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The current Nigerian federal government came to power promising ‘change’. And I believe that some effort is being made by the government to bring change to our nation, though many Nigerians are yet to see this change in their lives. In fact some claim that the change they have seen is negative change, that their lives and circumstances were better before the ‘change’ promoters arrived. Some others however counter that things need to get bad, before they become better, that if you want to eat omelette, you must be prepared first to break the egg. Well, while the argument rages,…
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Following speculations that he took part in the negotiations that led to the Malabu Oil deal, Olusegun Obasanjo has spoken up about the matter. An exclusive Premium Times report has shown that Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday warned a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Bello Adoke, to cease further mention of his name in the controversial $1.1 billion Malabu Oil deal. In an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES from Addis Ababa, the former president said he considered the controversial award of OPL 245 oil field licence as the “height of corruption,” and, as such, could not have participated in…
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President Donald Trump’s administration has banned airline passengers from eight Middle Eastern and North African countries from carrying large electronic devices. Officials of the United States have banned certain electronic devices on flights to America from 13 international airports due to increased terror threats, sources told Fox News on Monday. The ban is the result of an increased “volume” of chatter suggesting that Al Qaeda and other groups are still looking for ways to sneak explosive materials onboard planes, and is thought to effect at least 12 airlines. It is thought to apply to nonstop flights to the US from…
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Controversy over the disputed Oil Prospecting License, OPL, 245, took another dimension on yesterday, as son of late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Mohammed, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to declare him and a firm, Pecos Energy Ltd, as genuine owners of Malabu Oil Gas Limited. In the fresh suit marked FHC/ABJ/ CS/506/2017, the plaintiffs, prayed the court to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from continuing to treat OPL 245 as proceed of crime. In the suit which has Malabu Oil Gas Ltd as the 1st plaintiff, the litigants, further sought for…
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By Nowa Omoigui, MD, MPH, FACC A palace coup is one in which the sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force is carried out by individuals in positions of authority who are themselves part and parcel of the ruling regime.In other words, one group of members of the Palace court seizes control from another group while the people look on. Palace coups have occurred since antiquity.Pharaoh Amen-em-het Sehetep-ib-re of Ancient Egypt was killed in a palace coup in 1962 B.C.In 555 B.C.,Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon was overthrown in a palace coup and replaced by Nabonidus – a reclusive…
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The trial of Nnamdi Kanu and other Biafran agitators just took a new turn. Six of the inconsequential charges were dismissed by the court, setting the stage for the Binta Nyako headed trial to convict him on the rest, for treasonable felony and hang them. As this trial progress, I cannot help remembering that I talked to Nnamdi about underestimating of the powers of governments and their capacity to perpetrate injustice, after I listened to his views convictions and strategy at our last meeting in Dagenham after the protest of 18 January 2012. I told him that no one should…
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Follow-up on your governor to ensure the utilization of this fund. Don’t sit on the fence. 1. Abia – $151, 410, 816.39 2. Adamawa – $161, 968, 221.27 3. Akwa Ibom – $344, 122,584.90 4. Anambra – $162, 163, 091.98) 5. Bauchi – $182, 192, 756.59 6. Bayelsa – $329, 744, 322.49 7. Benue – $81, 580, 708.60 8. Borno – $194, 461, 850.74 9. Cross River – $160, 936, 263.51 10. Delta – $365, 655, 143.86 11. Ebonyi – $119, 419,427.28 12. Edo – $161, 354, 346, .83 13. Ekiti – $126, 432, 758.86 14. Enugu – $142, 034,…
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The Federal Government, the 36 state governments, and the Federal Capital Territory Administration currently owe foreign creditors a total of $11.41bn, the Debt Management Office has said. Statistics obtained from the DMO on Monday showed that while the Federal Government’s foreign debt stood at $7.84bn as of December 31, 2016, the 36 states of the federation and the FCTA owed $3.57bn. Of the country’s foreign debt, $7,988,221,870 came from multilateral agencies, including the World Bank and the African Development Bank. Another $198,245,989 came from France’s Agence Francaise De Development, while $3,219,808,738 came from bilateral agencies such as the China EXIM…
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When men of the DSS invaded Akwa Ibom State Govt House and came up with that ridiculous story of discovery of loads of dollars, many Nigerians hailed the service. Even though no evidence was presented apart from foreign photographs taken from online platforms, APC supporters were everywhere, clapping for the DSS for a job well done. When DSS turned Ekiti State to its only assignment, abducting members of the State House of Assembly and harassing other govt functionaries, the reaction from Buhari’s supporters was hailing and praising of the service for jobs well done. Was it not on the strength…
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EXCLUSIVE: How security agencies, INEC, Head of Service, others opposed legalisation of Peace Corps.
