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These youngsters are now on another level. What won’t they do to ‘bute ike’. Now eggs are being broken on their heads and blood sprinkled on them by Ezemmuo (hopefully not human blood). It has not occurred to the boys that allowed themselves to be filmed in the viral video where I munched these pictures
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29 OCTOBER 2018 On Tuesday, as the Nigerian government commenced payment of the pension of retired employees of the defunct Nigerian Airways, members of the House of Representatives passed a resolution to investigate those indicted for looting the resources of the fallen national carrier. After weeks of verification, the government eventually cleared about 6,000 former
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“Does anyone believe American propaganda anymore?” This is the question of investigative journalist Matthew Taibbi. We can offer no answer of course. Yet we hazard the number of those who do dwindle daily. You recall the dynamiting of the Nord Stream 2 energy pipeline. Through this underwater tube Russia funneled natural gas to Germany. Last
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Here is the front cover to the 16 June 2023 issue of America’s The Week magazine: And here are headlines and some ’news’ reports from earlier times, going back more than ten years, and they’ve all consistently been false: Prospect magazine, America, 20 March 2012 Macleans magazine, Canada, 6 February 2014 Forbes magazine, America, 19 March 2018 Meduza, Latvia, 4 March
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“The ferocity of the confrontation in Ukraine shows that we’re talking about much more than the fate of the regime in Kiev. The architecture of the entire world order is at stake.” Sergei Naryshkin, Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence. Here’s your ‘reserve currency’ thought for the day: Every US dollar is a check written on an account
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The growing US-China rivalry and Russia-Western allies’ geopolitical tension have shaken the international peace and security system’s foundation and significantly shaped Russia’s diplomacy with Africa. While that seems to be the general trend across the board, the Federal Republic of Nigeria is also getting highly renewed attention from Moscow. Historically Nigeria, like a number of
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Rep. Lauren Boebert has accused the president of willfully allowing an “invasion” by illegal immigrants A US lawmaker filed articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden on Tuesday alleging that his southern border policies make him unfit for office. The motion, filed by Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Colorado, charges Biden with abuse of
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Many countries are choosing alternative payment instruments and boosting non-dollar holdings within reserve assets, Janet Yellen acknowledged US sanctions are pushing many countries to seek alternatives to the dollar for settlements, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted during her annual appearance on Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee to discuss the state of the international
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President Biden was “not involved” in the decision to indict Trump with federal crimes, his spokeswoman said The White House has denied that President Joe Biden had weaponized the government to prosecute his chief political opponent, former president Donald Trump, for alleged Espionage Act violations. “He was not involved. The president has been very, very
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Warsaw does not want to “prevent the Czechs from being able to drive their cars,” Mateusz Morawiecki has said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has defended state-owned energy firm Orlen’s move to increase shipments of Russian oil this month despite Warsaw’s tough stance on abandoning imports from Moscow, the outlet Notes from Poland reported on
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The French president would be the first Western leader to sit in on the gathering of emerging economies French President Emmanuel Macron has asked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for an invitation to the upcoming BRICS summit in Pretoria, French newspaper L’Opinion reported on Monday. Macron’s recent attempts to win over his African counterparts have
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Ankara believes Stockholm must do more to address its concerns, the media outlet has said Türkiye is unlikely to signal its readiness to agree to Sweden’s accession to NATO at an upcoming meeting of officials from Türkiye, Sweden, and Finland later this week, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing sources. Ankara believes that Stockholm needs to
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I was born into a strict Catholic and prayerful family. My parents raised me to put absolute trust in God almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, according to the teachings of the Bible. I fear no other gods, and I genuflect for no being in total submission. Out of courtesy and in obedience to
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Unknown to the people who currently run Nigeria, the country as presently constituted is living on borrowed time and if the structure is not tinkered with, it will only be a matter of time before it cataclysmically implodes. Alarms have repeatedly sounded and have only been greeted with deaf ears, however, this pretense can only
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First published on February 6, 2023 On February 16, 2022, a full week before Putin sent combat troops into Ukraine, the Ukrainian Army began the heavy bombardment of the area (in east Ukraine) occupied by mainly ethnic Russians. Officials from the Observer Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) were located in
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The resurgent Nazism in Ukraine poses a threat to all of Europe “Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History”, writes the New York Times. Many of the Ukrainian soldiers — trained by NATO and equipped with increasingly powerful weapons systems such as the German Leopard tank — wear Nazi emblems on
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Who are the Beneficiaries of American wars? Introduction Since WWII, there were 32 American military conflicts involving dozens of countries. Some of these military conflicts have lasted for over twenty years and some others are still continuing. In other words, the U.S. is a country of perpetual war. War is terribly destructive human activity. Millions
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The restructuring discourse and debate has now been on-going in Nigeria for about a decade. Here in this piece, I simply want to argue that it’s in the best interest of Nigeria, and of Igbos, broadly defined to include “peripheral Igbos” or “fringe Igbos”, to carve out of Nigeria an independent, sovereign nation for all
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It is difficult to control a crowd of slaves in a slave farm but the slave master knows what to do. He targets a few slaves and makes them happy, at least, relatively happier than their counterparts. Make a few slaves happy and they will be loyal to you. They will be happy to defend
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TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON JUNE 12, 2023.
