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  January 3, 2021 Press Statement Presidency’s Attack on PDP, a Feeble Kick of a Weak Horse-PDP...Insists Nigerians are Fed Up With Buhari, APC The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes the diatribe by the Buhari Presidency against the party as a feeble kick of a weak horse, in another failed attempt to beguile Nigerians. The PDP is not surprised that the Buhari Presidency is rattled by the bitter truth that Nigerians are fed up with President Muhammadu Buhari as well as his All Progressives Congress (APC) and are rallying on our platform to rescue our nation from misrule. It is indeed pathetic that the Buhari Presidency thinks that it can beguile Nigerians again after all they got from it in almost six years are failed promises, a wrecked economy, weak currency, excruciating poverty, surging unemployment, unbridled treasury looting, patronizing of bandits, terrorists and kidnappers, double economic recession and a rapid decline to the horrible status of a failed state. Under Pr...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of 70 people in Zaroumdareye, a border town between Niger Republic and Mali by militants, describing the incident as another clarion call for united action by African leaders against terrorism. Reacting to the incident on Sunday in Abuja, President Buhari said, "I am profoundly shocked by the large scale death of innocent people at the hands of these callous militants who have no regard for the sanctity of human life." According to the President, "We are facing grave security challenges on account of the evil campaign of indiscriminate violence by terrorists in the Sahel and only united action can help us defeat these vicious enemies of humanity." He stated that "terrorism has now become like a contagion of evil that can spread anytime if united action is not taken." President Buhari said that "instability in one part of Africa had implications for the security of others." He recalled that ...

  Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, has ordered the release of 12 inmates in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 212 of the Constitution. According to a statement issued by the special adviser to the governor on Media and Communications, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, the pardoned convicts comprised 10 people who were serving sentences of three years and above, ‘’with six months or less to serve.’’ Adekeye further said that the other two convicts that were pardoned “were convicts who were released on ground of age. ‘’Gabriel Olugbenga was convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment for culpable homicide on June 23, 2016. He is 60 years old. He has six months left to serve and he was expected to be released on June 23, 2021,’’ he said. The statement further said that Tunde Ikuenaya was imprisoned on November 16, 2017, for four years for criminal misappropriation, adding that ‘’he is 64 years old and he was expected to be released on March 16, 2021.’’ The sp...

  CORPS MARSHAL IDENTIFIES MAJOR TRAFFIC OFFENCES TO GUIDE RETURNING MOTORISTS FROM THE YULETIDE ALSO IN 2021 ANAD BEYOND , PROMISES AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT Sequel to the mass return movements of road users from the end of the year activities coupled with the review of the operational activities embarked upon by members of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) as part of the end of year special patrol into 2021, the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has identified three major traffic offences which his personnel must enforce sporadically and which motorists must guide against in the new year, saying FRSC will remain unrelenting in its commitment to achieving the goals of the safer road environments in the new year. According to a press release issued by the Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem in Abuja on Sunday , the three identified traffic offences were outcome of the review of crashes and fatality rates recorded during the Christmas and new year ope...

  The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has extended the stay-at- home order for all State Public Servants on Grade Levels 14 and below to Monday, 18th January, 2021 to stem the tide of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement signed by the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola noted that the directive excludes staff on essential duty as well as First Responders, urging all public servants to stay safe and ensure continued adherence to all COVID-19 protocols in order to rid the State of the pandemic. Muri-Okunola also urged all staff to join the virtual Y2021 First Work Day Prayer for all Public Servants in the State via Zoom platform with Meeting ID: 857 4418 2571; Password: 100200 from 7.45a.m on Monday, 4th January, 2021. While maintaining that the service will hold online due to COVID-19, the HoS wished all staff a prosperous and fulfilling new year. #LASG #RebuildingLagos #CovidFreeLagos #ForAGreaterLagos

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis condemned on Sunday people who had gone abroad on holiday to escape coronavirus lockdowns, saying they needed to show greater awareness of the suffering of others. Speaking after his weekly noon blessing, Francis said he had read newspaper reports of people catching flights to flee government curbs and seek fun elsewhere. “They didn’t think about those who were staying at home, of the economic problems of many people who have been hit hard by the lockdown, of the sick people. (They thought) only about going on holiday and having fun,” the pope said. “This really saddened me,” he said in a video address from the library of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.

  ENHANCING INTERNAL SECURITY: NAF CONDUCTS JOINT COMBAT SEARCH, RESCUE EXERCISE ALONG KADUNA - ABUJA HIGHWAY, RESTATES COMMITMENT TO DEFEND NIGERIA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY In furtherance of its sustained efforts to enhance the capacity, professionalism and combat readiness of its personnel to tackle various internal security challenges and secure the lives and properties of Nigerians, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today, 2 January 2021, conducted a Joint Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR), Special Forces (SF) and Air Police K-9 Simulation Exercise (JCSAEX) at Rijana Village along Kaduna-Abuja Highway. The Exercise, code named “TAIMAKO YAZO”, was aimed at simulating tactics, doctrine and synergy amongst first responders for effective CSAR operations of downed aircrew or other NAF personnel who have had to eject or abandon their aircraft in emergency situations. The ability to rescue crew from hostile environments is particularly important as it can be adapted for anti-kidnapping operat...

  Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, the spiritual director of the Adoration Ministry, has warned the Buhari administration that the youth will rise against the government if it does not cater to their needs. Mbaka stated this while speaking at his church during the 2020 crossover service. In his words... “The Holy Spirit of God asked me to warn the government of the day to be very careful; to change policies and take care of the youths without politicizing their (youths’) condition. That the government should rise and urgently create jobs and innovate opportunities that would benefit the youths of the nation because they have suffered so much. Don’t politicise the condition of the youths, otherwise, they will arise and end the political system. Should the government fail to do so as soon as possible, that time is coming when the youths will rise against the government, and that any attempt to stop them will end the government” He also added that the end of politicians who loot the treas...

  The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has denied its involvement in a dispute relating to land situated at No 1, Folurunsho Kuku Street, Off Agbaoku, Opebi, as contained in a social media post by a Lagos lawyer, M.O. Ubani, describing it as a figment of his imagination and a flagrant attempt to rubbish the reputation of the Ministry. A statement issued by the Honourable Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, condemned the false claim that a Task Force of the Ministry had forcibly taken over the private parcel of land on the 31st of December, 2020, through the help of thugs, who beat and arrested everyone on the land. He said the allegation is false in its totality as the Ministry’s statutory duty does not have anything to do with land matters but efficient traffic management and transportation in the State. While advising Mr. Ubani against making false and unsubstantiated allegations against the Ministry or his office on social media platforms, Oladeinde ...