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Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, has said he informed President Muhammadu Buhari about the National Intelligence Agency’s covert operation that went awry with the discovery of over N13 billion in an apartment in Lagos last month. It has also been confirmed that Mr. Monguno knew about the covert operation, took part in its gradual advancement and expressed the satisfaction of not only himself but that of the president over the diligence and professionalism of the NIA personnel executing the intelligence projects. “Detailed brief of this exercise was rendered to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces who expressed…
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Fellow Campers the largest country in Africa that the United Kingdom colonised is Nigeria. The largest country that the United Kingdom colonised in Asia is India (which then comprised the present Pakistan and Bangladesh….i.e Hindustan). When the UK came into Nigeria and India, like all other countries they colonised, they brought along their technology, religion (Christianity), and culture: names, dressing, …food, and language, among others. Try as hard as the British did, India rejected the British religion, names, dressing, food, and even language, but they did not reject the British technology. Today, 80.5 per cent of Indians are Hindus; 13.4…
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I was with the federalist group yesterday. I told them I have nothing against any call for change, but that I believed in the IPOB movement. Well, we all went to distribute the stickers and flyers of the federalist movement. We covered the Rumuola axis and felt the pulse of Nigerians, especially drivers, traders, and everyone on the move. Nigerians in Port Harcourt made it clear to us that SECESSION is what they need, not RESTRUCTURING. The head of the Federalist Movement, Tony Osborg, whose book I edited some years ago, had to call me to explain the relation between…
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“Power is like a shadow. It resides exactly where men who are under its control think it resides” The above is true with regards to the situation of Southerners in the Nigerian experiment. We think the Fulanis are the ones that have been holding power and because we think and believe so, it actually look so. Because of this assumed knowledge, we hand over our destinies, our future and those of our children to a people who are not above 11 million, have little or no education and contribute little or nothing to the national pulse. What if I told…
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With all due respect to the author, the above referred piece is nothing but an unreasonable and grossly unfair comparison and characterisation of Nnamdi Kanu and his struggle. Whoever wrote this piece has a deep dislike of Nnamdi Kanu as a person, his strategy and the fact that he has become the most popular and respected man among the teeming masses of Ndigbo. How can any sound mind compare the circumstances of the inprisonment of Nnamdi Kanu with that of Mandela? Did Nnamdi Kanu and his IPOB undertake an armed struggle? What is the substance of the treason charges against…
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Three decades ago, January 31, 1985, to be exact, in faraway South Africa, something happened. The State President of the then apartheid South Africa, Pieta Willem Botha, speaking in parliament, offered the then imprisoned Nelson Mandela his freedom on condition that he ‘unconditionally reject violence as a political weapon’. This would not be the first time Botha would make this offer to Mandela; in fact, it would be the sixth of such offer. There had been earlier ones that required that Mandela accept exile in the Transkei as a condition for freedom. What was unique about this sixth offer, however,…
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“And the search for a credible Igbo leader continues” Yes, that was how a faceless ODENIGBO ended his disquisition on the widely acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who, incidentally, is now seen as the new and courageous face of the Igbo people’s struggles for freedom from oppression, tyranny and internal colonialism as evidenced in today’s Nigeria. Unfortunately, these struggles have always been put out, or, to sound less pessimistic, doused in “Judastic” style by the very same people leaders of the struggle have entered dangerous trenches for, all because they are afraid “one small…
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“The buildings you are talking about are of no economic value and more than 80 per cent of them are substandard structures and are not under use. Even if you want to count buildings as achievement, let the governor tell us how many buildings he has erected with the N982 billion revenue he has collected in six years, since he is a builder. How much of that went to the building of his Eastern Palm University in his family compound in Ogboko. What did he build with the N26.6 billion I handed over to him? Since he is a builder,…
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Isaac Okorafor, acting director of Corporate Communications, Central Bank of Nigeria, explains why the bank will not yield to pressure to float the Naira or unban 41 items from Forex market as it will affect the farmers and the poor people in the rural areas. TWO years after the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, blacklisted 41 items from accessing foreign exchange from its official window, the apex bank is under severe pressure to abolish the policy. But the CBN had said that if it abolishes the the policy it means that the bank would allow importers of those items which…
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Igboland is an ethnocultural region in the present-day southeastern Nigeria. It differs from the South East Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria in that it encompasses both the zone and other adjoining territories of the eponymous Igbo ethnic group. With an estimated 35 million inhabitants, it is comparable to the US state of California in population and would be the 12th most populous country in Africa were it independent, surpassing the likes of Ghana, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Senegal and Zambia. A repository of natural resources, including coal, natural gas, petroleum and arable land, in addition to its wealth of human capital,…
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With the deterioration in the national polity, the temptation is for people to retreat into ethnic enclaves. This is usually the first step in societal disintegration. I will say it again, we need to play above board politics and avoid narrow minded, ethnic and self interest focused politics. This is why it is important that people are allowed the freedom that the law still allow them, no matter how polarised the society. While it is important to be clear about the type of society we want as a people, I continue to say that it is imperative that people are…
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The issue is the fear of the X factor, which Senator Ike Ekweremadu seems to represent. He is a man who has defied many improbable odds and emerged stronger and still waxing. His return to the 8th Senate against all predictions, and more surprisingly, emerging as deputy senate president caught the bookmakers napping. His political future is so bright that his detractors are now more apprehensive than ever before. He operates like a man whose destiny is ironed to a future, which the gods themselves appear to be covetously guarding and guiding. A careful examination of what is afoot at…
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Since the end of the Nigeria civil war in 1970, the federal Republic of Nigeria has operated a policy of systematic marginalisation and discrimination against Igbos. First Igbos with money in the bank before the war were given only twenty pound £20.00, irrespective of the amount they have in the bank. Second, properties belonging to Igbos in many parts of Nigeria were declared abandoned properties and confiscated. Third, the federal government instead of pursuing a policy of reintegration and redevelopment, instituted a policy of discrimination and marginalisation. This agenda by the Nigerian establishment to impoverish marginalise and keep Igbos down…
