Day: October 19, 2022

By Mandy Park The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, today, Wednesday, 19, disclosed that the construction of the 2nd Niger bridge is now completed and will soon be released public for use. He made the confirmation at an ongoing press briefing to present the President, Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard in Abuja. According to him, the only factor delaying the commissioning of the road is the construction of the link road which the recent surge of flooding has impeded. According to Fashola “I can confirm that the second Niger bridge itself…

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By Mandy Park The Nigeria Army on Tuesday launched three special military operations in the South East, South South, South West and North Central, as part of efforts to tackle rising insecurity challenge across the geopolitical zones. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya who flagged-off the exercises at the Nigeria Army 6 Division Step-up Headquarters in Ahoada, Rivers, said the exercises code-named Exercise Golden Dawn (South East), Exercise Enduring Peace (North Central) and Exercise Still Waters (South South and South West) would complement ongoing security operations in the…

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… insist his extradition and subsequent trial was illegal… His release will douse current tension By Mandy Park As the President Buhari-led Government continues to dilly-dally over the illegal detaintion of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) even after a court of competent jurisdiction discharged and acquitted him, South East Council of Traditional Rulers and Representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops on Peace and Conflict Resolution today, Tuesday 18, called for his immediate release without further delay. The revered temporal and spiritual leaders who noted the July…

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