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Acting Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Ebonyi State chapter, Pastor Eze Nwachukwu Eze, has faulted the statement credited to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State against Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, describing it as noisy rantings and insult of the highest order. In a statement, Eze noted that Okorocha’s antecedents hardly placed him in a position to judge others in delivering democracy dividends to the people. “Imo State, the reference point of non-payment of salaries to workers, alleged fraudulent projects, and calculated deceit of the masses under Okorocha cannot be in a position to discuss a…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday ordered the Ministry of Finance to pay the Super Falcons their entitlements. The Falcons, who beat hosts Cameroon 1-0 to win the African Women’s Cup of Nations in Yaounde on December 3, were forced to embark on protest in Abuja after the Nigeria Football Federation failed to pay them their bonuses and allowances. The eighth time African champions marched on the Presidential Villa on Wednesday to press home their demands. The Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, told State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa that Buhari had directed the Minister of…
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RUSSIAN HACKERS STRUCK AT THE HEART OF THE U.S. MILITARY IN AUGUST 2015 BY SEIZING THE E-MAIL SYSTEM USED BY THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, CBS NEWS HAS LEARNED. Then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey was alerted to the attack by an early-morning phone call from the Director of the National Security Agency, Admiral Mike Rogers. Now retired, Dempsey told CBS News in an exclusive interview that the attack was proceeding at an alarming speed. Within an hour, hackers had seized control of the unclassified e-mail system used by the Pentagon’s Joint Staff, the organization of some 3,500 military…
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The federal government yesterday confirmed the discovery of crude oil in Borno State, North East Nigeria, thus raising the hope of the region joining the league of oil producing areas in the not-too-distant time. The disclosure was made by the permanent secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Jamila Shua’ra, when she presented her welcome address at the presentation of the 2016 petroleum sector scorecard held at the auditorium of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PDF) in Abuja yesterday. She brandished the discovery of crude oil in Borno State as one of the achievements of the ministry during the year, saying,…
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Air passengers in Nigeria are stranded at airports nationwide, as airline operators jostle for aviation fuel, amidst scarcity that is getting worse. On Tuesday, the passengers, some of whom were on transit, waited endlessly for the departure hall. While few were lucky to later travel, others were later informed that their scheduled flights had been cancelled. Aviation fuel, otherwise called Jet-A1, is a specialised type of petroleum-based fuel used to power aircraft and normally accounts for over 30 per cent of operation cost of an airline. Jet-A1 is 100 per cent imported into Nigeria and subject to fluctuations…
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I am not sure what to say about us, Nigerians. Should I praise the Nigerian spirit for resilience in the face of a misery index those from countries seen as the pits of hell want to get away from? Or, should one castigate the people of the country for acting like zombies as their inchoate economy retrenches further, facilities collapse in such a manner that a Nigeria regional manager for South African Airways uses words that suggest our major airports are epidemics waiting to break out? But if truth be told, what puzzles me the most about the Nigerian…
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Anthony Sani is the immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the spokesman of the Northern delegates in the 2014 National Conference. In this interview, he says that despite the calls for restructuring, it would not be the way out of Nigeria’s problems. He also speaks on other issues. Q- Do you advocate for states to have more control of their natural resources as is being suggested by those who are pro-restructuring? A- When people talk of restructuring and for states to control their resources, one begins to wonder if such agitators feign ignorance of…
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that all computer-based centres to be accredited for the registration of 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), must now have Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras. This was revealed by JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, during an interactive meeting with operators of CBT centres from across the country, at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Oloyede explained that this was necessary, to avoid errors of the past. He also stated that the new process has made cybercafe operators redundant, as the computer-based centres to be accredited must have 250 desktop or laptop systems in…
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New research finds that in Africa, the poor are more likely to pay bribes than those who are well off. But shouldn’t we expect that officials seeking bribes wouldn’t target poor people because they don’t have much money? Caryn Peiffer and Richard Rose, authors of the recent study (ungated), show that the poor are more likely to pay bribes because they are more vulnerable to bribery. They argue that poor people are vulnerable because they rely on the government for public services. Is Africa paving a road out of poverty? Peiffer and Rose’s study corroborate results from an earlier…
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Among the different ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Igbo are without a doubt, one of the most remarkable. So remarkable, indeed, that some have even traced their ancestry to biblical Israel, as the far-flung descendants of Jacob, the Jewish patriarch. Gad, Jacob’s seventh son, is said to have had three sons who settled in South-eastern Nigeria. These sons; Eri, Arodi and Areli, are believed to have fathered clans in Igbo-land and to have founded such Igbo towns as Aguleri, Arochukwu, Owerri and Umuleri. Igbo genius Even the bitterest adversaries of the Igbo cannot but admit that, as a people,…
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– The vice president is headed for a 2-day official visit – Osinbajo’s visit coincides with that of Buhari who is to visit Gambia Nigeria’s vice president Yemi Osinbajo, is set for a two-day official visit in Algeria. Osinbajo is to set-off to the North African nation on Tuesday December 13, Vanguard reports. The visit is on the invitation of the Algerian government, a statement issued by the vice presidential spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, said on Monday, During the visit, Osinbajo, who would be received by the Algerian Prime Minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, is to hold talks with the Algerian President…
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As the world waits with bated breath for the outcome of the on-going clinical trial of HIV vaccine in South Africa, scientists in Nigeria appear to have hit the bull’s eye in the search for the effective medical cure for HIV/AIDS. A research team at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State led by Prof. Maduike Ezeibe has been able to prove that Medicinal Synthetic Aluminium-magnesium Silicate (MSAMS), which it developed, can cure HIV/AIDS. The result of the clinical trial of the antiretroviral efficacy of MSAMS in male and female HIV/AIDS patients was published in…
