Month: March 2017

Popular Irish Musician Sir Bob Geldof, Acquires stake in Nigerian Biscuit Company Beloxxi Industries Limited in a $80m Deal.

A private equity firm with interest in agriculture and technology have on Tuesday, March 28, acquired minority stakes in a popular Nigerian company in a multi-million dollars deal. Popular Irish pop star, Sir Bob Geldof, who is the founder of ‘8 Miles’ – a private equity firm with interest in agriculture and technology – on […]

Read More Popular Irish Musician Sir Bob Geldof, Acquires stake in Nigerian Biscuit Company Beloxxi Industries Limited in a $80m Deal.

The principle of separation of powers, the Nigerian misinterpretation.

The principle of separation of powers states that the executive, legislative, and judiciary powers of government should be divided into different branches and not concentrated in one. These departments should be separate and distinct because of the corrupting nature of power. This philosophy heavily influenced the writing of the United States Constitution, according to which […]

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Please read the letter below, by Chief Awolowo requesting for an education loan from Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola on March 25, 1943 , (the richest Ijebu man in those days) and promised to pay back by 1955. It is fascinating, long and interesting.

~ LETTER: Dear Mr. Odutola, I think it will be an exceeding saving of time and more business-like if I avoid all sweet preliminaries and go straight into the object of this letter and say that I am writing to ask you to be good enough to lend me a sum of £1,400 (One thousand […]

Read More Please read the letter below, by Chief Awolowo requesting for an education loan from Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola on March 25, 1943 , (the richest Ijebu man in those days) and promised to pay back by 1955. It is fascinating, long and interesting.

Propaganda and the gullibility and susceptibility of the Nigerian elite and its masses to government manipulation.

Why are Nigerians so fixated on the National Assembly and the Federal Government whilst being lukewarm about the activities of our state governors? Are we not aware that the Federal government remits billions of naira for capital and recurrent expenditure to the states and local governments? Are we not aware that these governors squander away […]

Read More Propaganda and the gullibility and susceptibility of the Nigerian elite and its masses to government manipulation.

FULL TEXT OF THE ABURI ACCORD.

(i) A military committee comprising representatives of the regions should meet to take statistics of arms and ammunition in the country. Unallocated stores of arms and ammunition held in the country should be shared equitably between the various commands in the federation. (ii) The Army should be reorganized in order to restore discipline and confidence, […]

Read More FULL TEXT OF THE ABURI ACCORD.

ABURI: THE “SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE” THAT GOT AWAY.The Famous Aburi Conference In Full Minute Detail: Judge For Yourself. By Max Siollun.

After Nigeria was dragged to the brink of the abyss by two military coups in 1966, its military leaders met to try to bring the country back from the brink. The meeting evolved into perhaps the best documented constitutional debate of all time which touched upon fundamental concepts regarding the balance of power between the […]

Read More ABURI: THE “SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE” THAT GOT AWAY.The Famous Aburi Conference In Full Minute Detail: Judge For Yourself. By Max Siollun.

AN ADDRESS PRESENTED TO OHANEZE PRESIDENT GENERAL, DR. NNIA NWODO, BY IGBO INTELLIGENTSIA FORUM (IIF), ON THE 23rd OF MARCH 2017 .

#2, OKIGWE LANE, OFF OGUI ROAD, ENUGU. Tel: 0803 307 4700. Email:info@igbointelligentsia.com. http://www.igbointelligentsia.com Protocols, Igbo Kwenu!, Oha Na Eze kwenu! Igbo Muru Nze Muo Ozo, Kwezuo nu! Ndu mmiri Ndu Azu… Igbo Intelligentsia Forum once more felicitates with you, our dear President General on your election not only as the PG but as Igbo leader […]

Read More AN ADDRESS PRESENTED TO OHANEZE PRESIDENT GENERAL, DR. NNIA NWODO, BY IGBO INTELLIGENTSIA FORUM (IIF), ON THE 23rd OF MARCH 2017 .

Nigeria’s seven shameful practices that need change.~ By Mazi Sam I. Ohuabunwa.