To some Nigerian youth, it is the newest way to gainful employment in service —the symbol of career opportunity in a society beset by acute joblessness, even among university graduates. To existing government agencies, though, it is an irritant scheming to make inroads into insufficient public coffers while also exploiting the forlorn situation of the jobless youth to swindle them. A host of existing law enforcement agencies led by the police and the State Security Service loathe the Nigerian Peace Corps, and they won’t stop at just that; they would also do all they can to ensure it is not…
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Africa CEO’s Forum is taking place in Geneva, and from what I glean from reports and clips, it is a full house. Imagine hosting Asia CEO’s Forum in London, or America’s CEO’s forum in Paris. How can Africa have faith in the progressive entrepreneurship of such a people? How can such CEOs who are mostly suffering from colonial infested inferiority complex think up the quality of ideas that can transform Africa? Imagine the number of First Class tickets so called Africa CEO’s will cough out to be in Geneva. And only one African airline (Egypt Air) has a direct flight…
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“An Igbo man sees the entire world as his village, while an Hausa man sees Kano as the Universe and a Yoruba man sees Lagos as his entire world. Nigeria is just too small to contain the Igbo man’s dreams, aspirations, industry, commerce and expertise. He needs a platform to rule and dominate the entire Universe which is Biafra. He does not really need oil to survive since he does not work in the civil service, public service, or does he constitute the majority of politicians or government contractors but earnestly needs FREEDOM to control his destiny. His dominion is…
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo didn’t hide his conviction about Abia, the indisputable commercial nerve center of the South Eastern Nigeria when he unequivocally remarked: “Nigeria has no business with China if all hands are on deck to develop Aba as a major industrial Base.” This was no exaggeration. It is true as the Vice President spoke from the point of experience and knowledge. Osinbajo During his acting presidency days, precisely on January 24, 2017, Osinbajo who is the head of Presidential Economic Team and had superintended over a couple of economic meetings and proposals launched the Micro Small and Medium…
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In an interview granted to sunnewsonline which was supposedly a herculean task, Alhaji Balarabe Musa also appeared not to be in a good mood last Tuesday morning when the correspondent went to his house, saying, “Apart from the fact that I am weak, I could not attend INEC meeting in Abuja because they gave only two days notice for the meeting, and I would have loved to attend the meeting myself, but I cannot. So I have asked the national secretary of my party to attend.” So with this situation, the former governor was not in his usual mood and…
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Donald Ekpo replies Alhaji Sagir. Sir, I want to thank you for your concern about the welfare of the people of the South South by exposing the plans of the Igbos to recolonize the region. But I am worried about the sincerity of these your concerns. Because of these worries, let us dissect and carefully assess your statements of fear and concerns in four (4) segments, so as not to repeat the mistakes of 1964, 1966 and 1967-1970s till date. In your carefully written letter or chat with the Journalists as reported in the national dallies yesterday, you clearly stated…
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The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has raised concern over the integrity of an intersection bridge otherwise called flyover being constructed by the administration of Governor Rochas Okorocha at Amawire, Akwakuma in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Briefing newsmen on the outcome of the council’s first quarterly meeting for 2017, President and Chairman of the council, Mr. Kashim Ali disclosed that a letter had been written to the governor requesting him to provide details of the consultants and contractors handling the project so that they can furnish the body with some necessary information. Ali warned that…
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The internally generated revenue (IGR) of Lagos state rose by approximately N33 billion from 2015 to 2016, beating 33 states put together. According to a report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the state recorded an IGR of N301.19 billion, a rise of N32.99 billion in one year. The total IGR from 33 states of the federation, excluding Delta, Ogun and Rivers states stood at N299 billion — over a billion less than Lagos IGR. Delta, Ogun and Rivers raked in N44.89 billion, N56.30 billion and N82.10 billion respectively. Like his predecessors, Bola Tinubu and Babatunde Fashola, Akinwunmi…
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In the light of the many commentaries I have come across on Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest by the Nigerian government and the right of Biafran people to self-determination, I am minded to try to comment on some of the legal issues raised by Radio Biafra’s broadcasts and which may have informed the government’s decision to arrest its director. I must state categorically from the beginning that as an Igbo by ethnic identification, I should be pleased with anything that would advance the Igbo cause and welfare but unfortunately any moderately thoughtful Igbo man who believes in the need to obey the…
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The resuscitated agitation for a sovereign state of Biafra has taken a new dimension with the setting up of Radio Biafra and many other internet fora carrying on the struggle for the break-up of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Unlike other initiatives directed towards achieving the same objective, the current attempt seems to have achieved greater notoriety and succeeded in galvanising certain segments of the Igbo community who feel victimised and alienated by the current arrangements in Nigeria into a renewed hope and zeal for the secession of Biafra from Nigeria. We will in this piece give a brief account…
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Eight Everyday Laws of Resisting Power 1. Do not trust anyone who has power over you, who has the power that can hurt you. 2. Do not trust anyone who has power over you when you have no countervailing powers of your own or you are not part of a group that can effectively stand up against the power over you. 3. Do not trust anyone who has power over you and he/she/it is not willing to democratize such power or to disarm. 4. Never forget that wherever there is power differential there is a huge potential for injustice, so…
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The rejection of the nomination of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday afternoon by the Senate on the basis of a security report compiled by the State Security Service is the height of official ridicule of the office of the President. It is high time President Buhari restrains the State Security Service from sabotaging the fight against corruption by the federal government. With respect to the Senate, the confirmation hearing hurriedly conducted on Wednesday was illegal in every material particular. The participation of many senators who are either under…
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An interesting piece but needs dissection and analysis….. I am disturbed by what’s happening in the Presidency and all Nigerians should feel concerned. President Buhari is the first Nigerian President that seriously proposed doing a full scale war against Corruption in the polity. No one doubted him as he had done it before in his first coming. When he eventually won the Presidency, the body language was frightful to the corrupt and he took off well enough. When Buhari appointed one little known Magu to head the EFCC no one raised an eyebrow. We all knew that this is one…
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In the following address given eleven years before Nigerian independence, Nnamdi Azikiwe calls for self-determination for the Ibo as they along with other ethnic groups march toward an inevitably free Nigeria.This address was delivered at the Ibo State Assembly held at Aba, Nigeria, on Saturday, June 25, 1949. Harbingers of a new day for the Ibo nation, having selected me to preside over the deliberations of this assembly of the Ibo nation, I am conscious of the fact that you have not done so because of any extraordinary attributes in me. I realize that I am not the oldest among…