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Amnesty International, Al, has tasked Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, to investigate the extrajudicial executions of peaceful Biafrans in the state. It is noteworthy that Anambra state has witnessed the most gruesome mass killings of innocent Biafrans who were on peaceful protest and demonstration. The International Human Rights watchdog began a petition online tagged “ADDRESS IMPUNITY: INVESTIGATE THE KILLINGS OF BIAFRA ACTIVISTS NOW!”, urging people to sign the petition on their website. Al, stated that since August 2015, Nigeria security forces has executed not less than 150 members of Indigenous People of Biafra on peaceful assembly, injuring and abducting…
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The Buhari administration has since inception been faced with several challenges. From insurgency, militancy, corruption, economic downturn to recent agitations for restructuring the federation. In an interview with May Agbamuche-Mbu, Jude Igbanoi and Tobi Soniyi, former NBA President Olisa Agbakoba SAN proffered possible solutions to the present political challenges and expounded his views on other matters of national importance. Q- After nearly four decades at the Bar, an illustrious career that has earned you a reputation as one of the foremost Human Rights lawyers in Nigeria, and an expanding legal practice covering the length and breadth of a full service…
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said states opposed to the sale and consumption of alcohol have no business should not benefit from tax paid on alcohol. He also said the country does not need more states because existing states are too weak and unviable to be federating units. Atiku spoke at the public presentation of a book, “Nigerian Federalism: Continuing Quest for Stability and Nation-Building”, produced by the African Policy Research Institute. The former Vice President, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), also said: “We must acknowledge that in federal systems that work, federating units cede…
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Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, is set to be appointed as UN Deputy Secretary General, PREMIUM TIMES learnt. Ms. Mohammed was appointed minister by President Muhammadu Buhari in November last year. An official statement is expected to confirm her new UN position. She is expected to be the deputy to Antonio Guterres, who will assume office as Secretary General of the world body on January 1, 2017. Ms. Mohammed had formerly served as an adviser to the outgoing UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Details later…
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“You know what, if I am president, what is it? Coal? Enugu State take your coal! Oil? Niger Delta take your oil! But I have the power of taxation. If your income from coal is N1 trillion I will say pay the Federal Government 70 per cent. That is your business. If you raise N10 trillion from oil, take your money but pay 75 per cent to the Federal Government” -Atiku, Vanguard Tuesday, December 25, 2012. At a recent event in Enugu, Atiku floated an idea which I can only describe as dangerous, which has gone relatively undebated. However,…
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Atiku canvasses true federalism, says Nigeria’s structure “not working” Nigeria as currently constituted is an entity that is rooted in corruption, impunity and injustice and thus must be reconstituted, a former vice-president said on Monday. Atiku Abubakar, who served under former President Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999-2007, said at a forum in Abuja that the current system is the bane of Nigeria and not the individuals running it. “Political and civic leaders from across the country must come together, discuss, negotiate and make the necessary compromises and sacrifices needed to restructure our federation to make us a stronger, more united, productive,…
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The Nigerian Navy has approved the promotion of 73 senior officers to various higher ranks, the Director of Naval Information, Christian Ezekobe, has said. In a statement Saturday, Mr. Ezekobe, a Rear Admiral, said the exercise saw the promotion of 15 new Rear Admirals, 39 Commodores and 19 Captains. The 15 Commodores promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral are Commodore PA Onaji, Commodore MA Emuekpere, Commodore AB Lawal, Commodore TT Dakwat, Commodore SMD Usman, Commodore MC Okonkwo, Commodore FO Isaac, Commodore SA Adebari, Commodore OH Ngalabak, Commodore AB Adamu, Commodore OB Daji and Commodore COR Ezekobe (Director Naval Information).…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has said about 53 per cent of travellers give bribes to workers and officials at the Lagos and Abuja international airports. The ICPC Chairman, Ekpo Nta, said this, while unveiling a report on the Corruption Risk Assessment done on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The report was part of activities to mark the World’s Anti-Corruption Day celebration, which held on Friday. The ICPC chairman said the recommendations of the report would be presented to the aviation agencies for implementation. He added that…
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The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, has dismissed as false, claims by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, that President Muhammadu Buhari is unfair to the Igbo. The Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-political body of the Igbo, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, had on Friday said the organisation backed former President Goodluck Jonathan against Buhari in the 2015 presidential election because Buhari had always been unfair to Igbo. Nwaorgu, who said Ohanaeze had no regrets for the decision to support Jonathan,…
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Top Republicans blasted reports from anonymous US intelligence sources that Russia hacked Democratic e-mail accounts with the intention of swaying Americans to vote for Donald Trump. Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer demanded Saturday that the Central Intelligence Agency show evidence Russia intervened in the election. “What proof does anyone have that they affected the outcome? Because I’ve heard zero. OK?” he told CNN. “So show me what facts have actually shown that anything undermined that election.” “If [the CIA] is so certain it happened, why won’t they go on the record and say it?” Intelligence sources told The New…
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The Supreme Court yesterday voided laws enacted by the states’ Houses of Assembly which allow governors to sack elected Chairmen of Local Governments and Councillors and replace them with appointed administrators. It has of recent become a tradition among governors to dissolve the Executive Councils of the states’ LGs and replace them with their appointees, who they call caretaker committees. In a unanimous judgement of five Justices of the Supreme Court described the practice as “executive recklessness”, which must not be allowed to persist. The judgment by the five-man panel, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour was on the appeal in…
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There are ongoing alignments and re-alignments in the nation’s political space ahead of the 2019 general elections. Take a look at the recent events within the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). Since after Friday, May 29, 2015 when the APC took over the mantle of leadership at the centre with a commanding majority in the nation’s parliament – both Senate and the House of Representatives, the ruling party had been sharply divided until last week over the leadership crisis in the National Assembly. The crisis was fueled by President Muhammadu Buhari’s initial nonchalance to party affairs and the dissatisfaction of…
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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the yesterday rerun National and State House of Assembly elections in Rivers State as a sad reminder of the level of destruction already done to the country’s electoral process by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Mohammadu Buhari, saying; “Free, fair and credible election is dead in the country and that whatever victory that is recorded by any political party in the Rivers State election will be nothing but victory at gun-point.” The governor lamented that it was worrisome that the legacy of free, fair and credible election left by…
