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May 21, Top National News You Need To Know

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The past 24 hours have recorded interesting happenings both on the local, state, national and international scene. Below is the top news.

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has said that he will not allow the All Progressives Congress (APC) registration and revalidation process to be hijacked by selfish individuals. He made this known when he received the APC registration and revalidation appeal committee in Owerri, the Imo capital, on Thursday.

Read More: Uzodinma Reveals How Okorocha Planned To Hijack Imo APC

 

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Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has said that more governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will soon defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ayade who recently defected from the PDP to the APC made this known when he featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday.

Read More: Ben Ayade Defection: More PDP Governors Set To Join APC – Governor Reveals

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has revealed that Southern governors decided to ban open grazing to prevent destructions of farms common with herdsmen walking their cows through people’s farms. Recall that 17 souther governors’ had met in Asaba, Delta State, where they resolved to ban open grazing in the region.

Read More: Umahi Reveals Why Open Grazing Was Banned By Southern Governors

 

South East Governors have appealed to agitators for self-determination in the region to halt hostilities and allow them negotiate solutions to age-long grievances with the Federal Government within six months. Chairman of the Southeast Governors’ Forum, Dave Umahi, who demanded for understanding and time from the agitators, also said only those who want the current state of insecurity and killings to persist would oppose the recent ban on open grazing by governors of southern states.

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Read More: Give Us Six Months To Negotiate With FG – South East Govs Begs IPOB, MASSOB

 

The Plateau State Police has arrested four kidnappers and rescued two victims from their den. Mr Gabriel Ubah, the Police Public Relations Officer in Plateau, told newsmen that the command was also making efforts to rescue the remaining two victims from the kidnappers.

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Read More: Police Nab Four Kidnappers, Rescue Two Victims

 

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