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The Archbishop AJV Obinna of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri on Sunday, February 18, 2018, took a swipe at Governor Rochas Okorocha in his 2018 Lenten message to the Catholic faithful, lamenting the incessant demolition of markets and people’s properties by the Okorocha government, even as he said that Governor Okorocha is inflicting pain and suffering on the people of Imo State. The Archbishop also cried out againat what he said was anti people policies of the government, praying God to console the people in the face of biting hardship and poverty in the state. In his letter which was…
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Buhari has found himself in exactly the same position he was in 1983 before he was overthrown by Babangida. His sectarian agenda has stalled as marginalised and terrorised communities brace to defend themselves in the face of failure of the police to safeguard them. Buhari is not criticised because he is Fulani. Those who are insinuating that Buhari’s critics are motivated by sectarian reasons, are either partisan or uninformed to say the least. It is both disingenuous and preposterous to suggest so. Buhari is lambasted because of his nepotistic attitude, incompetence and his failure to act honestly, fairly, decisively and…
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Gentlemen of the press, We have invited you today to address very critical issues of urgent national importance and to once again alert Nigerians of the heinous plot being hatched by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled Federal Government to further beguile the people and perpetrate more harm on our dear nation. 1. INEC As you are aware, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been indicted for registering and issuing permanent voters card (PVCs) to millions of underage persons, particularly in Kano and Katsina states respectively. You are also aware that it took a press statement from the PDP and…
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Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced its results for the 2017 operating year with a dividend recommendation of N33 billion to its shareholders. The recommendation, which amounts to a total dividend of N4.13 (four Naira thirteen kobo) per share for the 2017 operating year was part of the company’s filing to The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday, 15th February 2018. The recommended dividend is inclusive of interim dividend of N8 billion, which is N1.00 (one naira only) per share earlier paid by the company in November 2017. In the company statement signed by the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Mr.…
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Former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha has flayed members of the Imo state House of Assembly over their reported rejection of the proposed amendment Bill seeking financial autonomy for the Local Governments. The Bill was forwarded to all the 36 State Assemblies by the National Assembly for their concurrence as part of the process of altering some identified clauses in the Constitution. The National Assembly had proposed an amendment to the Constitutional provision that hitherto guarantees State Joint Local Government Accounts. The amendment Bill which was opposed by Imo lawmakers sought that the joint account be…
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NATURE OF HATE SPEECHES In the aftermath of the divisions in the country caused by President Buhari’s Northernisation/ Islamisation Agenda, as manifested in his lopsided strategic appointments that unfairly favour the North as against the South, and the complete exclusion of the South-East from them, which gave rise to agitations for independent Republic of Biafra, Oduduwa Republic and Niger Delta Republic, coupled with the Quit Notice given by the Arewa Youths Coalition to Ndigbo to leave the North by October 1, 2017 – in the wake of all this came a spate of hate speeches by various individuals and groups…
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Before he died in 2015, the late Professor Stephen Ellis wrote his last book titled ‘This Present Darkness: A History of Nigerian Organised Crime’. Going through this book left me with several thoughts, most of them unpleasant. It is a fascinating read covering, not just organised crime, but the evolution of the Nigerian state (or maybe they are the same thing?). At any rate, I want to share 8 random things I found interesting in the book and I will leave you to draw your own conclusions. 1. In 1947, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo wrote that “Corruption is the greatest…
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A massive probe to uncover how a dormant European company secured a $356 million contract during the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, has begun, Newsdiaryonline has learnt. Available facts show that a Nigerian company, Lingo Nigeria owned by Mr. Linus Ukachukwu, an Nnewi- born Abuja hotelier in partnership with an offshore company Strasky Husty and Partners were awarded a $356m contract for the rehabilitation of (Lot 3) Kuru to Maiduguri section, Nigerian Railway Corporation’s Eastern line of Calabar to Maiduguri. The contract for the Kuru Maiduguri portion of the railway project is now the subject of a probe by European investigators.The…
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Today, I consider it a great privilege as I join other patriots and crusaders of good governance, who have utilized this platform of ING lecture Series to lend their thoughts to the continuous discourse and contributions towards the advancement of our state. Its very remarkable to me, noting the fact that am the least among the apostles of good governance. Even more remarkable is the fact that I stand to make this address as a youth in my prime. Not just a youth, but a youth from the street, who grew up thinking that success in life can be attained…
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Here it is fellas, the news you’ve all been waiting for but secretly known in your heart all along: tall blokes and short women make the best partners – and this is coming from science! Move over Danny DeVito. Step aside Sir Mick and come on down Shaq, women just aren’t attracted to the smaller man! A group of researchers from Konkuk University in South Korea looked at data from 7,850 couples over an extensive period of time. Doctor Kitae Sohn noted ‘a greater height difference in a couple was positively related to the wife’s happiness’ and ‘the female preference…
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In reaction to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s promise to treat what he described as “hate speech” as terrorism Mr. Jackson Ude the publisher of Pointblank News said the following. “APC thrived on hate speech between 2014-2015. Today that seed they sowed is haunting them. They now say it’s terrorism! Don’t be deceived. APC came to power by hate speeches, divided Nigeria along ethnic and religious lines, sowed seeds of discord and blamed PDP! Hypocrites!” How apt and how courageous Mr. Ude’s assertion is. I could not have put it better myself. President Muhammadu Buhari, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, National Chairman…
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The number one terrorists in Nigeria are the Fulanis. They came like sheep to Nigeria. They had their way. They killed off all the Hausa rulers and chiefs and islamized them. Fulanis are strangers. They are different from Hausas. Hausas are indigenous. They are Nigerians. They were not Muslims. Their rulers welcomed Uthman Dan Fodio into the North from a strange land. Uthman Dan Fodio is a fulani who came with his fulani warriors. By night they planned. In the morning, the Hausas woke up to see their land burning. Their Shehus have been wiped out. All killed and Emirs…
