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President Olusegun Obasanjo has been described by Prof, Wole Soyinka as an overgrown child of circumstance and “an affliction that those of us who share the same era and nation space must learn to endure”. The renowned playwright stressed that if the former President “offered to host me, I would wait until he had first swallowed a morsel from the same dish”. These scathing remarks formed part of how Soyinka described Obasanjo in his new book, titled InterInterventions: Between Defective Memory and the Public Lie – A Personal Odyssey in the Republic of Liars, presented in Abeokuta, Ogun State on…
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These are not the best of times for the Minister of Transportation. The house of the presidency appears struck on a path to self-implosion as reliable information available through sources within the presidency indicate the President had ordered for a comprehensive investigation into the allegations leveled on the Transport Minister by numerous Justices of the Federation. And in turn, the Transport Minister is said to have threatened retaliation by exposing the President’s dirty deals over the alleged bribery allegation. Following what appeared as serialized exposure by the Justices of the federation of the involvement of Rotimi Amaechi in the attempt…
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The judges named in a confidential list sent to President Muhammadu Buhari include Supreme Court 1. Justices Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta 2. Justice John Inyang Okoro ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Court of Appeal 1. Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, President Court of Appeal 2. Justice Muhammad Ladan Tsamiya 3. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Federal High Court 1. Justice Ibrahim Auta, The Chief Judge 2. Justice Adeniyi Ademola 3. Justice Mohammed Yunusa 4. Justice Kabir Auta 5. Justice Munir Ladan 6. Justice Bashir Sukola 7. Justice Mu’azu Pindiga 8. Justice Abdul Kafarati 9. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba 10.Justice Anwuli Chikere 11. Justice I. A. Umezulike( Rtd.) 12. Justice…
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Senior lawyers are divided on whether or not the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, should step aside, following allegations that he tried to influence the outcome of some election petition cases. Two justices of the Supreme Court, Inyang Okoro and Sylvester Ngwuta had accused the minister of offering them bribe to help influence the apex court’s decisions in some election cases. In separate letters to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, the two accused Amaechi of instigating their ordeal because they refused to deliver judgement in his favour. The two justices were among the seven judges arrested recently by…
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Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, revealed yesterday that government’s efforts at realising money from revenue-generating agencies to meet expectations of Nigerians were being hampered by “high level corruption” in some agencies, especially the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) which she described as “cohesive croocks bard to break” The minister also said the government is paying N2 trillion to pay salaries and pensions while debt servicing takes N1.4 trillion, all from the 2016 budget, a situation which made it impossible to reduce the 2017 budget. Mrs. Adeosun spoke when she hosted the Senate Committee on Finance led by its Chairman, John Enoh…
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The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, yesterday, told the Senate that the Federal Government can no longer reasonably employ more people into the public sector and would have to strengthen the private sector for more jobs to be created. She further said the government would sustain its over N6trillion national budget in the 2017 appropriation bill, expected to be submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari, after the consideration and subsequent approval of the pending 2017—2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) by the National Assembly. Adeosun said this to members of the Senate Committee on Finance,…
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Worried about the loss of business to neighbouring countries arising from low competitiveness, indications emerged at the weekend that the Federal Government may further reduce the number of agencies at the nation’s ports. This is part of measures to address complaints bordering on the ease of doing business. The Government said efforts are underway to reduce human intervention at the ports, some of which have been responsible for the poor operational efficiency, by deploying technology and increasing stakeholder collaboration on regulatory frameworks. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, noted that the present administration is looking at issues raised by stakeholders…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it can no longer sustain the sale of petrol at N145 per litre. The Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, stated this on Monday at this year’s Oil Trading and Logistics Expo holding in Lagos. Kyari said with the current price of foreign exchange, it was no longer feasible selling petrol at N145 per litre. He said: “We have a very difficult business environment. “It is impossible today to import products at the current market price, at current fixed foreign exchange rate. “There is no way today you…
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmoud Mohammed, has said that measures were being taken to curb the menace of corruption in the justice sector. Mohammed said this while unveiling a new National Judicial Policy put together by the National Judicial Council at the National Judicial Institute in Abuja on Monday. According to him, it will be stating the obvious to opine that the greatest single menace that challenges the justice system in Nigeria today is corruption. Mohammed said: “This endemic vice is not peculiar to any region and ethnic group, cutting across faiths, religious denominations, levels of education and…
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A group of African students under the aegis of African Students in Cyprus has raised the alarm over possible recruitment of young Nigerians, who travel to Iran into terrorism. President of the students’ body, Jeremiah Omadachi, stated this after a peaceful protest at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, against the activities of Iran in Nigeria. According to him, there were indications that Nigerian students were getting military training provided by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. He said: “As Africans living here in Cyprus, we have followed events in Nigeria and must confess that we have great concerns about the growing sectarian…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday proposed new adjustments to some line items in the 2016 budget to address financial urgencies. The president’s proposal was contained in a letter to the National Assembly on Tuesday, in which he seeks a total N180.8 billion in virement for line items in both capital and recurrent expenditures. Mr. Buhari said the need for government to augment funds in the federal coffers was caused by renewed militant activities in the Niger-Delta. He said the destruction of oil installations had left his administration unable to pay overhead costs as the nation has no viable alternative means…