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The Association of Senior Civil Servants, ASCSN, of Nigeria has resolved to proceed with an indefinite strike if the federal government does not address the non-payment of their N200 billion promotion, salaries and death remunerations. The National Executive Council, NEC, of the association, made the resolution during its meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. They also agreed to picket the Ministry of Finance and the Budget Office, which the workers believe, are sabotaging the swift directives by President Muhammadu Buhari to release funds to pay several arrears owed them. The verdict of the association’s executive council was disclosed to journalists by…
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You can now transfer your polling unit to any place of choice that is convenient for you. 1. Following consultations with political parties, civil society organizations and the media, the commission convened a special meeting today with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and Administrative Secretaries (ASs) from the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to finalise its preparations for the commencement of the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. Specifically, the meeting considered the methodology, modalities and effective date for the commencement of the exercise nationwide. 2. Arising from the meeting, the Commission has decided…
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Excerpts from chapter one of Facts Versus Fiction: (The True Story of Jonathan Years, Chibok, 2015 and The Conspiracies) Culled from Goodluck Jonathan This is not the full chapter. It is an excerpt. It will be continued tomorrow and on subsequent days until the chapter is concluded. Facts Versus Fiction: (The True Story of Jonathan Years, Chibok, 2015 and The Conspiracies) by Reno Omokri will be released on the second week of July 2017. Chapter 1 – THE CONSPIRACY TO REMOVE JONATHAN The recent revelations from Segun Adeniyi’s book, Against the Run of Play: How an incumbent president was defeated…
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Modern-day Lagos was founded by Prince Ado, the son of the Oba of Benin, Prince Ado was the First Oba of Lagos, the son of the Bini King, Prince Ado, named the town Eko until the Portuguese explorer Ruy de Segueira changed the Maritime town to Lagos, which at that time from 1942 was Portuguese expedition center down the African Coast. It was a major center of the slave trade until 1851. Lagos was annexed by Britain via the Lagos treaty of cession in 1861, ending the consular period and starting the British Colonial Period. The remainder of Modern-day Nigeria…
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Born on March 8 1957 at Creek Hospital, Lagos, Yemi is a professor of law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. He is married to Oludolapo Osinbajo (nee Soyode), grand daughter of the late sage and statesman, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. They are blessed with three children. Education Yemi’s early years in primary school were spent at Corona School Lagos. Between 1969- 1975, he attended Igbobi College, Yaba where he was the winner of the State Merit Award (1971); the School Prize for English Oratory (1972); Adeoba Prize for English Oratory (1972-1975); Elias Prize for Best Performance in History (WASC, 1973);…
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Strong indications have emerged from the presidential villa that ailing Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari is set to make world record by seriously considering resignation as the president of the country due to his inability to effectively pilot the affairs of the country as a result of ill health. The meeting by three former military Heads of State Generals Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalam Abubakar in Minna, Niger state on Tuesday was to consider two strong burning issues before allowing President Buhari to turn in his resignation letter to the National Assembly. The three former leaders who met in Minna…
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When the LNC describes Nigeria as a Rogue Joint Venture between the British and the Caliphate who are the Local Agents cum enforcers for the Criminal Enterprise that goes by the codename “Nigeria”, some of our Compatriots dismiss it and say we imagine and exaggerate things. Here it is, straight from the horse’s mouth. There is Nigeria. There is One-Nigeria. Many of our people do not understand the grave differences between the two and therefore the dire consequences concomitant. Nigeria was the Federation of Consensus we had up till 1966 but which collapsed completely with the overthrow and jettisoning of…
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It will be a serious indictment on every Imo citizen to allow Okorocha to succeed himself in 2019. A paper presented to the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ) Imo State Council by Hon Uche Onyeagucha at the 2017 World Press Freedom Day this 3rd day of May 2017 at the NUJ Press Center, Port Harcourt Road, Owerri INTRODUCTION: Critical minds are minds that tend to discover faults with something, somebody or with people and things in general. Critical times refer to extremely important for the fact of being or happening at a time of special difficulty, trouble or danger, when…
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Strong indications have emerged from the presidential villa that ailing Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari is set to make world record by seriously considering resignation as the president of the country due to his inability to effectively pilot the affairs of the country as a result of ill health. The meeting by three former military Heads of State Generals Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalam Abubakar in Minna, Niger state on Tuesday was to consider two strong burning issues before allowing President Buhari to turn in his resignation letter to the National Assembly. The three former leaders who met in Minna…
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The Caliphate locked the whole of Nigeria into a Master-Servant Union via the instrumentality of the Caliphate-Decreed and fraudulently-imposed 1999 Constitution. The Countrywide Debates and Disputations pushing for the Grand Renegotiation of these enslaving and debilitating Constitutional Impositions, had been couched as a Campaign for “Restructuring”. There is a clear Consensus on that Restructuring by the Non-Caliphate rest of Nigeria which translates itself to the Grand Renegotiation of the Terms of the totally dysfunctional and unworkable Nigeria’s inverted Federation, which must be undertaken without further delay. An overwhelming majority in Eastern Nigeria, particularly the younger generation that were not combatants…
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Shehu Sani, chairman senate ad hoc committee on humanitarian crisis in the north-east, says the Presidential Initiative on North-East (PINE) spent N50 million on two conferences but gave N2 million to internally displaced persons (IDPs). PINE was coordinated by the office of Babachir Lawal, suspended secretary to the government of the federation. While presenting the final report of the committee which probed PINE, Sani said all the companies awarded contracts were not qualified, and that some of the organisations were incorporated for the sake of contracts. He said of the 39 companies given contracts by PINE, only eight letters were…
