the General Assembly of the IDFP held recently in Abuja, Nigeria on the theme: Interreligious Dialogue: Strengthening the Culture of Peace, Reconciliation and Justice, the Methodist Bishop decried the ugly happenings in the country, stressing that it is a glaring indication that much is required to bring peace to our people who are currently troubled by poverty…

Feb

2020

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Read Why ex-corps member Declined Boko Haram’s Freedom Offer

NATIONAL NEWSBoko Haram, Christianity, crime, death killing, insecurity, insurgency, Islamic religion, Nigerian government, social vices, terrorism

FAMOUS REPORTERS A former member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Abraham Amuta, who was captured by Boko Haram insurgents, in April, 2019 has yesterday, allegedly sniffed at the freedom offer by the Terrorists. Reportedly, Amuta, a native of Benue State was abducted during his one-year mandatory service in Borno, alongside a 58-year-old man, Moses Oyeleke of Living Faith Church, in Maiduguri and few others, including a schoolgirl, Ndagiliya Ibrahim Umar, on April 10, 2019. According to reports, the Benue born man without mincing words, told those who had gone to Sambisa forest to secure his release to go back…