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The federal government has outlined a 10-point fiscal roadmap to reset the economy to a path of growth. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun revealed the outline when she represented Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the annual dinner of the Lagos Business School. She itemised the fiscal policies and actions to be rolled out to tackle the key barriers to growth. Adeosun noted that “the Federal Government’s Fiscal Roadmap is addressing barriers to growth that will drive productivity, generate jobs and broaden wealth creating opportunities to achieve inclusive growth.” She stated that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is determined to…
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Our investigations reveal that Mr. Kyari has used his powerful position, with President Buhari’s apparent acquiescence, to strike a variety of lucrative but dubious deals, political and financial, for himself and his friends. Sahara Reporters has unearthed details of how Abba Kyari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, is cutting huge financial deals in different sectors of the Nigerian economy. Our investigations reveal that Mr. Kyari has used his powerful position, with President Buhari’s apparent acquiescence, to strike a variety of lucrative but dubious deals, political and financial, for himself and his friends. Our investigators discovered that four of the…
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Read his piece below… “We will write this for all to read. Anyone, soldier or not, that kills the Fulani takes a loan repayable one day no matter how long it takes” – Mallam Nasir El Rufai, 2012. I will never forget these words. How I wish that my friend and brother, Governor Nasir El Rufai, expressed the same level of angst, cold rage, chilling resolve and passion for vengeance after the murder of millions of defenceless and innocent non-Fulanis, Including women and children, in his own Kaduna state and indeed all over the country since the coming to…
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California is the 6th largest economy in the world. It’s economy is larger than that of France or Brazil. The little problem is that California is not a country. It is a State in the United States of America. It has little offshore oil, yet its economy is larger than States in the US that are famous for their oil reserves, like Texas. California generates much of its revenue from non-oil products. It found a way to absorb and domesticate much of the intellectual output from its premier university, Stanford University, into saleable products within its economy. As a matter…
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Rivers State Government on Friday said it had opened an investigation into the “sudden appearance” of black soot deposit on cars and rooftops in the state capital, Port Harcourt, and neighbouring towns. A statement by the state Commissioner for Environment, Prof. Roseline Konya, urged the people of the state not to panic as the strange deposit was being investigated. Full text reads: “It has come to the notice of the state government of the sudden appearance of strange black soot deposit noticeably seen on cars and rooftops in our environment especially in Port Harcourt and its environs. The public is…
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The Federal Government may have agreed to pay the Government of Switzerland $79m (N25.2bn) as part of conditions for the repatriation of almost $400m (N128bn) recovered from the family of the late military ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha. The Chairman of the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, Mr. Olanrewaju Suraj, said this during a seminar to commemorate the 2016 International Anti-Corruption Day in Abuja on Friday. The event was jointly organised by Nigerian anti-corruption agencies, the European Union, the United States and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and had in attendance senior diplomats and politicians. It will…
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Religious bodies in the country have described the policies of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration as increasing hunger in the land. Similarly, leaders of various Christian and Islamic groups in the country took a swipe at the Federal Government, noting that its policies had led to loss of jobs, closure of companies and “massive” hunger in the country. Speaking to Saturday PUNCH on Friday, the clerics said the economic policies of the government had failed to have positive impact on the lives of Nigerians, calling on President Buhari to review the situation. For instance, the Christian Association of Nigeria said…
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A ruling by the Supreme Court has made it impossible for State Governors to ever sack or dissolve democratically-elected local government councils. The Supreme Court on Friday stripped Governors of the power to sack local government chairmen. It described it as “executive recklessness” to rampantly dissolve democratically-elected local government councils in their states and replacing them with caretaker committees. The apex court ruled that the provisions of the laws enacted by the states’ Houses of Assembly empowering governors to carry out such dissolution and replace them with caretaker committees was null and void. This was the decision reached by a…
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The protest by the Super Falcons against the Nigeria Football Federation’s non-payment of their bonuses and allowances for winning the 2016 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations has entered its seventh day on Saturday. The eight-time African champions began their protest after they arrived the country on Sunday from Cameroon after winning the African championship for a record eight times, which extended their run as the most successful team on the continent. They have refused to leave the Agura Hotel, Abuja, where they were lodged since returning from the competition. The NFF reportedly owes each player up to $25,000 but…
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Oil prices extended gains on Friday on optimism that non-OPEC producers would agree to cut output following a cartel agreement to limit production. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will meet non-OPEC nations in Vienna on Saturday seeking their help in curbing a global supply glut. Azerbaijan has said it will come to the Austrian capital armed with proposals for its own reduction. Brent sweet crude for February delivery was up 17 cents at 54.06 dollars a barrel by 0 after settling up 1.7 per cent on Thursday. The contract hit its highest since July 2015 at…
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Nigerians have expressed mixed reactions over the comments made by the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) John Oyegun in the build up to the Rivers state senatorial rerun election. John Oyegun has been accused of promoting election violence in Rivers state. Oyegun had at a mega rally of the party in Port Harcourt called on APC members to retaliate any action they got from loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the election. “If they slap you, slap them back.” “We are sending one message, and that message is clear. It is that we respect you…
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has covertly interfered in the electoral process that led to the victory of Ghana’s opposition New Patriotic Party, NPP, candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in the just concluded Ghana presidential elections, The Trent can report. According to a source with intimate knowledge of the situation, barely a week to the December 7, 2016 presidential election in Ghana, President Buhari approved the release of $75 million to the presidential campaign of Nana Akufo-Addo, the NPP candidate, with the aim of installing him as the new president of Ghana. Just like General Buhari, Akufo-Addo, aged 72, ran his presidential campaign…
