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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has condemned the quit notice recently given to Igbos living in northern Nigeria by Arewa Youth Coalition and sued for unity among Nigerians. In a statement in by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, in Yanegoa on Monday, Dickson said it was regrettable that some people would deliberately build up hatred against fellow Nigerians. He said that all Nigerians were guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution, to live in any place of their choice and pursue their legitimate businesses without molestation. Dickson said that it was high time the Federal Government showed leadership by designing a comprehensive master plan to reconcile all citizens irrespective of tribe or religion. According to him, the Federal Government must deliberately build confidence among all the peoples, give a sense of belonging to all component parts and deliberately return sovereignty to the people to stem the tide of quit notices. He said that b...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Favour Nnabugwu The Minister of Transportation, Sen. Chibuike Amaechi, Thursday, defended the inclusion of the South East States in the rail line projects of the railway networks across the country for which a whopping $5.8billion loan from China for which the National Assembly’s approval is being sought. Ameachi at the National Assembly by the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign debts explained the technicalities of the rail line project before the loan request from the China Exim Bank can get the approval of the lawmakers. The Minister further explained that President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had already applied for the loan while the present administration wants to implement. According to the Minister, “I do not know where the information that the South East States is excluded in the rail projects is coming from.” The post $5.8bn loan: South East States included in rail projects – Ameachi appeared first on Vanguard News...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Says ‘We will implement same security strategy used for IPOB for Arewa Youths’. Puts AIGs, Command CPs on Alert. Says Nobody under Constitution has right to Stop Nigerians living in any part of this country. By: Kingsley Omonobi, Joseph Erunke – Abuja. Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, Thursday, ordered Assistant Inspectors General of Police and State’s Commissioners of Police in the North to immediately arrest and bring to book those behind Tuesday’s three-month eviction notice given to the Ibos to leave the northern part of the country. He also charged various State Police Commands to begin manhunt for those beating the drums of war across the country, saying “Anybody, individual or group that attempts to prevent any Nigerian from carrying out his daily activities, the constitution vests in us, the responsibilities to ensure that those guys are stopped by all means.” Idris spoke at the Force Headquarters, during a meeting with ...