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THE fourth and last group of Igbos,where the present author belongs to, are those that believe that Nigeria is facing a national question. That this national question is the most critical problem facing the country today which, depending on how it is handled, can either rebuild or destroy her; that the best solution to this national question should only proceed from its understanding in terms of nationalities, without this being a disregard for the economic, political and constitutional palliatives that could impact upon the major variable. By acknowledging the national question, Nigerians would be well-placed to achieve a stable constitutive…
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THE cumulative effect of all these atrocities is that everywhere today there is anger. Ideology, vision, competence, genuine love for country and people, as well as humanism; not even age, gender, tribe or religion, is what determines good leadership, and promotes development. Instead of everyone pleading to the Igbos to kindly come and show if there is a difference they could make in economic management and restoration of individual wellbeing and national pride, all we hear is that Igbos would be lucky if they are president in two hundred years. In other words, Nigerians will be lucky if anything good…
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After waiting in vain for sixty fruitless years after Biafra, what the Igbos see in Nigeria is a country that probably have another chance to be a united and peaceful. What they need and want for the country now, is the ultra-modernisation and reopening for full commercial use by the Igbo nation and others, of the Igbo ports of Port Harcourt, Bonny, and Opobo; their road, rail and air links to inland Igbo commercial centres of Agbor, Asaba, Onitsha, Nnewi, Owerri, Enugu, Azumini and Aba and, by so doing, the economic and financial re-empowerment of the Igbos, starting with the…
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Writing about the needs of the Igbos or Igbo aspirations, whether in terms of what would make the Igbos happy (or unhappy), is not a difficult thing in any manner. For practically all the issues are already in the public domain, and repeated one way or the other almost every day. What, perhaps, the Nigerian or international community needs to know are the essential details of these issues, whose appreciation ought to assist their resolution to a reasonable level of satisfaction. The Igbos being a major, albeit presently sidelined stakeholder in the Nigeria project, a proper and just resolution of…
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THE second group is some Igbo politicians, social climbers, sundry careerists, former corrupt officials, and known or concealed agents of various anti-Igbo parties. These people have bought into the concept of restructuring, even though they initially seemed uncertain what it meant. What they claim the Igbos want is a reorganised polity, of which the Igbos would have to be in the “East,” the Yorubas in the West, the Southern minorities in the South-South, and the North with their own three zones. Alternatively or simultaneously, they demand an additional state in the East to equal or nearly equal those in the…
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A fashion of the visitant six geo-politicians used to plead for an Igbo president, without letting it known whether or not it is tied to the restructuring, how related to Igbo wellbeing that would be, or just another means of advancing their business interests or achieving the Igbo quota of federal corruption in Nigeria, which they have since 1970 been imposing on helpless Igbo masses at the state and local government levels, unrestrained by anyone. Because of this ideological confusion, they hardly say much, if anything, about the Igbo condition and Nigerian sufferings, since to them to be an…
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Following the controversy that surrounds the ill health of President Muhammadu Buhari, Facts that have emerged from a meeting between three former Nigeria Leaders, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, General Ibrahim Babangida and General Abdulsalami Abubakar in Minna, Niger State, have revealed that the trio are concerned about the true nature of President Muhammdu Buhari’s health. A prominent newspaper reported that the three former Presidents have decided to pay a visit to the President Buhari to ascertain the true state of his health. President Obasanjo and General Abdulsalami would go for the visit because General Babangida’s state of health will not allow…
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‘Presidency of Nigeria belongs to the North whether Buhari lives or dies’ The day before yesterday we were told by the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, that her husband was not as ill as most of us believed and that despite his obvious challenges he has continued to “carry out his responsibilities”. On the same day, the media went to great lengths to convince us, without providing any pictures, that the President had resumed work and that he had had a series of fruitful and productive meetings with his Minister of Justice and the Managing Director of the Nigerian National…
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Nigerians have never shown such level of patience and tolerance towards any of their past leaders for his record and strange policies as that shown to their current leader, Muhammadu Buhari – a former military dictator now self-confessed democrat who said he came to fight corruption. Buhari, 75, is being plagued with failures across every single sector in the economy, the like as has never been seen before. Less than a year into office, the economy plummeted into recession, an economy which had till then grown at an average rate of 7% in previous years (2011-2014). The nation’s currency lost…
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PRESS RELEASE: We the illustrious Umunna and Umuada of ndi igbo join other notable Nigerians to welcome our eminent and noteworthy son, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who was recently granted bail after much hasseles and tussles. We welcome the smooth perfection of the bail despite the stringent conditions attached to the bail which have also been questioned by many Nigerians and seems to be an infringement of the fundmental human rights of Mazi Kanu. Also, we are hopeful that his colleagues Mazi Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Mazi Benjamin Madubugwu and Mazi Nwawuisi to also…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to arrive for a weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday, This is the president’s third consecutive absence in a row. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo chaired the start of the session, which was open to the media. Buhari has been resting after treatment of an unspecific illness. More Details to follow…
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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 of $574 billion. “I…
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• Stakeholders seek action on 2014 confab report South West delegates to the 2014 National Conference organised by former President Goodluck Jonathan have demanded that the 2019 general elections should be conducted on the basis of a new and truly federal constitution. They maintained it was the yearning of the people from the zone. After a reunion yesterday in Abuja, the leaders said the implementation of the report was the irreducible minimum to move Nigeria forward and build a nation that works for the citizenry. In a statement signed by their chairman, deputy and secretary, Chief Olu Falae, Alani Akinrinade…
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The Federal Government of Nigeria’ indebtedness to China stood at $3.22bn at the end of December 2016, according to a report released on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is part of the total foreign debt stock of both the federal and state government which was put at $11.41bn by the bureau. The domestic debt of the two tiers of government stood at N14.02trn at the end of December 2016. A breakdown of the foreign debt shows that $7.99bn was multilateral; $198.25m was bilateral (ADB) and $3.22bn from the Exim Bank of China credited to the Federal…