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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has shut down his $500 million factory in Tanzania owing to high business costs and a fall out with the government over tax exemptions. Dangote was invited to Tanzania to do business by former President Jakaya Kikwete in 2014 and was promised access to cheap natural gas to power the factory. As a result, the Dangote factory was sited at Mtwara where natural gas is extracted. The end of Kikwete’s administration has spelled trouble for the factory as the government of John Magufuli has reneged on many of the original agreements, refusing to provide cheap…
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Reports coming in say ahead of Saturday (today) 10-12-2016 rerun legislative elections in Rivers State , South-South Nigeria, major cities in the state have been deserted as fear of violence heightens thus giving rise to every compelling need to for the army to deploy soldiers to flash points in the state. The situation prompted the both the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the newly created 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Maj-Gen. Kasimu Abdulkarim, and the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Francis Odesanya, to issue stern warnings yesterday against ballot box snatching, rigging and unlawful movements…
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Presidency yesterday said that President Mohammadu Buhari was quoted out of context in saying that his government would only recognize the zones that voted for him during the election. President Buhari was captured in a video during his recent U.S visit saying, “constituencies that gave me 97% cannot in all honesty be treated equally, on some issues, with constituencies that gave me 5 %, I think these are political realities, while certainly there will be justice for everybody, everybody will get his constitutional rights, but while the party in constituencies that by their sheer hard work they made sure that…
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A secure nation On a visit to Kigali, a lady extolled their army and why they have the respect of every citizen. Like every typical African, she could not reconcile how the world famous Nigerian military cannot take down Boko Haram. It is clear that we have underfunded our military in years past and recent revelations by Dasuki show that “security” was just a slush fund for politicians. For Nigeria to earn that respect as the “military powerhouse of Africa”, it needs to secure its borders and protect its people. We are moving towards a polarised world and Turkey’s recent…
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The Senate has whittled down down the powers of the Presidency in an ongoing Constitution review by moving certain items from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List. The amendment was known when the Red Chamber received an interim status report of its Constitution Review Committee (CRC(, chaired by Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. Ekweremadu said the Second Schedule, Part I and II of the Constitution has been altered to decongest the Exclusive Legislative List in order to give more powers to the states of the Federation. He said the move will enhance the principle of federalism and good…
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Muhammad Sanusi II, the emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), recently claimed that the CBN has been illegally funding the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. In his claims, Sanusi said “the CBN-FGN relationship is no longer independent. In fact, one could argue their relationship has become unhealthy. “CBN claims on the FGN now tops N4.7 trillion — equal to almost 50% of the FGN’s total domestic debt. This is a clear violation of the Central Bank Act of 2007 (Section 38.2) which caps advances to the FGN at 5% of last year’s revenues. Has CBN…
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Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has described the persistent exportation of food items to neighboring countries for monetary gains as an act capable of undermining national security. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Malam Jibrin Ndace, said Bello made the call when he commissioned a modern integrated rice processing and milling plant donated by the Government of Korea through Korea International Cooperation Agency, in Bida. He said that as much as government would encourage people into legitimate businesses within and outside the country, national security should not be played with. He attributed the success recorded by farmers this…
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The Senate constitutional amendment committee on Thursday recommended that the release of federal allocation to local government in the country be hinged on the conduct of elections. The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and Chairman of committee stated this while presenting the status report of the committee on the floor of the Senate. He said Section 7 of the Constitution was amended to strengthen local government administration by providing a uniform 3-year tenure for elected local government council officials. ” Local Governments without a democratically elected council shall not be entitled to any revenue from the Federation Account. These…
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Nigeria owns 26 power generating plants. 9 of these did not generate any power yesterday. Aside from this, two other hydropower plants were nearly crippled. A couple of others are performing abysmally. The Shiroro Power Station in Niger State and Jebba Power Station in Kwara State recorded a drop in power generation. Shiroro fell from 381MW to 300MW while Jebba fell from 476MW to 450MW, respectively. Unit 411G3 of Shiroro was out for water management, while 411G4 was out on maintenance. Jebba’s unit 2G4 was also out for water management and 2G6 due to burnt generator winding and automatic voltage…
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The proposed mega party by some aggrieved opposition politicians of major political parties in the country may already have run into a hitch, following the stringent condition allegedly handed down by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support the new party. THISDAY learnt that when the notion of the mega party was brought to Obasanjo’s notice, the former president, who was not averse to a new formidable opposition party, was quick to give a condition that his former deputy when he was in office, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, should not by any means whatsoever become the party’s presidential candidate…
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Even though the naira was still very strong at the exchange rate of 60 kobo to a dollar (yes, in this same Nigeria!) and graduates could afford to be choosy when it came to employment and career prospects, there were tell tale signs by mid 1981 that the economy had begun to wobble. But President Shehu Shagari and his Second Republic civilian administration chose to live in denial. However, on his way out of the country for vacation on 4th July that year, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo released to the media copies of a letter he had sent to…
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Bill Gates has said the world needs energy that’s widely available, reliable, affordable and does not produce carbon, and he’s invested billions of his fortune in research to find it. This includes projects like Carbon Engineering, a Canadian company which is capturing carbon from the air and turning it into pellets which can either be used as fuel or stored underground. Yet the billionaire philanthropist is sceptical of one technology that’s often held up by the West as the solution to Africa’s energy problems: small-scale ‘off-grid’ solar power. Supporters say that off-grid solar allows people to get electricity while…