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Truth is: Unless Nigeria is redefined to become “Our Project” instead of the Criminal Enterprise it had been from 1914 when the British cobbled it together for their own Commercial Interests, to when in 1960, their Local Agents, the Fulani were coronated to run it as a British/Caliphate Joint Venture, to now, when subsidiaries have been conscripted into the Criminal Enterprise from all over the Country by virtue of Fraudulent Unitary Constitution, the Nigeria defined by that Fraudulent Constitution 1999 is not “Our Project”. The Self-Evident “We” versus “Them” reality that manifest in virtually all spheres, Horizontal and Vertical, is…
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“Before pointing accusing fingers to the Igbos who didn’t declare war on Ikwerre land, i want you to tell me how come the Ijaws became land owners in P.H when the rivers were our boundaries prior to the civil war? How come the Northerner who claimed to be fighting for you ended up hijacking the same resources they accused Igbos of planning to take away from us? Are the northerners and Yorubas still not in charge of our resources ? Who emptied the oil wells in Ikwerre land? Igbos, Northerners or Yorubas? Didn’t Ken Saro Wiwa accuse Ijaws of hijacking…
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It will take some time for Buharimaniacs to realize that, in a democracy, there is nothing definitive about the outcome of an election. When an election has been concluded, those who opposed the winner are not required to shut up or go into exile. They are required to go into opposition. Those who opposed the winner are not defeated. As a matter of fact, their opposition may be justified subsequently by the actions and inactions of the winner. In his six months in office, President Buhari has done little to change the view of his opponents that he was the…
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The Fulani in Nigeria have said they will not accept cattle ranching because the country’s geographical location was not suitable for it. * It’s caused by strangers fuelled by politicians, religious leaders – Miyetti Allah Besides, the Fulani said the species of cows they had, as subsistence livestock farmers, were not good for ranching in the country, saying they could only be confined to ranching if their livestock were replaced with breeds suitable for it. This was even as they said the anti-open grazing laws being established by state governments would die a natural death like ‘political sharia law’ in…
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“Nobody should try to remove Buhari in 2019. All Fulanis in Nigeria today our eyes are open. All of us are behind Buhari.We have seen that they want to destroy the Fulani because of Buhari. We would be ready to follow him and fight it”- Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodeji, President of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), The Sun Newspaper, 3rd February 2018. I was tempted to respond to the unveiled threats and the bellicose and boastful words of this provincial cattle-rearer and itinerant Fulani herdsman called Bello Abdullahi Bodeji in this contribution but when I picked up…
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Owerri was founded about the 14th century by Ekwem Oha. His mother’s name was Arugo. He fled from Umuori Village, Uratta in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State when his life was threatened by his younger brother Ndum. The threat to his life arose from the dispute over the sharing of the Funeral Cow slaughtered when their father Oha the aristocrat and embodiment of royalty died. The first son (Opara in Igbo) Ekwem was to provide the funeral cow as demanded by custom. He did not have the means to do so. He appealed to his younger brother…
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 ” The Hausa-Fulani has no ideals, no ambitions save such as sensual in character. He is a fatalist, spendthrift and a gambler. He is gravely immoral and is seriously diseased that he is a menace to any community to which he seeks to attach himself “. – Lord Lugard in a Letter to his colleague, Walter H. Lang on September 25, 1918. “Under the circumstances of what has been happening in Plateau State, some people just have to die……Any society that refuses to be just and fair shall become a jungle where only jungle justice shall operate……… Indeed, the…
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Few days ago Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the following. “100 billion naira and $289 USD million was withdrawn in cash by President Goodluck Jonathan two weeks before the presidential election ostensibly for security. This was unprecedented stealing and it led to the economic recession that we are suffering today”. Sadly the wild, baseless and frankly absurd allegations and willful and premeditated display of perfidy did not stop there. A few weeks earlier Osinbajo had said the following: “President Goodluck Jonathan did not put in place ANY infrastructural development in his last 5 years”. This is yet another unmeritorious and…
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Scores of indigenes of Umuchima – Ihiagwa community in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State on Friday barricaded the entrance gate of Federal University of Technology , Owerri , in protest. Umuchima -Ihiagwa is one of the host communities of FUTO. The indigenes, who bore placards , alleged that the university management had encroached into their lands and had forcefully taken over their water front . Addressing journalists at the school gate , the leader of the protesters, Amanze Iheanacho, alleged that the school management through the VC, Prof Francis Dike, had suppressed them by using security…
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“I feel let down facing the people of this state whenever I remember the promise I made to them that when they elect President Buhari into power, these killings will end. But unfortunately things are now getting worse” Governor Abdul Azeez Yari of Zamfara state. February 17, 2018 Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State has accused security agencies in the country of failing to prevent killings in his state despite alerting them about an impending attack 24 hours before the recent invasion of communities in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state, which resulted in the death of 39 persons.…
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Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has formally reacted to the controversy over the alleged plot to impeach his deputy, Prince Eze Madumere, saying such an impeachment would be of no political benefit to him or anybody else. Okorocha, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, described the report of the purported impeachment plot as disdainful and ridiculous. He said: “We have also been inundated with calls on the issue for reaction and for reasons best known to us we decided to remain calm until now. “And interestingly, those mentioned to be behind the imagined impeachment plan…
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Disturbingly interesting! It goes to reinforce my decision not to break my head or heart over Nigerian problem. My own is to do my own good bit and leave the rest! THIS PRESENT DARKNESS. Before he died in 2015, the late Professor Stephen Ellis wrote his last book titled ‘This Present Darkness: A History of Nigerian Organised Crime’. Going through this book left me with several thoughts, most of them unpleasant. It is a fascinating read covering, not just organised crime, but the evolution of the Nigerian state (or maybe they are the same thing?). At any rate, I want…
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Jacob Zuma, the embattled President of South Africa, has resigned. But that is not the news. I carefully followed the events that led to Jacob Zuma’s exit and the whole thing lasted less than FIVE days. Again, that is not news. But note these: * In the build-up to Zuma’s exit, no one played the ETHNIC card. His place of birth in South Africa did NOT matter. * Again, RELIGION was not an issue. Nobody even remembered he bore a Christian name. * The party was more interested in saving its NAME and LEGACY, than saving Zuma. * Zuma did…