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On the report of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s panel investigating the suspended Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), David Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke, The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has affirmed that the panel would submit its report today. When asked about the progress of the panel after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, he said: “Well, you know the presidential committee that is investigating the NIA and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said a major challenge with the anti-corruption drive of the Federal Government is the lack of successful prosecution of high-profile corruption cases involving ‘Politically-Exposed Persons’. Obasanjo added that despite the efforts of successive governments, corruption still posed a challenge to the progress and development of Nigeria The former President said this while delivering an inaugural lecture organised by the National Open University of Nigeria, in Abuja, on Tuesday. The lecture was titled, “Leadership, Governance, and the Challenges of Development in Nigeria: The Way forward.” Obasanjo, who admitted that Nigeria’s poverty and seeming lack of direction…
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-political association of the Igbo, rose from a meeting in Enugu on Tuesday with a declaration that Nigeria was not the North’s conquered territory. Ohanaeze, which condemned the northern leaders’ opposition to calls for the restructuring of Nigeria, insisted that “all sections of the country are joint and equal partners.” Addressing journalists after a National Executive Committee meeting at Ohanaeze Secretariat in Enugu, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, said northern leaders were acting as if Nigeria was their conquered territory. Ohanaeze was particularly miffed at the rejection of the recommendations of the…
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Below is a comprehensive list of all Nigerian Tribes and the States where they live. . . 1 Abayon -Cross River 2 Abua (Odual) -Rivers 3 Achipa (Achipawa) -Kebbi 4 Adim -Cross River 5 Adun -Cross River 6 Affade -Yobe 7 Afizere -Plateau 8 Afo -Plateau 9 Agbo -Cross River 10 Akaju-Ndem (Akajuk) -Cross River 11 Akweya-Yachi -Benue 12 Alago (Arago) -Piateau 13 Amo -Plateau 14 Anaguta -Plateau 15 Anang -Akwa lbom 16 Andoni -Akwa lbom, Rivers 17 Angas -Bauchi, Jigawa, Plateau 18 Ankwei -Plateau 19 Anyima -Cross River 20 Attakar (ataka) -Kaduna 21 Auyoka (Auyokawa) -Jigawa 22 Awori -Lagos,…
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By way of a minor clarification to comments suggesting the contrary, let me state here that the illicit, unspoken understandings around the Oil and Gas Reserves in Nigeria, between the roguish British Government of the time and the criminally Junta of Yakubu Gowon/Murtala Mohammed that erected itself as “The Federal Government of Nigeria”, not only preceded the War but was in fact the main Objective of the British- guided Federal side of the War. As a matter of fact, it was the idea of the British, driven by oily considerations, to forcefully keep the collapsed Federation of Nigeria One because…
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May 1, 2017 The founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Chief Bisi Akande has urged Nigerians to pray fervently for President Muhammadu Buhari’s health. The health of the leader is intricately intertwine with the health of the Nation. It is more so in a delicately fragile Union of Nations called Nigeria. I did not see President Buhari at the wedding of his grand son in Kaduna last Saturday. I was sad and I wept. When last we met at the wedding of his daughter in Abuja last December, I complained to him that I was not happy…
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Discordant tunes greeted the agitation for the Sovereign State of Biafra Thursday following the disagreements among eminent Igbo personalities on the contentious issue at a book launch in Abuja. The book “The Audacity of Power and the Nigeria Presidency-Exclusion of the South East in Nigeria’s Power Politics and the Spectre of Biafra” written by Godwin Ifeanyi Udibe and Law Mefor brought together the likes of former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, Senator Ben Obi, Enyinnaya Abaribe and Udenta Udenta. Chairman of the occasion and former Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo represented by Senator Obi lauded the efforts of the authors,…
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The police in Kano on Sunday arrested the immediate past governor of Jigawa, Alhaji Sule Lamido. A reliable source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that Lamido was arrested for allegedly inciting his supporters to stop the conduct of state’s upcoming local council polls. NAN reports that the arrest of Lamido may be connected with a programme aired on one of the Kano local radio stations. Lamido was alleged to have directed his supporters, during the programme, to ensure that they win the local governments elections by all means. The former governor was said to have been…
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Thoughts in the mind are like birds in the sky; you may hate them but you can’t arrest their flights. You may change their courses but you can’t determine their paths, you may deter them but you can’t direct them, you can’t stop them from flying across your head but you can stop them from perching on ur head. These thoughts are mine, but they are not my creations, I didn’t choose them, they chose me, like lightning in the sky, it ran through my mind: “Is there any thread connecting El-Rufai’s open letter to president Buhari; the presidency’s suspension…
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Speaking to popular personal development expert, Anthony Robbins, President George W. Bush said “I can’t criticize President Obama, he is my president, he is the president of the United States. I remember when Nixon was impeached I thought this man destroyed the American democracy, destroyed the presidency, destroyed the reputation, but you know what I discovered when I became president? The office is bigger than the occupant.” The office of President of Nigeria derives it’s powers from the people of Nigeria and any attempt to disparage the person of the occupant of such an office is an insult on the…
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The Igbo community in Ekiti Thursday showered heroic welcome on Governor Ayodele Fayose for identifying with the pro-Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu in court on Wednesday, saying he has indeed proved to be their own brother from a distant land. Fayose had attended the court trial of Kanu and also appealed to President Mohammadu Buhari to use his veto power to order an unconditional release of the pro-Biafra leader. Kanu had been charged with tresnable felony for declaring support for Republic of Biafra and calling for succession of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria. Welcoming Fayose into Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital yesterday…
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Nigerians have never shown such level of patience and tolerance towards any of their past leaders for his record and strange policies as that shown to their current leader, Muhammadu Buhari – a former military dictator now self-confessed democrat who said he came to fight corruption. Buhari, 75, is being plagued with failures across every single sector in the economy, the like as has never been seen before. Less than a year into office, the economy plummeted into recession, an economy which had till then grown at an average rate of 7% in previous years (2011-2014). The nation’s currency lost…