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It is quite possible that before now not many people have taken time to seriously consider it, but there is no doubt that governing a state in Nigeria has over the years been reduced to one of the most unduly simplified jobs in town, which does not even require an average intelligence or any special
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Exclusive Documentary With Athan Nneji Achonu, the Labour Party Governorship Candidate in Imo State. Achonu speaks in an interview with a special edition tagged ‘Against All Odds’, where he makes deep revelations with considerable focus on his early life, how he lost his arm, his business, political ideologies, leadership and his vision for Akuruoulo and
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FEMI FALANA, SAN Globally, subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them. In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. I will highlight a few, how they are being manipulated and how
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As important as this story stands in the history of our nation’s struggle for democracy it is a shame that not many of our teenagers know much about it. There is no better day to put the story out than today the 12th of June. On October 25, 1993. Four dissatisfied Nigerian teenagers hijacked a
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Dear Mr. President, I listened to your Democracy day speech. With due respect your speech fell short of my expectation. The Nigeria that you have inherited as President is different from the Nigeria of Abiolas June 12. In Abiolas June 12 Nigeria, Nigerians were not divided along religious or ethnic lines like today. Nigerians irrespective
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A key utilitarianism principle is that “actions are correct only if they ensure happiness and wrong or bad if they produce unhappiness.” After almost sixty three years of independence, Nigeria’s condition is very pitiable, if not a huge joke. Nigeria is in a quagmire akin to where many people are sleeping in an air-conditioned facility
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Nigerians on Twitter Accuse Tinubu of Tribalism, For By passing Brilliant Dr. Kingsley Obiora, who graduated best overall student in his class both at University of Benin and University of Ibadan. Anyone who knows Dr. Obiora especially at University of Ibadan, including his professors, will tell you he is not from this planet. He is
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I believe this is out in the open. I pray the government could muster the will to control these leakages. THE REAL SUBSIDIES ARE NOT FOR THE POOR, BUT THE RICH. _BY_ FEMI FALANA, SAN Globally, subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies
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Those who had read the history of wars or who had studied about wars, would not find it difficult to conclude that, for the eight years of General Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency, it was a continuation of the civil war against the people of the South East. But Undeclared. And it’s a common knowledge that, actions
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I just found out that Robert Hanssen, a notorious double agent, passed away on Monday. Hanssen holds a place among the most infamous double agents in history. He worked for the FBI and secretly leaked classified information to the Soviet and Russian intelligence services from 1979 to 2001. Shortly after joining the FBI in 1976,
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The British royal has claimed illegal media tactics damaged his relationships with Prince William and then-girlfriend Chelsy Davy Prince Harry has become the first British royal in more than 130 years to take the witness stand in court, testifying in a case in which he claims UK publisher Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) invaded his privacy
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Any moves on the Zaporozhye NPP will be met with a “harsh response,” Moscow has said Moscow will retaliate against any attempts by Kiev to endanger the critical infrastructure of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant or the city of Energodar, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. “Russia will respond extremely harshly to
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IN 2016, Alhaji Aliko Dangote got $2b dollars allocation from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by processing form ‘A’ for intangible goods. He got the dollars at the cheapest rate, moved it out of the country to buy equipments to establish factories in other African countries, and there was no earthquakes under his feet. The
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“Corruption is paid by the poor”—Pope Francis I have been teaching post graduate students Public Policy and Governance for the last few years. I have found that the segment of the course that deals with decision-making and the policy environment excited all my classes over the years. In particular, we have ended all sections of
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Do not forget quickly that we started this conversation by arguing with facts that the Great Zik of Africa and Nigeria’s all time legendary political evangelist, was the most beautiful, attractive and colorful political machine ever manufactured by the Igbo country and by extension, Nigeria. Even Zik himself confirmed this fact when he said “I
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It is an indisputable fact that Zik was the cornerstone upon which Nigeria’s independence was built and established. Achebe even indicated that “The father of African independence was Nnamdi Azikiwe”. “Zik brought new ideas to Nigeria’s independence struggle”, Awo declared. Adamu Ciroma said this about Zik, “He was different from other politicians of his age