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1. Over $4 billion worth of equipment currently sits on the site. 2. The project is slated to cost $14 billion (N2.8 trillion) of which Dangote is contributing $7 billion in equity. 3. The project site is larger than Victoria Island (x 4). It is located on 2135 hectares of land in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos near the Lekki Free Zone. 4. It is the largest industrial complex in Africa. Work goes on, on the site, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 5. World Record 2.72 million accident free hours recorded on site, without a single lost time to injuries.…
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Leading citizens of Yoruba nation are grieved by the recent disturbance in Ile Ife,the cradle of Yoruba civilization and its aftermath . We are concerned that lives were lost on our land as it is not in our character to open our land for blood -lettingThe whole world acknowledges that we welcome foreigners and go the extra mile to make them happy .And which explains why our space is hospitable and allows strangers to prosper and feel at home . . In Ife in particular,the Arewa community has a record of over 80 years stay in the ancient city and…
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A pro-democracy and Non-Governmental Organization- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA)has upbraided the Imo State governor Mr. Rochas Anayo Okorocha for threatening to banish the embattled traditional ruler of Obinugwu Autonomous Community, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya. In a statement by the National Coordinator Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Director Miss. Zainab Yusuf, HURIWA described the threat of banishment as made by the Imo State governor as primitive, illegal, unconstitutional and absolutely unacceptable just as the group demanded that the governor immediately stop uttering public statements that offend the principle and tenets of the constitution which he swore to…
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Federal Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi last week Friday in Lagos, explained to sand miners and other users of Nigerian inland waterways that the authority to regulate activities on the waterways in Nigeria belongs to National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA). Dr. Fayemi who was in Lagos as part of his Ministry’s nationwide town hall meeting with stakeholders held at Oriental Hotel Victoria Island, noted that the law of the land specifically mandated NIWA to manage and control all activities on all water bodies in Nigeria and that fact has not changed. “The position of…
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He loses all, if he loses the anti-corruption war. And he loses the anti-corruption war if he allows the likes of Lawal Daura, Bukola Saraki and the official clown of the Nigerian senate, Dino Melaye, to determine who becomes the Chairman of EFCC. No thanks to the unholy machinations of an unscrupulous cabal in the presidency, which formed a satanic partnership with a shamelessly crooked Senate, Ibrahim Magu, nominee of President Muhammadu Buhari as substantive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), was for the second time denied confirmation for that post by the Senate on the strength of…
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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), the umbrella body of Nigeria’s Fulani herdsmen, has commiserated with Benue Government over the recent clashes between herdsmen and Tiv farmers in some communities in Buruku Local Government Area of the state. The group’s message came Saturday, days after the Benue State government ordered armed herders to leave the state, accusing them of killing locals in the latest outbreak of violence in the Buruku area. Miyetti Allah group said while it commiserated with victims and the people of Benue, the government’s eviction order was “unconstitutional”. In a statement, the Secretary-General of the association,…
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The chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has said that following the Senate’s rejection of Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) twice, President Muhammadu Buhari cannot validly re-nominate the same candidate again. Mr. Melaye, while commenting on the debate in the media about whether Mr. Magu can continue to act as EFCC boss in spite of his failure to be confirmed by the Senate or whether the president can re-nominate him, Mr. Melaye said there was a provision of the Senate rules which would not…
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Ekene Isaac Mgbe, Ifeanyi Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Paulinus Ogbonna and Anthony and Augustina Arebu were killed on 7 and 8 June, 2005. The police tried to say they were armed robbers who had opened fire first. But a judicial panel of inquiry set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo rejected the police’s story and the government apologised on behalf of the police for their killings. Danjuma Ibrahim, The real coward behind the Apo killing, the low esteemed coward that chose to kill because a girl turned down his sexual advances The government paid $20,300 (£13,800) compensation to each of the…
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Nothing captures the criminal entity that Nigeria has since become better than the case of the 6 Igbo traders killed in Apo, a satellite town in Abuja on June 2005. If you want to have an indept understanding of the mindset of the organised crime family we call the Nigeria Police Force, just pay close attention to the case of the APO6. According to the proceedings at the criminal trial, the Apo6 –Ekene Isaac Mgbe, Ifeanyin Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Paulinus Ogbonna, Anthony and Augustina Arebu– were at a nightclub somewhere in Area 11, the same FCT, when Deputy Police commissioner,…
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1. Go and put on your uniform; and 2. Develop a Vehicle Information Management System (VIMS) software that will share information with the FRSC, Police, Insurance companies, and dismantlers (ndi mgbuka). VIMS would be the BVN for motor vehicles. With this system, if a vehicle has paid custom duties on VIMS at point of entry, inputting the Custom Certificate Number at the FRSC for vehicle registration will automatically populate the vehicle data except the name and address of the registrant. The system will not permit the FRSC to register any vehicle that was not cleared, and proper duties collected, by…
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EFCC/EC/JUS/07/263 21st December, 2016 THE HONOURABLE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION MINISTER OF JUSTICE Federal Ministry of Justice, Shehu Shagari Way, Abuja. RE: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS RE: REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES I most respectfully refer to your letter referenced HAGF/EFCC/2016/Vol.1/23 dated 19th December, 2016, asking me to respond within 48 hours to the allegations contained in a report written by the Department of State Service, DSS, and which provided the basis for the non-consideration of my confirmation on December 15, 2016, by the Senate. 2. Having carefully considered all the issues, I hereby present a point-by-point response as…
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A Lecture to Mark the Third Year Anniversary of His Excellency, Governor Willie Obiano, on 17th March, 2017: Governor’s Lodge, Awka. I: Introduction Every anniversary is a time for thanksgiving as well as time for deep and sober reflections. Since 1999, no consecutive three years have seen such level of turbulence and crisis in Nigeria’s economic and political life as the last three. Oil price collapsed, government revenues came under immense stress, exchange rate and inflation are at all-time high since 1999, unemployment has soared, insecurity and youth agitations intensified, workers and pensioners are owed by most state governments,…
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I am sure you have all heard about the accusations against a man of God, Apostle Suleman, by a Canada-based stripper who says she feels short-changed because Pastor Suleman reneged on his promise to marry her. You may also have read the response of the Omega Fire Ministries of Apostle Suleman to these allegations. Not that I agree or disagree with Omega Fire Ministries allegation that the Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir Elrufai is behind Apostle Suleman’s accuser, but there are many coincidences and it begs questions. Before I go into these coincidences, let me say that I know Malam…