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A group, Imo Equity, said it has uncovered a grand plot allegedly being hatched by members of the first family in the state, to impeach Governor Rochas Okorocha’s deputy, Prince Eze Madumere. Madumere is perceived as a stumbling block to Okorocha’s succession plan in 2019. Coordinator of the group, Pascal Udochi alleged that a serving commissioner has been instructed to liaise with a member of the House of Assembly from Owerri zone, who is alleged to be the link between the state government and the leadership of the Assembly in the alleged impeachment plot. Udochi alleged that Chief Uche Nwosu,…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to meet Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress at his country home in Daura, Katsina state today, a day after he received the party’s governors. President Buhari meets with APC Leaders Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande in State House NAN reliably gathered that the APC leadership and top chieftains of the party would be converging in Daura to commiserate with the President who recently lost two members of his extended family. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande had on Feb. 13 met with President Buhari…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission says some underage voters are being registered in some parts of the country because the lives of registration officers are being threatened by some members of the community. The Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, said this on Wednesday during a programme on the African Independent Television titled, ‘Kakaaki.’ Osazze-Uzzi, while answering questions over pictures and videos on the social media showing children registering and voting in northern Nigeria, said when officials refused to register underage persons, their lives were threatened by members of the community and they eventually caved in. The…
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The Imo state Commissioner for Happiness and younger sister of Governor Rochas Okorocha has appealed to men in her State to try to marry two or more women as a way of reducing prostitution and redundancy among Imo state Women. Speaking in Owerri state capital this morning, Commissioner Ogechi said Imo state has more women than men forcing a lot of unmarried women to commit adultery with other people’s husbands. The commissioner said according to statistics, out of approximately 3.9 million Imo state indigenes, 3 million are women and only .9 million are men. “I am not forcing you, but…
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Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday revealed the identity of the person that would succeed him in 2019. The governor said at a meeting with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Owerri Municipal Council Area, who visited him in the Government House in Owerri that he would support the governorship ambition of his Chief of Staff Chief, Uche Nwosu. He said his decision to support Nwosu fondly called Ugwumba stemmed from the fact that the chief of staff has “the qualities of ideal leader.” The governor, however, said Nwosu is yet to inform him of any governorship…
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In what appears to be getting more interesting by the day, the new sequence introduced by members of the National Assembly, for the 2019 general elections, is set to pitch Aso Rock Presidential Villa, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the one hand, against members of the National Assembly who insist that it is within their powers to set the order of elections. Whereas observers are divided on the appropriateness of the move by the legislators, this report will show why, without prejudice to the real but veiled intentions of the legislators, a bottom-up approach to voting for…
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Imo State Branch has described the State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, as a threat to democracy. The NBA made the claim in a press statement signed by its Branch Chairman in Owerri, L.U.N. Nwakaeti Esq, saying that Governor Okorocha lied when he denied that he was owing the judges in the state. “The Government of Imo State has shown that it is a present and looming threat to democracy and Rule of Law,” said Imo NBA. Barr Nwakaeti lambasted the Governor for denying owing judges in Imo State, describing the denial as one Okorocha’s lies.…
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Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Mathew Kukah, has said the ‘Third Force’ coalition, being promoted by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, will not help the development of Nigerian politics and democracy. According to him, the problems plaguing Nigeria would not be fixed merely by removing President Muhammadu Buhari and bringing another leader to replace him. Kukah made this known in Abuja on Thursday in a chat with select journalists on some burning national issues. He said creating a new platform because of the perceived inefficiencies of the president government will only create new enemies which will further divide the country…
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Since mid-January, there has been a concatenation of events whose denouement would decide, one way or another, the fate of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 election. In no particular order, the events include herdsmen incessant attacks on farmers and destruction of farmlands and the federal government’s inability, if not refusal, to stop it, culminating in the massacre of 73 people in some communities in Benue State and the ensuing national outrage; the “no-apology” endorsement of Buhari by the Nasir el-Rufai-led G7 governors from the north less than 24 hours after the state-organised mass burial of the Benue 73; the…
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Bullying is the act of using one’s advantage of strength, real or perceived, to force or coerce a real or perceived weaker person(s) to behave or react in a particular way; to forego some rights. I have introduced perception into it as against the presentation in the dictionary of real strength against real weakness because of my personal experiences about bullies as I grew up from childhood into adolescence, and thereafter. The neighbourhood bully generally believed that he/she was the strongest child in the neighourhood who could not be dared by the other children. His perception of his superior strength…
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Ndi Igbo, Ndigbo means (The Ancient People) The British called us IBO or (Heebos) I.B.O. means I Before Others (I Came Before Others). Aha, an Igbo man, established ancient Egypt. To provide evidence in support of my claim here, I will cite Dr. Ben Jochannan, a world renowned Egyptologist, he stated that ALKEBULAN and not Kemet or ON or any other name was the oldest name of ancient Egypt. ALKEBULAN is an Igbo word and any person from Igbo land can easily recognize this word as Igbo. In modern Igbo, ALKEBULAN would be written as AKAEBULAN OR AKAEBULAM OR AKAEGBUNAM…
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The crisis-free convention by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, aside from raising hope of stronger opposition party, appears to have been a reason for panic in the camp of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC The atmosphere was electric. The swagger was familiar. Eagle Square reverberated with nostalgia for the umbrella of green, red and black. Party faithful surged in and swarmed around the pavilions in their numbers, exultant, exuberant and boisterous. Comedians, physically challenged acrobats, musicians and women arrayed in a festival of their three colours added lively flavour to the unfolding political carnival. For a moment it felt…
