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How I Narrowly Escaped Being Killed By Bandits —Edo Senator The suspected gunmen opened fire on his convoy while on his way to Abuja, the nation’s capital from his home town in Edo State. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 28, 2021 Senator Clifford Ordia, representing Edo Central District in Upper Chamber was reportedly attacked twice by suspected bandits along Okenne-Lokoja and Lokoja-Abaji roads on Monday, TodayNg reports. The suspected gunmen opened fire on his convoy while on his way to A...

Ordia, who chairs the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, told newsmen in Abuja that the gunmen opened fire on his convoy while returning to Abuja from his hometown in Edo State. He said the first attack happened along Okene-Lokoja road in Kogi, while the second in Abaji, Abuja all on Monday. He said the security officers attached to him engaged the criminals in crossfire. He said he escaped the attack unhurt though his personal vehicle was riddled with bullets. The lawmaker, however, ...

How bandits attacked me -Edo senator Published 28 April 2021 The senator representing Edo Central, Clifford Ordia, has explained how he was attacked by bandits on two occasions along the Okenne-Lokoja and Lokoja-Abaji roads. Ordia, who heads the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, told journalists on Wednesday that he escaped death by whiskers when the suspected bandits opened fire on his convoy while returning to Abuja from his hometown in Edo State. He said, “During the exchange of...

Views: Visits 53 Senator Clifford Ordia has condemned the security architecture in the country after gunmen attack him twice in 24 hours while he was on a trip. The senator who represents Edo Central in the upper legislative chamber was attacked twice along Okene-Lokoja and Lokoja-Abuja roads. Senator Ordia, who heads the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, told newsmen in Abuja that the gunmen opened fire on his convoy while returning to Abuja from his hometown in Edo State. ...

Banditry: I escaped death by whiskers ― Senator Ordia Banditry: I escaped death by whiskers ― Senator Ordia Share Senator representing Edo Central, Clifford Ordia, has opened up on his close shave with death, on Monday. Senator Ordia who is Chairman Senate committee on Local and Foreign Debts was attacked twice by suspected bandits along Okenne-Lokoja and Lokoja-Abaji roads while returning from his home state of Edo. Senator Ordia told newsmen that his personal vehicle was riddled with bul...

  The lawmaker representing Edo Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Clifford Ordia, has narrated how he escaped attack twice by bandits. Ordia, who is the Senate Committee Chairman on Local and Foreign Debts, narrated his ordeal to reporters on Wednesday in Abuja. He said he was travelling along the Okenne-Lokoja and Lokoja-Abaji roads on Monday when the daredevil bandits opened fire on his convoy while returning to Abuja from his hometown in Edo State. The lawmaker n...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Mr. Emefiele gave the challenge during a lecture on “Jump-Starting Agricultural Revolution: The CBN Experience” in Makurdi. He said the university community has a responsibility to foster research to enhance yields per hectare by farmers and reduce other constraints, such as access to markets and storage facilities for their produce. He said ‘‘The CBN is eager to see how the university community graduates can leverage their knowledge and research to come up ...

Despite the nation’s rising debt profile, the Senate, last week, approved the federal government’s request for another $1.5bn, €995m external loans, reports Udora Orizu On April 21, the Senate gave the federal government the nod to borrow a total of $2.7 billion out of the $5.5 billion external borrowing request sent to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari in May, 2020. Buhari had last May requested the Senate to approve the external borrowing to finance various pr...

Senate approves President Buhari’s $1.5bn, €995m external loan requests On The Senate on Wednesday approved $1.5billion and €995million external loan requests from President Mohammadu Buhari. The approval was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts presented by its Chairman, Sen. Clifford Ordia (PDP-Edo) during plenary. The president had in May 2020 sent a letter to the senate seeking its approval for another batch of external loans to...

The Senate on Wednesday approved $1.5billion and €995million external loan requests from President Mohammadu Buhari. The approval was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts presented by its Chairman, Sen. Clifford Ordia (PDP-Edo) during plenary. The president had in May 2020 sent a letter to the senate seeking its approval for another batch of external loans to enable the administration finance the 2020 budget deficit, critical projects an...