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I used to love and respect Governor Aregbesola even though we belong to different political parties. I knew him to be a proud, strong, unrepentant and inspiring Yoruba nationalist who knew the history of the Yoruba inside out and who was ready to stand his ground and fight his corner with anybody at anytime in defence of the Yoruba cause. Yet now it appears that all that has changed. Seven years in public office as Governor has softened him and made him lose his nerve, his edge and his fighting spirit. One wonders what really happened to the fire-brand that…
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The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to remove the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, whose confirmation was rejected by the Senate on Wednesday. The committee further stated that Magu could continue in acting capacity indefinitely. It was learnt that the committee had resolved to communicate its resolution to the President in writing. The Chairman of the PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), who said this while reacting to Senate’s decision on Magu, insisted that the resolution was unanimous and that members were of the view that removing Magu…
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In response to the query President Muhammadu Buhari ordered, the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, questioned the sincerity and motive of the State Security Service, SSS, which accused him of integrity deficiency and professional misconduct, official correspondence showed. The SSS’ allegations blocked Mr. Magu’s confirmation as the substantive chairman of the EFCC, twice, as the agency repeatedly advised the Senate to reject his nomination because he “has failed the integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the anti-corruption drive of the present administration.” After the Senate first rejected Mr. Magu’s nomination…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday joined Muslims for the Jumat prayer inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Top government officials who joined Buhari for the prayer inside a mosque near his office included the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura; and the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Buhari’s nomination of Magu as substantive chairman was on Wednesday rejected by the Senate based on a security report by the DSS. Others who participated in the prayer are the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje; Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Minister of Interior,…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is not well. It is impossible to deny how severely emaciated, weak and discombobulated he has appeared since returning to Nigeria. This after 51 days supposedly resting in the United Kingdom. President Buhari’s first address Friday morning when he arrived was anything but coordinated, with the BBC describing parts of it as “rambling.” He missed Friday Jumaah prayers at the villa, which was quite telling. Describing his illness as the “worst ever” in his life, Buhari appeared to mention that he was even given blood while on medical leave. Convening the federal executive council meeting Wednesday, the…
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All over the world, debt instruments are recognized as development tools in the hands of individual entrepreneurs, corporations, agencies and governments who utilize them to raise the bars in the financial and economic wellbeing of the entities to which such facilities are applied. Loans or debt instruments are typically applied to projects, initiatives, schemes or concepts which re-position the borrowing entity by endowing them with regenerative capacity to raise performance standards so as not only to repay the loan obligation at a future date but to also acquire structural capacity to catapult them from one rung of the development or…
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When men of the DSS invaded Akwa Ibom State Govt House and came up with that ridiculous story of discovery of loads of dollars, many Nigerians hailed the service. Even though no evidence was presented apart from foreign photographs taken from online platforms, APC supporters were everywhere, clapping for the DSS for a job well done. When DSS turned Ekiti State to its only assignment, abducting members of the State House of Assembly and harassing other govt functionaries, the reaction from Buhari’s supporters was hailing and praising of the service for jobs well done. Was it not on the strength…
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A Statement of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria 1. The Struggle for Citizenship Since the end of Nigeria’s tragic civil war, at no other time in the history of our dear country has the issue of our common citizenship been subjected to more strain. We have witnessed the ubiquity and the rising profiles of ethnic militias and their increasing destructive violence against our commonwealth. We have witnessed a rise in the politics of identity with our people retreating to the womb of ethnicity. Thus, rather than breathe the free air of democracy since the end of military rule, our…
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I have been reluctant to write anything about the clash between the Yoruba and the Hausa Fulani in the ancient city of Ile-Ife and in which far many more people were killed than anyone cares to publicly admit. I was reluctant because Ile-Ife happens to be the home of my ancestors and indeed my hometown and for four generations my family have had a stake there and have been making meaningful contributions to the affairs and development of the community. Consequently I have an emotional attachment to the town and when I hear that a son or daughter of Ife…
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The Governor of Bayelsa State and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee, Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday described the comments by the Makarfi faction of the party, on the submission of his committee’s report as “mere propaganda”. According to him, rather than embark on name-calling, propaganda and outright lies, it was high time the party came together in the interest of peace. The governor said despite the sacrifices made by members of the committee, it was unfortunate that some persons within PDP were making “uncharitable comments” on the report which was meant to salvage the party. Mr. Dickson in…
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The trial of a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, for alleged diversion of N26 million from the office of the National security Adviser, was stalled on Tuesday due to the absence of the prosecution witness in court. Mr. Fani-Kayode is facing a five-count charge for the alleged diversion of the said sum at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. He had earlier been arraigned on a 17-count charge for alleged fraud at the Lagos Division of the same court. His recent trial was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, but was stalled following the inability of the prosecution witness…
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Omega Fire Ministries has accused Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of masterminding the recent series of spurious allegations of infidelity against its General Overseer, Apostle Johnson Suleman. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the church, through its spokesman and Communications Manager, Phrank Shaibu, stated that facts and available intelligence incontrovertibly pointed to the Kaduna Governor as the mastermind of the allegations. According to him, El-Rufai decided to sponsor the allegations as a strategy to silence Apostle Suleiman and to take revenge for the latter’s famed audacity of standing against the persecution and killing of Christians in Southern…
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Federal public servants who retired since January 2016 on Thursday staged a protest at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja over their unpaid pensions to the tune of N200 billion. The retirees under the auspices of the League of Federal Service Contributory Pension Retirees, led by the Coordinator, Mr Chike Ogbechie said that workers who retired 15 months ago were yet to receive their pension. He said the association had made a submission to the National Assembly on the 2017 budget to look into their plight. “The next time we come here, we are going to occupy this premises;…
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The House of Representatives says the March 30 deadline set for the passage of 2017 Appropriation Bill by the National Assembly is not sacrosanct. Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas, made this known on Thursday in Abuja. Namdas said that the new software used in the process was slowing down the work of the Appropriation committee. “I want to say that the March 30 deadline, just for the purpose of records, may not be actually sacrosanct because of the new development that has risen. “We have new budget software and it is different…