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“You bathed in the blood of Biafrans, you crushed their bones and stripped away their dignity and self-respect just to keep Nigeria one. Now you say their children have no right to ask for self-determination simply because you killed their fathers and mothers during the war and shattered their dreams. Shame on you. If Nigeria was a normal country by now you would have been at the International Criminal Court (ICC) answering charges of genocide and crimes against humanity at the Hague instead of being President. If you want the Igbo or any other southerner to stay and if you…
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CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS have asked President Mohammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Director General, Nigerian Intelligence Agency, (NIA), Mr Ahmed Abubakar. The groups said his case presents the worse narrative of having an incompetent, corrupt and disloyal Nigerian occupying one of the country’s most strategic positions. The coalition said with Mr Abubakar occupying the post of DG, NIA, Nigeria will remain at its lowest water level in the international intelligence community. The groups also linked the inability of the Federal Government to deal decisively against the armed Fulani herdsmen to the composition of top security positions by people of the…
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This memo by EGBE OMO ODUDUWA to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State and APC key figures, was made available to OBLONG MEDIA and it’s hereby published undiluted: To everything there is a season, a Time for every purpose under heaven—Ecclesiastes 3:1 While noting the substantive leader of the APC, President Buhari’s mandate to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reconcile the warring factions within the APC preparatory to the coming 2019 elections is a recognition of your political pragmatism, we are of the view that you must be very conscious of your role in history and refuse…
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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has hit at the Southern and the Middle Belt leaders, for always looking up to the North for leadership. In a series of tweets on Friday morning, Fani-Kayode suggested that this is the “source and foundation of our national malaise”. He tweeted: “At Nigeria’s independence in 1960, there were 41 secondary schools in the north and 842 secondary schools in the south. “Despite that glaring disparity, the north took political power and have had it ever since. Is this not the very source and foundation of our national malaise? “The truth is that there…
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that it was possible that South East leaders like Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the governors, may learn their lessons from alleged silence of the Hausa\Fulani governors and Arewa Consultative Forum over the wanton killings of innocent Nigerians by herdsmen. According to IPOB, it was saddening that Ohanaeze Ndigbo and South-East governors condemned its non-violent agitation and even went as far as supporting the mayhem visited on its members by the Nigeria Army under Operation Python Dance. Asking if there has been “a single word of condemnation from any Hausa Fulani governor or Arewa…
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February 8, 2018 Press Statement The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lampooned the Presidency for abandoning its responsibility of governance and now deploying resources meant for the good of the people to push a desperate but ill-fated mission to perpetuate on Nigerians, an obviously unpopular Presidential candidate in 2019. The party said the Presidency has become so panicky that it effectively hijacked the functions of the leadership of its dysfunctional and ideologically vacuous All Progressives Congress (APC), by appointing people into partisan offices, outside its much-desired responsibility of governance. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Thursday,…
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MTN Nigeria to go public in 2018, raises $500 Million through IPO sales *This deal will give 30 percent of MTN Nigeria to the public. MTN Group Ltd is finalising plans to list its Nigerian subsidiaries on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) this year. The deal is also expected to raise about $500 million for the company. MTN is Nigeria’s biggest telecommunication company with over 50 million subscribers as of September 2017. The Nigerian market accounts for about 21.7 percent of company’s total subscribers and over 45 percent of its annual group revenue. MTN Nigeria going public is one of…
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Gani Adams, Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, has boasted that the people of the South West would resist any attempt by herdsmen to turn the region into a killing field. He spoke while lamenting the number of lives lost to the activities of herdsmen across the country. Adams also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently mandate security agents to, “arrest the blood-thirsty maniacs on the rampage in the country, masquerading as herdsmen, and bring them to justice, to avoid a total breakdown of law and order.” The Aare Ona Kakanfo stated this in a statement by his Special Assistant…
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Almost everyone I know wonders aloud— and in silence— why people in power change radically; why they become so utterly disconnected from reality that they suddenly become completely unrecognizable to people who knew them before they got to power; why they get puffed-up, susceptible to flattery, and intolerant of even the mildest, best-intentioned censure; why they appear possessed by inexplicably malignant forces; and why they are notoriously insensitive and self-absorbed. Everyone who has ever had a friend in a position of power, especially political power, can attest to the accuracy of the age-old truism that a friend in power is…
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1. The moment you *post* something on a social media page (twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, …), you loose control over it. 2. As long as you post it, you are *fully responsible* for every content of everything you post, even if you forwarded it from someone else. There is nothing like I just posted as received from somewhere. 3. Due to 2 above, it is important you *verify* both content and source of whatever information you have *before posting* 4. Be ready to answer every question relating to every post you send. Don’t post it if you can’t answer for it.…
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Nigeria is currently in the midst of deceit. She is currently in the hands of one who is limited but that has chosen to deploy doctrinal “Taqiyya” ahead of the 2019 elections. Now he pretends to agree to restructure, to have state police, even agrees to employing lopsided appointments and promising to address such pressinh issues. All these are called “premeditated sins”: he knew he was doing evil, persevered in it, defended it… but only now agrees to seek forgiveness as he knows these very actions are now going to haunt him in his re-election bid! And very soon he…
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As 2019 approaches, there is expected to be high profile alignments and realignments in the political space of Nigeria. These alignments are usually done with the sole interests of political gladiators in mind who pretend that their political crisscrossing is for the common good of Nigeria and Nigerians. Experience has however shown that such crisscrossing, alignments and realignments are done at the expense of the common man. Since the advent of the current political dispensation in 1999, politicians have moved parties severally in the name of serving the interests of the people or rescuing the people from an existing slavish…
