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Senate President Bukola Saraki says the categorisation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation by the defence headquarters and proscription of the group by south-east governors did not follow due process. The military and governors from the south-east moved against IPOB on Friday. In a statement on Monday, Saraki said due processes must be followed in accordance with the law before such declaration can have effect. The senate president expressed hope that President Muhammadu Buhari would initiate the right process for declaring IPOB a terrorist group, saying this would demonstrate to the world at large that…
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No wonder DSTV came up with a pay as you go idea just three or four days ago which haven’t been implimented anyway. They are seriously in trouble because an indigenous company is about the blow their business away. TSTV is the latest in town guys and they are set to launch on 1st October, 2017 which is Nigeria Independence Day..lol, Coincidence? Not at all. Unlike DSTV that is a purely satellite TV provider, TSTV is HBB technology that combines both satellite and internet service for TV services. Also TSTV services will be mainly on Pay As You Go basis,…
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Supporters of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) pushed their case further yesterday at the Senate, with startling facts on the sector. Senator Ita Enang (Akwa Ibom North East) described the opposition to the 10 per cent host community fund by mostly northern senators as “misplaced”. Enang, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, said that those opposed to the fund should know that over 83 per cent of oil blocks are owned by northerners. But he did not give the number of oil blocks Nigeria has. Senator David Mark, who seemed to have been shocked by…
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International human rights lawyer Bruce Fein urged member states of the United Nations organization on Sunday to hold Nigeria accountable for its crimes and not let the country get away with genocide. Fein, who served as an associate deputy attorney general of the United States under President Ronald Reagan said that the United Nations will live in infamy for lending its megaphone on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. “Instead of providing Buhari a megaphone, the United Nations should be expelling Nigeria from membership under Article 6 of the United Nations Charter. The United Nations Security Council…
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Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, yesterday carried out his threat against journalists operating in the state, banning the Correspondents of THISDAY and Vanguard Newspapers, Amby Uneze and Chidi Nkwopara, from covering government house activities. The governor did not give any reason for his action other than that the said correspondents do not like him. Declaring the correspondents as enemies of government for not writing favourable reports to suit his bidding, last Saturday night in a chart with journalists in the state at the government house, Okorocha failed to point out any of the ethics of the journalism profession which…
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/sheriffs-men-begin-phased-defection-apc/
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The ruling on Monday, September 11, 2017 by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court in Abuja, giving the nod for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to continue with the recall process against Distinguished Senator Dino Melaye, did not come as a surprise given the fact that his lordship apparently did not actually understand the concerns of Melaye, hence he described the plaintiff’s suit as “hasty and premature”. Typical of Melaye, he respects the court ruling but disagree with it, hence his decision to appeal at the appellate court. For the avoidance of doubt, Melaye did not institute…
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The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), has called for caution and restraint in handling the Conflict that has erupted in Abia State between the Military and elements of the IPOB. 2. The Party noted that while it is committed to the continued corporate existence of Nigeria as one indivisible Country, it at the same time, acknowledges and respects the rights of the people anywhere to express their yearnings and aspirations within the confines of the laws of the land. 3. The PDP stated that at this time that tempers seem to be flaring up, dialogue, rather than violence is the only…
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http://www.herald.ng/atiku-have-never-been-indicted/?utm_source=NND&utm_medium=twitter
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I never dreamt that I will ever be compelled by facts to come to this conclusion. Whatever happens to Nnamdi Kanu today; he has won. This opinionated rabble rouser won due to the superlative unintelligence of Buhari’s government. He was an unknown element plying his vituperative rhetoric on the outbacks of an internet radio that couldn’t boast a broad audience. He was a nobody; until he played Buhari into rescuing him from the peripheries of irrelevance. He set a trap for the rat; and the biggest rat of all, brainlessly swallowed that. Today he has exposed the rat’s underbelly for…