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Obviously, the first sign of acute malady in Zik’s idea of One Nigeria was the December 12, 1959 parliamentary elections, staged by the exiting British colonial masters to usher in independence – a new Nigeria. In the elections, the North refused to change the name of its party from Northern People’s Congress, NPC, to Nigerian
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Other nations are also growing tired of Washington’s orders, the top diplomat has claimed Russia is at the forefront of a global rebellion against US hegemony, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking on a visit to Tajikistan on Monday, Lavrov stated that Russia’s diplomatic corps is increasing its global engagement after a period of
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The Human Rights Campaign claims the lives of gay and trans people are in danger as a result of recent legislation The advocacy group Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for “LGBTQ+ Americans” on Tuesday, arguing that an increasingly adversarial legislative climate had put the lives of those in the community in danger.
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The White House – which has also been accused of the attack – refused to say whether it tried to stop the alleged plot American spies knew for months that Ukrainian state operatives planned on destroying the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing leaked Pentagon documents. While the report implicates
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An envoy of Pope Francis visited Kiev in search of ways to end the conflict The only end to the conflict that Kiev considers acceptable is the Ukrainian “peace formula,” President Vladimir Zelensky told the Holy See envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi in a meeting on Tuesday. “Ukraine welcomes the willingness of other states and partners to find
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G7 Running on Empty The G7 is in a limbo. Right now, the G7 is all about US asserting control of the other six to follow a full anti-China line. The rest of the World won’t care about G7 until the US can start a big move to “unify the world” against China. The US
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Shoe-Horning US Allies into “De-Risking” Sanctions! Officially, it is ”acknowledged” by the US and the EU that it is “not possible” to decouple China. Neocons don’t think so. It may be costly to decouple China, but definitely not impossible. And Neocons don’t care about heavy costs, not even for their own Western societies. That is
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One of the first things that had been cited as evidence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu showing courage and wisdom and hitting the ground running as the 16th President of Nigeria, has been his announcement that “fuel subsidy is gone”. In his inaugural speech on May 29, 2023, he did not state how but within
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I would like to make an attempt to explain to our community and particularly to young parents why and how the African child has been systematically mis-educated in the western world during the last 500 years, so that they can better understand the root causes of some of the aberrations and self destructive forms of
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We don’t behave like them because Europeans did not tamper with their normal behaviour patterns in order to subjugate them and use them to further Western interests. How do you think they were able to conquer Africa and bring us to the West to be their servants so that most of us today only want
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The real tragedy is that this distorted African story that generations of black children were forced to memorize, continue to be taken literally by millions of African people around the globe, who have spent their entire lives waiting for this ancient Superman named Jesus Christ to burst through the clouds and deliver them from evildoers.
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In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about the end of western civilization and we have all heard conservative and right wing politicians in the West lamenting the loss of western values. But what is Western civilization? What exactly are Western values? If you have travelled across Europe as I have, you
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Now that we know that African people were brought to the West exclusively to work and serve whites, and not to “live in peace and harmony” with them, where did the rationale behind the education of black children come from? After Europeans had succeeded in making our ancestors almost as ignorant as the animals they
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I would like to make an attempt to explain to our community and particularly to young parents why and how the African child has been systematically mis-educated in the western world during the last 500 years, so that they can better understand the root causes of some of the aberrations and self destructive forms of
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Monday Lines It was quite nice seeing President Bola Tinubu as he waltzed into the chambers where he met security chiefs last Thursday. “Morning,” he greets the chiefs. “Shall we sit or…” They murmur. His gaze is fixed on his guests. What are they saying? “Eh?” He asks; they murmur. “We just sit?” The president
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I am shocked that the Igbos are not speaking up at the apparent siege laid on their land by uniformed person of different categories. They range from Army, Navy, Police, Civil Defence, Customs, FRSC, etc. My journey had taken me by road from Isele-Mkpitime, where I had gone to pay tribute to a Nigerian icon,
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HIDDEN TEACHINGS of the Bible That Explain Manifestation, Consciousness and Oneness (POWERFUL Info!)