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The drama, the controversy, the confusion, the double entendre, attended by seeming cowardice, that grew around a statement, perhaps the statements, purportedly issued by former military President Ibrahim Babangida on Sunday, February 4, is absolutely unnecessary, unfortunate and utterly avoidable. The drama, the controversy, the confusion, the double entendre, attended by seeming cowardice, that grew around a statement, perhaps the statements, purportedly issued by former military President Ibrahim Babangida on Sunday, February 4, is absolutely unnecessary, unfortunate and utterly avoidable. A statesman, the new role in which President Babangida has since found himself, is a father of the nation –more…
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 The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus has discredited former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s newly formed Coalition for Nigerian Movement (CNM), saying it is dead on arrival, adding that the All Progressive Congress (APC) failure to provide good governance will be a yardstick for Nigerians to vote for candidates of the People’s Democratic Party during the 2019 general elections. Mr. Secondus who was addressing leaders, elders and members of PDP at Delta state government’s Unity Hall in Asaba on Sunday shortly before the commencement of a meeting between the national working committee of the party and…
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…AS PDP NWC MEET IN ASABA TO PERFECT WINNING STRATEGIES AHEAD OF GENERAL ELECTIONS. NATIONAL Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has said the All Progressive Congress (APC) failure to provide good governance is a yardstick for Nigerians to vote for candidates of the PDP in the 2019 general elections. Prince Secondus who was addressing leaders of the PDP in Asaba today (04/02/18) shortly before the commencement of a consultative meeting between the national working committee of the PDP and Governors who won their elections on the platform of the PDP, expressed confidence that Nigerians will…
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My attention has been drawn to a report making rounds especially online in which I was quoted as advising Nigerians not to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the coming 2019 election. Not only is the said statement untrue, it is in its entirety, an inaccurate representation of my view of the state of our dear Nation. As a former President and an elder statesman, I have existing communication channels through which I reach out to President Muhammadu Buhari on topical issues of national importance, should there be the need so to do. The media, both online or mainstream and…
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Former military president Ibrahim Babangida has asked Nigerians to co-operate with President Muhammadu Buhari until his tenure ends — but vote for a new generation of leaders in 2019. In a press statement released on Sunday by Kassim Afegbua, his spokesman, Babangida said it was time to sacrifice “personal ambition” for the “national interest”. THE FULL TEXT OF THE STATEMENT TOWARDS A NATIONAL REBIRTH In the past few months and weeks, I have played host to many concerned Nigerians who have continued to express legitimate and patriotic worry about the state of affairs in the country. Some of them have…
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NOTE THE FOLLOWING ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW AND LOVE: 1. The 14 to 45 year old males will be bearing arms directly whether or not they like it. About half of them will die within the first year of conflict. At least 30% of females in this age range will be raped and probably killed. 2. The bulk of 0 to 13 year olds will grow up as orphans. 10% will be killed in the first year and another 50% will perish from neglect in subsequent years. 3. The population above from 46 to 65 years will have their…
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The Secretary-General January 15, 2018 United Nations New York Sir, APPLICATION FOR UN DECLARATION OF MIDDLE-BELT AS REPUBLIC Of TAKURUKU On behalf of the leadership of Sovereign Republic of Takuruku Movement and good citizens, we hereby solicit for United Nations’ (UN) declaration and support of the international community to the Middle-Belt region as an independent country out of Nigeria. The Republic of Takuruku is a country built on the foundation of the fear of God and truly democratic. The secession of the Middle-Belt out of Nigeria has become imperative for the following reasons: In Nigeria, Tiv are the most cheated…
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The Commissioner for Information, Imo State, Prof. Nnamdi Obiaraeri, in this interview with CHIDIEBUBE OKEOMA, talks about the establishment of the Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfilment, the erection of statues of some African presidents by Governor Rochas Okorocha and some other controversies in the state Recently, the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, appointed his sister as the commissioner for happiness and purpose fulfilment. Is the governor aware that what he did amounted to nepotism and an abuse of office or was it that he just didn’t care? The reaction that greeted it was a manifestation of ignorance. The constitution…
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Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo seems to have carried the anti-Buhari campaign to the international community, Per Second News gathered Thursday in Washington. Obasanjo in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari recently asked him not to seek for a second term in office, saying each day President Buhari offers fresh proof that he is failing the office that Nigerians entrusted to him. Information indicate that the former President has commenced high level talks with some powerful institutions in Washington, partnering with a former top U.S official with vast network of media and institutional lobby groups. The group is able…
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Elder statesman and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has declared that Nigeria is a failed state under President Muhammadu Buhari. Prof. Nwabueze also said Nigeria may become extinct if he is re-elected in 2019. The erudite scholar noted that Nigeria, under the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC), government had failed to perform the major role expected of a state which is to ensure the security and welfare of the citizenry. Nwabueze made the declaration in a paper entitled ‘Nigeria under president Buhari is categorised as a failed state by an internationally-recognised agency’. “By all internationally relevant and accepted…
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If open hatred would lead to needed self realization, let it be and possibly in legions. If it would take the attack of an enemy to make me wiser, stronger, bigger and better, I need more of such attacks and may even beautify the scares years after the healing process, may be for a memorial. Welcome anything and everything that will advance your cause even at very expensive, painful price – and when it happens, be encouraged, seek the poignant message and grasp the essential lessons therein. Life is not a bed of roses so things might get very tough…
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Like him or hate him, Olusegun Obasanjo is an enigma. I am convinced that God has granted him a special grace to influence the course of events in this Nation for good or for bad, sometimes for a mixture of both. There is no living Nigerian Leader who is like him and I can not easily remember any past Nigerian leader who was quite like Obj. He is unique in many respects. When you ask some Nigerians to give you a list of the bad political leaders Nigeria has or has had, you will find Obj’s name prominent in the…
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In October 2012, I chaired the Committee that organized Dr. Alex Ekwueme’s 80th birthday ceremonies. On the 16th of October, we organized an international colloquium on “Nigerian Federalism: Building on the Ekwueme Legacy” at the ThisDay Dome Abuja—and this was the highpoint of the 80th birthday anniversary. After some five years and three months, I am here today, at the Federal Polytechnic Oko that has Alex Ekwueme’s imprimatur, to speak as we bid him farewell. For me, the loss is huge and the grief very deep. May his giant soul rest in peace! Yes, Dr. (Chief) Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, GCON…