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How exactly do I describe someone who thinks taking out Nnamdi Kanu or permanently locking him away would put an end to the Biafran agitations?? I really don’t know but that’s a classical case of institutionalized ignorance!! Nnamdi Kanu is certainly not the problem and killing him would achieve NOTHING other than spiking up the people’s anger leading to escalation of the crisis!! If you are still weaving your analysis around Kanu, biko go back to school!! Biafra is an IDEA, A RELIGION and an OBSESSION deeply planted in the hearts of millions of people. Biafra is a seed planted…
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http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59be9b8ae4b06b71800c3a88?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003
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http://saharareporters.com/2017/09/11/leaked-audio-reveals-mamman-daura-discussing-buharis-health-calls-aisha-buhari-%E2%80%98suicide
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On the 8th of September 2017, Major General D D Ahmadu, Chief Of Training And Operations of the Nigerian Army announced an exercise called Operation Python Dance II which he said was going to take place in the five South Eastern States to address “rampancy of assassinations, attack on security personnel, theft of weapons, violent agitations, armed banditry and kidnapping” 2. Operation Python Dance 1 has been on for quite a while in the South East. Whilst Operation Python Dance 1 lasted major roads, entries and exits of important cities in the South East had zigzag check points supervised by…
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https://www.channelstv.com/2017/09/11/breaking-customs-discover-1100-pump-action-rifles-at-lagos-port/
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/ipob-not-terrorist-organization-ohanaeze/
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Distinguished United Nation’s Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, we the Igbos are very happy for this platform of interaction you have initiated between the UN and people of the world. Being first of its kind. Sir, We are aware that part of the objectives of the UN is to promote global justice, peace and offer protection to the weak societies . We are also aware that UN strives not only to secure peace in troubled regions of the world, but also to prevent crisis from occuring. We are even more aware, that United Nations charter which Nigeria is signatory to, provides,…
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“When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. ‘I am innocent of this man’s blood,’” Matthew 27:24. History and the Holy Bible show that Pontius Pilate did not kill Jesus Christ himself. The Roman soldiers did. But he delivered him to them. Though the Jewish religious leaders had hoped to stone Jesus Christ to death, Pilate delivered him up for crucifixion. The Jewa liked it and hailed it but it was not actually what they wanted. Despite this fact, Pilate’s name…
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“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me— And there was no one left to speak for me.” ~ Martin Niemöller {1892–1984} This True Quote of Martin’s has always appealed to my higher consciousness… And I’ve always known this is what may happen, regarding the uncertainties that…
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https://www.thetrentonline.com/nigerian-enclave-status-quo/
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Kanu reminds me of Nelson Mandela and apartheid struggle in South Africa. According to Mandela himself, the whole country, including black South Africans labelled him a terrorist who was selfish and heartless that his campaign would lead to death of many blacks. Many claimed Mandela was trying to be king in a new South Africa populated by blacks and Mandela’s worst critics were blacks he was fighting for. Mandela and his ANC comrades were hounded, blacklisted and jailed for their cause. Mandela and ANC were tagged “terrorists” by the British and other western media. Cuba and other pariah states under…
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https://m.thenigerianvoice.com/news/257372/python-dance-11-huriwa-alleges-widespread-extralegal-killi.html
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http://googleweblight.com/i?u=http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59be7adbe4b02c642e4a177f&hl=en-NG
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/explosive-declaration-restructuring-buhari-can-solve-mess-else/
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http://sunnewsonline.com/reaking-military-siege-in-igbo-land-is-rights-abuse-south-east-senators/
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https://www.naij.com/677717-civil-military-relations-army-shiite-ipob.html
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I, like many other Igbos have stood on the side lines for far too long, wishing this Biafran breeze fizzles away, but it’s now dangerously turning into a major storm that constitutes an existential threat to Igbo civilization as we know it. Those of you IPOBians, Sympathizers, Rumour Mongers, Facebook Warriors, Facebook megastars, Opinion Leaders and Propagandists escalating the already tense situation must understand that in the end, you’ll all be losers, victims and at the same time in more bondage than you ever were. Not my wish anyway, but the perceptible reality. No war ever got won by emotions.…