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A former Group Managing Director of the state oil firm, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, was on Thursday arraigned on a six-count charge of fraud at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The former oil chief was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after he admitted owning over $9.8 million cash found in a house that also belongs to him in Kaduna State. On Thursday, he pleaded not guilty to the charge filed by the EFCC. Justice Ahmed Mohammed then ordered he be remanded in Kuje prison pending the determination of his bail application on March 21. Delivering the short ruling,…
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“I was not appointed Comptroller General to wear uniform,” Customs’ Hameed Ali replies senators The Senate has driven away the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, after he appeared before the lawmakers in mufti. Mr. Ali’s appearance without uniform, on Thursday after his failure to appear on Wednesday, was contrary to the resolution of the Senate which asked that he must wear “appropriate” uniform to brief them over the now suspended policy on duty payment. The Senate unanimously resolved to drive away Mr. Ali, following George Sekibo’s motion. The Senate further resolved that he should appear again next…
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A human rights group in Nigeria, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, INTERSOCIETY, has has published a special report titled, Welcome to Bleeding Republic of Nigeria: A Land Flowing with Blood and Tears, detailing the regime atrocities of the General Muhammadu Buhari regime. The report which was released on Sunday, March 12, 2017, is a compilation of widespread human rights abuses in Nigeria in the past 20 months of the four-year tenure of the the Buhari government. It covers the period 1st June 2015 to 31st January 2017 and reveals that a shocking 11,000 people have…
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday Called on the Federal Government to urgently constitute a presidential task force to disarm all herdsmen in Buruku Federal Constituency, other parts of Benue State and throughout the Federal republic of Nigeria. This was contained in a motion jointly sponsored by the Benue State caucus in the House of Representatives. Speaking on behalf of the lawmakers, the Chairman, Rules and Business, Orker Jev (APC), lamented that communities in Buruku local government area of Benue State, especially Binev Council ward, was invaded by “armed and strange herdsmen”. “The herdsmen destroyed farms, plundered yam barns and…
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Senator representing Kaduna Central at the Senate, Shehu Sani, has slammed the Nigerian government for refusing to honour rulings from the ECOWAS court. Sen. Sani made this remark in a social media post after the ECOWAS court, sitting in Abuja, threw out an application by the Federal Government seeking the court to reject an application brought by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is asking the court to order the government to release him unconditionally and pay him $800 million in damages. Sani, known for his blunt opinions, lamented Nigeria’s penchant for ignoring…
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….says Nigeria will not break The President of Pentecostal Sanctuary Bible Ministries Worldwide, Prophet Sunday Iyunade has predicted a possible end to the reign of democracy in Nigeria after the administration of Muhammadu Buhari. The prophet who had predicted the emergence of Donald Trump as the President of the United States of America, the recession being experienced in Nigeria among other prophesied that hardship in the country may continue for the next four years. He said this in Ijebu-Ode while addressing newsmen at a press conference heralding the 21st anniversary and 15th convention of the Ministry , Prophet Iyunade called…
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Senate president, Bukola Saraki, and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, just concluded a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential Villa, Abuja. Saraki and Dogara, said they visited President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss matters of “national interest”. Senator Saraki told the press shortly after the meeting on Tuesday, March 14, that the president engaged them very well. He said they specifically “came to discuss issues and activities of the National Assembly during the absence of the president”, Premium Times reports. According to the Senate president, the meeting centred on the “budget, the economy,…
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Nigeria inflation rate finally fell for the first time since 2015 as consumer price index (CPI), which measures inflation in the economy went down in what signals as a recovery in the Nigerian economy even as price of food commodities continue to rise. Inflation rate falls for the first time in 15 months The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the inflation rate dropped from 18.72 percent in January 2017, to 17.78 percent in February 2017. However, the price of food commoditoes like garo, rice have skyrocketed by over 70 per cent between February 2016 and February 2017. The National…
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I am Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and I approve this message for every supporter or sympathizer of Biafra (like myself). We are all very familiar with the Igbo proverb that a goat that died in a barn was not killed by hunger. This proverb sadly encapsulates the reality facing Ndigbo in Nigeria today. Our barn is full of yams as we can boast of men and women that can deliver good governance. Our challenge (a puzzle) as a people is how to stop the goat from dying in the barn. The good news is that I know how water entered the…
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Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), on Wednesday, failed to appear before the Senate. Ali said he was bereaved. “I’ll make myself available whenever I’m needed in future,” the Customs CG told the Senate in his second letter to the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, which was read at the plenary on Wednesday. Saraki also read a statement issued by the NCS, in which the service said the policy on payments of duties on old vehicles had been ‘put on hold’. The lawmakers have, however, expressed their dissatisfaction with Ali’s excuses for his nonappearance.…
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British interests are very clearly revealed in the declassified files. IT’S LONG BUT HISTORY Enthusiasts will find it is a treasure case of information. ‘Our direct interests are trade and investment, including an important stake by Shell/BP in the eastern Region. There are nearly 20,000 British nationals in Nigeria, for whose welfare we are of course specially [sic] concerned’, the Foreign Office noted a few days before the outbreak of the war. Shell/BP’s investments amounted to around £200 million, with other British investment in Nigeria accounting for a further £90 million. It was then partly owned by the British government,…
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A namby-pamby London-based newspaper that goes by its appropriate name, “Observer”, falsely observed that former President Goodluck Jonathan purportedly rejected an offer from the British government to help rescue the abducted Chibok girls during the Jonathan administration. This is not the first time a foreign based newspaper would stoop so low to allow itself be used by spin doctors of the current administration in Nigeria to continue to futilely attempt to smear Jonathan’s gargantuan image and whose records have remained unmatchable, hence, a source of concern to this government, and exposure of their ineptitude and perfunctory approach to governance…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to the country after after about two-month medical vacation in London, United Kingdom. The presidential jet that conveyed Buhari landed at the Air Force Base in Kaduna at 7.40am. He will be conveyed in an helicopter to the Presidential Villa, Abuja where top government officials are already waiting to receive him. Those already at the helipad include Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari; Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello; National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno; Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura; Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. DETAILS LATER………..