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Reliable information indicates that the ongoing power-play among the top managers of the Buhari administration may have taken a turn for the worse as more information of the practices and/or mode of operation of the Chief of Staff and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation leak out into the public arena. This is as many within the Buhari cabinet have learned that the duo have virtually reserved the many vacant political appointments for sale. Many of the political positions which the President is expected to fill, is reported to have been reserved for the highest bidder – and…
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“A CONVERSATION TO DISCUSS THE PROMOTION OF YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP” AT THE OXFORD UNION 24TH OCTOBER 2016. Protocols. 1. It is my pleasure and a great honour to be in the hallowed chambers of the Oxford University, one of the world’s most prestigious universities, not just to speak, but to exchange ideas and answer questions from you, some of the world’s most brilliant youths and future leaders. 2. It is instructive to note that since 1823, the Oxford Union has consistently presented this platform for scholarly and social congregation of the student population, the interchange of ideas, propagation…
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It was shocking on Saturday, October 8, when the former National Chairman, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, climbed the podium, revealing how the 2015 general elections were skewed in favour of some politicians. Jega, who was almost in tears, noted that the last general elections were not perfect, but maintained that the polls represented a remarkable departure from the country’s ignominious history of fraudulent elections. Speaking in Lagos at the 50th birthday anniversary lecture of the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muiz Banire, the former Electoral Body Chair, who…
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In Igbo country, there are four days in a week (Nkwọ, Ékê, Àfọ, and Orie) and seven weeks in full-moon period, one moon (“ọnwa”). Thirteen moons constitute one year (“áfọ”). Every day is market day is some part of Igbo country; hence the term “Igbo market days.” Nkwọ appears to be the most favorable day for commercial activities. Apparently, this is why many major markets happen on Nkwọ: Ótú Nkwọ (Onitsha Main Market—adjudged the biggest and most popular open market in West Africa), Nkwọ Nnewi, Nkwọ Agụ Agbaja (Udi), etc. During the Nigeria-Biafra War, two of the most popular markets…
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According to Innoson Group, the investments include $400 million, which will be invested in Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over (DSO) project in digital satellite TV station, and an additional $600 million covering other important sectors. According to a statement issued at the weekend and signed by the Public Relations & Media Assistant of Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will receive the consortium of Chinese Foreign Investment Group, led by Liu Baoju, a deputy minister of communist party of China in Shandong Province, who is equally the chairman of Shandong Broadcasting Group and Shandong Cable Interactive Service Ltd, the…
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Don’t vote for Obama and his Running Mate, Hillary Clinton, 2016, on their silky, but mad-dog platform of Prison Planet earth As time grows shorter, and ever shorter…and the battle for the Presidency grows crueler and crueler…I feel justified in abandoning politeness and tone. I mean nobody talks that way, anyway. So, here we are, you and I at the kitchen table. And I have a revelation I’d like to share…. While you were worrying about Donald Trump maybe touching some woman’s hotspot in 1776, or Donald Trump talking like a man among other men, or Donald Trump maybe having…
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The back and forth verbal war between Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, founder of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) and Hajia Hadiza Buhari-Bello, daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, appears not to be relenting. Ezekwesili, had made it a point to the founder of The Africa Support and Empowerment Initiative (AFRISEI) that she was not permitted to use the name of the BBOG for any purpose whatsoever without the express permission of its founders, as it would amount to infringement on franchise, a position Buhari-Bello rejected in a statement on Friday, saying AFRISEI, did not need BBOG’s permission to assist the less-privileged. Maintaining…
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Why DSS won’t give NJC evidence NJC to act before CJN’s exit Council bars judges from taking gifts The Presidency is insisting that two Supreme Court Justices and four others must step aside ahead of their trial for alleged corruption, it was learnt last night. It also faulted Chief Justice Mahmud Mohammed’s claim that the Judiciary had issues with the Department of State Services (DSS), not the Federal Government. It was also learnt that the DSS refused to release the evidence against the judges under probe to the National Judicial Council (NJC) in order not to prejudice their trial. Those…
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The crisis threatening the foundation of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has assumed a new twist. Fresh facts have emerged, that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has entered into a plan ‘B’ alliance with the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, ahead of the 2019 general elections. An alliance between two aggrieved political heavyweights of the ruling APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, may lead to the fall of the party and the formation of a new one ahead of the 2019 general elections, Daily Trust on Sunday gathered. A credible source within…
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Let me begin with two clarifications. Aso Villa is not my home, I am just passing through. Even this world is nobody’s home, we are just birds of passage. So, let nobody turn up his nose in derision, and say; “he’s writing like the landlord of Aso Villa, defending a place where’s he’s just a tenant.” Yes, nobody is landlord in the Villa, not even rational presidents. They can only live there for maximum of eight years, if Nigerians so decide. And for me, my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. The angels only need to beckon me…
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Former Deputy Governor of Plateau state Dame Pauline Tallen is rumoured to have turned down President Buharis Ambassadorial appointment. It is understood that the reason for her turning down the appointment is due to personal reasons and the fact that he has other things to attend to.