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http://kaluaja.com/politics/are-there-mines-in-the-south-east/
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-15/eastern-nigeria-tensions-rise-over-demands-for-independent-state
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The Peoples Democratic Party, Imo State Chapter has suspended the following persons; (1) Bar. C.O.C Akaolisa, (2) Hon. Dominic Uzowuru, (3) Chief Comas Iwu (4)Fidelis Ibewuike, (5) Hon. Emma Mazi (Jawbreaker) (6) Sir Ifeanyi Okeafor (7) Stanley Nwosu (8) Ebo Chidiebere (9) Willie T.C. Okoliogwo (10) Ikeaka Bede .C. for gross anti party activities. The suspension of the above individuals was carried out by the State Working Committee of the Party after reviewing the plethora of anti-party activities leveled against them by the various organs of the party starting from the Wards, Local Governments, Senatorial District, to the State Working…
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CEO and publisher of Ovation International magazine, Dele Momodu has said he is not a supporter of Biafra. Dele Momodu in his article PENdulum on Thisday newspapers he further said Kanu may be reckless and irresponsible by promoting internecine wars and heating up our country unnecessarily but no one can deny him the right of expressing. Read full article below. Fellow Nigerians, let me confess my admiration for security forces generally. It is not just because of the cleanliness and crispiness of their uniform or the famed discipline that they imbue in their members. It is because I find their…
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http://dailhttp://dailypost.ng/2017/09/17/go-enemies-nigeria-osinbajo-charges-military/ypost.ng/2017/09/17/go-enemies-nigeria-osinbajo-charges-military/
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http://saharareporters.com/2017/09/17/terrorism-charge-nnamdi-kanu-flees-goes-hiding
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http://punchng.com/army-to-launch-operation-crocodile-in-ssouth-swest/
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https://mobile.twitter.com/SaharaReporters/status/908028333304229888
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https://m.guardian.ng/news/nnpc-to-shut-down-three-refineries-for-repairs/
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http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/243132-anambra-polls-igp-okays-deployment-21084-officers.html
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/breaking-dhq-declares-ipob-terrorist-organisation/
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Greetings, Your Excellencies, the governors of the land of the Rising Sun. It is with a heart burdened with sorrow that I write you today to register my grave displeasure over your criminal complicity in the woes of the people you purport to preside over. With your permissions, Your Excellencies, I will like to start this piece with questions which have dug a very deep hole in my heart for a very long time and the questions are: Whose interests are you representing as governors? Where does your loyalty lie? Why does it seem like your dominant default instinct is…
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https://www.hornnewsnigeria.com.ng/featured/demolition-of-eke-ukwu-market-the-bad-good-and-ugly/
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https://www.hornnewsnigeria.com.ng/politics/nigeria-politics/imo-pdp-youths-stakeholders-meet-strategize-on-way-forward/
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http://www.citizengo.org/en/90486-federal-government-nigeria-should-stop-using-military-kill-civilians-south-east?tc=wp&tcid=39622083
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https://www.change.org/p/donald-trump-stop-a-pogrom-in-se-nigeria-and-killing-of-igbos-in-other-parts-of-the-country?recruiter=782181346&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_page&utm_medium=whatsapp&utm_content=nafta_whatsapp_sharetext_en_2:variation1
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A planned genocide is about to be unleashed in South Eastern Nigeria and the Igbo and in particular their leadership are acting as if all is normal. The Nigeria President has ordered an intimidating military Show-of-Force in the five (5) states of the South East that constituted Biafra, a state of war against her own people and no one is raising a red flag or questioning this impending action at a time when there is visible and established threat of pogrom against Igbos in Northern Nigeria starting October 1. Is this a coincidence or a grand plan to hold the…
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It was the best of times, but is it presently the worst? Had anyone offered any Nigerian 2 years ago what the PDP led federal governments achieved they would have taken it without a second thought: steady economic growth, the best employment record in 25 years, the delivery of long held Nigeria ambition of war on corruption through the establishment of EFCC and ICPC, respect of rule of law, freedom of speech and association, telecommunication revolution, the proactive and rigorous activities at NAFDAC, the mergers, acquisition and recapitalization in the banking sector, deregulation in the oil and gas sector, liberalization…
