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MILITARY OPETATION AYEM A  APKATUMA, AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY---NBA CHAIRMAN. The Chairman Nigeria Bar Association, Bar. E Z Agbakor has expressed disappointment over the aclaimed Operation Ayem a Kpatuma in benue saying it was not a rescue mission but served to give constructive notice to the rampaging fulani herdsmen. Agbakor stated this during a press confrence held at the Association secretariat said the exercise has warsened state of affairs in the state blood-drenched land, coming to the realisation that benue worries were nor unfiunded, but indeed, understated. He said the Military cordon and search implemented as cordon and search of homes and settlements of benue indegenes; show of force that ought to have been used to dissuade the fulani herdsmen from their vicious attacks has rather been brandished at benue peoples  law abiding citizines which has dreaded the benue indegens. The NBA chairman stated categorically that the exercise was faililure, saying the NBA position fou

AMBODE DECLEAR TODAY WORK FREE DAY AHEAD OF BUHARI'S VISIT ---- Air passengers groan as police block routes to Lagos airport. - Major routes to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have been blocked ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state - Passengers on their way to the airport complained that the roadblock is a source of inconvenience to them - They also said that the development is an infringement on citizen's rights. Key routes leading to Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, were blocked on Thursday, March 29, owing to expectation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit. Three years into his presidency, President Muhammadu Buhari finally makes an historic visit to Lagos . The president will be in the state on a two-day official visit on Thursday, March 29 and Friday, March 30. The blockade was a cause for worry to travellers, with some walking about two kilometres to get to the airport so as not to miss their flight. Prem

GBAWUAN OPTIMISTIC OF PARTY'S TICKET. Asparant on the platform of the PDP in Benue state,  Comrade Richard Gbawuan has expressed  confidence of the party's ticket with the current position of the party. Gbawuan stated this in makurdi after a meeting with the state working committee of the PDP in order to factor modalities towards achieving victory in 2019. He said it became imperative as the meeting will create a forum for interaction between the  party leadership and aspirants, expressing faith that such will foster commonality of purpose, and engender healthiness in the contest for the party's sole ticket for the governorship race. He assured Benue people that Benue state under his watch  will create wealth through market and economic enpowerment to all. He explained that the recent apology to nigerians by the party's National Chairman, Uche Secondus, that PDP has learnt from, and will avoid its mistakes of the past, such as impunity and imposition of candidat

JECHIRA 2019: I AM A SYMBOLE OF A NEW REVOLUTION IN BENUE----GAADI "My Decision to run for the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVE Seat is informed by the realities on ground and the urgency to CORRECT the situation, Hon. Jacob Iorhen Gaadi has said. He made the assurances recently at his official residence  in makurdi the benue state capital. Mr Gaadi told the media that he is not running for the House of Representative seat because he is from JECHIRA, but because of his clear vision for his people which is to create market and economic empowerment. Mr Gaadi who is a graduate of polical science,  Benue state University who also had a Master in publict Administration from the University of Calabar said his mission is not to acquire or amass wealth and wield influence, but to redefine his community and attract social and eccnomic development to the good people of JECHIRA Federal Constituency. He said he would Ignore the lure to look at the depth of his pockets, rather, pay attention to

JECHIRA 2019: I AM A SYMBOLE OF A NEW REVOLUTION IN BENUE----GAADI "My Decision to run for the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVE Seat is informed by the realities on ground and the urgency to CORRECT the situation, Hon. Jacob Iorhen Gaadi has said. He made the assurances recently at his official residence  in makurdi the benue state capital. Mr Gaadi told the media that he is not running for the House of Representative seat because he is from JECHIRA, but because of his clear vision for his people which is to create market and economic empowerment. Mr Gaadi who is a graduate of polical science,  Benue state University who also had a Master in publict Administration from the University of Calabar said his mission is not to acquire or amass wealth and wield influence, but to redefine his community and attract social and eccnomic development to the good people of JECHIRA Federal Constituency. He said he would Ignore the lure to look at the depth of his pockets, rather, pay attention to

JECHIRA 2019: I AM A SYMBOLE OF A NEW REVOLUTION---GAADI "My Decision to run for the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVE Seat is informed by the realities on ground and the urgency to CORRECT the situation, Hon. Jacob Iorhen Gaadi has said. He made the assurances recently at his official residence  in makurdi the benue state capital. Mr Gaadi told the media that he is not running for the House of Representative seat because he is from JECHIRA, but because of his clear vision for his people which is to create market and economic empowerment. Mr Gaadi who is a graduate of polical science,  Benue state University who also had a Master in publict Administration from the University of Calabar said his mission is not to acquire or amass wealth and wield influence, but to redefine his community and attract social and eccnomic development to the good people of JECHIRA Federal Constituency. He said he would Ignore the lure to look at the depth of his pockets, rather, pay attention to the qualit

PDP's apology to Nigerians: Festus Keyamo says party cannot be trusted with power in 2019 - Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to PDP's apology to Nigerians - The party had on Monday, March 26, apologised to Nigerians over its past mistakes - Keyamo, however, said that the party could not be trusted with power in 2019 A Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has said that the former ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could not be trusted with power in 2019. NATIONAL FOCUS NEWS gathered that he was reacting to the party's apology to Nigerians through its national chairman, Uche Secondus, on Monday, March 26, over its past mistakes. Keyamo likened the PDP's apology to a patient who underwent a major surgical operation to cure a disease who can’t be discharged immediately. He said: "PDP apology means that the party is like a patient that has undergone a major surgical operation to cure a disease. It can’t be disc