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There is no doubt that despite the obvious challenges of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State the people still hold so much expectations for the party. The PDP has not been able to hold itself together since they lost the 2015 presidential election, though political analysts say such condition is common with ruling parties that lost elections. But the PDP problems seem to have been compounded with its internal crisis leading to sharp divisions among the leadership, so much that the masses who depend on the party for credible opposition seem to be confused with the goings…
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Before I continue with this second part of this series started few days ago, let me first of all thank the leadership of the Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the meeting they held at the residence of Hon Ezenwa Onyewuchi, and Hon Ezenwa Onywuchi himself for standing in the gap and proving to all that after all the PDP remains a roaring lion. Fact remains that the Sunday meeting has demonstrated that the PDP still enjoys the support of the people and remains a crowd puller. No doubt, but there are issues to that Sunday meeting.…
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BACKGROUND Nigeria was a colonial-era creation of the British. The country was on January 1st 1914 artificially cobbled together by the annexation the then Protectorate of Southern Nigeria to the then Protectorate of Northern Nigeria in an exercise officially tagged “Amalgamation” The mind-boggling failures of this otherwise giant promise on the African Continent has been the subject of many researches and academic inquisition. Decades of routine, massive bloodletting which punctuate these monumental failures came to global reckoning in the years 1967-1970 when Eastern Nigeria, one of the four Federating Regions that constituted Nigeria, found itself in a genocidal war. The…
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The meeting up, within record time, of the seemingly impossible bail condition for Nnamdi Kanu, once again demonstrates what Igbos can achieve, when we are United and determined. It is another example of the spirit of Biafra, the efficiency and ability to get thinks done, which marvelled the world. The world wondered how Biafra, survived for 30 months, during which she introduced a currency within 3 weeks, established refineries, produced aviation fuel and operated a functioning state with its bureaucracies. We are a people who get things done. I feel very proud to be Igbo. It is obvious, that the…
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If the United Kingdom’s Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, can describe the Leader of the Opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, as a “mutton-headed old mugwump” and an “Islington herbivore” how on earth should we describe our very own President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria? As each day passes he looks more and more like the colourful creature called Golum in J.R. Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ and behaves more and more like the goblyns and orcs in that same book. This is a man who came back from the United Kingdom as an ailing and fading ghost and who, despite all entreties…
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In the midst of confusion that trailed the election results, Jonathan and his supporters were in panic mode with many suggesting that he should call Buhari to concede defeat while others opposed any concession. Ministers knelt, begged Jonathan to concede It pointed out that it was in the midst of the confusion that two ministers in Jonathan’s cabinet and Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs went on their knees to beg him to concede so as to steer Nigeria off the path of chaos. “Kneeling in front of Jonathan were his Attorney-General and Justice Minister, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN; Aviation…
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Hon. Justice Mutala Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja this morning sacked the Chairman and nine other members of the Code of Conduct Bureau, in a public interest suit filed by Kingdom Human rights Foundation International. The Foundation had instituted a suit against the Chairman and members of the Code of Conduct Bureau on the unconstitutional stay in office contrary to section 155 (c ) of the 1999 constitution. In suit no:FHC/ABJ/CS/411/2016 between Incorporated Trustees of Kingdom Human Rights Foundation Int’l Vs President Federal Republic of Nigeria and two others, the organization prayed the court to determine the following…
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Strive Masiyiwa, CEO and Founder of Econet Wireless, recently took to his blog to reveal his side of the story behind the company’s downfall in Nigeria. An extract from the blog post: It’s time to play by a different (ethical) set of rules (Part 7) Nigeria 1 of 5 I had the privilege of making Nigeria’s first GSM phone call back in 2001 when I called the regulator to say, “We’re live!” Who would’ve believed then that Nigeria today would have more than 167 million mobile phones?! It all started out as a very exciting new chapter for enterprise in…
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In 1999, Chief I.D Nwoga was the Chairman of PDP, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu was a revered leader of the party, Chief Evan Enwerem, Chief Martin Agbaso , Dr Kema Chikwe, and the likes all the big weights of Imo Politics then were all in PDP. In fact the strength of Imo Politics then was Owerri zone. They had power then to decide to take the 1999 Governorship ticket to their zone, but no, they didn’t. Because then Chief Mbakwe from Okigwe zone, has ruled the state for 4 years and 3 months, and Chief Evan Enwerem, from Owerri zone, just…
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In 2009 when Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the current Emir of Kano, was being considered for the job of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, someone who claimed to have known him since the 1980s spoke about his character and temperament. Sanusi, he said, is a man who is a devoted Muslim without being overly pretentious about it. He is so well learned in Islamic knowledge, his Fulani tradition and history that he also approaches it with open mind. “He never shies away from confronting the hypocrisy of Northern politicians who use Islam to mislead the downtrodden masses of the North.”…
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There is a sense in which the name of the malaise afflicting Nigeria is Biafra. I have argued before—and I must do so again—that Nigeria’s refusal to confront and address the sore of the Biafran War is the chief reason no nation has been able to materialize out of the space called Nigeria, no peace has been had in that space, and no real progress—much less development—has been recorded. As the world watches, riveted, Nigeria is spinning and spinning in a dizzying, ridiculous, violent dance, racing ever closer to the edge of that jagged precipice we have all romanced for…
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A US non governmental group, the American Black Group for Democracy has revealed that the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari’s government plunged $500Million (About N150Billion) into the failed Hillary Clinton electioneering campaign fund. They added that the donation may create a huge misunderstanding between Nigeria and the incoming Trump’s US government. The Nigeria integrity challenged President, wasted no time in releasing the funds he reportedly pledged to the US secretary of states, Sen John Kerry and US Ambassador in Abuja to support of Mrs Clinton election. President Buhari an Islamist fundamentalist, have a visible hatred for Mr Donald Trump, especially when…
