This is a roundup of some breaking news in Nigeria for Today, Wednesday, 3rd, February 2021.
What Igbo Must Do To Succeed Buhari In 2023 – Tunde Bakare
The General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has called on Igbo to play mainstream politics to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
Speaking in an Instagram Live interview with the publisher of Ovation Magazine, Chief Dele Momodu, the former Vice-Presidential candidate said he will love to have someone from Igbo extraction as president.
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Send Miyetti Allah To Tackle Boko Haram, Sunday Igboho Is Busy – Fani-Kayode Replies Shehu Sani
Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has asked Senator Shehu Sani to send members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) and Fulani herdsmen to fight Boko Haram insurgents.
Naija News reports that the former minister stated this while reacting to a statement from Shehu Sani.
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Herdsmen: What I Told Sunday Igboho –Tunde Bakare
The General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Tuesday, disclosed the discussion he had with Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho amid the Herdsmen crisis affecting Ibarapa area of Oyo State.
Bakare stated this during an Instagram Live Chat with a popular journalist, Dele Momodu.
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FG, SSANU, NASU Meeting Ends In Deadlock
The meeting between the non-teaching staff in the universities under the umbrella of Joint Action Committee and officials of the Federal Government on Tuesday ended in deadlock.
Recall that Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU had threatened to embark on industrial strike starting from February 5 if the government failed to address some of the concerns they raised.
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IGP Adamu Has Not Handed Over – Source
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Tuesday evening alongside other top government officials welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari back to Abuja on Tuesday.
There were speculations that Adamu, has reportedly handed over to the most senior Deputy Inspector General of Police, Operations, DIG Sanusi Lemu.
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