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Don’t reopen Trans Forcados pipeline, militants warn Shell, NNPC. One of the militant groups in the Niger Delta region, Greenland Justice Mandate, has warned Shell and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation not to reopen the Trans Forcados pipeline in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State pending a directive from it telling themto do so. The group in a statement on Saturday issued by its spokesman, Aldo Agbalaja, said, ‘‘Trans Forcados crude is under force majeure from operator Shell since a militant attack on the subsea pipeline in February and it is due to resume operation this week following the…
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Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) yesterday dissociated itself from the proposed dialogue between the Federal Government and some prominent politicians and traditional rulers from the Niger Delta. In a statement, signed by one Col. Rightman Hudson Opukurowari, the group accused the Federal Government of not only being selective in its choice of persons to dialogue with, but preferring to deal with those who incited the crisis and have made a business from dialoguing on Niger Delta issues. “The Federal Government, under President Muhammadu Buhari, has chosen to be non-chalant to the dialogue and have decided to invite only their political friends…
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BIOGRAPHY Thomas O. Mensah (born around 1950) is a Ghanaian born chemical engineer and inventor. Dr. Thomas Mensah is an internationally recognized authority in Fiber Optics and Nanotechnology and also a renowned scientist and inventor with 7 USA and worldwide patents in Fiber Optics over a period of six years. He has at least 14 patents to his name in general He is the first black person to receive such number of patents in a short number of years, and was elected to the rank of Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in the USA. One of his patents…
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Seductive though that thought may be — particularly for a Brit living in Washington — there is a domestic subtext that can be summarised in two words: Donald Trump. If the British are foolish enough to leave Europe, perhaps Americans are crazy enough to elect Mr Trump. Of course, no one would claim a causal link between what happens in Britain on June 23 and the US presidential election in November. Most American voters have never heard of Brexit. Nor would most feel strongly either way if they had. Yet there are sufficient echoes to trouble America’s besieged elites. In…
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have searched the Lagos residence of a female judge of the Federal High Court, Lagos, Justice Rita Ofili- Ajumogobia. It was in furtherance of the agency’s ongoing investigation of Justice Ofili- Ajumogobia for alleged corruption. An EFCC source confirmed the operation last night, saying: “The search was conducted on the residence of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia “The search yielded documents that would assist the commission’s investigations, including bank accounts in her name and those bearing the names of her children and property title both in Nigeria and abroad.” She had been on…
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The Anambra State born human capital developer Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah has explained why he did not only buy for himself the above mentioned book during its launch and public presentation at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja on September 29th 2016 ,but donated same to Nigeria Universities libraries. The Publisher of the fastest growing Newspapers “The Authority Newspapers” stated that he believed that shielding our youths from the historical events of our lives as a Nation and a people, posed great danger to our collective future. According to the outspoken innovator, ” any Nation that is shying away from educating…
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The Anambra State born human capital developer Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah has explained why he did not only buy for himself the above mentioned book during its launch and public presentation at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja on September 29th 2016 ,but donated same to Nigeria Universities libraries. The Publisher of the fastest growing Newspapers “The Authority Newspapers” stated that he believed that shielding our youths from the historical events of our lives as a Nation and a people, posed great danger to our collective future. According to the outspoken innovator, ” any Nation that is shying away from educating…
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The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is not keen on meeting with security agents who may be representing the Federal Government at the proposed peace talks over the crisis in the zone. The NDA, in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, said it is not proper for a democratically elected government to conduct such talks through security agents. It was responding to what it called the president’s “continuous disparaging remarks since the cessation and suspension of hostilities by our fighters for the liberation of the Niger Delta from economic colonialism of Nigeria. “We are curious of comments like…
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The government of President Buhari has been an unmitigated disaster. Q~ You were one of the biggest critics of the All Progressives Congress in the run up to the 2015 elections, how do you feel today seeing Nigeria in arguably in its worst economic situation? A~I feel very sad. This is a situation that some of us foresaw. In the first coming of President Buhari, everything went from bad to worse. We had to queue for essential commodities. Raw materials and spare parts needed to keep factories running were scarce. Rather than create jobs, tens of thousands of workers lost…
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There are strong indications that expired foreign rice smuggled into the country may have flooded Nigerian markets. The commodity, according to investigation is being imported from neighboring Benin Republic into Nigeria. Nigeria shares major borders with Benin Republic at Seme Border (Lagos), Idiroko (Ogun State), Shaki (Oyo State) and Chikanda (Kwara State). It was gathered that a larger percentage of rice imported into the Francophone country were meant for sale in Nigeria. The rice has been exposed to poor storage facilities, rain, weevils and other unhygienic forms of storage, thereby making the commodity toxic and not fit for human consumption…
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On October 17, 2015 Mr Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of a Nigerian pro-Independence group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and a Director of the online radio station, Radio Biafra was arrested in Lagos, Nigeria, by the Department of Security Services (DSS) on arrival from the United Kingdom where he resides.The IPOB movement is agitating for the independence of Nigeria’s former Eastern Region – proclaimed the Republic of Biafra in 1967 and re-annexed to Nigeria three years later, following a civil war that claimed over three million lives. The Pro-Biafra group are non-violent and according to Article I of the…