The current Nigerian federal government came to power promising ‘change’. And I believe that some effort is being made by the government to bring change to our nation, though many Nigerians are yet to see this change in their lives. In fact some claim that the change they have seen is negative change, that their […]

Read More Nigeria’s seven shameful practices that need change.~ By Mazi Sam I. Ohuabunwa.

Finally! Olusegun Obasanjo Speaks Out On Malabu $1.1 Billion Scandal, Tackles Adoke.

Following speculations that he took part in the negotiations that led to the Malabu Oil deal, Olusegun Obasanjo has spoken up about the matter. An exclusive Premium Times report has shown that Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday warned a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Bello Adoke, to cease further mention of his name in […]

Read More Finally! Olusegun Obasanjo Speaks Out On Malabu $1.1 Billion Scandal, Tackles Adoke.

US Bans Laptops, Tablets & Electronic Gadgets on Flights from 13 Int’l Airports.

President Donald Trump’s administration has banned airline passengers from eight Middle Eastern and North African countries from carrying large electronic devices. Officials of the United States have banned certain electronic devices on flights to America from 13 international airports due to increased terror threats, sources told Fox News on Monday. The ban is the result […]

Read More US Bans Laptops, Tablets & Electronic Gadgets on Flights from 13 Int’l Airports.

EXCLUSIVE: How security agencies, INEC, Head of Service, others opposed legalisation of Peace Corps.

To some Nigerian youth, it is the newest way to gainful employment in service —the symbol of career opportunity in a society beset by acute joblessness, even among university graduates. To existing government agencies, though, it is an irritant scheming to make inroads into insufficient public coffers while also exploiting the forlorn situation of the […]

Read More EXCLUSIVE: How security agencies, INEC, Head of Service, others opposed legalisation of Peace Corps.

Proud Biafran ~ By Ikem Onuoha.

“An Igbo man sees the entire world as his village, while an Hausa man sees Kano as the Universe and a Yoruba man sees Lagos as his entire world. Nigeria is just too small to contain the Igbo man’s dreams, aspirations, industry, commerce and expertise. He needs a platform to rule and dominate the entire […]

Read More Proud Biafran ~ By Ikem Onuoha.

The entire Northern Nigeria cannot produce 100 Engineers, an LGA in the south can produce 1000 – Balarabe Musa.

In an interview granted to sunnewsonline which was supposedly a herculean task, Alhaji Balarabe Musa also appeared not to be in a good mood last Tuesday morning when the correspondent went to his house, saying, “Apart from the fact that I am weak, I could not attend INEC meeting in Abuja because they gave only […]

Read More The entire Northern Nigeria cannot produce 100 Engineers, an LGA in the south can produce 1000 – Balarabe Musa.

Lagos generated N300Bn as IGR in one year, higher than 33 states combined – NEITI.

The internally generated revenue (IGR) of Lagos state rose by approximately N33 billion from 2015 to 2016, beating 33 states put together. According to a report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the state recorded an IGR of N301.19 billion, a rise of N32.99 billion in one year. The total IGR from 33 […]

Read More Lagos generated N300Bn as IGR in one year, higher than 33 states combined – NEITI.

Biafran Self-Determination and Radio Biafra: Legal Issues Arising (1), By Nonso Robert Attoh.

In the light of the many commentaries I have come across on Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest by the Nigerian government and the right of Biafran people to self-determination, I am minded to try to comment on some of the legal issues raised by Radio Biafra’s broadcasts and which may have informed the government’s decision to arrest […]

Read More Biafran Self-Determination and Radio Biafra: Legal Issues Arising (1), By Nonso Robert Attoh.

Biafran Self-Determination and Radio Biafra: Legal Issues Arising (2), By Nonso Robert Attoh.

The resuscitated agitation for a sovereign state of Biafra has taken a new dimension with the setting up of Radio Biafra and many other internet fora carrying on the struggle for the break-up of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Unlike other initiatives directed towards achieving the same objective, the current attempt seems to have achieved […]

Read More Biafran Self-Determination and Radio Biafra: Legal Issues Arising (2), By Nonso Robert Attoh.

Senate’s Rejection Of Magu’s Nomination: Options Open To President Buhari By Femi Falana.