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the Senate is conferred with the authority to ensure the choice of “only suitable and credible persons for appointment to the office”. The court gave the ruling in determining the suit challenging the Senate’s authority to deny an appointee to the office of Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) under the EFCC Act. A copy of the judgement obtained by Channels Television on Thursday revealed that Justice John Tsoho gave the ruling on January 15, 2018. A lawyer Mr Oluwatosin Ojamo had filed a suit in January 2017,…
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Yinka Odumakin, a prominent rights activist and public affairs analyst is the National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere. In this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, he spoke on the recent visit of governors elected under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to Benue, cattle colony and other issues. Excerpts: You granted an interview recently where you accused the governors elected under the platform of the ruling APC of dancing on the graves of those killed by herdsmen in Benue. Why did you arrive at that conclusion? It is quite obvious. I am not even the first person to say…
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The problem with those of us mostly from the Southern part of the country is the tendency to show off. Having attained some measure of the Western education, we tend to assume to know all and must have our say whether it makes sense or not. It did not start today. Long before the attainment of independence, this character trait has been with us. It is the preponderance to show off and the know-all attitude on our part that made the British colonial masters dislike for the South. They saw Southerners as pompous and arrogant, so they pitched their tent…
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At least 10 governors and some senators are all seem set for the unveiling today of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CN). Obasanjo broke the news of the coalition in a long “special statement” in which he lashed the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. A source learned that 10 governors and some senators are said to have indicated interest in being part of the CN. Seven governors are believed to be of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and three Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) members. Others who are said to be part of the formation of CN are a former…
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Published on November 25, 2016 By Seun Opejobi A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has asserted that Nigeria needs people like former vice president, Atiku Abubakar to make life more meaningful for Nigerians. In a letter to felicitate with the former vice president on his 70th birthday, Tinubu described the Turakin Adamawa as a man of faith, saying faith has kept him going and waxing strong. In the letter he personally signed, the former Lagos governor urged Atiku to accept that “there is a tide in the affairs of men”. Tinubu wrote: “I write…
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At the risk of being branded an APC Apologist, without conceding, the recommendation of removing LGAs from the constitution and empowering states to provide for their existence, structure and number, is in tandem with age old principles of federalism . It is trite law that LGAs are not federating units in a federal system! In our federalism, the federating units are state Governments and federal (central) governments! In Balogun v LAGOS state Govt, the court held that LOCAL GOVTS ARE AGENTS OF STATE GOVTS!! Consequently, It is my considered opinion that it was anachronistic to list Local governments in the…
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The clouds of war are gathering with blood sucking gods that follow the perching of vultures. Vultures from Eastern Europe, vultures from Europe, vultures from Asia, yes, vultures from America that deal on arms. With eyes constantly fixed on any trouble spot in the world. They’re are hopefully praying to extend their business from Tripoli to Abuja. This is because, Nigeria is fast descending to the very path that Freetown took. The path that ruined Congo and Libya. The expressway to Rwanda, that is the path Nigeria is fast speeding to. Yet, this path is not a new path to…
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A member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and long time associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Engineer Buba Galadima, said on Tuesday that the Buhari administration has finished its course. He said that the administration has written its obituary ahead of the 2019 election but just waiting to publish it. Galadima, who spoke on the Tuesday edition of Focus Nigeria, a current affairs programme of the Africa Independent Television (AIT), anchored by Gbenga Aruleba, said that the APC was a party waiting to be swept out of power. “I dare the APC to arrest…
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If the APC fails to address the internal wrangling within its fold, the Third Force is the next political ship, chairman of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna) has said. Responding to questions from our correspondent on the new alliance that is said to be in the works, Sani described it as a welcome development. “Third Force is a welcome development if that will help in ensuring that people in power are held to account,” he said. The senator, who said he was unaware of the fact that 25 of his colleagues had…
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In 2019, millions will be shocked, especially southerners to their bone marrow and foundations. Those who solely depend on their PVCs to deliver them from Buhari’s gulag called Nigeria will have something coming. What’s is coming? Better imagined than believed. For starters, you must wonder why Buhari stacked the INEC, an electoral umpire with his own men and women. Secondly, think deeply why the same INEC has not published the current numbers as they pertain to the distribution of PVCs across the country. It’s heartwarming to see millions of southerners trooping or struggling to get registered and obtain their almighty…
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If open hatred would lead to needed self realization, let it be and possibly in legions. If it would take the attack of an enemy to make me wiser, stronger, bigger and better, I need more of such attacks and may even beautify the scares years after the healing process, may be for a memorial. Welcome anything and everything that will advance your cause even at very expensive, painful price – and when it happens, be encouraged, seek the poignant message and grasp the essential lessons therein. Life is not a bed of roses so things might get very tough…
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Amidst the flow of blood inflicted upon totally unarmed natives by Fulani Militia, marauding as “Herdsmen” in ancestral homelands in Southern Kaduna, Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Edo, Abia, Ekiti, Delta, Enugu, Plateau, Kwara and elsewhere; the absolute refusal and spoken reluctance of the Fulani President/Commander-In-Chief of “Nigeria’s” Armed Forces to take any steps to halt the carnage, this Representative stood at the Plenary, in Nigeria’s House of Representative, Abuja, to declare that the Fulani places more value on the life of their cows than the life of humans and that the rest of us in Nigeria must understand that that is…
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I still find it funny that most people don’t know why Nigeria’s economy went into recession, they love the incompetent lies of Lai Mohammed about the past government ruining everything. It’s also myopic to think that if Jonathan were to still be in power, we would be worse off. The truth about Nigeria’s recession is this; it was caused by the president’s unguided rhetoric and uncultured body language. Firstly, there is nothing we are buying today that we weren’t buying 5 years ago, therefore it’s not our purchase that put pressure on Naira but withdrawal of funds by foreign investors.…