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Mrs. Aisha Buhari bucked tradition by openly criticizing the political appointments in her husband’s government. There is no precedent for this in Nigeria’s entire history. In fact, I know of no parallel in the world for a First Lady (or Wife of the President) to openly disagree with her husband through a foreign media outlet. This can only mean that although Aisha is formally married to President Buhari, she is actually isolated from him. This is consistent with what I’ve heard from inside sources about the relationship between the first couple. Buhari is held hostage by an evil, sneaky, corrupt,…
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Information from sources close to the seat of power reveal that the troubles bedeviling the 1st family of Nigeria may be far from over judging by the demeanor of the President of the federal republic of Nigeria and the body language instruction dished out to the various anti-graft agencies in the country. A highly reliable source stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] has opened a comprehensive probe on the person of the 1st lady over her interaction with the many lobbyists looking to reach her husband for a favor. Our source revealed that the relationship between the…
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One of the worst kept secrets in Washington circles is that Hillary Clinton is a lesbian. Rumors have swirled in the past about the former First Lady’s gay ways, and with a potential presidential run coming in 2016, they have come back to haunt her. Back in 2004, a Washington Times columnist reviewing Bill Clinton’s memoir My Life concluded that Hillary and Bill, “have had a pact for decades. Their sexy, sexy pact is this: “He gets to fool around with women and she gets to fool around with women (plus the occasional man) … yes, she’s bisexual.” The lesbian…
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Those who do not yet understand that Nigeria is the name of a scam, set up, first by rogue British Colonialists, but currently under the control of their local agents, the Caliphate, operated for the sole purpose of legitimately looting and carting away humongous values of assets, will continue to wonder why bizzare things happen here all the time. Those who think that we operate in democracy here, must be ignorant of the meaning of Democracy, even by the simplest definition of democracy “Government OF the people, BY the the people and FOR the people”. Nigeria does not pass the…
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In a piece in the EDITORIAL in THE NATION newspapers owned by the political tactician and undisputed leader of southwest politics, titled ”Where Are The Choristers Of Change’, one is left bewildered by the apparently irreconcilable paradox employed to tongue-lash the ruling All Progressives congress, a party he personally midwived and foisted on Nigerians in 2015.In the piece below, he drew an attention of the reading public to the ineptitude of the cast of neophyte actors who far from correcting the perceived errors of the past not only aggravated but compounded it thus deserting and leaving his million supporters in…
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked judges arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) over allegation of corruption to suspend sitting and proceed on compulsory suspension. NBA President Abubakar Mahmud (SAN), who made the request in Abuja yesterday, urged the judges to recuse themselves from all judicial activities until their innocence is proven. He said the accusation between the affected judicial officers and some politicians and institutions, following the arrests, has made it imperative for the National Judicial Council (NJC) to salvage the image of the Judiciary. Mahmud spoke at a valedictory court session for the retiring Justice…
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Another Justice of the Supreme Court yesterday accused Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi and Science Minister Ogbonnaiya Onu of being the architect of his travails. Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who was arrested by Department of State Services (DSS) operatives for alleged corruption, blamed it all on his refusal to cooperate with the duo, who he said had requested him to influence some electoral cases in their favour. He alleged that Amaechi and Onu asked him to assist them in relation to the governorship election disputes in Ekiti and Ebonyi states. Justice Ngwuta alleged that Amaechi, who claimed to be acting on behalf…
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Nigerians have been made to understand that there is the existence of a cabal who influence President Buhari’s decisions and actions. They are much more than mere advisers, and have the ears of the president with enormous power at their disposals. They are the much talked about cabalists. According to Wikipedia, Cabal is a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views or interests in an ideology, state, or other community, often by intrigue, usually unbeknownst to persons outside their group. The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki during one of his trial…
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A proposal for an act to enact the Witness Protection Bill and the Whistle-Blowers’ Bill in Nigeria has passed a second reading at the Senate. The bill brought before Senators on Wednesday was sponsored by a lawmaker from Ekiti State, Senator Abiodun Olujimi. Senator Olujimi says the bills will facilitate the protection of persons who are directly or indirectly involved in providing assistance in law enforcement matters. He is of the belief that the bills will also protect persons making disclosure for the public interest. The Senate, however, resolved to merge the bills because of the similarities in what they…
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The Federal Government has ratified the release of N30 billion, part of natural resource development funds for mining projects. Minister for Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who announced this in a series of tweets on Wednesday noted that the amount “is part of the natural resource development fund which is 1.6 per cent of Federation Account dedicated to agriculture, mining and water resources.” It is distributed, he continued, as 0.6 per cent for agriculture sector and 0.5 per cent each for mining sector and the water resources sector, adding that “previously, 0.5 per cent component for mining sector was…
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Author of the book “Reversing the Rot in Nigeria”, Olusegun Oyegbami, gives graphic details of how Nigeria slipped into a recession. The economist suggests what the Federal Government should do tackle corruption head-on, reports TAJUDEEN ADEBANJO AN economist and oil industry player has countered claim that the Nigerian economy slipped into recession because of declining growth for two consecutive quarters. The economist, Mr. Olusegun Oyegbami, blamed the collapse of the economy on the management of oil wealth and the abandonment of agriculture, which he described as the nation’s economy life wire before the discovery of oil. He said the…