   The rejection of the nomination of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday afternoon by the Senate on the basis of a security report compiled by the State Security Service is the height of official ridicule of the office of the President. It is high […]

Read More Senate’s Rejection Of Magu’s Nomination: Options Open To President Buhari By Femi Falana.

FIFTH COLUMNISTS IN ASO ROCK: THE MAMMAN DAURA, ABBA KYARI, LAWAL DAURA, IBRAHIM MAGU & BUKOLA SARAKI CONNECTION.

An interesting piece but needs dissection and analysis….. I am disturbed by what’s happening in the Presidency and all Nigerians should feel concerned. President Buhari is the first Nigerian President that seriously proposed doing a full scale war against Corruption in the polity. No one doubted him as he had done it before in his […]

Read More FIFTH COLUMNISTS IN ASO ROCK: THE MAMMAN DAURA, ABBA KYARI, LAWAL DAURA, IBRAHIM MAGU & BUKOLA SARAKI CONNECTION.

(1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe, “Address to the Ibo People”. Has anything really changed?.

In the following address given eleven years before Nigerian independence, Nnamdi Azikiwe calls for self-determination for the Ibo as they along with other ethnic groups march toward an inevitably free Nigeria.This address was delivered at the Ibo State Assembly held at Aba, Nigeria, on Saturday, June 25, 1949. Harbingers of a new day for the […]

Read More (1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe, “Address to the Ibo People”. Has anything really changed?.

YOU CAN’T BANISH CITIZEN ILOMUANYA: HURIWA TELLS OKOROCHA ~ By HURIWA.

A pro-democracy and Non-Governmental Organization- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA)has upbraided the Imo State governor Mr. Rochas Anayo Okorocha for threatening to banish the embattled traditional ruler of Obinugwu Autonomous Community, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya. In a statement by the National Coordinator Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Director Miss. Zainab Yusuf, HURIWA […]

Read More YOU CAN’T BANISH CITIZEN ILOMUANYA: HURIWA TELLS OKOROCHA ~ By HURIWA.

“NIWA HAS EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO NIGERIAN WATERWAYS” – SAYS MINISTER OF MINES, DR. KAYODE FAYEMI.

Federal Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi last week Friday in Lagos, explained to sand miners and other users of Nigerian inland waterways that the authority to regulate activities on the waterways in Nigeria belongs to National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA).   Dr. Fayemi who was in Lagos as part of his […]

Read More “NIWA HAS EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO NIGERIAN WATERWAYS” – SAYS MINISTER OF MINES, DR. KAYODE FAYEMI.

DSS, Saraki, Melaye and the Senate’s Dirty Slap On Buhari’s Face, By Godwin Onyeacholem.

He loses all, if he loses the anti-corruption war. And he loses the anti-corruption war if he allows the likes of Lawal Daura, Bukola Saraki and the official clown of the Nigerian senate, Dino Melaye, to determine who becomes the Chairman of EFCC. No thanks to the unholy machinations of an unscrupulous cabal in the […]

Read More DSS, Saraki, Melaye and the Senate’s Dirty Slap On Buhari’s Face, By Godwin Onyeacholem.

Arrogance: Evicted from Benue, Miyetti Allah commiserates with Benue victims but vows to stay put.

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), the umbrella body of Nigeria’s Fulani herdsmen, has commiserated with Benue Government over the recent clashes between herdsmen and Tiv farmers in some communities in Buruku Local Government Area of the state. The group’s message came Saturday, days after the Benue State government ordered armed herders to leave […]

Read More Arrogance: Evicted from Benue, Miyetti Allah commiserates with Benue victims but vows to stay put.

Why Buhari can’t renominate Magu for EFCC job – Melaye.

The chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has said that following the Senate’s rejection of Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) twice, President Muhammadu Buhari cannot validly re-nominate the same candidate again. Mr. Melaye, while commenting on the debate in […]

Read More Why Buhari can’t renominate Magu for EFCC job – Melaye.