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WikiLeaks published thousands of documents Tuesday it described as the CIA’s hacking arsenal in what the website called the “largest ever publication of confidential documents on the agency.” Wikileaks said the document dump from the CIA Center for Cyber Intelligence represents a new series of leaks it had code-named “Vault 7.” The website says the CIA “lost control of the majority of its hacking arsenal,” more than several hundred million lines of code, providing “the entire hacking capacity of the CIA.” Wikileaks says the archive appears to have been circulated among former government hackers and contractors, one of whom…
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PRESS RELEASE: IMO STATE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION CALL ON GOVERNOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO IMO PEOPLE AND DEMAND A FULL EXPLANATION FROM HIM ON THE RUNNING OF IMO STATE FINANCES. BACKGROUND: We members of independent Newspaper Publishers Association (INPA) as stakeholders in Imo state and who are operating and contributing our quota especially in the areas of job creation particularly in the media industry in the state and also, in line with our core responsibility of being the watchdog of the society and acting as a link between the government and the governed in the state, it…
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In 44 BC the respected Roman seer and soothsayer Spurinna warned the great Consul and ruler of the Roman Empire Julius Caesar about the “ides of March”. He counselled him not to go out on that day because he had perceived that something terrible would happen. According to the Roman calendar the ides of March was the 15th of March. Caesar treated the prophecy and the warning with ridicule and contempt, as is often the case with most men of power, and he chose to ignore it. According to the Greek historian and essayist Plutarch, on the morning of March…
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Permit me to begin the second part of this essay with a word from Dr. Shuaib Musa Zaria, who is a leading member of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) and who is a close confidante and associate of Sheik El Zak Zaky, the wounded and detained leader of the Shiite Muslim community in Nigeria. I have his permission to share his thoughts and words. On 4th March 2017 he wrote, “Since the brutal clampdown on innocent people of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in December 2015, things went out of Buhari’s hands. The economy went haywire and everything…
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What are we waiting for? Isn’t it very obvious even to the daftest that the contraption called Nigeria is a failed state by every definition and every parameter? Is this what a country of 186 million people supposed to be? Should we continue to sustain a country that is unsustainable? Should we continue to live a lie and in self denial when all onlookers know that we are merely living the life of the ostrich? This country is no longer together. In fact and in truth it has never been together. If it was ever together it was before 1914,…
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What are we waiting for? Isn’t it very obvious even to the daftest that the contraption called Nigeria is a failed state by every definition and every parameter? Is this what a country of 186 million people supposed to be? Should we continue to sustain a country that is unsustainable? Should we continue to live a lie and in self denial when all onlookers know that we are merely living the life of the ostrich? This country is no longer together. In fact and in truth it has never been together. If it was ever together it was before 1914,…
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The Senate on Wednesday began a probe into alleged non-remittance of revenue into the Federation Account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The NNPC was alleged to have failed to account for revenue amounting to about N5.1tn between 2006 and 2016. The probe was based on a motion moved by Senator Dino Melaye and titled, ‘Discrepancies in subsidy payment and non-remittance of funds by the NNPC to the Federation Account.’ Melaye said although independent marketers accounted for 49 per cent of imported petroleum products and the NNPC accounted for 51 percent, it did not justify the huge amount the corporation…
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These Documents which were widely publicized had each been advertised in Nigeria’s National Dailies including the Guardian, Thisday, Vanguard and Sun apart from several online publications. This is just to assure us that the contents have been in the public domain. By way of Summarizing the 6 Documents, and to situate their contents within the Igbo Quo Vadis Debate, I will list each with short comment on what they represent. (1) ALADINMA EPISTLE: This was a 2012 publication of Aladinma, which is the Igbo Caucus of the Lower Niger Congress. In that Epistle, the Igbo perspective to the whole Nigeria…
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Regions since 1914 were carved with Lagos Federal District formed in 1954. The regions gained self-rule on 1 Oct 1954. Military governors were installed after the coup of 15 Jan 1966. During the abolition of federalism 24 May – 31 Aug 1966, the regions were re-designated “groups of provinces,” and the governors continued in office under the new designations. In 27 May 1967 the regions were dissolved and 12 states created instead. Upon independence Nigeria was divided into three regions Northern, Eastern, Western and the federal district Lagos. These regions had own flags and own coats of arms. The flags…
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Recent literature on politics in Africa and the third world is replete with accounts of the rise of “mostly antisystem, mostly grassroots, movements with a variety of political, social and economic goals …which are often beyond the control of the states…” (Haynes, 1997:vii,3). Another account refers to groups which interact with the state “by bypassing it …by defining [themselves] in relation to economic, political or cultural systems which transcend the state, by submerging the state with its spectacular claims and mobilisations” (Bayart, 1991:60; also Bayat, 1997). The phenomenon described in these accounts is referred to in the literature as exit,…
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There is another marathon essay on the President spiced with another interesting GMB story from my TBO archives, but this time coming at its tail end. Right now, let us go on with the agenda of the discussion: PMB’s health, how it affects his function as our President, and what should be done about it. Crisis It is becoming clear that PMB has an illness which is a bit graver than the ear problem he suffered before. I have no idea of what it is but unequivocal facts point directly to that. His stay away from his seat is taking…
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Exclusive: By Editor, Denisaurus News On Thursday 19 January 2017, President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB wrote a letter to the National Assembly asking to take a 10-day leave the following week. Not long… Source: Revealed: President Buhari Was Poisoned But All Those Involved Have Been Identified By The DSS