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Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 325,640 Euros and $30,000 (About N175m) in cash about to be smuggled into the country from Greece and Austria. The cash, concealed inside envelopes and shoes, was seized at the Murtalla Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos during the screening of passengers on a Turkish Airline flight.Two suspects were arrested. NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Ahmadu Garba said Edos Nicholas was found in possession of 279,190 euros and Hallowell Prince Lovely was found in possession of €46,450 euros and 30,000 dollars. Chairman and Chief Executive of the NDLEA…
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Chief Ayo Adebanjo is a nationalist and one of those who fought for Nigeria’s independence. He was also a key leader of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). At 88, he is still very active and he proved this much when this reporter had to wait for the octogenarian to finish his routine morning exercise before this interview. “I have missed my morning exercise for two days; so just give me the next 10 minutes to finish my exercise, ” he said. But it was interesting watching the old man in his track suit walking briskly round his compound in Lekki…
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Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has inaugurated the Ekiti Grazing Enforcement Marshals with a warning that cattle found being grazed after 6pm would be confiscated and such cattle sold or killed on the spot and shared to people as part of the Stomach Infrastructure programme of the government. He also said the state government would collaborate with the police and other security agencies to tackle recalcitrant armed herdsmen, saying since marshals are not to carry arms and therefore would rely on agencies empowered by law to carry arms to tackle armed cattle rearers. The governor, who said there must be…
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The European Union has supported a Referendum for Biafra. EU says it will only recognize Biafra born out of international Law through the Referendum and not armed rebellion. They also called on Nigeria to release all political prisoners, and for Nigeria to respect Human Rights of all citizens and to withdraw from using the military to crack down on demonstrators. The EU said that while it has strong ties with Nigeria, “protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms remains a priority for the EU and we encourage the authorities [Nigeria] in every occasion to respect such rights.” Federica Mogherini, European…
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The Federal Government on Wednesday shunned the National Judiciary Council and pressed ahead with its decision to bring the seven suspected corrupt judges to justice. The seven are among the 15 already identified by the Department of State Services and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, but the other eight are yet to be named and invited for questioning. The NJC, which claimed to have omnibus powers over both criminal and administrative matters relating to judges in Nigeria, last week disregarded the Presidency’s directive to suspend the suspected corrupt judicial officers from duty, pending the trial and disposal of the…
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Twelve northern governors who are currently in the United States of America said that they expected Nigerians to condemn their trip. The governors were said to have been hosted at the White House on Wednesday. They however said that their visit to Washington was an opportunity to re-engage with their American partners on the most vital issues that could help them to quickly transit from volatility to a phase of peace and development in the northern states of the country. The Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum, who is also the Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, was…
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As the relationship between Russia and the West has deteriorated, some have hastened to blame the United States and NATO for starting a new Cold War, while others entirely blame Putin for annexing Crimea. There is, however, another way to think, both more plausible and more troubling: the question is not “Has a new Cold War started?” but rather “Did the old Cold War ever end?” In my opinion, WWI began around 1870-75, when the scramble for Africa and Asia really began. European nations were amassing territorial control over large parts of the world, and there were constant battles as…
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Despite Nigeria facing its worst economic recession in 29 years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the country as the biggest economy in Africa — ahead of South Africa and Egypt. In August 2016, Nigeria was reported to have lost its spot as Africa’s biggest economy to South Africa, following the recalculation of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). “A recalculation using current exchange rates put South Africa on top because the rand has strengthened against the dollar,” BBC wrote in August. “Based on gross domestic product at the end of 2015 published by the International Monetary Fund,…
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Professor Ango Abdullahi has made a stunning revelation after almost one and half years, how former President Goodluck Jonathan was rigged out power in the 2015 presidential election. According to the Daily Sun newspapers published on October 16, 2016, Prof. Ango, the Secretary and spokesman of NEF, Professor Ango Abdullahi, while speaking in a pre-summit address conveyed in Kaduna, north central Nigeria to address the problem facing the north and Nigeria under the APC-led administration, he said as a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), there was no way he could have worked for the success of another…
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Chimamanda Adichie is on a roll, it appears. In less than two weeks, she has gone from Beyonce’s brand of feminism to joy that is Michelle Obama’s and now, she has penned the most incisive analysis of President Muhammadu Buhari governance till date. We promise you nothing is left out! It begins in a flashback 7 year-old Adichie: My parents and their friends were talking about the government, in our living room, in our relatively big house, set on relatively wide grounds at a southeastern Nigerian university, with doors shut and no strangers present. Yet they spoke in whispers. So…
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• Lawmakers decry herdsmen attack in Kaduna Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has blamed northern governors for allowing conflicts between Fulani herdsmen and farmers to escalate due to their failure to preserve grazing lands established during the colonial era. Obasanjo took the position at the 23rd Annual Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) Development Forum in Abuja, with the theme “Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunity.” The former president noted that during the colonial era, nearly all states in the northern parts of Nigeria had grazing areas as well as cattle routes but all of them had disappeared. He said:…
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Emirates, Kenya Airways Suspend Abuja Operations. Dubai-based airline may also jettison Lagos route.