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RE: UNPROVOKED MASSACRE OF OUR PEOPLE AT NIMBO, UZOWANI LGA, ENUGU STATE BY FULANI HERDSMEN , ON MONDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF APRIL, 2016,. OUR 34 POSITIONS: 1. We have viewed with grave concern, the reckless and callous attitude of the Fulani herdsmen, who had the effrontery to bring down their violence to our peaceful south-eastern states of Nigeria, by recently attacking our defenseless kiths and kin at Nimbo Community, Uzouwani, LGA, Enugu State, MASSACRED AND DISMEMBERED a lot of them, without any respect or value for human life. 2. These itinerant herdsmen have indeed drawn a line on the…
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The trial of Nnamdi Kanu and other Biafran agitators just took a new turn. Last month, six of the inconsequential charges were dismissed by the court, setting the stage for the Binta Nyako headed trial to convict them on the rest of the charges for treasonable felony and hang them. Yesterday, 25 April 2017, the Muslim Judge, who is no stranger for aiding government injustice, added another twist, to this mockery of due process by setting an impossible bail condition on the grounds of health, which includes that Nnamdi Kanu deposits his passports and produce one Jewish leader as surety.…
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A lot of things have happened in Imo State in quick succession, and if you are not careful you would miss count of the events, because sometimes the narration gets twisted by the government of the day in the state. Anyway, if the state government has been described as the “unjust aggressor against its own people” by the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) you should not be shocked when the narration is twisted to save the dirty face of the government and its operators. It is not my word, mind you. I did not say the Governor or his government is…
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Bishop Blaise C. Iwuogo of New Life in Christ Evangelical Mission, Lagos, has replied Senator Hope Uzodimma’s comment last week that Imo State needs experienced hands with drivers license to govern the state from 2019, saying that the Senator should know that such drivers license includes “exceptional leadership experience, education above and beyond Bachelor’s Degree as enshrined in former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s policy”. Senator Uzodimma had during a meeting with leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Orlu Zone at his country home in Omuma, Oru East LGA of Imo State said: “From what we have seen, when you…
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Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state was quoted last week as saying that Nigeria cannot break up because members of the elite are united in preserving their advantages over the masses irrespective of their differences of tribe and religion. Nigeria, he said, “is too weak to break. Who will break it? The ordinary person in Jigawa or the ordinary person in Sokoto or the ordinary person in Bayelsa? Is it the Igbo vulcaniser or the Yoruba woman selling kerosene by the roadside or the okada man in Delta? They don’t have the capacity to unite because they are burdened by…
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The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Imo State chapter, has raised an alarm over the State government’s attempt to coerce pensioners to dissociate themselves from the court action instituted against her (the State government) for non-payment of pensions to the retirees. It would recalled that Imo State government recently issued a circular compelling the state retirees to forfeit 60 percent of their pension which the pensioners vehemently opposed to the plan. A statement jointly signed by the State chairman of NUP, Chief Gideon Ezeji; State Chairman, Retired Permanent Secretaries Association, Comrade Fabian Agba and Mr. Livinus Asiegbu,…
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Before 1,000 B.C. we have the following gods or demigods born on December 25: Horus, Osiris, and Attis. Before 200 B.C. we have Mithra, Heracles, Dionysus, Tammuz, Adonis, and others (see All About Adam and Eve, by Richard Gillooly). Some of these characters, you will see below, were also born to virgins. Osiris Interestingly, in ancient mythology, many gods are born to women with names derived from “Ma,” meaning mother: Myrrha in Syrian myth, Maia in Greek myth, Maya in Hindu, Mary in Hebrew. A god or demigod’s birth was often accompanied by incredible sights and came about through the…
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Former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, or former Deputy Senate Minority Leader, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, may clinch the top-ranking cabinet post of Secretary to the government of the Federation (SGF) if the Yemi Osinbajo-led panel probing the allegations of financial impropriety against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir David Lawal, indicts him, Thisday reports. Both men are said to be on a shortlist that is currently before President Muhammadu Buhari, as the Osinbajo panel kicks off the investigation into the management of funds meant for humanitarian assistance in the North-east. Lawal and the Director…
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The news going round that the current meningitis scourge affecting some parts of Nigeria is the result of the sins of Nigerians is absolute rubbish! Meningitis is caused by bacteria not sin. If sin caused meningitis, most of us politicians will get it, but it is the poor who suffer it most. It is more likely that ignorance is a greater destroyer than meningitis. The real sin causing meningitis is the sin of not budgeting enough money and then mismanaging the little money budgeted to cure and prevent a disease that regularly affects Nigerians. We have a situation that is…
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Over 800 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, on Saturday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Leading the defectors to the PDP, the APC Chairman in the council area, Aniefiok Ekah, said the defectors had endured severe hunger in APC and could therefore no longer continue to tolerate such. Mr. Ekah, who submitted every document belonging to APC in his possession for destruction, however, appealed to the PDP not to treat the returnees as outcasts. He explained that some of them left PDP in 2015 due to…
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BEING A KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY RT. HON. EMEKA IHEDIOHA CON, KSC, FORMER DEPUTY SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AT THE 2017 DIOCESAN SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE ON THE LAKE , CHURCH OF NIGERIA ANGLICAN COMMUNION , AT ST MARY MAGDALENE PARISH, OGUTA, IMO STATE, MONDAY , APRIL 24, 2017 PROTOCOLS Let me begin this discourse by expressing my profound thanks and deep appreciation to my friend, His Lordship, Rt. Rev Chijioke B.N. Oti Ph.D, his dear wife, the Synod Organizing Committee, the entire clergy and laity of the Diocese on the Lake for the honour of inviting me to give a…
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Have you bothered for once to peruse through your children’s school textbooks? I know you are a very busy parent working round the clock to put food on the table for your children. I equally know that you have employed some housekeepers to look after your children on your behalf. But I strongly suggest that you should make out a little time this week, even if it is only for ten minutes, to go through the pages of the textbooks used by your children in their respected schools. If you do so, you will likely be scandalized by what you…
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PRESS STATEMENT. There is no doubt that indigenes and residents of Imo State have passed through the “golgotha” of economic hardship for the years “the ship sailing but destined to nowhere” administration of Chief Ethelbert Anayo Okorocha commenced in 2011. This no doubt accounts for the apparent lack of public interest or “I don’t care attitude” to whatever he does or says as we all are looking forward to the end of his tenure in 2019. We are however alarmed by the latest “flight of fancy” of the Governor in whimsically and without lawful authority donating Fixed Assets of Imo…