Here Jesus says, “If those who lead you say to you, ‘look, the Kingdom of God is in the sky,’ then the birds will get there first. Gospel of Thomas (Translated by Thomas O. Lambdin) These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
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Tribunal Takes Decision On Competence Of Rhodes-Vivour’s Petition The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned till final judgment its ruling on an application filed by the Governor of Lagos State and his deputy challenging the entire petition filed by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s candidate, in the March 18 election. The three-member tribunal
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For taking the bull by the horn on May 29th during his inaugural speech, I am honestly delighted and convinced that Nigeria will experience an era of governance of common sense and empathy in the coming years under his leadership. For that immediate action I pray to Almighty God to to guard his decisions and
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Conversations with Fidel Castro. The Threat of Nuclear War is Real. “The imminence of a dangerous and probable war that could very rapidly evolve towards a nuclear war” This text was originally published in November 2010. Introductory Note and Update Fidel Castro was both an incisive analyst as well a powerful voice against nuclear weapons. In
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I still insist that the Great Zik of Africa and Nigeria’s all time legendary political evangelist, still remains the most visionary leader/ politician ever to have emerged from the Igbo country. Nigeria’s sociopolitical, cultural as well as sports and even economic revolution had their sparkle the moment Zik returned to Nigeria from Ghana in 1937.
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New research suggests that men should sit down to urinate rather than stand up. In a YouGov study on male urination habits, a renowned urologist asserted that sitting down is more hygienic and healthier for men’s bladders. Most men stand to urinate, but this may not be the healthiest way. According to Gerald Collins of the Cheshire’s
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser (NSA). Ribadu was picked ahead of two other candidates that were being considered for the top security job. Ribadu who is widely regarded as one of Nigeria’s experienced individuals in the field of security and
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On the fraud called fuel subsidy removal, this was what the renowned professor of economics said during Obasanjo regime: Prof Sam Aluko RIP:I was in Iraq before Hussein was killed by the Americans. Every Friday, Hussein will say ‘this oil is a natural resource from God, it is a God’s gift and we are making
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It’s either President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his inner circle didn’t read my April 29 column titled “Six Agenda Items for Tinubu’s Success” or they did but dismissed it as the impractical, high-flown, indulgent musings of an idealistic diasporan Nigerian. The fifth item on my list concerned petrol price hikes amid the current agonizingly biting
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Devaluation of a currency refers to a deliberate downward adjustment in the value of a country’s currency relative to other currencies. This differs from Depreciation which is a fall in the value of a country’s currency due to the forces of demand and supply of countries’ currencies. The effects of devaluation on economic growth can
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Kissinger is one of the most important voices in U.S. foreign policy. He is a hardliner and undoubtedly a war criminal. He was directly involved in the 1973 coup d’état in Chile and also in the brutal Vietnam War. Therefore, he is anything but a pacifist, on the contrary. Yet, on key geostrategic issues such
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On May 30th, Newsweek headlined “Russia ‘On Course’ for NATO Conflict, Commander Says”, and reported that Karel Rehka, the Commander of Chechia’s Armed Forces, said that, “We view war between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance as the worst-case scenario, but it is not impossible,” Rehka said. “It is possible.” Russia, the commander added, “is currently on
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Kampala has been threatened with sanctions by Western nations over its new anti-LGBTQ legislation Uganda students from 13 universities gathered in front of the country’s parliament on Wednesday to express their disapproval of US President Joe Biden’s stance on Kampala’s new anti-LGBTQ legislation, local media reported. Biden called the law a “tragic violation of universal
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My month-long tour of the country was an eye-opening experience, and so was the hostility that met me back home At the end of April, my daughter Victoria and I departed New York City’s JFK airport, ultimately bound for the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, the first destination of what would be a 26-day, 12-city tour of
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Nigerians have long harboured a robust scepticism towards their leaders. Now they have gone one better. Many doubt that the man sworn in as president this week is their leader at all. In an open letter to US president Joe Biden, Chimamanda Adichie, the feted author, spoke for millions when she cast doubt on the
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This video makes whole lot of sense. There is no way the Nigerian government can claim to be subsidizing every litre of petrol consumed in Nigeria by almost N400! The DSDP arrangement is trade by barter – NNPC sells crude oil to the designated refineries across the globe at an agreed price and gets back
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This is the week of May 30, the date of the official declaration of the former Republic of Biafra: the Land of the Rising Sun, in 1967! Substantially andto date of May 30, 2023, the Igbo and millions of other Nigerians believe the full and honest lessons of the events from the historical and brutal
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Fuel Queues are already everywhere in Abeokuta, a direct response to President Bola Tinubu’s message yesterday. Even as at last week, most filling stations started closing up. They must have had information on what was coming and you can always trust them to exploit every situation. I dont know much about financial matters and I
