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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has asked Imo residents to disregard the sit-at-home order issued by the leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on the 30th day of May 2021.
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has asked Imo residents to disregard the sit-at-home order issued by the leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on the 30th day of May 2021.
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the license of the Human Rights Radio, Brekete Family Show, for recurring unprofessional conduct by the owner and host of the radio show, Ahmed Isah.
Read more: NBC suspends license of Ahmad Isah’s Human Rights Radio
President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Major General Yahaya Faruk on Thursday as the new Chief of Army Staff to replace Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru who died in an unfortunate plane crash last Friday in Kaduna.
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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has charged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament to, as a matter of urgency, seeks ways of addressing the prevalence of terrorism and irregular migration affecting member states.
Read more: Senate President tasks ECOWAS Parliament on eliminating terrorism, cross-border crimes
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has said that the reason behind the renovation on some integrated farms in Imo was not for Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) purposes.
Read more: Government not establishing farms in Imo for RUGA - Uzodimma
The Nigerian Immigration Service is to commence acceptance of applications for passports from the 1st of June 2021.
Read more: Nigerians can now resume passport application - NIS CG
The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government and President of Ghana, Nana Akuffo-Addo has lamented increased cases of terrorism activities in the West Africa sub-region, while calling on West African leaders to put in more efforts towards eradicating it.
Read more: West Africa leaders must address insecurity - Akuffo-Addo
The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto state. Maj Gen Yahaya who is a member of the 37 Regular Course of the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), started his cadet training on 27 September 1985 and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps on 22 September 1990.