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Each state of the Nigerian federation is unique in its politics. However, some are absurdly unique. Imo State falls within this last category. The last time Imo has been actually lead by leaders in all sense of the word remains 1979 to 1983. Since then, all manners of men and women interested in nothing but heist have taken the centre stage since 1999. From 1999 till date i.e. about 216 months, Imo has received over =N=1 trillion. One wonders where these colossal resources have entered – this same Imo or another entity? The double jeopardy has been the fact that…
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Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal in dignity and rights to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin, racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming also that indigenous…
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The Nigerian State was a bought and sold like a commodity, it’s has never been a Nation Know your history …… Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (1846–1925), an aristocrat of the Isle of Man, was instrumental to the British colonial administration in Africa. Best known for his dogged stance in holding forth the Niger River area for the British government against France and Germany’s territorial quest, Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie was the founding father of Nigeria. He administered the Niger River area (now Nigeria) as a businessman and British Consul-General for almost two decades through the instrumentality of the…
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“Power is like a shadow. It resides exactly where men who are under its control think it resides” The above is true with regards to the situation of Southerners in the Nigerian experiment. We think the Fulanis are the ones that have been holding power and because we think and believe so, it actually look so. Because of this assumed knowledge, we hand over our destinies, our future and those of our children to a people who are not above 11 million, have little or no education and contribute little or nothing to the national pulse. What if I told…
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Accuses Okorocha of denigrating Igbo tradition. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha is the immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. In 2015, he was the governorship standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, but lost the election to Governor Rochas Okorocha. In this interview with IHEANACHO NWOSU, FRED ITUA and MAGNUS EZE, Ihedioha spoke on the rift between the Senate and the executive. He opened up on the crisis rocking the party and why the problem may linger on. Ihedioha spoke too on his 2019 ambition and why he thinks Okorocha has performed poorly. He spoke…
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1. South Sudan independence was preceded by five decades of scorched earth war – the longest war, anywhere, of the modern era (1955 to 2005). 2. The South Sudanese do not have the creativity of Biafrans and have not been able to avoid the total collapse of their society or social infrastructure. For example, until Biafra surrendered there were two functional (even if very basic) international airports in what is now Anambra State; in today’s zooNigeria Anambra State does not even have a local airport. 3. No clear cut delineation of Africans/Arabs and Christians/Muslims in Sudan or South Sudan. In…
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Mr. Olisa Agbakoba has filed a Fundamental Rights Class Action against the Federal Republic of Nigeria for himself and on behalf of the South East Zone on grounds of discrimination pursuant to Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution. This action was by Originating Summons supported by an affidavit of 99 paragraphs and a statement. The grounds of Mr. Agbakoba’s application are summarized as follows; (a) Total neglect of the Applicant’s Geopolitical Zone by the 1st Respondent in terms of infrastructure and general federal presence making the Applicant feel not part of the 1st Respondent. (b) Abandonment of the Niger Bridge…
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While the White House threatened Pyongyang with a potential strike in the event of a new nuclear weapons test in North Korea, the US striking group was actually moving away from the Korean Peninsula. “There will be no strike against North Korea,” Russian political scientist Alexei Gusev told Radio Sputnik. It appears that Donald Trump’s “armada,” led by the USS Carl Vinson, an aircraft carrier, had only been approaching North Korea figuratively. “We are sending an armada. Very powerful. We have submarines, very powerful, far more powerful than the aircraft carrier, that I can tell you,” Trump told Fox Business…
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1- Adultery is authorized in South Africa, no man or woman has the right to get separated from their partner because he/she committed adultry 2- The US agreed that for better relationships with the world super powers, all the countries of the world must accept homosexual marriage (woman+woman=1 or man+man= 1) 3- Germany just signed a law that declares the non-existence of incest (Brothers and sisters can now get married, mothers and their sons, fathers and their daughters.) 4- The city of Miami is from now proclaimed public sex sales city, meaning that any where you feel the need arise…
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Paradox of development, according to Ian Morris, is a concept rooted in the changing dynamics of progress. It refers to a situation where every solution, at some point, becomes the problem. Morris who wrote at the turn of 21st Century is precise in why nations triumph or atrophy. The Third World is weak, he illustrates in “Why the West Rules-for Now,” because it consumes itself with “Chain of Divinities” that addresses an improbable hereafter to the detriment of its energy needs. Advanced First World, by contrast, fares better because its “Chain of Energies” ensures better and cheaper energy for development…
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The El Rufai Memo to Buhari: IMMEDIATE AND MEDIUM TERM IMPERATIVES FOR PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI – SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 1. Background: In April 2015, I sent a short memorandum to you, Sir – then as president-elect. We never discussed the memo in detail and I am not even sure you got to read it bearing in mind the levels of human traffic visiting you in those heady days. I crave the indulgence of Mr. President to please read the memo (attached herewith as Annex II) and see how like every aspect of life, the memo was sometimes presciently accurate and…
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Former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar owes the nation more explanation on the death of the late politician. A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, has said that the winner of the 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, could not have died of natural causes, The Nation reports. Abiola whose election was annulled by the Ibrahim Babangida-led military administration in July 1993 was arrested by the late Gen. Sani Abacha-led junta in 1994 when he declared himself the winner of the election and his resolve to reclaim his mandate. The business mogul turned politician later died…
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Prophetically foreshadowing the current crisis (and apparent action plan), leaked CIA documents from the reign of Bashar al-Assad’s father in the 1980s show a Washington Deep State plan coalescing to “bring real muscle to bear against Syria,” toppling its leader (in favor of one amenable to US demands), severing ties with Russia (its primary arms dealer), and paving the way for an oil and gas pipeline of Washington’s choosing. As ActivistPost.com’s Brandon Turbeville detailed (just a day before Trump unleashed his Tomahawks), as the Syrian crisis enters its sixth year, the Donald Trump administration is looking more and more like…