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Until Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s bail is revoked, any show of force around him is a show of shame and intimidation. Intimidation done to one, is intimidation done to all and must be resisted. The Nigerian Army said it went on a “Show of Force” at Nnamdi Kanu’s residence at Afaraukwu and the Police said it happened around World Bank road. Tales of two agencies of government, one who actually went for the operation and another who was not there but issued press statement un-behalf of the operation. Graphic evidence shows the “Show of Shame” was at Afaraukwu and not World…
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https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/south-africa-based-group-urges-military-to-be-cautious-in-s-east-operations.html
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http://ezeluchie.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/buhari-unleashes-his-army-against-igbos.html?m=1
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http://punchng.com/let-the-dialogue-for-development-begin/
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The umbrella body of Ndigbo, the Ohanaeze has called on the federal government to direct the military to call off its military operation in the South East called Python dance 11 saying it’s an evasion in the region aimed at intimidating the people. Ohanaeze said in a seven point tense statement issued on Tuesday and signed by its President General, Chief John Nnia Nwodo that “Nigeria at this moment does not need such deliberate and proactive escalation of tensions and crisis” Ohanaeze said rather than resort to the use of brute force in resolution of issue of self determination, “There…
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/12/biafra-fani-kayode-speaks-nnamdi-kanu-army-surrounds-ipob-leaders-home-warns-buhari/?utm_source=dlvr.it_dp1&utm_medium=twitter
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There is confusion, grave disappointment and apprehension in Nigeria as the military continues its “illiterate” aggression in the south east. Described by several Right activists and lawyers as unconstitutional, the military under Army Chief Tukur Buratai has deployed battalions to the South East under the auspices of “Operation Python Dance” and has proceeded to provoke, instigate and inflame an already highly inflammable situation. Latest press stories have it that Buratai has put separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu under house arrest. Military vehicles have been seen in videos surrounding his house where the army reportedly shot and injured several members in the…
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Nigeria is today a failed state. This metaphorical assertion is visible and amply audible in every nook and cranny of the country. You can see it glaringly on the faces of Nigerians, on our infrastructurally decayed streets, and on our socially devastated communities. The entire Nigeria subordinate states are politically polluted and economically Suffocated. Electricity supply for industrial use and domestic necessities is presently a pervasive mythology; every household in Nigeria now provides electricity by themselves and for themselves only at critical moments of need. Education of children in today’s Nigeria is in fact a nightmarish responsibility of jobless and…
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https://www.naij.com/1124834-you-indicted-yourselves-jonathan-tells-pdp-governor-apc-spokesperson.html
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http://247ureports.com/2017/09/12/trouble-in-dauras-dss-dss-personnel-revolt-against-dss-leadership/
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http://saharareporters.com/2017/09/11/nnamdi-kanu-counters-nigerian-army-police-account-attack-his-residence-says-nigerian-army
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/soldiers-helped-herdsmen-attack-us-victims-tell-presidential-probe-panel/
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http://thenationonlineng.net/yoruba-assembly-u-s-backs-restructuring/
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/11/biafra-turkish-government-reacts-alleged-invasion-nnamdi-kanus-house-nigerian-army/
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/revisiting-1967-asaba-massacre/
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http://sunnewsonline.com/operation-python-dance-forceful-military-occupation-of-igbo-land-adf/
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http://thenigerialawyer.com/restructuring-self-determination-biafra-and-nigeria-brief-legal-and-political-insights/
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https://www.naij.com/1124750-southeast-governors-slam-soldiers-invading-kanus-home.html
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https://www.naij.com/1124758-remain-steadfast-t-silenced-fani-kayode-tells-kanu.html
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/11/buhari-marginalizing-igbo-people-huriwa/
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http://opinion.premiumtimesng.com/2017/02/13/176949/
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/07/restructuring-southwest-troubled-nigeria-since-1953-yakasai/
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http://guardian.ng/politics/yoruba-nation-to-nigeria-lets-restructure-or-we-have-oduduwa-republic/amp/
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https://cokoli.blog/2016/07/04/brexit-nigerian-naira-and-way-forward/
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http://punchng.com/buhari-travels-to-us-next-week-presidency/
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http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/buharis-chief-staff-minister-use-bama-initiative-steal-idps-n48billion/
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/nbs-statistical-deception-recession/
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http://www.hopefornigeriaonline.com/breaking-will-expose-el-rufais-role-chibok-girls-kidnapping-alhassan-threatens-elrufai/
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https://africanfreepressforum.com/2017/09/09/my-first-wife-is-igbo-i-visit-owerri-and-attend-massob-events-says-yerima-who-issued-igbo-quit-notice/
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https://dailynigerian.com/headline/advert-firms-drag-apc-to-efcc-over-unpaid-n900m-for-buhari-osinbajo-billboards/
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https://buzznigeria.com/british-govt-exposes-atrocity-gowon-war/
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http://tvcnews.tv/2017/09/fg-to-rely-on-existing-terror-laws-to-tackle-hate-speeches-lai-mohammed/
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http://thenigerialawyer.com/the-hurdles-nigerian-youths-must-cross-by-2019-by-dele-momodu/
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/10/buhari-wants-wipe-igbos-nigeria-ipob-raises-alarm/
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https://www.channelstv.com/2017/09/10/imo-market-demolition-group-calls-on-buhari-to-investigate-alleged-killing/
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https://www.channelstv.com/2017/09/10/enugu-govt-partners-chinese-firm-to-establish-industrial-market/
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/operation-python-dance-inc-gives-army-21-days-ultimatum-leave/
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https://www.today.ng/business/economy/12721/nigeria-achieve-full-economic-recovery-2019-pwc
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http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/restructuring-wont-put-food-table-nigerians-presidency/
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https://m.guardian.ng/news/north-cautions-yoruba-southerners-on-clamour-for-1963-constitution/
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http://www.ekwenche.org/britain-secret-file-aganst-biafra-1966-70-exposed.html
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http://newsexpressngr.com/news/43595
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/09/nigerias-economy-great-threat-us/
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https://m.thenigerianvoice.com/news/257011/why-python-dance-two-is-unconstitutional.html
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http://obinnaikechi.blogspot.fr/2017/09/tithing-you-do-not-need-to-give-10-to.html?m=1
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http://www.ngrmirror.com/2017/09/i-will-cross-your-red-line-lere.html?m=1
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Chief Ayo Adebanjo, a staunch follower of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, has been in the forefront of agitation for restructuring of the country. The Afenifere chieftain warns that the 2019 general election may not hold if the country is not restructured. He bared his mind on other burning national issues. Excerpts: On arrival from his medical vacation, President Muhammadu Buhari declared that the country’s unity is not negotiable, what is your take on that? We have told him that that is not tenable. He is the President and that is the modest he can say. Olusegun Obasanjo was there…
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http://www.paulukpabio.com.ng/2017/09/malami-and-hierarchy-of-hypocrisy.html?m=1
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http://www.nairaland.com/4043855/bar-charles-ezekwem-revives-imo
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1. As a Mission Statement, the NCEF is committed to the Unity of Nigeria and the duty of the Leadership of the Nation to ensure that this Unity is not sacrificed on the altar of sectarian interests and biases. 2. In its exercise of the Biblical “Issachar Mandate,” the National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) is purposed to draw national attention, as Senior Citizens, to the issues as they stand in Nigeria at present. The NCEF Press Release of July 2017, titled Correct Assessment of Situation in Nigeria, presently under contention by some Muslim groups, was sent as “non-violent communication” (NVC)…
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http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/242715-nigeria-army-launch-operation-check-violent-agitations-south-east.html
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/man-police-net-allegedly-strangulating-death-wife/
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Over one hundred Civil Society organisations in Nigeria have called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to declare a state of emergency in Imo State following the continued disobedience of the state government to Court orders, even as they condemned the deployment of the Military to the South-Eastern part of Nigeria through the Operation Python Dance 11. Rising from a meeting at the Secretariat of the Nigerian Bar Association, Owerri, Saturday, held to review what they described as human rights emergency in the state, the groups expressed regrets over the gross abuse of rule of law by the government of…
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