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Uche Secondus The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the creation of National Boarder Protection Force to secure Nigeria’s borders. The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus gave the advice at a world conference organised by the party in Abuja on Monday. The force according to Secondus will include an integrated border protection system that will draw personnel and equipment from existing armed service and Nigeria Immigration Service. He said that Nigeria must protect its boarders f...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the creation of state police, better equipment for the military, and the creation of a border protection squad. This according to the political party is in order to urgently bring the security problem in the nation under control. National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, made the call at a briefing in Abuja, on Monday. The party chairman expressed disappointment that President Muhammadu Buhari has not deemed it fit to address Nigerians ove...

Secondus, who said the country is better together, said his party will work in concert with the ruling APC to rescue the nation from all the avoidable “perilous circumstances”. He proposed the establishment of state police and setting up of border patrol squads outside immigration and customs to check the influx of armed criminal gangs “We call on all citizens to support the quest for state police as is the tradition in other federations.” “Mindful of the current plethora of vigilante...

Views: Visits 32 The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Uche Secondus, has said sounded the alarm over the current state of things in Nigeria, saying that Nigeria must not fail. He made this remark following a series of meetings in the last one week by various organs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – the National Working Committee (NWC), the National Caucus, the Board of Trustees and the National Executive Committee. Secondus said that the outcome and conc...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 29 April 2021 THE  House of Representatives is seeking to amend the Constitution to create a total of 111 additional seats in the National Assembly exclusively for women. More seats will also be created in the State Assemblies to allow more female participation in politics and governance. This is being proposed in a bill sponsored by the Deputy Chief Whip, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha and 85 other members, which passed second reading at the House on Wednesday. The bi...

Views: Visits 10 The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Hon. Justice Salisu Abdullahi, as the Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The confirmation of Abdullahi’s nomination followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters during plenary. In the presentation of the committee Chairman, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, Abdullahi was found to have demonstrated sufficient knowledge and f...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The students were identified as Dorathy Tirnom Yohanna, Precious Nwakacha and Sadiq Muazu. They were among those that were abducted by bandits from Greenfield University, located along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on April, 20, 2021. Their bodies were found on Friday, April 23, in Kwanan Bature village, a location close to the university. DAILY POST recalls that gunmen invaded the university premises on Tuesday night and whisked away an unspecified number of students to...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Unknown gunmen have attacked the country home of Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma. The Nation reports that the gunmen invaded Uzodinma’s residence in Omuma, Oru East Local Government Area on Saturday morning. The gunmen reportedly killed two security personnel on duty. It was gathered that vehicles parked at the compound and part of the building were also affected by the fire ignited by the attackers. Confirming the incident, Declan Emelumba, the State’s Commis...

Daily Post Nigeria Published More reactions have continued to trail inciting comments and utterances of the current Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. Stakeholders in the country have been calling on relevant authorities to investigate Pantami and be prosecuted if found culpable. Others have called for his resignation from his current position to face investigation, while others say President Muhammadu Buhari should sack him, to face the full wrath of the law if found ...

Daily Post Nigeria Published DAILY POST learnt that she died in Egypt. Maryam Bayero has been sick in a Hospital in Cairo after being admitted for weeks. Maryam Bayero is the Daughter of Emir of Illorin, Kwara State, Sulu Gambari, wfie of late Emir Ado Bayero and Mother to the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero and Emir of Bichi Nasiru Ado Bayero. Details later… Published Registrar of the institution, Dr. Godwin Ihionkhan, made this known in a statement on Saturday. According to him, “this is t...