Today's Headlines: Nobody Can Suspend Me From PDP–Wike; How We Intend To Tackle Insecurity–NSA
Nobody Can Suspend Me From PDP–Wike
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has dared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to suspend him from the party.
Speaking in an exclusive interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme monitored on Wednesday by The Nation, the former Rivers Governor explained that he was working for President Bola Tinubu and not the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Wike accused the PDP of impunity, thereby deepening crisis in the party before and after the 2023 elections.
He said: “How can anybody talk about expelling me? A state that provided the Governor? A State that brought three Senators? A State that produced 32 Assembly members? A State that produced 11 out of 13 House of Reps.
How We Intend To Tackle Insecurity–NSA
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The Federal government has reiterated its resolve to tackle the security challenges with vigour and the buy-in of Nigerians.
The National Security Adviser (NSA) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu said the government will birth a new security apparatus where inter-agency collaboration will take the centre stage.
Ribadu, while presenting a lead paper on Crafting a Strategic Blueprint for Security and Prosperity at the 2023 conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja, also assured the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will be better equipped with trained workforce.
According to him, the government will take tough decisions on security because it has seen l the most significant threat to Nigeria’s socio economic well being is from terrorist groups and other non-state actors operating in various parts of the country.
Improve Your Constituencies, IPCR Urges Taraba Lawmakers
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The Director General, Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution, Joseph Ochogwu, on Wednesday called on Taraba lawmakers to raise peaceful agenda and issues that could improve their constituencies.
Ochogwu made the call at the closing ceremony of the Strategic Legislative Course on Negotiation and Mediation with the Taraba State House of Assembly by the National Peace Academy of the Institute.
The DG advised the 24 lawmakers to practicalise what they have been taught in their constituencies.
He said, “We owe ourselves that responsibility to transform our society. It is not about the president or the governors. It is about what we do in our small spaces to make changes happen.
“Please, take home the training that you have gotten from here. Improve your constituencies with right legislation and discover a change in Taraba state.”
The DG said the course was the first of its kind to help equip lawmakers with skills, knowledge and capacities in leading Nigerians towards a more peaceful country.
Son Machetes 100-Year-Old Father To Death In Ogun
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The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps said it had arrested one Matthew Ifeanyi, who allegedly macheted his 100-year-old father, Anthony Nnadike, to death in Olorunda Ijoko in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.
The Commandant of the Corps, Soji Ganzallo, through the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Moruf Yusuf, made this known in a statement made available to PUNCH Metro on Wednesday.
Ifeanyi was said to have confessed that he took the action when he resigned from his previous job to embark on his private business, but his now-dead father couldn’t provide him with the money he saved with him.
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