Dubai-based Emirates Airlines and Kenya Airways have announced the suspension of their flights to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, in the face of the economic downturn in the country, foreign exchange scarcity, and the shrinking passenger traffic on international routes. Emirates, one of the biggest foreign airlines operating in Nigeria, said it would stop flights effective October 22, while the East African carrier, Kenya Airways, has also announced that it would suspend flights to and from Abuja with effect from November 15, 2016 as part of its restructuring and loss-saving measures. In this regard, Emirates was said…
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During his 10-year stint as British prime minister, Tony Blair set up a service delivery unit to track the delivery of government policies and priorities. This innovative model has been copied around the world. His African Governance Initiative was designed to help African countries address their governance challenges. This initiative enables leaders measure their performance regarding their pet projects, programmes and their execution. Thus we can measure President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance in his 17-month reign as the Nigerian leader. Security wise, he has only been able to retrieve 21 out of 219 Chibok girls; though a few had been seen…
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Unwittingly, President Buhari exposed a fortnight ago the dingy side of the digital divide he inhabits on the eve of the nation’s Independence Day anniversary. The occasion was the presentation of picture book in Abuja. Responding to perspectives offered by a youthful panel of arts entrepreneurs on how to maximize the potential of the creative industry in a digital age, PMB’s prognosis was, at best, analogue. The Federal Ministry of Information, he argued, should devote more resources to expand existing radio infrastructure because, according to him, they offer a broader platform to reach more Nigerians. Before you begin to wonder…
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Dr. Junaid Mohammed has revealed that President Buhari is sick and that his recent trip to Germany was for medical reasons. Mohammed, a Russian-trained medical doctor, revealed this in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday. Mohammed alleged that the president Buhari’s associates are repeating the mistake that caused the life of late President Umaru Yar’Adua. According to him, Buhari is sick and he went to Germany to receive treatment but his handlers arranged a state visit in an attempt to mask the truth. “The reason the president traveled to Germany was not what it was advertised to be.…
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RUMORS OF WAR In the months before the August coup, Nigerians came to be familiar with routine announcements about this or that politician sentenced to jail, usually for 21 years, often in concurrent sentences. But many were released too – although one would not suspect so, given the spate of disinformation that greeted the take-over. On January 1st, for example, as part of the New Year message, 144 political detainees and 2,407 prisoners were released. Another 85 political detainees would later be “conditionally” released on August 6th, reflecting efforts to pacify restive non-military special interest groups whose causes were being…
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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 scholar who ate grass thinking…
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that some Republicans should no longer be members of the Party of Lincoln. Gingrich discussed with Sean Hannity that Hillary Clinton is “the most dishonest, most corrupt person to get this far in the presidential campaign.” He said that recent WikiLeaks documents show “how genuinely radical the Clinton team is.” “If Trump will focus all of his social media effort on…who Hillary Clinton is…he’s going to win the election.” However, Gingrich warned that those Republicans who are “willing to help her should join the Democratic party.” “The only question that should be asked…
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With liabilities of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) put at about N7 trillion, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Finance, Hon Jones Onyereri, said on Monday the recovery of the debt could speed up the country’s economic recovery. Out of the total portfolio, only about N1.4 trillion has been recovered, leaving a balance of about N5.6 trillion. Mr. Onyereri was speaking in Sokoto at the opening of a retreat on capacity building for members of the committee on emerging issues in the financial and banking sectors of the economy. He said the ability to recover all…
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“At the heat of the intense pressure mounted on the BBC to stop airing the remaining part of the controversial Aisha Buhari interview a few days ago, I had the privilege of listening to the interview before it was fully aired. My good friend, the Head of the Abuja bureau of the BBC, Naziru Mika’il Abubakar, invited me to his office for comment on the interview, and directed that it be played to me before recording my comment. Listening to the president’s wife passionately expressing herself on how her husband runs Nigeria left me cringing. Reading between the lines, I…
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Russian investment in Nigeria covers such areas as energy, iron and steel, and hydro carbon. Over the years, the diplomatic relationship has also witnessed the establishment of a Russia-Nigeria Business Council (RNBC) which oversees economic activities between both countries. Speaking with our Correspondent, GIFT CHAPI in this interview, the Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Nikolay Udovichenko, explains Russia’s intentions and commitment to the growth and development of Nigeria’s economy. Nigeria is considered the economic powerhouse in the West African sub-region. As it is popularly known, Nigeria is one of Africa’s fastest growing economies and boosts the largest population. When Presidency to…
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As the relationship between Russia and the West has deteriorated, some have hastened to blame the United States and NATO for starting a new Cold War, while others entirely blame Putin for annexing Crimea. There is, however, another way to think, both more plausible and more troubling: the question is not “Has a new Cold War started?” but rather “Did the old Cold War ever end?” In my opinion, WWI began around 1870-75, when the scramble for Africa and Asia really began. European nations were amassing territorial control over large parts of the world, and there were constant battles as…
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The panel also stated that recent police shootings have created a “human rights crisis.” Whenever the idea of reparations is presented, it’s usually met with some sort of racist rhetoric or flimsy excuse as to why descendants of slaves aren’t owed anything. However, a recent report done by a U.N.-affiliated group says that due to recent events and the United States’ history of slavery, Black Americans should receive reparations. As part of a study done by the United Nations’ Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, experts concluded that “the legacy of colonial history, enslavement, racial subordination and…
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It is a tale of mixed feelings for a symbol of Nigeria’s Independence when we visited the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos. Nigeria’s Independence Day on October 1, is always nostalgic as the young and the old, male and female ponder on the significance of the day and reflect at memories and how the country has fared. Despite the palpable expression of dissatisfaction by many Nigerians about the state of the nation, a lot more celebrate the sovereignty the country has earned. The much-celebrated independence was achieved with the lowering of the Union Jack and replacement with the green, white…
