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Why we are celebrating Isaac Adaka Boro 53 years after – Ijaw in Lagos
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By Ephraim Oseji & Juliet Ebirim
The Ijaw community in Lagos celebrated the heroic exploits of the late Major Isaac Adaka Boro, 53 years after his death.
Speaking at a rally held in his honour in Lagos, the Chairman of Ijaw Youth Council, Lagos Chapter, Harry Yinkere Matawa, said the event was aimed at marking his 53rd remembrance.
“We are celebrating our father today, a hero who handed a philosophy, an ideology to the entire Ijaw nation and the Niger Delta”, Matawa said.
“He’s the first ever in the history of Nigeria to fight for the liberation of his people. He died as a soldier 53 years ago in the struggle to keep Nigeria one. “This celebration is a yearly ritual which has come to stay among the Ijaw, Niger Delta and Nigerian people.
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Diri seeks better welfare for Armed Forces
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By Samuel Oyadongha – Yenagoa
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Sunday, called for better funding and equipping of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
The governor said this would serve as motivation for the military in the bid to end insurgency and insecurity in the country.
Diri stated this during the interdenominational service to mark the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the King of Glory Chapel, Government House Yenagoa.
His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, in a press release, quoted the governor as saying that January 15 was set aside in Nigeria to remember fallen heroes of the First and Second World War as well as the Nigeria Civil War.