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Gov Bello Has Made Kogi Most Backward State – PDP

25Jul

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Gov Bello Has Made Kogi Most Backward State – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused Governor Yahaya Bello, of Kogi State of turning the state to the most backward in the country. This was disclosed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, during a tour of the PDP offices in the state at the weekend. The opposition party said that Kogi is backward due to the “much devastation, infrastructural decay, poverty and institutionalised hopelessness” under which the people live. He lamented that Bello had “stagnated and turned Kogi into the most backward state in the country.” In a statement signed by Richard Ihediwa, Assistant Director, Publicity Unit, Office of the PDP National Publicity Secretary, the party said, “It is indeed pathetic that Yahaya Bello has resorted to fake news in his desperate forum s...

Opinion: The “Terrorists” of IPOB – Femi Fani-Kayode

I watched my brother Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s interview with my brother Chief Dele Momodu on Thursday evening and I was inspired and encouraged. Nnamdi spoke with such eloquence, passion, courage and strength. He is brilliant and irrepressible. He cannot be underestimated or ignored. Every African should listen to that interview. He cleared a lot of misconceptions about himself and made his position clear on so many issues. Most important of all is the fact that he had the decency and humility to tender his regrets and apologies where he may have got things wrong. That is the mark of a great leader. President Muhammadu Buhari I have loved and trusted him dearly ever since the first day we met and spoke for 3 hours when we were both incarcerated at Kuje prison in 2016. From the firs...

Lekki Tollgate Shooting: Why We Won’t Disclose Identity of Soldiers Deployed – Army

The Nigerian Army has said that it will reveal the identities of its personnel who were deployed in Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020. This was disclosed by acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations and 81 Division’s spokesperson, Major Osoba Olaniyi. Amnesty international and other groups have claimed varied number of casualties resulting from the Lekki toll gate area shooting though the Lagos State government claim only one person was killed. The admission followed an earlier statement that no life was lost in the shooting. The Nigerian army had initially denied involvement in the shootings through a series of tweets. However, the army later stated that its personnel were the ones who carried out the operation, noting that the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State ...