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Strong indications have emerged that troops and security personnel involved in the ongoing counter-terrorism campaign against Boko Haram are unhappy with the release of five top Boko Haram commanders. The commanders were said to have been released in exchange for the 21 of the Chibok schoolgirls who regained their freedom on Thursday. Some security personnel, who confided on the matter , said that while the return of the girls is worth celebrating, those in the armed services are not pleased with what Nigeria gave in exchange for the girls. Investigations revealed that the military expressed reservations about the swap which…
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As Nigeria continues to liaise with other countries abroad on the repatriation of looted funds stashed abroad it has emerged that the exact figures of looted funds outside the country may be difficult to ascertain. This is due to the complexity and dynamics of legislations, culture and policies of various countries regarding the repatriation of the funds. Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), gave this indication yesterday at a Media Roundtable on Open Government Partnership (OGP), in Abuja. The Minister in response to questions from journalist on the exact amount of looted funds outside…
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People tend to be alarmed when the Nigerian Presidency takes certain decisions. They don’t think the decision makes sense. Sometimes, they wonder if something has not gone wrong with the thinking process at that highest level of the country. I have heard people insist that there is some form of witchcraft at work in the country’s seat of government. I am ordinarily not a superstitious person, but working in the Villa, I eventually became convinced that there must be something supernatural about power and closeness to it. I’ll start with a personal testimony. I was given an apartment to live…
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Below is the full text from Aisha Buhari’s controversial interview with BBC Hausa Service. BBC Hausa: It has been One and a half years since President Muhammadu Buhari came into power, a lot of people are expressing their unhappiness over the way few acquaintance of the President have hijacked power while neglecting people that work for his success. Like we have promised, here is how the interview with Aisha Buhari and Naziru Maka’ilu from Abuja goes. BBC Hausa: People have goodwill towards President Muhammadu Buhari, especially looking at the things he did before, but since coming into power things have…
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Afe Babalola, and the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, have condemned the Department of State Services for the recent arrests of some judges and raids on their homes, Punch reports. The duo spoke on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti while laying the foundation of the state new High Court complex. Babalola said even if the judges were found to have done something offensive, the normal thing was to report them to the National Judicial Council for disciplinary action. He wondered why the judges were released on bail on personal recognition after the DSS raids, querying…
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Yesterday, Hajo Sani made preparations to leave Nigeria by British Airways to underscore her undue supervisory role over Aisha and be the chaperone again! She wasn’t with Aisha when she gave the BBC interview, she’s scrambling to go to London before Aisha proceeds to Brussels and say more stuff. They are angry as hell and are smarting from the exposé. Unfortunately for them, they cannot prevent BBC from airing the remaining part of the interview tomorrow and we are waiting with bated breath to hear it and to read it. Buhari is a thorough Northern conservative who loves his wife.…
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The National Judicial Council of Nigeria has presented its position to the public regarding the actions of the Department of State Security against judges whose houses were raided last week across the country. The position of the NJC is coming after two days of emergency meetings held to discuss the controversy generated by attacks on several judges. The press release issued by Soji Oye berated the DSS, describing its actions as an attempt to ridicule, harass and intimidate judges. The NJC made a particular effort to discountenance allegations levied against it bet the DSS that it made attempts to shield…
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THE National Judicial Council (NJC), on Tuesday, recommended the most senior justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Walter Onnoghen, as successor to Mahmud. Mahmud will retire on November 10. Onnoghen, who is from Cross River State, is the first Southern CJN-designate in 29 years. Only his name was agreed upon by the council and will be sent to President Buhari No stand-by nominee was chosen at the emergency meeting. A council source told our source that the practice of sending two names to the president stopped with the appointment of Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu. The single-nominee arrangement leaves the president with…
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Fellow Nigerians, let me start by apologising for my absence on this page last week. I could not believe the torrents of comments on social media and the number of calls from friends and well-wishers from far and near enquiring about my welfare. Everyone was concerned because they know how much dedication and discipline goes into writing a weekly column. Even I sometimes wonder how I’m able to keep a date with you week in and week out. Once in a while we all suffer from what’s often referred to as mental block. It is a writer’s affliction that makes…
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Conceived in September 2015, with the foreword written by Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd) in July this year, “Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria”, probably took about six months for John N. Paden to write. And, I am sorry to say, this is a rather unserious literary work. Aside the fact that you don’t write the biography of a man like President Muhammadu Buhari within so short a period, this effort is, to put it mildly, very poor. However, to the extent that it was authorized not only by Mr. Mamman Daura, “a senior adviser of Buhari”,…
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Following allegations of corruption, there was a massive arrest of Judges in Indonesia in May this year. But it was not a big public issue, essentially because the country has a history of dealing with such cases. For instance, in July 2014, Indonesia’s anti-corruption court sentenced the former head of the country’s Constitutional Court, Akil Mochtar, to life imprisonment for bribery and money laundering. Mochtar was found guilty of accepting more than US $3.37 million in bribes to tamper with the results of no fewer than 10 local elections while serving as head judge; and with laundering more than US…
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The UK government has concluded that epileptic power supply is the single biggest factor hindering economic growth in Nigeria. While Naijiant.com holds the view that security is more critical to economic growth than power supply, the UK position seems to be backed by research. The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) provided this view today while responding to a report by the UK Parliament’s International Development Committee on DFID’s work in Nigeria, which was published in July. DFID stated that: “there is already strong survey evidence that poor power supply is the biggest single constraint on investment and growth,…