EFCCs Ibrahim Magu’s response to AGF over DSS allegations as published by Premium Times

EFCC/EC/JUS/07/263 21st December, 2016 THE HONOURABLE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION MINISTER OF JUSTICE Federal Ministry of Justice, Shehu Shagari Way, Abuja. RE: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS RE: REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES I most respectfully refer to your letter referenced HAGF/EFCC/2016/Vol.1/23 dated 19th December, 2016, asking me to respond within 48 hours to the […]

Read More EFCCs Ibrahim Magu’s response to AGF over DSS allegations as published by Premium Times

ANAMBRA: AN EMERGING START-UP STATE AND OUR COLLECTIVE CHALLENGE ~ By Chukwuma Charles SOLUDO; CFR

   A Lecture to Mark the Third Year Anniversary of His Excellency, Governor Willie Obiano, on 17th March, 2017: Governor’s Lodge, Awka. I: Introduction Every anniversary is a time for thanksgiving as well as time for deep and sober reflections. Since 1999, no consecutive three years have seen such level of turbulence and crisis in […]

Read More ANAMBRA: AN EMERGING START-UP STATE AND OUR COLLECTIVE CHALLENGE ~ By Chukwuma Charles SOLUDO; CFR

Between Apostle Suleiman and Nasir El Rufai: Too many coincidences ~ By Reno Omokri.

I am sure you have all heard about the accusations against a man of God, Apostle Suleman, by a Canada-based stripper who says she feels short-changed because Pastor Suleman reneged on his promise to marry her. You may also have read the response of the Omega Fire Ministries of Apostle Suleman to these allegations. Not […]

Read More Between Apostle Suleiman and Nasir El Rufai: Too many coincidences ~ By Reno Omokri.

Magu can serve indefinitely, Presidential committee tells Buhari.

The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to remove the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, whose confirmation was rejected by the Senate on Wednesday. The committee further stated that Magu could continue in acting capacity indefinitely. It was learnt that the committee had […]

Read More Magu can serve indefinitely, Presidential committee tells Buhari.

EXCLUSIVE: What Magu told Buhari on SSS allegations.

In response to the query President Muhammadu Buhari ordered, the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, questioned the sincerity and motive of the State Security Service, SSS, which accused him of integrity deficiency and professional misconduct, official correspondence showed. The SSS’ allegations blocked Mr. Magu’s confirmation as the substantive […]

Read More EXCLUSIVE: What Magu told Buhari on SSS allegations.

Brimah: Covetous cabal bundled unwell Buhari home to sign away Nigeria into their coffers.

President Muhammadu Buhari is not well. It is impossible to deny how severely emaciated, weak and discombobulated he has appeared since returning to Nigeria. This after 51 days supposedly resting in the United Kingdom. President Buhari’s first address Friday morning when he arrived was anything but coordinated, with the BBC describing parts of it as […]

Read More Brimah: Covetous cabal bundled unwell Buhari home to sign away Nigeria into their coffers.

IMO STATE DEBT PROFILE: THE FACTS AND THE FICTIONS – PRESENT AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS.

All over the world, debt instruments are recognized as development tools in the hands of individual entrepreneurs, corporations, agencies and governments who utilize them to raise the bars in the financial and economic wellbeing of the entities to which such facilities are applied. Loans or debt instruments are typically applied to projects, initiatives, schemes or […]

Read More IMO STATE DEBT PROFILE: THE FACTS AND THE FICTIONS – PRESENT AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS.

PDP crisis: Propaganda won’t help us, Dickson tells Makarfi, others.

The Governor of Bayelsa State and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee, Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday described the comments by the Makarfi faction of the party, on the submission of his committee’s report as “mere propaganda”. According to him, rather than embark on name-calling, propaganda and outright lies, it was high time the […]

Read More PDP crisis: Propaganda won’t help us, Dickson tells Makarfi, others.

Suleiman: El-Rufai behind sex scandal – Church.

Omega Fire Ministries has accused Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of masterminding the recent series of spurious allegations of infidelity against its General Overseer, Apostle Johnson Suleman. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the church, through its spokesman and Communications Manager, Phrank Shaibu, stated that facts and available intelligence incontrovertibly pointed to […]

Read More Suleiman: El-Rufai behind sex scandal – Church.