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a consortium of financial, legal and communications advisers for the issuance of the $1billion Eurobond in the first quarter of next year. The Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who disclosed this wednesday at the State House, Abuja, while briefing journalists after the FEC meeting, gave the names of the transaction parties as Citigroup, Standard Chartered Bank, Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, White & Case LLP, Banwo & Ighodalo and Africa Practice Communications. She explained that the parties would run any Eurobond issue undertaken by the government over the next three years. “We don’t have…
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Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has urged the Federal Government to refund the over N22 billion the state spent on the repair of its roads to enable it undertake other crucial development projects. The governor spoke in Enugu when the House of Representatives Committee on Works visited him at the Government House. He decried the deplorable condition of Federal roads in the Southeast, including the popular Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Enugu-Port Harcourt Road and Enugu-Abakaliki Road. Ugwuanyi said the roads needed urgent repairs. He said: “The negative impact of these bad roads can never be overemphasised as movement is impeded, socio-economic…
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Where do we go from here? President Buhari has shown that integrity is not enough to govern. Politics and disparate ambitions among key actors in government is consuming this administration. Buhari is messing up his own legacy. He can wrestle his administration back from the hands of amphibious destroyers in his government but has he the requisite capacity to do so? Never in the history of Nigeria has a government frittered away its enormous goodwill within a year like the Buhari presidency has done. The administration is single-minded and does not care about optics. Actually, it has no problem…
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Northern elder, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has warned that if President Muhammadu Buhari insists on running for re-election in 2019, he could precipitate crisis that could hasten the break-up of the country. While describing Buhari as a monumental failure as president, he said the north needs to replace Buhari in 2019 if it wants to retain power. “Although I have not heard of plans to replace him and field another northerner in 2019, I will not be surprised if this happens. President Buhari has been a monumental failure and the north shouldn’t support him in 2019 if it wants to retain…
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The Presidential Initiative on the North-East could not account for the sum of N2.5bn when its officials appeared before the Senate on Tuesday. PINE is saddled with the responsibility of reconstructing and rehabilitating communities destroyed by the Boko Haram in the North-East. The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East, during a public hearing on its probe into the alleged diversion and mismanagement of funds for the humanitarian crisis in the region, said women in most of the Internally Displaced Persons’ camps were begging for sanitary pads. The public hearing, which was held at the National…
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General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, the famous ex-Marine and the hero of countless conflicts and wars, has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump as his Secretary of Defence. And what an extraordinary man and colorful figure Mattis is. Here are some of the things that he has said over the years. 1. “I’m going to plead with you, do not cross us. Because if you do, the survivors will write about what we do here for 10,000 years.” 2. “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet. (Time Magazine). 3. “You are part of the…
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When former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, appointed Dora Akunyili as DG of NAFDAC in April 2001, Akunyili started to reform NAFDAC from a docile Agency to a very active one. It is instructive to note that the reforms she carried out at NAFDAC with the support of the then President, Obasanjo, were not because the President asked her to reform NAFDAC, but it was because of her passion and love for her country. She carried out her duties diligently without caring whose ox was gored. She made a lot of Nigerians to be conscious of NAFDAC and its activities. Nigerians began…
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Supporters of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) pushed their case further yesterday at the Senate, with startling facts on the sector. Senator Ita Enang (Akwa Ibom North East) described the opposition to the 10 per cent host community fund by mostly northern senators as “misplaced”. Enang, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, said that those opposed to the fund should know that over 83 per cent of oil blocks are owned by northerners. But he did not give the number of oil blocks Nigeria has. Senate President David Mark, who seemed to have been shocked…
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Recently, the Nigerian Army announced the commencement of what it deviously termed Exercise Python Dance in the southeastern part of the country commencing from November 27, 2016 to end on December 27, 2016. Since then, many groups and stakeholders, within and without the southeast, have raised issues with the said exercise, questioning the rationale behind such an operation at a time when the southeast is at its most peaceful state. Not even the desperate explanation of Col Sagir Musa, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Enugu, could douse the rising tension. Rather than douse the people’s suspicions, the army…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, have urged Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) of the federal government to return their unspent personnel funds by December 31st into the sub-treasury of the federation. This was stated in a letter signed by the ICPC Chairman, Ekpo Nta, to various Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The letter reads: “All Ministries, Departments and Agencies not presently captured on the IPPIS platform are requested to submit the receipt and expenditure profiles of their personnel cost to the commission not later than December, 20, 2016. “For avoidance of doubt, the personnel vote is…
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The Igbo race has been called upon never to accept defeat of any kind as they have remained survivors during and after the civil war. Rather, they should rise up and move forward. This was the submission of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart and woman activist, Onyeka Onwenu at launch of “The Land of my Birth,” a book written by Abraham Nnadi in Lagos recently. Onwenu said that apart from the book provoking a nostalgia feeling for those of them who witnessed the war, the book was of particular interest to Ndigbo. She said: “Land of my Birth is…
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There are new insights on why the $180million Halliburton bribery probe is lingering without the trial of some highly-placed Nigerians. The Nation learnt that former President Goodluck Jonathan, who planned to table the report before the Council of State, could not do so because three former Heads of State were implicated in the scandal. According to a source in ex-President Jonathan’s cabinet, who spoke in confidence, the former President was scared of security threats of subjecting ex-Heads of State to trial. The source said when Jonathan sought advice, he was asked to “tread with caution” on the report. The source…
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A LITANY of frauds came up in the wake of Lugardo-Fulani colonialism of Nigeria in 1914. And progressively from then came several other frauds which were perpetrated in furtherance of the grand design of complete domination and degradation of the 400+ nationalities that hitherto existed in freedom and political wellness before the roguish Amalgamation. Let me declare from the outset that the peoples of the Fulani Colony erroneously called Nigeria shall no longer keep quiet in the face of political strangulation. Peoples of this God-given territory which had existed before the great great grandfather of Lugard was born; existed long…