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Rising vigilantism in Nigeria reflects public cynicism about law enforcement and the judicial system. Last month, some students of Obafemi Awolowo Hall, a student residential hall at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, set upon one Okoli Ahinze, a final year student of the university’s Department of Civil Engineering, and beat him to death. Mr. Ahinze’s assailants had
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Up against the wall, Tinubu will need his famed political savvy—and more—to stanch rising discontent in Nigeria. Twice in the past two-and-a-half years, it had seemed all but certain that Bola Tinubu would be denied the object of all his political labors. The first time was in October 2020 when some #EndSARS protesters in
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When Japan invited the leaders of Brazil, India and Indonesia to attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima, there were glimmers of hope that it might be a forum for these rising economic powers from the Global South to discuss their advocacy for peace in Ukraine with the wealthy Western G7 countries that are militarily allied with Ukraine
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Liberal Democrats shamefully all voted for the “Countering Malign Russian Influence Activities in Africa” Act—seems like relic from bygone era During the Cold War, the U.S. government invoked the pretext of Russian interference to justify a range of crimes, including the assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, the overthrow of Pan-Africanist hero Kwame Nkrumah, the arrest of Nelson
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Imperialism extends its destabilization efforts against China and Russia across the continent This year’s 60th anniversary commemorations of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on May 25, 1963 are occurring at an important inflection point in international relations. Africa and its people were essential in the rise of western colonialism and imperialism
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Part I We are looking for two smoking guns now in connection with Russiagate. Today’s Part I will show Hillary Clinton herself sat atop a large-scale conspiracy to use the tools of modern espionage to create and disseminate false information about Trump. Part II to follow will show the FBI was an active participant in
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Russiagate: The Smoking Gun. “The FBI was an active participant in the conspiracy to destroy Trump.”
Part II Part I of this article showed a conspiracy to smear Donald Trump with false allegations of collusion with Russia took place, with Hillary Clinton at its head. Part II today will show the FBI was an active participant in the conspiracy to destroy Trump. The facts are not in dispute. We are left
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The long awaited US Justice Department “Russiagate” report by Special Counsel John Durham exonerated President Donald Trump from false charges and performed the important public service of making law and order conservatives aware that their beloved FBI is a criminal agency that created a false narrative for the purpose of discrediting President Trump and preventing him from reducing the
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Donald Trump calls Russiagate a “hoax” but it is in fact much worse. The manufactured scandal was part of successful efforts to intimidate, to censor, and to discredit opposition to state narratives. Russiagate is used to make the case for the proxy war in Ukraine. Here in the US it plays a role in subjugating the Black liberation
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The Durham Report fails to identify the ringleader of the Russiagate fiasco, John Brennan. It was Brennan who first reported “contacts… between Russian officials and persons in the Trump campaign”. It was also Brennan who initially referred the case to the FBI. It was also Brennan who “hand-picked” the analysts who cobbled together the Intelligence Community
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US national security adviser Jake Sullivan‘s discussions in Riyadh with Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman coincided with the Arab League foreign ministers’ decision to end the 12-year suspension of Syria from the League. Since Syria’s return was mooted many months ago, US President Joe Biden and senior officials had repeatedly expressed rejection. Therefore, the move amounted to a
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In his 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, historian Paul Kennedy reassured Americans that the decline the United States was facing after a century of international dominance was “relative and not absolute, and is therefore perfectly natural; and that the only serious threat to the real interests of the United States
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The strengthening of ties between the BRICS bank and Saudi Arabia, the world’s second-largest oil producer, is undesirable for the West as it again signals another advancement in the de-dollarisation of the global economy. In the last week of May, Saudi Arabia held talks to join BRICS’ New Development Bank as its ninth member, a decision that is not
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America Still Prefers to Speak Softly But Carry a Big Stick A calamity of even greater cataclysmic proportions and consequences is either soon to break out in the war in Ukraine or sanity somehow finally will prevail against all odds, with all the combatants suddenly finding a way to end the conflict without continuing to kill themselves
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Independent medical scientists who are not dependent on a Big Pharma salary or research grant, a minority of medical scientists as Big Pharma reportedly is the source of 70% of medical research grants and provides support to friendly medical schools, have provided conclusive evidence that the Covid-19 “vaccine” is responsible for many deaths and health
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Disease X, “represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease.” Hot on the heels of the Covid Emergency being declared over, The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) issued a call for eternal vigilance against future viral invasions forecasting that “future outbreaks of ‘Disease-X’ are inevitable.”