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At the stakeholders’ meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today in Abuja. We shall overcome and build a formidable party that will take its pride of place in the polity. COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AFTER A MEETING OF STAKEHOLDERS OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON THE 20TH FEBRUARY 2017 WHEREAS: A. Following the repugnant attempt by Sen. Ali Modu Sherrif and other undemocratic forces to undermine and take over the Peoples Democratic Party, the National Convention of the party held at Port Harcourt on the 21st day of May 2016 dissolved the then National Working Committee and the National Executive Committee…
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A Keynote Address By His Majesty, Nnaemeka A. Achebe, CFR, mni, Obi of Onitsha, Agbogidi, On The Occasion Of The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration Of Anambra State, On 03 October At The Professor Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Centre, Awka. “Aku Lue Uno” Protocols . . . I stand here in great awe and trepidation before you all. The reason is simply that I feel totally unqualified for this important assignment. There are indeed so many Ndi Anambra that are more eminently qualified to do justice to the subject. Nevertheless, I will persevere to do my best since, in the words of…
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By EMEKA OJUKWU ~ General of the People’s Army INTRODUCTION PROUD AND COURAGEOUS BIAFRANS,FELLOW COUNTRY MEN AND WOMEN, I salute you. Today, as I look back over our two years as a sovereign and independent nation, I am overwhelmed with the feeling of pride and satisfaction in our performance and achievement as a people. Our indomitable will, our courage, our endurance of the severest privations, our resourcefulness and inventiveness in the face of tremendous odds and dangers, have become proverbial in a world so bereft of heroism, and have become a source of frustration to Nigeria and her foreign…
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With the economic crisis in the country hitting businesses hard, telecommunication firms are opting for drastic measures to boost revenue. Telecoms companies in the country are hoping to address concerns over revenue loss from international calls and hit a revenue target of N20tn by blocking subscribers from accessing Skype and other Over-the-Top services. It was reliably gathered that subscribers might also be prevented from performing certain functions like voice and video calls on WhatsApp and Facebook, among other OTT services. Skype is a proprietary Voice-over Internet Protocol software for calling other people on their computers or mobile phones. Phone calls…
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Lord Justice Fulford was named last year as an adviser to the Queen He was a key backer of the notorious Paedophile Information Exchange Police suspect the group of abusing children on an ‘industrial scale’ He is revealed as a founder member of campaign to defend PIE At the time it was calling for the age of consent to be lowered to just four I clashed with Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) global leaders at the Wales conference in Swansea in 1977. Tom O’Carroll is still accepted and active on a sexnet chat group of experts in “sexology” although he writes…
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Saturday declared that it had no interest in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election. The group said they were aware of the efforts by some politicians trying to drag its name into Nigerian politics. IPOB in a statement forwarded by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, said they remained committed to the leadership of its founder, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, whom he described as their prophet. According to him, IPOB was not interested in any political party and would in no way support any politician in Nigeria. The statement reads: “IPOB and its leadership worldwide warn those…
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CNN GOT CAUGHT DEAD IN THE WATER. Trump has been calling out the mainstream media and specifically CNN for bias reporting or “fake news”. They have been caught several times skewing facts or prematurely reporting from sources before they are confirmed. President Trump isn’t the only one that has felt the searing pain of the CNN truth-benders. A Former CEO of a West Palm Beach hospital lost his job over CNN false reporting and he took them to court because of it…and then he won! Read on below for more details. Those who accuse CNN and other mainstream media outlets…
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Late last month, as a section of the country awaited the triumphant return of James Ibori, an ex-governor of Delta State, who was jailed, incidentally, in the UK for his egregious looting of his state’s treasury while in office, the Nigerian media landscape was abuzz with stories about the mind-boggling salaries, allowances and other perquisites of office that elected officials and state functionaries in the country enjoy. According to the report in Vanguard newspaper, forty-seven former governors from 21 states in the country, draw as much as N37.4 billion from the public treasury. There are twenty-one serving senators currently receiving…
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A press conference was addressed today by the National Chairman of PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff in Abuja over the Court of Appeal judgement yesterday recognizing him as the authentic Chairman of the Party.. According to him, the victory at the court was a victory for all PDP members including those belonging to the Makarfi faction. According to him, he’ll start consulting every stakeholder in the Party including the Governors, National Assembly and BOT in order to organize a unified National convention of the Party… He assured that everyone will come back to the Party as one unified Party. According to…
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Diplomats say President Muhammadu Buhari routes official trips via London in order to see his doctor and avoid declaring medical leave all the time, Reuters reports. The diplomats are unnamed, but they are thought to be from Western countries. Buhari is currently in the UK for vacation during which, he said, he would undergo medicals for an undisclosed ailment. He was scheduled to return to the country on February 5 – at the end of his 10-day vacation – but he extended the time indefinitely, citing advice from his doctor that he should wait to get his test results as…
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Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital will quake today as high profile Nigerians from diverse walks of life- government, politics, the industry, professions, sports and entertainment circuit storm the city, the nation’s second largest, for the 13th edition of The Sun Awards. Former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku will be the Chairman of the event billed to kick off at 4pm. Nineteen eminent Nigerians are being honoured in 14 categories of the awards hosted every year since 2004 by The Sun Publishing Ltd, publishers of The Sun titles, to recognise and promote excellence, innovation and courage. Among the dignitaries expected at…
