Benue State Governor Ortom has again charged Nigerians to arm themselves with their Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, to enable them to vote for credible and
Where is the country heading to? asks Sonnie Ekwowusi
Amid the bloodletting, violence, kidnappings, banditry, drum beats of war and secession threats, the questions which both Nigerians and non-Nigerians are asking at the moment include: Quo Vadis, Nigeria? Where are you going Nigeria? To Golgotha? To Somalia? To Southern Sudan? Last week was the bloodiest and most fatal week in recent times in Nigeria. About 240 people were murdered and more than four dozen were kidnapped. Six persons were killed in Ekiti on April 20th; 40 students of Greenfield University, Kaduna were kidnapped on April 21st out of which five or six had been killed; 18 kidnapped in Oyo State on April 22nd; 45 people killed in Zamfara on April 22nd; another 83 persons murdered in Zamfara on April 23rd. Is it time out for Nigeria? Niger State Governor Abubakar Bello alerts the country that jihadists had overrun about 50 communities in Kaure and Shiroro local government, and hoisted their flag as evidence of conquest
From: Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
Chairman, North Central Governorsâ Forum and Governor of Niger State Abubakar Sani Bello has outrightly debunked insinuations that the objective of the forum is political. He also, dispelled allegation that the governors of the Forum most of whom are All Progressive Congress, APC members are plotting to woo Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoplesâ Democratic Party,PDP back to the ruling party. Governor Bello who said this yesterday in Makurdi while briefing newsmen after the meeting of the North Central Governors, maintained that the meeting has no political undertone,adding there is unity amongst them in spite of their political differences.