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is left with no option but to borrow to revive Nigeria’s ailing economy. Buhari’s plan to borrow an estimated US$29.9bn from foreign lenders has been rejected by the Senate and opposed by some leading Nigerian economists. Odigie-Oyegun said Nigeria needed to borrow in order to invest in infrastructure and grow the economy. The party chairman was quoted to have said this after receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Warri Choral Society at the Muson Centre in Lagos. This was contained in…
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The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has reiterated his commitment to the governing All Progressives Congress. Tinubu, who made his views known via a series of tweets on his twitter handle @Asiwaju Tinubu, on Monday, also denied links to the formation of a new party. The party leader said he would not abandon the ruling…
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Suspended member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, may come under fresh probe by the House after another petition against him was submitted on Monday by the Anti-corruption Unit of the National Youth Council of Nigeria. In the fresh petition, the group provided details of five foreign bank accounts Jibrin is alleged to operate in violation of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 7 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, which “prohibits public officers from maintaining or operating accounts in any country outside Nigeria.” The council also petitioned the Office of the Attorney…
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Four fighter aircraft were delivered yesterday to the Nigerian Air Force from Pakistan. This is the first set of the 21 aircraft approved for procurement by President Muhammadu Buhari to boost the operations of the Air Force in the Boko Haram war and other operations, it was learnt. The other jets are expected to be delivered in the first quarter of next year. These are: four helicopters gunships, four medium airlift utility helicopters, three live attack aircraft and ten primary trainers. The four Super Mushshak aircraft, said to be modernized for modern warfare, delivered to the Nigerian Air Force, yesterday,…
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Nigeria is expecting the arrival of warplanes and helicopters it ordered from Pakistan and Russia, its latest effort to counter terrorist and militant activities, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar said yesterday. Nigeria is battling jihadist group Boko Haram, which has waged a seven-year insurgency in the northern part of the country aimed at creating an Islamic state. Thousands have been killed and more than two million displaced. It also faces threats in its crude-producing heartland in the southern Niger Delta, where militants have been blowing up oil pipelines. The subsequent loss of crude oil output has hurt government revenues.…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to re-arrest and prosecute a former Governor of Delta State, Mr. James Ibori, who will complete his sentence in a prison in Britain on December 20, 2016. Barring last minute changes, Ibori will be arraigned on 170 charges bordering on money laundering and corruption. A Southwark Crown court had on April 17, 2012, sentenced Ibori to 13 years in prison after the ex-governor pleaded guilty to 10 counts of money laundering and stealing $250m from the treasury. Following his conviction in the UK, there were criticisms of the Nigerian justice system ,especially…
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A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farida Waziri, says the pioneer Chairman of the EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, also benefitted from the stolen funds deployed by the Peoples Democratic Party during the 2015 general elections. The EFCC had arrested PDP chieftains across the country for allegedly receiving part of the N23bn disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Although Waziri made no reference to Diezani, she said in a statement by her Personal Assistant, Mrs. Omolara Oluremi, that Ribadu, who was the governorship candidate of the PDP in Adamawa State, received part…
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Despite efforts to increase security at the country’s airports, cases of passengers losing items in their baggage to unknown persons is on the increase. Although official figures obtained from the Consumer Protection Department of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority showed a little difference in recorded cases in the first three quarters of this year on domestic routes, it was learnt that many cases remained unreported. Between January and September this year, 2,131 cases of pilferage were reported by passengers on international flights, while 53 cases were officially recorded on domestic routes. Our correspondent found that most of the cases were…
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FORMER Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, said at the weekend that President Muhammadu Buhari was a direct beneficiary of the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party which ruled for 16 years before the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged victorious in last year’s general elections that brought in the Buhari’s presidency. Lamido spoke in his Bamaina hometown at the weekend when he gave an appraisal of the PDP’s woes, saying all the leaders including himself are to blame. He spoke of the internal wrangling which made some former speakers and others joining the APC to wrestle power…
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I am but a child. And I am not used to talking to Power. I am not among those who brag of their ability to talk truth to Power. I am in the list of those who hide and shiver in the presence of Power. I am but a child talking to his father. Like a child, I may not know the protocols. I may not observe them, because I believe that in the face of the father the child has liberty to climb on every part of the father’s body, even scratching his body and at same time crying.…
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Visionless and disillusioned prominent and respected Igbo men have come out of late to say that what Ndigbo need is an Igbo president and not Biafra restoration as many Biafrans have been saying and showing by their numerous protests. Chief Orji Uzor Kalu in his Igbere home in Bende LGA on 30th November made a case why it is more important to seek Nigerian president of Igbo extraction than to seek Biafra restoration. Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu on 25th November in Owerri Imo state during the NEC meeting of the Nigeria Union of Journalists said that what the Igbos need is…
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Some delegates of the 2014 National Conference, groups and human rights activists on Friday countered President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on calls for the independence of Biafra and other secession agitations. They asked him to allow a referendum that would give agitators the chance to decide their fate on the matter. There have been agitations by the Indigenous People of Biafra and some other groups to secede from Nigeria but the President has repeatedly described Nigeria’s unity as non-negotiable. Also on Thursday, during a meeting with the South-East Council of Traditional Rulers at the Presidential Villa, the President reiterated his stance…
