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GOVERNORS from across Nigeria's northeast geo-political zone have agreed to float a regional security outfit similar to the Amotekun Corps in the southwest of the country in a desperate attempt to combat growing insecurity.

EGYPT has stepped up its ongoing campaign to become Africa's largest solar energy producer by taking out a $27.2m loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to build a new power plant at Kom Ombo along the River Nile.

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for directing security agents to shoot anyone illegally bearing AK47 rifles as part of a sudden decision to clamp down on bandits and Fulani cattle herdsmen.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo are to receive shots of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccines this Saturday as part of a public relations exercise to convince Nigerians that vaccination is safe.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's recent directive banning all flights over Zamfara State to halt the delivery of weapons to bandits operating there has attracted mixed reactions after one of the herdsmen confirmed that it was the powers-that-be supplying them with arms.

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(1) Today is March 4. It was on this day in 1976 that the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention was formally dissolved resulting in direct rule of the province from London by the British parliament

GOVERNOR Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has rejected the 2.5% revenue proposed for crude oil host communities across the Niger Delta in the Petroleum Industry Bill demanding at least 10% saying this is the very minimum required to mitigate the people's suffering.

NORTHERN Nigerian socio-cultural group the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed disquiet over the embarrassing revelation by Zamfara State governor Bello Matawalle that some of its members were behind the recent kidnappings in his state.

NIGERIA'S Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has dissociated itself from the recent attempt by the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers Association (AUFCDA) to block the movements of food items from northern Nigeria to the south of the country.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has rejected the offer of handing over control of his local vigilante group the Eastern Security Network (ESN) to the South East Governors Forum saying they will use it to betray Ndigbo.