This is a roundup of some breaking news in Nigeria for Today, Thursday, 18th, March 2021.
We Need To Go Home – Troops Fighting Boko Haram Cry Out To Chief Of Army Staff
Some Nigerian soldiers, who are part of the troops fighting Boko Haram and other insurgents in the North East region have pleaded to be rotated and given a break from the war front.
The troops who lamented that they have been fighting the insurgents for five consecutive years or more said they had hoped they would have been rotated by their commanders.
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VIDEO: Enough Is Enough – Sunday Igboho Vows To ‘Kill’ Yoruba King If…
Renowned Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has called on the international community to help give Yoruba their own country.
He stated this while speaking at a conference in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday in a video post by former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Twitter.
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Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu Reveals Solution To Nigeria’s ‘Insanity
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has stated that only dissolution would solve Nigeria’s problems.
Citing a report that Kano State Government through its Hisbah board destroyed some beer parlours in the state and carted properties, Kanu noted that despite the destruction the state would get an allocation from the sale of beer.
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Why Nigeria Is More Attractive To Kidnappers – Masari
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has Nigeria’s resources that have made the country economically attractive to kidnappers.
Masari, who is the chairman of the North-west governors forum, made this known while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.
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2023: PDP Panel Rubbishes Zoning, Throws Presidential Ticket Open
A panel of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chaired by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said zoning should not determine the party’s presidential candidate, come 2023.
Naija News reports that the panel constituted to review the performance of the party in the 2019 general elections submitted its report to the PDP National Working Committee (NWC).
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