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The APC is currently divided into four warring camps as follows: 1) The Aso Rock Cabal Camp (ARC) 2) The Buhari Political Friends Camp (BPF) 3) The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Camp (BAT) 4) The Bukola Saraki Camp (BS) 1) The Aso Rock Cabal Camp (ARC) currently is about the most powerful of all the four camps. The reason this camp is the most powerful is that they are the family members of the President. The President is loyal to them 120%. The President would rather die than question their decisions. They determine who sees the President and who gets the…
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Nigeria’s 2015 presidential election has come and gone. But the ripple effect of it will continue to resonate for a very long time. While people like the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who are well-known for their roles in putting together the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a formidable force in the Nigerian political landscape, are being praised as the brains behind the unprecedented downfall of a sitting president in Nigeria’s history, there are other people who played key roles in plotting Jonathan’s ouster that we may never know about. Surprisingly, there are also other people who…
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His Excellency Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha Governor of Imo State Government House Owerri, Imo State. STILL ON THE TREND OF EVENTS IN OUR STATE. It is with a deep sense of responsibility that I write Your Excellency once again on some issues that I would like you to look into as a matter of urgency. You will recall that in my previous letter to you, I noted that it would be impossible for me to look the other way while things get awry in a state I was once privileged to preside over as governor. No matter what anybody might…
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On March 28th a hitherto unknown northern group known as the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, through its spokesman, one Yerima Shetima, had the nerve and effontry to accuse Afenifere and the Yoruba nation of a “subtle campaign of ethnic cleansing” and went on to threaten us with what they decribed as “reprisals against the millions of Yoruba living in the north” if we did not stop complaining about the fact that our people were slaughtered in Ile-Ife and that the police were handling the whole matter in a selective, inappropiate and unjust manner. It is clear that this is not…
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Apart from Afenifere, the OPC and a number of noble and courageous elders and leaders hardly anyone else from the south west has spoken up publicly for the Ifes and the Yoruba in this matter and that is a crying shame. What happened to the voices of the APC Governors in Yorubaland? What happened to the voice of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo? What happened to the voices of the respected Pa Bisi Akande and the great Jagaban of Borgu, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu? We need to hear from all of these distintinguished personalities now more than ever before. The celebrated American…
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A private equity firm with interest in agriculture and technology have on Tuesday, March 28, acquired minority stakes in a popular Nigerian company in a multi-million dollars deal. Popular Irish pop star, Sir Bob Geldof, who is the founder of ‘8 Miles’ – a private equity firm with interest in agriculture and technology – on Tuesday, have acquired minority stakes worth about $80m in the Nigerian biscuit company, Beloxxi Industries Limited. According to Punch newspaper, the company also bought a minority stake in Blue Skies, an ethical fruit business that looks to expand into Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries.…
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The principle of separation of powers states that the executive, legislative, and judiciary powers of government should be divided into different branches and not concentrated in one. These departments should be separate and distinct because of the corrupting nature of power. This philosophy heavily influenced the writing of the United States Constitution, according to which the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the United States government are kept distinct in order to prevent abuse of power. In Nigeria and from the tone of the moderators of TV discussion programmes i watch like “Focus nigeria” on AIT and “Sunrise daily” on…
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~ LETTER: Dear Mr. Odutola, I think it will be an exceeding saving of time and more business-like if I avoid all sweet preliminaries and go straight into the object of this letter and say that I am writing to ask you to be good enough to lend me a sum of £1,400 (One thousand and four hundred pounds) free of interest for twelve years. It is a staggering figure! More staggering indeed does it become, when it is realized that I, who am asking for this loan, have nothing in all the world to give as a security for…
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Why are Nigerians so fixated on the National Assembly and the Federal Government whilst being lukewarm about the activities of our state governors? Are we not aware that the Federal government remits billions of naira for capital and recurrent expenditure to the states and local governments? Are we not aware that these governors squander away and embezzle these funds meant for the states and local governments development? The poor masses in the villages do not even get basic infrastructure and public amenities due to the embezzlements and mismanagement of funds perpetuated by most of our governors. How can we be…
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(i) A military committee comprising representatives of the regions should meet to take statistics of arms and ammunition in the country. Unallocated stores of arms and ammunition held in the country should be shared equitably between the various commands in the federation. (ii) The Army should be reorganized in order to restore discipline and confidence, Specifically, a. the army should be governed by the Supreme Military Council which would be chaired by a Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the Head of the Federal Military Government; b. Area Commands under Area Commanders and corresponding to existing Regions should be created.…
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After Nigeria was dragged to the brink of the abyss by two military coups in 1966, its military leaders met to try to bring the country back from the brink. The meeting evolved into perhaps the best documented constitutional debate of all time which touched upon fundamental concepts regarding the balance of power between the central government and federating regions in a federation and professional soldiers’ outlook to military coups and seniority. It was a potential breakthrough occasion. Between January 5th and 7th 1967, the memembers of that SMC. Following a second bloody army coup in July 1966, the mbers…
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#2, OKIGWE LANE, OFF OGUI ROAD, ENUGU. Tel: 0803 307 4700. Email:info@igbointelligentsia.com. http://www.igbointelligentsia.com Protocols, Igbo Kwenu!, Oha Na Eze kwenu! Igbo Muru Nze Muo Ozo, Kwezuo nu! Ndu mmiri Ndu Azu… Igbo Intelligentsia Forum once more felicitates with you, our dear President General on your election not only as the PG but as Igbo leader world-wide. We also extend our sincere greetings to the entire team of your new executive. Your election came at a very inauspicious time in our history when Ndi Igbo, albeit our country Nigeria appear to be at a crossroad. What has brought us to this…
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