PANDEF appealed to Mr. President to prioritise the completion of the Itu-Calabar road by funding competent contractors as a fitting tribute to the memory of Senator Wayas.
While Nigeria is still battling to extinguish the fires of Boko Haram insurgency in its North-Eastern corner, the emergence of Lakurawa in the North-West, which is said to be heavily armed and in control of some villages as well as communities in Sokoto and Kebbi states, is a clear indication that the Muslim north of Nigeria is a fertile ground for the planting, germinating and nourishing of the seeds of radical Islamist ideology that eventually blossoms into Jihadi groups like Mai Taisine, Boko Haram, Ansaru and Lakurawa. And the main element of this fertility is the dominance of Islamism in the mainstream Islamic theological framework in the Muslim north of Nigeria. In fact Islamism, which is โa broad set of political and religious ideologies that dictates Islam should guide and influence the political and legal system of the state in opposition to secularism,โ is mainstreamed in the Muslim north to the extent that political Islam is being surreptitiously deployed to undermine Nigeriaโs secular constitutional democratic order.
A lot has been said about our father today. But the point that needs to be made here is that our lives are meaningful to the extent to which we make the lives of others meaningful.
“I have prioritized education as one of my core mandates and will invest in it to support the local and state governments whenever the opportunity arisesโby building more schools, providing educational grants, books, and science equipment, as well as other digital learning tools to develop stronger and more informed pupils and students who can compete favorably with their contemporaries anywhere in the world”.
While we battle to restore public power, our government has commenced a process to develop our own Independent Power Plant through the procurement and installation of new Gas Turbines.
A one-time Commandant-General of the United Nigeria Chaplaincy, (UNC), Chaplain Commandant-General Jidejisos Josiah Ejie, has been accused of fraudulently using the name and trademark of the association in organizing programmes and extorting money from unsuspecting members of the public across the 36 states of the federation, in flagrant contempt of a subsisting court order. It…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, will commence his annual leave from today, Monday, November 25. A statement on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, disclosed that during the period of the governorโs absence, the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, will take charge of all state functions. Kindly share
The PANDEF leader again cautioned all political actors and leaders in Rivers State, as well as youth and womenโs groups, to sheath their swords and follow the example set by the federal government in de-escalating tension while the reconciliation efforts are ongoing.
We thank God for granting him another 365 days, and it is our fervent prayer that Almighty God bless his new age with greater wisdom and longevity, enabling him to further advance the mission of the United Nigeria Chaplaincy and its humanitarian services to our beloved country.
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the payment of N300,000 each to students from the state in all the law school campuses in Nigeria. Governor Diri disclosed this at a meeting with representatives of the Bayelsa State Law Graduates Forum in Yenagoa. The governor was represented at the meeting by the Attorney-General…