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Dele Momodu, Publisher of Ovation International, says President Muhammadu Buhari is not comfortable disclosing his actual ailment. He added that images released by the presidency proved that the nation’s leader was not yet fit to return to Nigeria to resume the task of governance. This is just as Coalition of Urhobo Nation Youth Leaders and Stakeholders (CUNYLS), has asked the presidency to release video recording of President Buhari. In his latest article published on Saturday, titled ‘President Buhari and his London vistors’, Dele Momodu lamented that there was a theatre of the absurd ongoing in the city of London. He…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is keenly interested in the ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into how state governors spent the N552.74 billion Paris Club loan refund shared to the states by the Federal Government last December. A highly-placed official in the Presidency disclosed yesterday. The official, who pleaded not to be named, revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari particularly got interested in the matter following “mind-boggling allegations” in the way the governors expended the funds. According to the official, the position of President Buhari’s administration is that the governors concerned should go and face the probe. The…
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Over N94.5 million will be spent on bullet-proof tyres for President Muhammadu Buhari and others this year, State House Permanent Secretary Jalal A. Arabi has said. Canteen and kitchen equipment will cost N100.8 million. These are part of the breakdown of the State House budget presented by Arabi to the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs. The number of treated (bulletproof) tyres that will be bought with N94.5 million was, however, not specified. Arabi told the committee that N94.5 million (50% of the actual sought for in 2016) is proposed for this year. The amount is expected to…
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Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-rufai has disclosed that his refusal to appoint as commissioners, any of the people Senator Shehu Sani sent to him in 2015 triggered the anger and media outbursts he has suffered in the hands of the Senator. Gov. el-rufai said this in a chat with in Kaduna. He said that the nominees Sani sent to him for appointment were dropped because of lack of necessary academic competence and capacity to function as commissioners and not out of vendetta because Sani defeated his own candidate during the APC primaries. The governor also said that Sani’s opinion…
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As the agitation for the restoration and actualization of Biafra continue, the Ohaneze Ndigbo has declared that the people of the South East are no longer comfortable being part of Nigeria. This they blamed on marginalisation by the present Nigerian government under the Buhari-led administration. While addressing Igbo leaders during an interactive forum in Lagos, Nnia Nwodo, the President-General of the socio-political Igbo organisation, reportedly lamented the continued marginalization of Ndigbo on the scheme of things which borders on security and many others. His words: “We don’t feel that we are part of this country. The statement I made earlier…
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A former governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has declared that no politician of Igbo origin that contests under the All Progressives Congress, APC, will win any election in the South east. Lamenting that the region had not benefited anything from the APC-controlled government since 2015, Ezeife described those joining the APC in Anambra State as those who wanted governorship position through the back door. Ezeife spoke in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Wednesday at the public presentation of the biography of the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko. He said, “South-eastern people are not going to the…
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Some elders in Rivers state under the aegis of Rivers Elders Consultative Council have accused the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi of deceiving the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo during his visit to the state. Recall that Osinbajo had on Tuesday addressed a stakeholders’ meeting of the APC in Port Harcourt, the state capital, shortly after a Town Hall Meeting in the state. The elders’ Council alleged that Amaechi rented the crowd that attended the stakeholders forum of the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a statement by the Executive Secretary of the council, Granville Abiye Goergewill, the forum explained that the…
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Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Mr Ayodele Fayose has called on Nigerians to rise in unison to pray to God to save Nigeria from imminent collapse, lamenting that “Nigeria is in dire need of divine salvation at this critical time.” The governor said it was time for men of good conscience to come together, irrespective of the political affiliations to salvage the country from this present state of uncertainty, which was occasioned by the cluelessness and insincerity of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government, saying; “It is painful…
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The Forex fraud which allegedly took place in the Central Bank of Nigeria might have taken a serious nature as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami has issued a query to Godwin Emefiele. The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele might have landed himself in trouble following allegations of corruption in the CBN’s foreign exchange allocation and transactions. The incident has forced the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), to issue him a query as Malami added, on Wednesday, that the fraud allegations…
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Reading comments by some “Biafra” Agitators, one problem the LNC has observed is that most of those who are warming up for one great war of machetes and guns with Nigeria are the ones who have not taken the trouble to understand that the LNC committed a huge chunk of its energies to first asphyxiate the monster called Nigeria to stupor and death as a Strategy for freeing its many captives including Eastern Nigeria. This is totally different from the calculations of those who are thinking only in terms of Biafra that will fight the rest of Nigeria with…
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Buhari, as a dictator in the 80s, and as the President now. It is an ancestral duty to fight such living dictators until, one-by-one, they expire to embrace their graves. Then, their victims shall grace their wakes with crocodile tears and melodious sounds of the “Amazing Grace.” I know that Africans do not like discussing death until it strikes like a lightening. But at all times, we must not be shy to discuss death because it is an inevitable dilemma waiting on every individual. Now a tenant in an obscure hospital in London, Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari, whether dead or…
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For nearly two decades running we have ”enjoyed” civilian democratic governance. Every 4-year circle of tenure has left us worse than we were. Even when we made unprecedented revenue from oil , it did not translate too much, as poverty only doubled during the same period. The violence associated with our elections has been on the increase, to a point that INEC was not able to hold elections at times. The corruption associated with governance has completely paralyzed development and gone to such astonishing heights that it has become proverbial. The economy has literally crushed in all but name and…
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