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•Both countries sign 21 bilateral agreements To foster economic integration in the continent, Nigeria and the Kingdom of Morocco yesterday agreed to facilitate a gas pipeline project that would connect Nigeria’s gas resources with those of other countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Geoffrey Onyema, disclosed this yesterday while presenting communiqué before the visiting Moroccan King Mohammed VI and President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. He said that the gas pipeline project will accelerate energy and electrification projects across the affected member countries. He said: “It is a great honour and privilege to read for you a…
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Our new Deputy Chief of Mission, David Young, is in Delta State, Nigeria’s south-south with other mission officials for an all-embracing dialogue involving stakeholders in the Niger Delta. U.S. government believes that dialogue is very important in resolving grievances and there is a need for Nigerians to exploit mechanisms for dialogue in moving forward. Officials of the American Embassy, led by the Deputy Chief of Mission, Mr David Young, are in Delta State in Nigeria’s south-south for an all-embracing dialogue involving all stakeholders in the Niger Delta region. At a meeting with the Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa,…
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Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, yesterday, raised the alarm over the disturbing rate of drug and substance abuse in the North. The governor said recent studies indicates that drug addiction is threatening a generation of women and youths. He described the situation as a ‘sorry tale’ and said it was time to seek realistic solutions to mitigate destructive outcomes of substance abuse in the country. The governor, who spoke at a one-day seminar in Abuja, with the theme, Substance Abuse: An Impediment to Gainful Employment, organised by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), said “no part of Nigeria is…
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It is a heart-wrenching scenario to see the orchestrated marginalization of the South East of Nigeria by the Government of Nigeria; any possible thing to strangulate the region is being thrown at it. However, I am extremely miffed by the simple fact that Igbos appear to be part of the grand design to self-destruct this once vibrant Zone. Our politicians at the top level of the scheme of things in Nigeria are continuously failing to fight for the people that elected them out of poverty into opulence. We have been abandoned by our Governors and Abuja politicians who collect huge…
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Barring any last-minute change of plans, the proposed mega opposition party in the country will be formed before the end of March, 2017, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered that the Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party and aggrieved chieftains of the All Progressives Congress had intensified efforts aimed at forming the party since the result of the Ondo State election was released. Findings showed that besides the plan to form a new mega party, those involved in the talks were also considering adopting any of the existing political parties as their platform. It was…
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Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, says no fewer than 20 000 men, three helicopters and 20 gunboats would be deployed in Rivers State for the state and National Assembly rerun elections holding on Saturday Idris, who disclosed this, yesterday, said the police wanted to repeat the feat achieved during Edo and Ondo elections where the exercises were conducted peacefully. “It is our responsibility to ensure a hitch free exercise and we would do our best to ensure a violence- free rerun elections to re-enact the Edo and Ondo examples”, he said while addressing officers and man of Kano…
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There were indications on Saturday that the Federal Government is no longer interested in pursuing the case of forgery of the Senate Standing Orders, 2015, allegedly masterminded by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. Investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH revealed that the Federal Government might have closed the case despite a fresh report of further investigation unearthing new facts about the forgery allegations. SUNDAY PUNCH had exclusively reported that the police submitted a fresh report of investigation to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice through the National Prosecution Coordination Committee.…
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The Presidency on Saturday said the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, did not have the facts on the issues over which he criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Sanusi had, on Friday, said the Buhari administration lacked the right policies to fix Nigeria’s economy, even as he warned of grave consequences of borrowing $30bn from external sources. He had stated that even if the Senate approved the loan, no foreign nation or financial institution would be willing to accede to the country’s loan request. But the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said, “With…
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As one who firmly believes that one Olusegun Obasanjo squandered the finest opportunity of any Nigerian leader since independence, I have often criticized him. Between 1999 and 2007, he could have transformed Nigeria into Africa’s most developed, most productive and most functional economy. The records show that he compounded the situation, and then handed over to his handpicked successors who made matters considerably worse. That led, inevitably, to the arrival of one Muhammadu Buhari, who had sworn for years Nigeria needed cleansing, and that he was the man for the job. When Buhari was sworn in last year, it was…
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CHARLES DEGAULLE SUPPORTS BIAFRA [Remarks made at a press conference, Paris, on 9 September 1968. (Text by courtesy of the French Embassy, London.) From: Kirk-Greene, vol.2, p. 329] This is a statement made by the President of France, Charles DeGaulle, at a press conference. He gave a speech in this same year endorsing the idea that the province of Quebec could/should secede from the nation of Canada. What is his view of the situation in Biafra? What does he think should happen there? What action does he refuse to take with regard to Biafra? Why? President De Gaulle’s exchange…
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The admonition from every sitting Nigerian president immediately after his victory in an election is that politics should be relegated to the background for governance to take the central stage. It is however, a refrain that is observed in the breach, as power game towards a second term commences almost immediately after formal inauguration. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo was reported to have told a confidant and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in year 2000 that his challenge was not a fresh mandate in 2003, but retaining power in 2007- that was three years to the full exercise of…
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Only those with ulterior motives insist on keeping Nigeria one because the basis for such union has been a ruse based in the oil fields of the Southeastern Ibo region of Nigeria—henceforth Biafra—and in the interest of the British. Nigeria exists at the peril of Biafra. For one hundred years, the Biafrans have been the victims of this wicked edifice orchestrated by the British for naked plunder. Frederick Luggard, the soldier of fortune who forged Nigeria by subterfuge was fully conscious of his fraud especially against the Biafrans when he said that the constituent nations of Nigeria “are like oil…
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British-Nigeria is a rogue terrorist state that has perfected the acts of genocide, human rights abuses, and crimes against humanity. Ironically, there has been a frenzy in Europe to Boycott, Divest from, and Sanction Israel (BDS movement) precisely for defending herself in her ancient homeland against Hamas rockets, and Islamic terrorism. While defending her territory, Israel has not killed remotely as many Palestinians as British-Nigeria have and continues to kill on a daily basis. British-Nigeria has been forcibly occupying, marginalizing, plundering, and massacring Biafrans incessantly for over one hundred years. Yet, it is in vogue in Europe to boycott Israel…
