Russia holds massive military drills in Kalinigrad region

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Russia has airlifted 200 paratroopers and 30 military vehicles to its westernmost enclave of Kaliningrad amid the ongoing NATO war games in Europe, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday. "Il-76 planes have airlifted some 200 paratroopers and over 30 military vehicles to Kaliningrad, including air-droppable vehicles, such as infantry fighting vehicles BMD-2, armored personnel carriers BTR-2, Kamaz and Ural cars," the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

On Wednesday, the Russian military announced the launch of a deployment operation that involved paratrooper units from the Pskov airborne division.

Jonathan Holds Secret Meeting In Abuja

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The fear that the newly registered opposition mega party, the APC, is winning new converts and attracting the attention of some PDP governors who are aggrieved with the party forced President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday night to hold a secret emergency meeting with some of his close allies.

After the allies painted the real dangers ahead for PDP to Jonathan, “The consensus is that Bamanga Tukur should no longer be the national chairman of the party.” 

Among those at the meeting were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim; Chief of Staff to the President, Dr. Mike Oghiadomhe; Minister of Niger Delta, Mr. Godsday Orubebe; and Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State.

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Ojukwu’s Spirit Resurrects In Awka As APGA Holds Remembrance Rally

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Though in crisis, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) at the weekend sent out a signal that it might not have died after all as believed by many, when most of its members forgot their differences and gathered at the Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square for a rally in remembrance of the one year burial of the leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

The remembrance rally, which was also attended by the Nigerian Ambassador to Spain and widow of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Bianca Ojukwu, also witnessed the declaration of former Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) House of Representatives candidate for Anaocha, Njikoka and Dunukofia Federal Constituency, Chief Dozie Nwankwo, for APGA.

Nigeria Holds Record Of African Country With Highest Private Jet Ownership

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The recent media report that Nigeria is now holding the enviable record of a country with the highest private jet ownership in Africa is unarguably rankling.This untoward development has brought into sharper focus the paradox of a nation that is endowed with huge oil resources but where only a few privileged individuals are wealthy.