Chidiebere Onyia, a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), who was abducted on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by gunmen, has regained her freedom.
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Published 14 February 2021
I ended last week’s column by urging Nigeria ruler Muhammadu Buhari to choose his options wisely in the current national crises over criminal cattle herdsmen.
Hopefully, if peace and national cohesion are the targets, a lot of influential figures around him share my opinion. Last week, Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed did not present himself as one of such persons.
Speaking at a local Nigeria Union of Journalists event, he declared his support of the use of AK-47 rifles and other weapons by Fulani herdsman. He said it was to “defend themselves”, because the “society and government failed to protect them.”
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President Muhammadu Buhari says former Gov. Lateef Jakande òf Lagos State, lived for the good of others, state and country, and his legacy of standing for all that was right for humanity would be long remembered.
A former Ogun State Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba has mourned first civilian governor of Lagos state, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, who passed away on Thursday.
In a statement he signed on Thursday, Osoba likened Jakande’s passage to the fall of “an Iroko tree as well as an elephant,” saying he left giant footprints behind.
Jakande, who also served as a former Minister of Works under the military junta of late General Sani Abacha, died on Thursday at the age of 91.
Citing his remarkable achievements in journalism and government, Osoba said Jakande “will be remembered in history as a personification of the best in journalism and as a political colossus.”