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The attack came after the Ndiokereke Abam clash of November 8 and is the third in less than one month in different parts of Abia State within Abia North senatorial zone. Security operatives in the state appear overwhelmed, as no herdsman has ever been paraded or arraigned in the state despite their increasing attacks on communities. Those that sustained machete cuts in the Ozuitem community attack are receiving medical attention at Tochi Hospital in Uzuakoli. One of the victims, Mr Sunday Oru, a 40- year old father of seven currently receiving treatment at Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, told Channels…
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Muhammad Sanusi II, emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the apex bank is illegally lending to federal government. Sanusi also said “the problem of the current government is not having the right policies to fix the current economic woes”. Speaking at a policy monitoring dialogue hosted by Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, at Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, Sanusi said the CBN had been lending to the government above the limits stipulated by the CBN Act of 2007. Sanusi’s presentation showed that CBN’s lending to the government since Buhari…
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The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has strongly kicked against the plans by President Muhammadu Buhari to seek Senate’s approval of his $30 billion loan request. The former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor said even if the Senate gave its ascent to the loan, no country or global financial institution would be willing to grant such huge amount. Sanusi, during a policy dialogue forum organised by the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (SCDDD), in Abuja disclosed that for a nation that has five exchange rates, it would be difficult for such request to scale through. Sanusi…
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The recent Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states threw up a number of issues about the politics of succession in Nigeria. In Edo state, you would think it was the then incumbent Governor Adams Oshiomhole seeking re-election. He campaigned more than the candidate. He danced, waved the broom, his party’s symbol, far more enthusiastically than the man who wanted the office. He even did more to put down the opposition and any likely threat to Godwin Obaseki’s ambition. His pretty wife was always in tow during the campaigns, and did she dance? Oh yes, she did too. Godwin Obaseki’s…
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Workers at the Federal Ministry of Information and a few other ministries last month experienced a pay cut over tax, pension, and National Housing Fund (NHF), which are now applied on gross salary. Some of the workers had about 50 per cent pay cut, while others had only 10 per cent cut. Some workers in the information ministry, who declined to be named, told Daily Sun that they had no fore knowledge of the salary cut until the memo came. In a November 30, 2016 memo, entitled: “Reduction in November 2016” And signed by head of finance of one of…
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Ericsson Nigeria, the local subsidiary of the global telecommunications solutions provider, has disengaged about 160 permanent and outsourced workers in its Network Operating Centre, investigations have shown. It was gathered that disengagement, which takes effect on Sunday, December 4, 2016, affected 55 full-time employees of the company. According to sources in the company, some workers were laid off in July when the offshoring (the practice of a company in one country arranging for people in another country to do work for it) of jobs to India began. Findings show that foreign workers had been recruited to replace the disengaged workers,…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged those contemplating Nigeria’s break-up to have a rethink, saying the country’s unity is not negotiable. He said the question of having another country out of Nigeria was misplaced. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President spoke at a meeting he had with the South-East Council of Traditional Rulers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “The question of having another country out of Nigeria is going to be very difficult. From 1914, we have more than 200 cultures living with one another. God had endowed this…
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Binta Nyako, justice of the federal high court, has denied Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and three other accused persons bail. Delivering a ruling on an application for bail filed by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Kanu’s counsel, on Thursday, she held that the offences the defendants — Kanu, Benjamin Nmadubugwu, Chidiebere Onwudiwe and David Nwawusi — were charged with were not entirely bailable. She said the charge of treasonable felony, which hands on the necks of the defendants, attracts a life sentence. Nyako, therefore, denied them bail on the grounds that their case was sensitive…
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has appealed to its members and Biafrans to accept the outcome of today’s court ruling on the bail application of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu to avoid unnecessary killing of unarmed civilians by security agents. The group alleged that it was not expecting any thing good from the court because the president had ordered the judiciary not to release its leader, during his broadcast on December 30, 2015. A statement by the Media and Publicity of IPOB, Mr. Emma Powerful, yesterday, urged every member and Biafrans to remain calm notwithstanding whether the ruling is in…
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Nigerian equities lost a whooping N1.34 trillion in November as tough macroeconomic environment characterized by rising inflation, declining Gross Domestic Products (GDP) and improbable foreign exchange exacerbated major selloff of quoted shares. The loss of N1.34 trillion in November compounded the losing streak, with investor losing N701 billion in October. The benchmark index at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) indicated average month-on-month decline of 13.49 per cent. Aggregate market value of all quoted equities closed November yesterday at N8.689 trillion as against the month’s opening value of N10.028 trillion. The All Share Index (ASI), the value-based index that tracks prices…
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Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, recently disclosed in Lagos, while rendering his one year stewardship, that as a result of paucity of funds, priority was being given to roads that allow farmers, businessman, industries and travellers move their goods, roads that support energy sufficiency and those that lead to and from the nation’s major sea and airports Speaking on his achievement and projections going forward in the sectors under his Ministry, Fashola said although the administration inherited 206 federal roads already awarded, with outstanding completion costs in the region of N1.5 Trillion, its share of…
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President Erdogan of Turkey has issued a statement saying his troops have entered Syria with the intention of ousting President Assad. Turkey has been illegally running soldiers, artillery and infantry in and out of Syria for much of the duration of the present conflict. Now, however, the proxy and shadow war, which Turkey has been waging against the Syrian Arab Republic, has just become official. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has just announced that Turkish troops have entered Syria with the intention of removing President Assad from power. It is a formal declaration of war. If this threat is genuine, the…
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