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It is a fact of history that the Federation of Nigeria collapsed in1966 when the 5 Constitutions that defined it got toppled and jettisoned by the Military Incursion into Nigeria’s Political space. It is also a fact of history that the attempt to resuscitate the Union at the Aburi Sovereign Conference January 1967, was truncated shortly after the Parties returned to Nigeria from Ghana and that it took a brutal War of Genocide between 1967-1970, to force the break-away Biafra back into the Nigerian Union. It is yet another fact of history that the triumphant side in that Nigeria-Biafra War…
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There is virtually no part of Nigeria that is peaceful. There is virtually no household that is happy. There is virtually no individual that is not living in fear in Nigeria today. School fees and hospital bills are becoming difficult for most people. Even one square meal is becoming a luxury for most. The value of the Naira against the Dollar is the worst in the history of Nigeria. The cost of fuel, where available, is the highest in the history of this so-called oil producing country. The endurance level of the ordinary people has been stretched to its limit.…
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Going from 2018 to 2019 regarding Election or No- Election, the alternative to the absolutely reckless gamble with the lives of over 50 million People that will be anchored on *PVC* against *AK47* is to the dissolution and dismantling of the defunct Federation of Nigeria inside 2018 before the Southward Sweeping Fulani terror machine completes its undisguised already ongoing *Conquest, Islamization* and *Colonization* campaign, currently charging through the Middle Belt Territories. The fighting force driving that campaign is within one hour swift, tactical forest maneuver, from the northern boundaries of Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, and upper Cross-River (Ogoja area via Gakem)…
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NNPC operates a secret account used for siphoning monies,currently has a balance of $137mllion,$4million has previously been withdrawn – Sen. Malaye Lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has raised the alarm over alleged operation of a secret account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and other joint venture companies. Melaye, who raised a point of order at the plenary on Tuesday, alleged that the account, which was supposed to be domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria, was with Keystone Bank, had no Bank Verification Number and had a balance of $137m as of today (Tuesday). He…
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As the plot to unseat President Goodluck Jonathan in the next elections thickens, Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the other leaders of his party, the opposition, All Progressives Congress (APC) have begged former President, Chief Olusegun to be their navigator. Speaking during a much-publicized meeting with the PDP Chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said “You have come out of tribulation and held the highest position in this country. We are here because of your courage and salient points. Nobody can say he has information more than you,” “You have surmounted a number of crises. Nigeria is…
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During my secondary school days my Geography teacher taught us the earth evidences to prove that the earth is spherical. One is called Ship visibility. It stated that when the ship is approaching the harbour, the Mast is seen before the hall. Could this trending letter be the Mast of the approaching ship? Well, there’s simply a limit to all human endurance. This government has pushed the envelope to near the limit. It has proven adamant and insensitive to people’s suffering and pain. Prompting so many people to lend their voices to the gathering voices of reason. From local officials…
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Many of those consulted by Mr. Obasanjo are said to have signed on to his elaborate plan for a mass movement away from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to “rescue” the country. A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, is mobilising politicians and other Nigerians to sign on to his Coalition for Nigeria project, to oust President Muhammadu Buhari from office. Many of those consulted by Mr. Obasanjo are said to have signed on to his elaborate plan for a mass movement away from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and…
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Seventy-four prominent Yoruba elders have vowed to pull the Yoruba nation out of Nigeria if the country is not restructured before the 2019 general elections. Acting under the aegis of Voice of Reason (VOR), a socio-cultural group, the elders made this known in an advertorial on page 25 of The Punchnewspaper of Monday, January 22. Some of the elders that signed the advertorial include: former Chief of Army Staff, General Alani Akinrinade; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe; co-founder, EKO Hospitals, Olorogun Sonny Kuku; and spokesperson, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin. According to the elders, the 1999…
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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says there is no need to set up cattle colonies in the South East – The Anambra state chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Sadiq Gidado, says establishment is not necessary because members of the association and residents coexist peacefully – Gidado expressed regret over the incessant clashes in some parts of the country The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says there is no need to set up cattle colonies in the South East geopolitical zone. Alhaji Sadiq Gidado, the Chairman of MACBAN in Anambra, said this on Friday at…
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Fresh facts have emerged that the refusal of President Muhhamdu Buhari to grant some concessions to former President Olusegun Obasanjo might have been the reason he wrote to attack President Muhammadu Buhari advising him not to seek re-election in 2019, TheNigerian News has authoritatively gathered. According to impeccable sources in the know of events, it was revealed to TheNigerian that the letter was as a result of the refusal of President Muhammdu Buhari to accede to a couple of requests made by Obasanjo in recent times. The source informed TheNigerian that former president Obasanjo had formed “the habit of wanting…
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In addition to his many controversial engagements, governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State recently led some South East politicians to Aso Rock. Their mission was quite simple: To assure President Muhammadu Buhari that he could bank on their support in his rumored desire to have a second shot at the Presidency in 2019. Some commentators have been at pains to explain that it was “Igbo APC” and not Ndigbo, that went on the much-maligned trip. The governor is however unperturbed. He is a man of great energy, self-preserving populist gestures and (sometimes reprehensible) creativity. Whether you like him or not…
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As Senate empanels c’ttee to reconcile differences in Bill… The House of Representatives’ amendments to the Electoral Act, which effected a change in the election order, has caused ripples and discomfort in the presidency and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), THISDAY has learnt. The amendment to Section 25 of the Electoral Act, 2010, which the House members voted for on Tuesday, would see the National Assembly elections holding first, before elections into the state Houses of Assembly and governorship on a separate day, while the presidential election would be conducted last to complete the general election cycle. Specifically, the…
