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A REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL POLICY ON SAFETY, SECURITY AND VIOLENCE-FREE SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA - By Edoreh Omowera Stephen

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Armed attacks on schools in Nigeria has become a recurring decimal sending alarming shockwaves across the country. The scale and manner in which the attacks are carried out, and the poor response on part of the government calls for a conscientious and methodical review of the government safety and security policy/intervention plans.   During ex- President Goodluck Jonathan's administration, 276 students of Government Girls Secondary School located in Chibok town Borno State, aged 16-18 and mostly Christians, were kidnapped by the daredevil terrorist group, Boko Haram. While the nation was still grappling with the trauma of Chibok girls attack, the terrorists struck again, this time on February 19, 2018 during late Muhammadu Buhari's regime. 110 school girls, aged 11-19 years old, were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state.   This kind of embarrassing situation which would make a Donald Trump call...

FOUR YEARS AFTER SYLVESTER OROMONI Jr’S DEATH AND ONE YEAR AFTER HIS MOTHER’S PASSING, FAMILY MARKS A PAINFUL DOUBLE REMEMBRANCE.

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The Oromoni Family, today, remembers two beautiful souls who shaped the family’s heart. One year has passed since saying goodbye to an angel in human form Mother of the family, and four years have gone by since they lost a cherished Son. Their love still lights the days, and though grief lingers, the family finds comfort in the cherished memories they hold dear.  Though the family, is plunged into deep reflection as they mark a solemn double remembrance — the fourth anniversary of the tragic death of their son, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, and the first anniversary of the passing of his mother, Mrs. Rosemary Oghenevwaire Sylvester Oromoni, according to family sources, the remembrance dates fall only days apart. While Sylvester Jnr, a student of Dowen College, Lekki Lagos, died on 30 November 2021 in circumstances that generated national outrage and widespread calls for justice, his mother, Mrs. Rosemary Oromoni, passed away a year ago and is being remembered today as always.  Descri...

Withdrawal Of Police From VIP Is Drama Not Strategy, ADC Tells Pres Tinubu; Says Nigeria’s Security Challenge Beyond Police.

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ADC TO TINUBU: POLICE VIP WITHDRAWAL IS DRAMA NOT STRATEGY.  - Says Nigeria’s Security Challenge Beyond Police . The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed President Bola Tinubu’s withdrawal of police officers from VIPs as political grandstanding which will not yield any meaningful results in combating the crisis of insecurity in the country.  In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party criticised that reporting to this same old move government confirms government’s lack of appreciation of the complexity of the security situation in the country and what needs to be done.  The ADC called for a holistic national security strategy that integrates all security agencies as a holistic counter-insurgency force.  The full statement reads: The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed the recent announcement by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directing the withdrawal of police personnel from VIP duty.  While the directive mak...

Bindow, Binani, Nyako, Barata, Other Adamawa ADC Leaders Unite for Atiku, As Ex-VP Formally Joins ADC

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PRESS RELEASE  Bindow, Binani, Nyako, Barata, Other Adamawa ADC Leaders Unite for Atiku, As Ex-VP Formally Joins Coalition Party The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar on Monday, November 24, 2025, collected his African Democratic Congress (ADC) card at the Jada 1 Ward of Jada Local Government Area of the party in Adamawa State. A statement signed and released from Atiku Media Office, Jada, Adamawa State, on November 24, 2025, disclosed that the collection of the ADC card by Atiku followed his formal registration, by Sen. Sadiq Yar'Adua, the National Secretary of the ADC Registration and Mobilisation Committee, in Adamawa State. "Now I have picked my membership card of the ADC. Now, the real opposition has begun. We will work in concert with other leaders of the opposition and Nigerians to chase the APC out of government," Atiku said. He called on his supporters and all those committed to reclaiming and rebuilding Nigeria to take a cue and register with the ...

Stop Excuses, Learn Pro People Leadership from Ebie, Ika Politicians Told

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Politicians and public office holders of Ika origin have been urged to shun excuses for non performance and imbibe people-oriented leadership and quality service delivery from Chiedu Ebie, Chairman, Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The admonition contained in a press statement dated Monday November 24, 2025 and made available to newsmen by GCON Media Team, an Agbor, Delta state based political pressure group committed to strategic political communication, promotion of political ideas and ideals, and celebration of exemplary leadership style and achievements. The group condemned the new trend of giving excuses as against delivery of democracy dividends by politicians and political office holders from Ika Federal Constituency, noting that such protracted excuses have produced monuments of nothingness. According to GCON, "it is not only disheartening but disappointing that at a time, the good people of Ika nation were anxiously waiting for democracy ...

OBOREVWORI HAILS NAVY’S ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING NIGERIA’S MARITIME ASSETS

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Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has commended the Nigerian Navy for its critical role in protecting the nation’s maritime domain and securing vital oil and gas infrastructure, describing that arm of the Nigerian military as indispensable to national stability and economic growth. The Governor made the remarks on Monday in Asaba when he received the 23rd Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, who paid him a courtesy visit at Government House as part of his operational tour of naval formations in Delta State. Welcoming the Naval Chief and his entourage, Governor Oborevwori said the visit demonstrated the Navy’s commitment to strengthening security across the Niger Delta, particularly in Delta State, one of Nigeria’s major oil-producing hubs. “I welcome you and your entourage to Government House, Asaba. Your coming shows commitment and love for our state. Delta is one of the highest oil-producing states and a major contributor to the nation.  "The Nige...

Osuoza Extols Gov Oborevwori's CPS, Sir Festus Ahon, On His Birthday

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Delta state Commissioner for Special Duties (Government House), Dr Ifeanyi Osuoza, has extolled the Chief Press Secretary to the Delta State Governor, Sir Festus Ahon, on the joyous occasion of his birthday today, November 24, 2025, describing him amongst other things, as a "good man in every sense, steady in character, gracious in conduct and deeply committed to the responsibility of shaping clear, truthful and purposeful communication in government". Dr. Osuoza's congratulatory birthday message to Sir Festus Ahon, which he personally signed, reads: Happy Birthday Felicitation to Sir Festus Ahon Today, I celebrate a remarkable gentleman and an exemplary public servant, Sir Festus Ahon, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, on the occasion of his birthday. Sir Festus is a good man in every sense, steady in character, gracious in conduct, and deeply committed to the responsibility of shaping clear, truthful and purposeful communication in government. His calm professional...