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Sunday Aborisade, Eniola Akinkuotu and Victor Ayeni
Published 10 May 2021
Sunday Aborisade, Eniola Akinkuotu and Victor Ayeni
Published 10 May 2021
Nigeria lost over 2,000 citizens to worsening insecurity in the first quarter of 2021, Civil Society Organisations have said.
The Joint Action Civil Society Coalition, comprising 125 nongovernmental organisations berated the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for its inability to curtail the disturbing security challenges confronting the nation.
The CSOs stated this in a joint statement titled, “State of the Nation: A Call to President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the bleeding and take action to end the carnage,” made available to one of our correspondents in Abuja on Sunday.
We were ready to lose students in planned bandits’ bombardment – El-Rufai
Eniola Akinkuotu, Victor Ayeni and Godwin Isenyo
Published 7 May 2021
Eniola Akinkuotu, Victor Ayeni and Godwin Isenyo
Published 7 May 2021
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said when 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, were abducted, the plan was to attack and kill the bandits even if it meant some students would die in the process.
El-Rufai added that Kaduna is currently at war and such would only be considered as collateral damage, a price he would be willing to pay instead of paying ransom.
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Victor Ayeni
Published 30 April 2021
The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission has said the organisation plans to tour Jordan for pilgrimage this year, instead of Jerusalem which has been the historic land for many Christian pilgrims.
This was disclosed by the NCPC’s Director of Operations, Rev. Amos Yohanna, on Thursday at the Chapel of Christ the Light, Ikeja, during the Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board stakeholders’ meeting.
Yohanna explained that the change in destination was as a result of stringent regulations by the Israel government due to high level of COVID-19 in the country.
This, he noted, would exclude many Nigerian Christians from touring Jerusalem.
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