$9.8 million: Ex-NNPC chief Andrew Yakubu remanded in prison after EFCC arraignment.

A former Group Managing Director of the state oil firm, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, was on Thursday arraigned on a six-count charge of fraud at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The former oil chief was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after he admitted owning over $9.8 million cash found in a house that […]

Read More $9.8 million: Ex-NNPC chief Andrew Yakubu remanded in prison after EFCC arraignment.

Senate drives away Hameed Ali, asks him to come back in Customs uniform.

“I was not appointed Comptroller General to wear uniform,” Customs’ Hameed Ali replies senators The Senate has driven away the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, after he appeared before the lawmakers in mufti. Mr. Ali’s appearance without uniform, on Thursday after his failure to appear on Wednesday, was contrary to the resolution […]

Read More Senate drives away Hameed Ali, asks him to come back in Customs uniform.

11,000 Nigerians unlawfully killed In 20 months – Special Intersociety report.

A human rights group in Nigeria, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, INTERSOCIETY, has has published a special report titled, Welcome to Bleeding Republic of Nigeria: A Land Flowing with Blood and Tears, detailing the regime atrocities of the General Muhammadu Buhari regime. The report which was released on Sunday, March […]

Read More 11,000 Nigerians unlawfully killed In 20 months – Special Intersociety report.

UPDATE: Costs of rice, garri others soar as inflation rate drops for the first time in 15 months.

Nigeria inflation rate finally fell for the first time since 2015 as consumer price index (CPI), which measures inflation in the economy went down in what signals as a recovery in the Nigerian economy even as price of food commodities continue to rise. Inflation rate falls for the first time in 15 months The National […]

Read More UPDATE: Costs of rice, garri others soar as inflation rate drops for the first time in 15 months.

DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FROM BRITISH GOVERNMENT FILES show the depth of involvement and real resons for the UK Government involvement in the NIGERIA BIAFRA CIVIL WAR.

British interests are very clearly revealed in the declassified files. IT’S LONG BUT HISTORY Enthusiasts will find it is a treasure case of information. ‘Our direct interests are trade and investment, including an important stake by Shell/BP in the eastern Region. There are nearly 20,000 British nationals in Nigeria, for whose welfare we are of […]

Read More DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FROM BRITISH GOVERNMENT FILES show the depth of involvement and real resons for the UK Government involvement in the NIGERIA BIAFRA CIVIL WAR.

Ex President Jonathan, the Chibok Girls, the British Offer and the Emperor of Kaduna.

  A namby-pamby London-based newspaper that goes by its appropriate name, “Observer”, falsely observed that former President Goodluck Jonathan purportedly rejected an offer from the British government to help rescue the abducted Chibok girls during the Jonathan administration. This is not the first time a foreign based newspaper would stoop so low to allow itself […]

Read More Ex President Jonathan, the Chibok Girls, the British Offer and the Emperor of Kaduna.

BREAKING: Buhari finally returns to Nigeria after prolonged medical vacation.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to the country after after about two-month medical vacation in London, United Kingdom. The presidential jet that conveyed Buhari landed at the Air Force Base in Kaduna at 7.40am. He will be conveyed in an helicopter to the Presidential Villa, Abuja where top government officials are already waiting to […]

Read More BREAKING: Buhari finally returns to Nigeria after prolonged medical vacation.

Wikileaks Publishes Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Hacking Codes.

  WikiLeaks published thousands of documents Tuesday it described as the CIA’s hacking arsenal in what the website called the “largest ever publication of confidential documents on the agency.” Wikileaks said the document dump from the CIA Center for Cyber Intelligence represents a new series of leaks it had code-named “Vault 7.” The website says […]

Read More Wikileaks Publishes Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Hacking Codes.

A CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FROM GOVERNOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA.

PRESS RELEASE: IMO STATE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION CALL ON GOVERNOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO IMO PEOPLE AND DEMAND A FULL EXPLANATION FROM HIM ON THE RUNNING OF IMO STATE FINANCES. BACKGROUND: We members of independent Newspaper Publishers Association (INPA) as stakeholders in Imo state and who are operating and contributing our quota […]

Read More A CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FROM GOVERNOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA.