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Full Text of Statement made by Northern Youths Coalition, the Congress of Northern Groups (CNG), to Withdraw Quit Notice On Igbo Living In The North. The announcement was made in Abuja at Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja on Thursday, August 24, 2017 by the spokesperson of the group, Abdulazeez Sulaiman. BACKGROUND. As a federation, Nigeria has gone through times of peace and progress and through civil turmoil. Yet, its citizens have remained resolute to the idea that the destiny of this nation lies in the hands of a people poised to forge new ideas in progressive politics, economics and mutual harmony…
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I was a guest at the STAR FM RADIO in Lagos on 28th of August 2017, on the Morning Rush show with Mofe Oyatogun. This very issue of Kanu arrest and re-arrest dorminated the discussion on that show. From those that called in with their hate filled utterances to what Paul Unongo said, the representative of the Northern Elders forum, who chestized the Igbo leadership for not calling Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB to order as the Northern Elders did with the Arewa Youths. Infact, it sounds more liking unleashing a dog and then calling the dog back and then attempting…
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The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Imo state chapter, on Tuesday 29th August, 2017, paid the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Imo State, Barrister Charles Ezekwem (Ikemba Okigwe) and his executive members, a solidarity visit at the party secretariat. The delegation led by Hon. Chief B.D. Ugwuibe (Chairman Ahiazu Mbaise), congratulated the chairman on his new office and assured him of their unalloyed and unflinching support in running the affairs of the party. He described the chairman as “a solid man, good and resilient fighter who can steer the ship of the party to victory”. In…
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Nepotism Smelling All Over Nigeria “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…
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http://punchng.com/hate-speech-un-experts-demand-prosecution-of-perpetrators/
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https://www.change.org/p/executive-governor-of-imo-state-nigeria-no-to-terrorism-as-a-tool-of-governance?recruiter=768522166&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_page&utm_medium=whatsapp
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The state Chairman of IMO PDP Barr Charles Ezekwem has declared that only transparent, responsible, committed and focused party leadership can reclaim IMO from the tumultuous hands of Gov Rochas Okorocha APC led government in 2019. The PDP Boss made the declaration when the leadership of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), IMO state chapter paid him a solidarity visit in his office on Tuesday August 29th 2017. The Okigwe born State Chairman maintained that gone are the days when some highly placed party Leaders sit in the comfort of their homes to determine who flags party ticket during…
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Sen. Hope Uzodinma was issued a query yesterday by the National Working Committee of our great Party, the PDP. In the query, Uzodinma was asked to explain why actions should not be taken against him for leading an internal rebellion against the party besides other anti party related activities. In the light of this, the Save Imo Group (SIG) is of the opinion that the distinguished Senator should swallow his pride and respond to this query accordingly. He should be able to clear himself from all these allegations being leveled against him. It is no longer a hidden secret that…
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https://www.google.com/amp/dailypost.ng/2017/08/28/biafra-northern-elders-attack-ohaneze-condemning-move-rearrest-nnamdi-kanu/amp/
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On January 3, 1949, Oba Samuel Ladapo Ademola (1872-1962) the 7th Alake of Egbaland (1920-1962), abdicated the throne due to a strife with Egba women, led by Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978) and her sister-in-law, Eniola Soyinka, mother of Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka (b. 1934) , on the issue of tax. The women were made to pay heavy taxes and were also maltreated. After days, months and years of protest, the Alake, who was regarded as a stooge of the colonial master, was removed and forced out of office and had to move to Ogbomoso (other records say Oshogbo) where he stayed…
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The Southern Leaders Forum (SLF) welcomes President Muhammadu Buhari back to the country after 105 days medical vacation in the United Kingdom.It is our fervent prayer that God Almighty will perfect his health so he can effectively discharge the functions of his office as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We have studied the national broadcast by Mr President on Monday 21August,2017;and after a careful and thorough analysis of the speech,we make the following observations. 1 The President expressed his disaffection about comments on Nigeria while he was away that “question our collective existence as a nation” and…
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We woke up early this morning to the news of the demolition of a popular market in Owerri the Imo state capital called Ekeukwu market by agents of the State Government allegedly supported by the Army, the Police and other armed groups both legal and illegal. As at the time of this writing, many lives have been lost and scores lying in the Hospital seriously injured while yet many more lost properties running into billions of Naira. We condemn this as barbaric, unconscionable and out of sync with the dictates of modern societies that thrive on strict adherence to the…
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Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) is a network of 49 civil society organizations spread across Nigeria and committed to promoting police accountability and respect for human rights. It was established in 2000 to provide opportunity for civil society input to police reform processes and the enhancement of safety, security and justice. NOPRIN writes to bring to your attention and to request you to order a prompt, impartial and exhaustive investigation into the tragic and shameful episode of Saturday, August 26, 2017 in Owerri, Imo State. On the orders of the Governor of Imo State Anayo Rochas Okorocha, a…
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https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/thewhistler.ng/amp/story/fani-kayode-accuses-okorocha-ritual-sacrifice-deaths-owerri-market-demolition/
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Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha and a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Emeka Ihedioha Sunday differed on the demolition of the ancient Eke Ukwu Owere market by agents of the Imo State government. Okorocha through a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemedo said ” certain politicians in the State with the 2019 ambitions, who had laboured in vain to leverage on the relocation of Ekeukwu Owerri market from the centre of the state capital to a more reasonable and advisable site to incite traders and indigenes of Owerri to cause trouble, were behind the…
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The Imo state chapter of the Barr. Charles Ezekwem-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) paid heart wrenching sympathy and condolence visits to the families of the victims of the forceful demolition and destruction of the ancestral Eke Ukwu Owerre International Market, in the capital city of Imo state of Nigeria, Owerri. The delegation of PDP members and faithfuls led by the Secretary of Imo PDP, Hon. Ray Emeana visited the family of Mr Isaiah Ibeanusi, the father of late Somtochukwu Ibeanusi (only son), the nine-year old boy who was shot dead by security forces while on his way to the market…
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http://leaders.ng/press-statement-hold-okorocha-responsible-deaths-eke-ukwu-market-pdp/
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https://www.hornnewsnigeria.com.ng/featured/plots-to-suspend-uzodinma-thicken-it-is-impossible-awazieama-onuegbu/
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https://www.hornnewsnigeria.com.ng/interviews/imo-pdp-is-intact-under-the-leadership-of-ezekwem-youth-leader/
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http://thestreetreporters.com/why-nigeria-must-conclusively-end-biafra-agitation-arewa-groups/
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The Honourable Minister for labour, Dr. Chris Ngige has cried out to the Security Agencies over serious threats to his life by Senator Andy Uba and Hon. Tony Nwoye. In a letter he forwarded to security agencies, Ngige complained about the severe harassment from Senator Andy Uba and Tony Nwoye because both want to fly the flag of All Progressives Congress, APC ticket in the forthcoming 18th of November gubernatorial election. In the letter, the Minister narrated what lead him to assume that his life is in danger. He charged the police to investigate the telephone calls Senator Andy Uba…
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https://elombah.com/index.php/elombah-tv/15700-efcc-is-an-embodiment-of-corruption-george-uboh-1
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http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/08/buhari-unconvincing-return-medical-leave-170823085337598.html
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Give it to inimitable MKO Abiola. Proverbs, by his transliteration of a Yoruba wit, provide the lubricant with which words are calibrated to achieve highest possible meaning. Wit is the horse on which words ride and vice versa. In one of his expansive moments, MKO would joke that one of his unfulfilled childhood dreams was to be a doctor. Why? Rolling his eyes, he imagined the pleasure a male doctor daily derives from placing a stethoscope on the bosom of the opposite sex and commanding her to “breathe in, breathe out.” Now, with the latest bulletin from President Muhammadu Buhari’s…
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/breaking-buhari-orders-service-chiefs-tackle-ipobs-secret-army-boko-haram-others/
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Two recent provocative and inciting presidential pronouncements; namely: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s misinterpretation of the regional and international meaning of hates speeches and returnee President Muhammadu Buhari’s war-like and militarized State of the Federation broadcast have further exposed how the democracy challenged Government breeds hates killings and speeches and secessionism by way of security radicalization, inaction, misinterpretation and selective application of the Nigeria’s Body of Laws especially the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999. Most, if not all Nigerians and the State actor and non-State actor members of the international community have continued to express shocks and disbelief…
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He must be writhing and turning in his grave. Very dissapointed indeed he must be, wherever he is.
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US Attorney Bruce Fein, and his Partner W. Bruce DelValle with witnesses during the visit. A renowned United States Attorney, Mr. Bruce Fein, and his Partner-Mr. W. Bruce DelValle were in Nigeria for five days (August 19 to 24, 2017) for investigation into the alleged killing and torture of unarmed pro-Biafra protesters, particularly 10 of them who were said to have been either killed or tortured by Nigerian security forces during last year’s pro-Biafra protests in Aba, Abia State and Onitsha and Nkpor in Anambra State and Asaba in Delta State. The killings led to institution of a civil action…
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The struggle to actualise the sovereign state for Biafra has taken a new diplomatic turn that might hasten the dreams of the agitators sooner than later. To this end, a delegation of some Igbo leaders known as the Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) said to be the main sponsors of the trip, and South East Elders Forum, armed with petitions, had visited to the United States of America’s House of Representatives in Washington DC and also to the United Nations, headquarters, New York, respectively, to drive home their point of self actualisation from Nigeria. Oblong Media was privileged to have access…
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3192933/Hugo-Chavez-s-ambassador-daughter-Venezuela-s-richest-woman-according-new-report.html
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https://elombah.com/index.php/sport/football/19574-buhari-cancels-fec-meeting-receives-report-on-babachir-nia-dg
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https://elombah.com/index.php/sport/football/19585-osinbajo-submits-investigation-report-on-babachir-lawal-oke-to-buhari
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https://elombah.com/index.php/sport/football/19590-wike-threatens-to-slap-ifeanyi-ubah-at-pdp-ward-delegates-election
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https://elombah.com/index.php/sport/football/19546-exposed-finance-account-director-of-power-works-housing-ministry-tumsah-is-a-billionaire
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http://saharareporters.com/2016/08/22/who-will-save-imo-state-citizens-governor-rochas-okorocha%E2%80%99s-pestilence
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http://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-suffering-incompetent-leadership-agbakoba/
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Third Schedule Part I Federal Executive Bodies (Established by Section 153 Nigeria Constitution) Out of the thirteen total Federal Executive Bodies only two of the bodies do not require Federal Charater as below: G- National Defence Council The National Defence Council shall comprise the following members – (a) the President who shall be the Chairman; (b) the Vice-President who shall be the Deputy Chairman; (c) the Minister of the Government of the Federation responsible for defence; (d) the Chief of Defence Staff; (e) the Chief of Army Staff; (f) the Chief of Naval Staff; (g) the Chief of Air Staff;…
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41016366?ocid=wsnews.chat-apps.in-app-msg.whatsapp.trial.link1_.auin
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https://dailytimes.ng/business/capital-market-business/stocks-market-closes-n115-9bn-loss-president-buhari-resumes-work/amp/
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https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/we-no-longer-issue-visas-to-nigerians-netherlands-embassy/211146.html
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/breaking-buhari-orders-service-chiefs-tackle-ipobs-secret-army-boko-haram-others/
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http://www.lnc-usa.org/blog/grassroots-referendum-provides-shortcut-to-a-new-beginning-bruce-fein/
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Many states get money simply for contributing practically nothing! According to the Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, Lagos State alone generates 55 per cent of the VAT collected in the country, followed distantly by the Federal Capital Territory, which chips in 20 per cent. This means the contribution from the remaining 35 states of the federation is just 25 per cent. Adeosun, at a meeting of the Progressive Governors’ Forum in Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi State, put the VAT returns from Rivers and Kano states at six per cent and five per cent respectively. And when Rivers’ and Kano’s total of…
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https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-41011988?ocid=wspidgin.chat-apps.in-app-msg.whatsapp.trial.link1_.auin
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Human rights activist, Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, says the nationwide broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari is a “disappointment”. The lawyer said all the president did was to condemn Nigerians and attack issues, instead of using words to soften the minds of agitators and the entire citizenry. A statement by Adegboruwa reads: “This is a president who virtually sneaked out of Nigeria, who breached his own self declaration of transparency, by keeping Nigerians in the dark for over 100 days, and in that process grinding the wheel of progress of the nation. “Notwithstanding that the president took Nigerians for granted, he was not…
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The Igbo Civil Society Coalition (ICSCO) is filled with joy at the return in renewed good health of our beloved President, Muhammadu Buhari after his medical vacation in the UK. We are also impressed with the way the Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo ran the affairs of the country as Acting President. We also note that Mr. President stated that he was being briefed fully on issues at home. As such, he was fully abreast of happenings in the country. For us, the most interesting aspect of the broadcast was his acknowledgement that every group in Nigeria had grievances and…
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http://punchng.com/buhari-works-from-home-writes-national-assembly-on-resumption/
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As usual, Nigerians are doing what they do best: making themselves the laughing stock of the rest of the world, behaving like spoilt brats of a rich but irresponsible father, or like players in a game with no rules and no referee, a game in a field of moral free fall. Perhaps by way of a metaphor, that is really a summary of our condition. Those who have held the nation to ransom, non-state actors constituting themselves into a calumnious conspiratorial tag team of sorcerers’ apprentices believe that what they cannot have, no one can have. They are prepared to…
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Mr President, Sir, This open letter is necessitated by issues of urgent national importance not unconnected with your 3 minute broadcast to Nigerians this morning where you stated that Nigeria’s unity is settled and not negotiable. Mr President, Sir, I wasn’t exactly born with a talent for political correctness so I like to assume your permission to pay you the courtesy of being blunt. First, I want to register my displeasure that you, a mere servant and employee of the Nigerian people, could derisively address your employers and the same people paying your salaries even when you are hardly at…
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Imo business professionals of PDP leaning under the auspices of The IMO PDP INTEGRITY FORUM LAGOS heaved a sigh of relief and had most of their fears allayed yesterday 20/08/2017 when they were engaged by Barrister Charles Ezekwem, the Imo state executive PDP chairman who flew in from Owerri to share his vision and blueprint for a strengthened and more inclusive state party chapter. The state PDP chairman presided over the inauguration of the forum and used the opportunity to educate the professionals on the inner workings of state party politics and the need for them to get passionately involved…
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During his throughly uninspiring six minute broadcast this morning instead of appealing to Nigerians for patience and understanding and instead of apologising to them for the ineptitude and sheer incompetence that his government has displayed over the last 2 years, President Muhammadu Buhari has returned home after 105 days on his sick bed in the United Kingdom and not only insulted Nigerians but also threatened them. He made no attempt to reach out to the people, to build bridges and to calm the troubled waters in what is clearly a traumatised and divided nation and instead he sought to intimidate…
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Fellow Nigerians, I am happy to address you all today on my return from medical treatment in the United Kingdom. It is by the grace of Almighty Allah that I am here with you. I want to begin by thanking every Nigerian who prayed for my quick recovery. I also wish to thank those who lost patience with me. I understand your feeling. We have so much work to do in this country that every minute lost is a disservice to our people. My special thanks goes to the Vice President, Prof. Osinbajo. He held the fort in my absence.…
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http://www.newsweek.com/nigeria-oil-economy-recession-651910?amp=1
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You see no one can be perfect, and Nnamdi Kanu is no exception. As much as I love him as a person, and admire the great work he has done in building Radio Biafra, and IPOB, there are many things I am not sure of, and even things I dislike. To say I follow him blindly is a big lie, but there is a reason why I will support everything Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB do, because in the long run I really have little choice in the matter. Let me explain. Let us assume that Nnamdi Kanu is a goat.…
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The Igbos’ approach to politics is different, very different. They hate Political dynasties. Even when you serve them well and stay on the stage for too long, that becomes an offence of its own. Every Politics is local, it’s a waste of time trying to build a Political dynasty amongst us. The greatest fear of a free minded Igbo is the fear of domination. Do your bit and move on and let history place you. When you want to serve in an executive position, allow component political units to have a say in their various domains, that will reassure them…
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/anambra-intrigues-conspiracies-everywhere/
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The Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra under the leadership of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has deemed it expedient to draw the attention of all Newspaper Editors in Nigeria and the world at large of a deliberate trend to misrepresent facts as it concerns the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Directorate therefore considers it very imperative to address this letter to Editors of all Media Houses in Nigeria to set the records straight. Let me begin with the agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for Self-determination. Please take note that Self-Determination…
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1. And it came to pass that on the 7th day of the 8th month of the third year that king Buhari ascended to the throne of the kingdom that trouble broke out in the land for the king suffereth affliction. 2. And he departed to seek medication in a foreign country for his affliction was grave that the host of physicians in the land Faileth to cure. 3. And he proclaimed to the people saying, “I present unto thee this day Yemi, the son of Osinbanjo, my deputy who shall sit upon this throne and rule in my stead…
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https://www.hornnewsnigeria.com.ng/editorials/is-nigeria-a-free-nation-or-a-conquered-vassal-state/
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https://www.hornnewsnigeria.com.ng/politics/nigeria-politics/uzodinma-is-not-a-threat-to-imo-pdp-ezekwem/
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https://www.hornnewsnigeria.com.ng/featured/breaking-news-okorochas-chief-of-staff-turbaned-dan-zaki-dass/
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The biggest mistake the northerners will make is to pick up a fight with Biafrans in this 2017. It would be an error if they assume that the Nigeria of 1967 is the same with the Nigeria of 2017. As at today, the lies and deceit which Nigeria has been dwelling on has been laid bare, thanks to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. These northerners have been beating drums of war against igbos without thinking about the consequences of such an action. The Nigerian civil war of 1967 was a war of a country divided into 2. If there should be another…
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/abdulsalami-conspired-others-make-president-obasanjo/
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https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/nigeria-quit-notice-to-igbo-people-stop-another-looming-genocide-now.html
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In 1948, Mr. Ivor Cummings, a distinguished African-Caribbean national and a top official of the Colonial Office in London was scheduled to pay an official visit to Nigeria. Naturally, his first port of call was Lagos, then our capital. Accommodation was reserved for him at the Bristol Hotel, Martin Street, Lagos, then owned and managed by expatriates. Apparently, the hotel authorities thought, from the name Cummings, that he was a white Anglo-Saxon. But they were shocked when he presented himself at the reception to find that he was black. He was refused a room at the hotel on that ground.…
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1. Good day Sir, may we meet you officially. My name is Chief Barr. Charles Ezekwem (Ikemba Okigwe). By the grace of God and the wishes of our people, the State Chairman of the PDP in Imo State. I’m from Okigwe LGA in Imo State. 2. What has been your experience as as the Imo state PDP Chairman so far? Well, every leadership position calls for great responsibility. It hasn’t been easy but in all I give thanks to God. When you are leading people across the 27 LGA’s and even beyond, you can imagine how hectic it could be.…
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A total of N400bn was received in bribes by public officials within a period of one year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. The NBS stated this in its National Corruption Report, adding that 32.3 per cent of Nigerian adults who had contact with public officials between June 2015 and May 2016 had to pay bribes to the government workers. The report, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, was prepared by the NBS in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. It said the majority of those who paid bribes…
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“In 1976, Niger state split from Sokoto; In 1991, Kebbi state split from Sokoto; In 1996, Zamfara state was split from Sokoto. Niger State consists of twenty-five (25) Local Government Areas; Kebbi State consists of twenty-one (21) Local Government Areas; Zamfara State consists of fourteen (14) Local Government Areas; and Sokoto State consists of twenty-three (23) Local Government Areas. Sokoto, a single state prior to 1976, was divided three times between 1976 and 1996 into four (4) states. These four (4), states have between them 83 Local Governments. Do note that Lagos state and Sokoto state were the same in…
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/dont-blame-jonathan/
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/breaking-dss-allegedly-attempts-failed-arrest-reno-omokri-nnamdi-azikiwe-airport/
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Let me help the APC goons running their mouths about PDP inclusion of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori in the National Convention Committee. Fact is Ibori was convicted in UK, he has served his punishment, and imprisonment of anyone should be reformatory and not a stigma with which someone’s existence must be terminated. Now to the APC; 1. The first National Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande was jailed in 1984 by a Tribunal duly set up by Buhari’s military regime for using funds belonging to the old Oyo State to fund his political party. Interestingly, Baba…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been away from our shores for over 100 days in a stretch treating an undisclosed and mysterious illness in far-away London. Since May 29th 2015 when he was sworn into office as President he has spent 350 of his over 740 days in power abroad treating the same strange ailment. Those that demand that he should “resume or resign” are being attacked and brutalised by security forces and agents of the state. The Buhari government is a murderous contraption that has no respect for human rights and civil liberties. Charly Boy Oputa, Deji Adeyanju, Ariyo Dare-…
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I present to you the full lenght of Mr. Peter Obi’s Speech At The Renaissance, Ikeja… Sustaining Growth through Diversification of the Economy Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Nigerian economy has been on growth trajectory, growing on average above 5% until recently. This economic growth for over a decade led Nigeria to becoming Africa’s biggest economy with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of more than USD 500 billion. However in August 2016, following two consecutive quarters of negative growth, Nigeria went into economic recession, and now has been through six quarters of negative growth. The question to…
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https://dailytimes.ng/anambra-times/anambraelections-upp-suspends-osita_chidoka-offodilec-indefinitely/amp/
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We have read comments made by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), Alhaji Bolaji Ojo-Abdullahi, Mallam Garba Shehu, Special Assistant to the President on Media, and other senior members of the Ruling Party such as former Governor, Segun Oni and Dr. Osita Okechukwu, the Director General of the Voice of Nigeria where they attempted to rubbish the comments made by former President Goodluck Jonathan that his Administration performed well during his term in office. It is our firm belief that these statements were borne out of ignorance, lacking in depth and are devoid of the Sort…
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http://venturesafrica.com/afriff-and-the-ford-foundation-are-on-a-mission-to-empower-the-next-generation-of-female-nigerian-filmmakers/
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http://venturesafrica.com/remembering-fela/
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http://venturesafrica.com/features/a-tribalistic-case-for-one-nigeria/
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https://dailygist.co/nnewi-small-nigerian-town-billionaires-anywhere-else-country-forbes/
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https://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/DG151-175/dg168clearinghouse.htm
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https://greennews.ng/war-of-words-you-have-a-failing-memory-jonathan-fires-back-at-buharis-aide/
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Col Achuzia recently published that ‘Biafra does not mean secession ‘. According to him ‘WE’ are proud Biafrans living in Nigeria. The Biafran agitation is an expression coming from perceived general frustrations of ‘some’ Igbos as a result of deliberate marginalizations & deprivations. However, the approach is wrong. Why? Igbos have more to lose in Biafra than being part of Nigeria. The economic losses from the 30 months civil war have been recovered and our people do not seem to know that that dominant progress angers the other federating units who hate the Igbos. Unfortunately, Igbos have not been able…
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Study the Article below carefully and see that the original Biafrans are situated along the sea and ocean. On January 3, 1873, a business treaty was signed by the following: 1) King and chiefs of Opobo 2) King and chiefs of Bonny 3) King and chiefs of New Calabar (today’s Kalabari) 4) King and chiefs of Okrika. See attached photo. That business treaty was signed before the representatives of Her Majesty, the Queen on a vessel called PIONEER. The business was hinged on PALM OIL, not crude oil, for the latter had not been discovered. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Before oil exploration…
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I have up till now chosen to maintain my silence and not to respond to inaccurate press reporting. However, given the level of deliberate inaccuracies, I am now forced to respond because it is clear that the EFCC is taking advantage of my silence to try me by media and to convict me in the eyes of the public. $153.3MILLION ALLEGATION I am deeply disturbed and bewildered by recent media reports claiming that by virtue of an order of the federal high court, I have forfeited to the federal government, the sum of $153.3m which I purportedly stole from the…
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Nigeria’s foremost strategic security consultant, Max Gbanite has reportedly passed away, Oblong Media can report. Oblong Media gathered that the Harvard trained security expert died on Monday, August 14 in New Jersey, northeastern United States. Gbanite who until his death, was the President/CEO of Milliken-Hill Group, Ltd., a United States, registered company with Offices in New Jersey, and a subsidiary, Milliken-Hill International, Ltd., in Nigeria, assisted the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC), on advisory capacity, in its collaboration with the United States Small Business Administration (USSBA) in organizing the first investment promotion seminar held at the then World Trade Center…
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https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/nigeria-quit-notice-to-igbo-people-stop-another-looming-genocide-now.html
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http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/161646-missing-20-billion-nigerian-senate-clears-alison-madueke-says-money-missing.html
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http://thenationonlineng.net/opec-sec-gen-visits-buhari-london/
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I have up till now chosen to maintain my silence and not to respond to inaccurate press reporting. However, given the level of deliberate inaccuracies, I am now forced to respond because it is clear that the EFCC is taking advantage of my silence to try me by media and to convict me in the eyes of the public. $153.3MILLION ALLEGATION I am deeply disturbed and bewildered by recent media reports claiming that by virtue of an order of the federal high court, I have forfeited to the federal government, the sum of $153.3m which I purportedly stole from the…
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The western ports – Lagos Ports Complex, Apapa and Tin Can Island ports – generate over 70 percent of NPA revenue, but that was the set out goal by those who held sway at various times to deliberately make eastern ports unattractive and economically unviable. The ongoing struggle on issues of concession and territorial claims by some powerful maritime operators connected to the Presidency is a clear example of why the eastern ports were deliberately neglected and made to look unviable. If indeed there was a concession agreement that all oil and gas cargoes should be brought to Warri, Onne…
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So much has been said and is still being said about President Muhammadu Buhari’s illness, his absence and the law. Broadly, there are four provisions in our laws that apply to this situation and all of them taken together are clear as par what should happen despite the attempt by some public commentators to give the impression that there is a lacuna or a loophole that renders the applicability of the law as it is impossible or doubtful. Three of these provisions are in the Constitution (sections 144, 145 and 146(1)) and the other is in the Public Service Rules…
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The CBN is believed to have injected a cumulative sum of $3.61 billion between February and April 2017. Source: Nigeria foreign reserves reach $31.22 billion, first time in 2 years
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It has emerged that a dormant European company secured a $356 million contract for the rehabilitation of Lot 3 of the Nigerian Railway Corporation’s Eastern line of Calabar to Maiduguri, in November 2011 when ex-president Goodluck Jonathan-headed Federal Executive Council, FEC, awarded some contracts. Citing official documents, a local company, Lingo Nigeria owned by an Nnewi-born Abuja hotelier, Mr. Linus Ukachukwu, in partnership with an offshore company Strasky Husty and Partners were awarded the contract for which they were purportedly paid $356m. The contract, which has a cost implication of N23,720,359,033.79 came under the project description ”Rehabilitation of the Railway…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the timetable for the 2019 elections in March this year. The next presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on February 16, 2019. With only a year and a half to go before the election, the body language of many prominent politicians, especially in the two major political parties, is that the battle for the coveted presidential seat has already begun. Daily Trust on Sunday takes a look at 12 powerful politicians to watch ahead of the 2019 presidential race. Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has not declared his interest in seeking a…
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The presidency Monday said that President Muhammadu Buhari who has spent about 90 days in London as a result of undisclosed ill health will not resign from his office as he has not fallen short of any known law in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the president on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu stated this while addressing State House Correspondents over the call by some civil society o rganizations, CSOs that protested in Abuja demanding that the president should either resume work or resign on the grounds of ill health. Recall that President Buhari left Nigeria on…
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Where ignorance is bliss, /’Tis folly to be wise.’” – Thomas Gray Ignorance blindfolds. Like stupidity, it is life denying and dangerous. Ignorance can lead to the way of perdition and destruction through “unwise” acts. A cultural production of ignorance with resultant timidity allows people to suffer and smile while the criminality and inhumanity against them go unchecked and unchallenged. The perpetrators of such evil cash in on this ignorance and cowardice to inflict endless pains on the victims who may even pay for more pains. To be ignorant is to be in a state of little or no sensibility;…
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