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Adverse Events Compiled by Pfizer: Can you trade in death and disease and be on the stock exchange as a legitimate institution of capitalism? Pfizer Appendix 2.2 Cumulative and Interval Summary Tabulation of Serious and Non-Serious Adverse Events from Post Marketing Data Sources BNT162-B2 Date Compiled over period: December 19, 2021 to June 18, 2022.
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A BBC News investigation found out that the vote for Bola Tinubu in Rivers State was six times larger in the officially announced results compared with the BBC’s polling station count while Peter Obi’s votes had been cut in half. President-elect Bola Tinubu is facing legal challenges. A BBC investigation has found evidence suggesting some
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At the tail end of the electioneering campaigns, harping on religion started losing steam and Alhaji Abubakar Atiku came up with a masterstroke. If you recall, Atiku ran a lacklustre campaign and feelers had it that he has a last minute joker. How Atiku hijacked the cabal and used the Presidency is still a mystery.
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Immediately Bola Tinubu emerged as the candidate of APC, the kingdom of darkness roared in anger. Places that were hitherto churches turned to covens. Pastors turned to sorcerers. Prophecies turned to Baba Ijebu permutations. House of prayer turned to political podium where curses are issued on per minute basis. There was pandemonium in hell. They
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I am not a fan of Olusegun Obasanjo and will never be his fan, but Obasanjo has a special grace reserved for men of destiny. It was Gen Hassan Katsina that first discovered this uncommon grace in Obasanjo. In her book titled “Bitter Sweet”. Obasanjo’s first wife and the mother of Iyabo, Mrs Oluremi Obasanjo,
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The undermining of the rule of law and corruption of the judiciary are two of the saddest results of corruption and bad government in Nigeria. In this article I will look at the contribution of the legal profession to the decay we endure in Nigeria. I went to school in the 70s and 80s with
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The man in the picture below, Igwe Walter Amobi, birthed the Amobi dynasty which dominated the traditional rulership of Ogidi throughout the 20th century. Walter Kwọchaka was born in the middle of the 19th century to one Abraham Amobi who was an early convert to Christianity when the CMS missionaries first showed up at Ọnịcha
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The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has rejected the new pump prices for petroleum products announced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), saying it was against the interest of deregulation.The Labour movement noted that the oil giant couldn’t be talking of deregulation in one breathe and Price fixing in another. The NNPCL on Wednesday jerked
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Despite the promise of technology and new legislation, Nigeria’s tightly contested elections have resulted in growing mistrust and revealed deepening divides. EXPERT COMMENT31 MARCH 2023 Idayat HassanDirector, Centre for Democracy and Development Dr Alex Vines OBEManaging Director, Ethics, Risk and Resilience; Director, Africa Programme In Nigeria’s previous elections, votes were largely split between two parties
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In the good old days, when Ezeship was by merit and popular will, Ndi Eze had influence and authority. As true custodians of the culture and identities of their communities, they ruled with the fear of God. They were strong advocates and defenders of truth and justice and usually stood up for them and other
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