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As a true IMO political son or daughter, I guess,we know virtually all the LGAs in IMO and probably, may have stepped into most of the wards. In due time, I will be writing about the person of Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha but at the moment, let’s go into his scorecards as a former House Of Representative Member HOR, who represented Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Federal Constituency. For sake of clarity, he didn’t represent IMO at large nor did he represent Owerri zone or Okigwe zone or Orlu zone rather he represented a federal constituency and we understand the difference,explicitly. I…
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https://www.hornnewsnigeria.com.ng/politics/nigeria-politics/oblong-gives-marching-order-to-apc/
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It is very common and easy to hear people say the police have failed in protecting lives and property anytime there is a civil disturbance or any crime. One thing people don’t take into account is why is the failure? In order to function as humans, there are basic things we need like oxygen, water and food among many. The police too requires some basic things to effectively work. They are not spirits. At the risk of whatever consequences that could arise as a result of this post, please find below the budget requirements for the police in 2016 and…
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Is this OBJ’s 3rd Force/Coalition ? A. *STEERING TEAM* 1. Olisa Agbakoba 2. Rabiu Ishyaku Rabiu 3. Pat Utomi 4. AbdulJhalil Tafawa Balewa 5. Donald Duke 6. Ghada Abubakar 7. Kemi Jorge-Oyewusi 8. Aisha Aliyu 9. Frank Nweke Jnr 10. Jibrin Ibrahim 11. Isa Aremu 12. Emeka Okengwu 13. Olubunmi Usim Wilson 14. Hauwa Shekarawu 15. Eugene Enahoro 16. Khairat Animashaun-Ajiboye 17. Mary Manzo 18. Oby Ezekwesili 19. Bisola Clark 20. Ikpe Obong – Labour 21. Peter Balogun – Labour 23. TUC 24. PLWDs 25. Wale Ajani – Youths 26.Naseer Kura 27. Charity Shekari 28. Olawale Okunniyi – DG B.…
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We have read the press statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the State of the Nation. For the record, Chief Obasanjo is a patriot, and he has proven this time and time again. We appreciate what he said concerning the Administration’s performance in two out of the three key issues that formed the plank of its campaign: Fighting corruption and tackling insurgency. Specifically, the former President said President Buhari must be given credit for his achievement so far in these two areas. We thank him for this. Apparently, the former President believes that the Administration does not deserve a…
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Tribalism is not our problem. Tribalism and religion are artificial problems created by selfish leaders for their own personal interest. There are only two major tribes in Nigeria. The Elites and the Masses. Once you make lots of money, you belong to the elite tribe. When you are a commoner or suffering, you belong to the tribe of the masses. If you are an elite, and you need more power, or elective position, you sow seeds of tribalism and religion among the masses, so as to sway their emotion for your personal victory. This happens at both the national and…
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Doyin Okupe, has said that when Northerners and the Yorubas associate together, the Yorubas always regret the association. He said his other politicians are in support of his conclusion because of their experiences. Doyin challenged any Southwest Leader to prove him wrong including that most northern lawmakers he had worked with played exceptionally narrow minded and parochial governmental issues. Doyin who was the Former aide to the immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan said this in a post he shared on Facebook where he kept up that the northern political elites frequently time, make them, the southern colleagues look like saboteurs…
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For the life of me, I will never understand how former President Olusegun Obasanjo does it. When you think he is done, he has just begun. I have watched in utter amusement how he has, yet again, wangled his way into the front page of newspapers on a daily basis. I don’t know of any other former head of state elsewhere who has turned himself into the subject and object of national attention long after he has left power. Obasanjo is always there, always scheming, always screaming. It is his luck, I must say, but, as a mere mortal, I…
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“Words of Dr. Junaid Mohammed a northern ethno-religious irredentist. “Let me say straight away that whether one calls it a cabal or a mafia or power within the presidency under Buhari, whatever you say it is; it is, and a lot worse. First, the most influential person in the presidency today is one Mamman Daura whom as you know, is a nephew of the president. His father was Buhari’s elder brother. In addition, Mamman Daura was the one who single-handedly brought up Abba Kyari, the current chief of staff to the president. In fact, Abba Kyari knows Mamman Daura more…
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There is no denying what is obvious. Herdsmen have attacked rural communities in different parts of Nigeria. The attacks are often brutal; the attackers would surround a village in the dead of night, shoot indiscriminately and set fire to huts. The killing is also indiscriminate; they kill anyone they can find, make the rest of the community to flee, then melt away into the hills and bushes almost without trace. The police almost never find the culprits. Members of the sacked community then run to the authorities for help, telling gory tales and claiming they were attacked without the slightest…
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The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has through its Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru urged the governments of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Katsina states to prepare to acquire oil blocks in the Sokoto basin as the NNPC has confirmed the presence of adequate hydrocarbon in the Sokoto basin, urging . This revelation was disclosed at the regional technology knowledge sharing workshop on hydrocarbon potentials of the Sokoto basin holding at the ultra- modern auditorium of Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, was organized by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) in collaboration with the Sokoto State Government and the university. According…
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– Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has replied his critics who accused him of handing over a nation at the verge of collapse to his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari. – Jonathan recounted the achievements of his government to include, handing over a country that produced the richest man in Africa. – Jonathan said, “I took over a Nigeria that was the second largest economy in Africa with a GDP of $270.5 billion in 2009, – I handed over a Nigeria that had grown to become the largest economy in Africa and the 24th largest economy in the World with a GDP…
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Today, I have decided to undertake an unsolicited or maybe obviously unappreciated assignment of unveiling or revealing to our dear Governor Rochas Okorocha his already acquired 10 standby forces he MUST face in his bid at producing his likely successor in 2019. In my last count, of course without prejudice to any one that is not mentioned here, I could only identify ten [10] ‘deadly’ forces that are already hibernating within and outside the state waiting for the whistle to be blown before they start directing the nozzle of their political Guns towards the Governor and his team. The essence…
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