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Details emerged on Tuesday of an angry letter of protest the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mahmoud Muhammed, penned to President Muhammadu Buhari in the aftermath of the raid on homes of senior judges and their subsequent arrest by operatives of the Department of State Services over the weekend. A source who saw the letter told the Nigerian Times that Justice Muhammed left very little unsaid about various attempts by senior members of the administration to bribe judges and subvert the cause of justice. In the letter, the out-going CJN directly named Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers State…
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The BBC Hausa Service is under intense pressure from President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his kitchen cabinet to pre-empt broadcast of the full interview granted by his wife, Aisha Buhari. The interview is due for broadcast on Saturday, but the President is said to have reached out to his wife, who is currently in London, to stop granting further interviews to the media. In excerpts that have been widely reported in the media, Mrs. Buhari is quoted as saying that the President had ditched those who really worked for his victory in the 2015 election and is instead focusing…
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Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has flayed alleged moves by some powerful forces to divide All Progressives Congress, APC, saying they could not countermand the mandate vested in her husband by 15 million Nigerians. Mrs. Buhari was quoted in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service as also saying that Nigerians, who voted for the President, knew those causing problems for the administration. Wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari and Her Aidw, Dr. Hajo Sani (r) during the presentation of a book titled Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges Of Leadership In Nigeria authored by Prof. John Paden at…
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As received from a very reliable diplomatic source in UAE: “You must have seen the fabricated message going round about the alleged stabbing and killing of a Dubai Police Officer by a group of Nigerians. Well, nothing like this happened and Nigerians are as expected going about their lawful businesses in Dubai unmolested. Sadly, this rumour was initiated and disseminated by fellow Nigerians, for whatever it is worth. While calling on us all to be mindful of the kind of information we share via the Social Media, we should also always have the interest of our fatherland at heart.”
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It is obvious that the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) is assailed relentlessly by fissiparous forces. It does appear the poison has been carried over into something as straight-forward as the story of how the running-mate to President Muhammadu Buhari emerged in 2014. Or how else can one explain the illogicality in the claim by PMB’s biographer, Professor John Paden, that Professor Yemi Osinbajo materialized emerged in spite of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s desperate manoeuvres and machinations. Who, in all honesty, has forgotten Buhari’s well-publicized concession to Tinubu after emerging winner of APC’s primaries in December 2014, apparently as a mark…
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With the inauguration of the Ken Nnamani committee on Tuesday, the Buhari administration is following closely the footsteps of his predecessors in what seems to have become a perennial national racket. But coming soon after the president had openly dismissed the report of the 2014 National Conference as only fit for the archives, this sudden U-turn is bound to arouse suspicion. Increasingly censured for being too obsessed with the anti-corruption advocacy as if it were the sole purpose of governance at the expense of other equally critical pillars of nation-building, President Buhari is perhaps learning fast how to keep sections…
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The Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, on Tuesday, urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to refund the N43bn the state spent on the rehabilitation of federal roads. The governor said the reimbursement was necessary to facilitate the rehabilitation of more federal roads in the state, which were in deplorable conditions. The governor, who spoke through his Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy, Mr. Tony Nnacheta, after an executive council meeting, said withholding the money had incapacitated the state from rehabilitating more federal roads. He said, “The total sum we expended on federal roads in the state was…
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Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Engr. Babachir Lawal, has accused the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of not doing enough to resolve the crisis in the Delta state chapter. The NWC is chaired by APC National Chairman, John Oyegun, who recently refused resignation call by former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu. The SGF was, before his appointment, the National Vice-Chairman, North-East. At a meeting held in the conference room of the Office of the SGF in Abuja, yesterday, Lawal reportedly lambasted, the NWC, for watching as crises lingered in several state chapters of the…
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Barely 24 hours after I described the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, as Nigeria’s ultimate “outdoor leader”, in a Facebook tribute to his impressive achievements in the state, the governor was out at 1:00 a.m on the streets of Port Harcourt to stop the abduction of a Federal High Court judge, by hooded men of the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS men had arrived at the home of the judicial officer in a manner disturbingly similar to how Boko Haram marauders stormed the female hostels in Chibok in 2014. It is a tragic parallel to draw, but a…
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Dele Awogbeoba in this piece writes on the cracked relationship between the presidency and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The author stresses that President Muhammadu Buhai would not be re-elected in 2019 without the support of the Yorubas which covers 7 states and a third of Kogi state. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu The cracked relationship between the presidency and Jagaban A lot has been said (mainly by people within the PDP) emphasizing the supposed cracks between the presidency and the most influential political figure from the South West of Nigeria in the person…
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Sokoto – The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has reacted to a recent accusation by the Igbo Leaders of Thought accusing President Buhari’s administration of plotting to Islamise Nigeria, ThisDay reports. The Sultan said he was worried that people who were supposed to be elder state men could make such provocative comments. His words: “I am always worried when Nigerians who are supposed to be elder statesmen make provocative comments about this government trying to Islamise Nigeria. “I keep on asking how? How do you Islamise a country like Nigeria that is probably 80 million Muslims (in population)…
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‘’ Some people don’t know and some pretend not to know that law has its technicalities-both civil and criminal proceedings. They talk of technicalities and say that lawyers delay cases, look, without being immodest; I have been involved in a lot of cases in this country. I have defended a lot of…
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A forrmer minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has lambasted the Department of State Services, DSS, for arresting some judges in the middle of the night. Fani-Kayode in a statement released on Saturday, said the action of the DSS to arrest judges is an indication that Nigeria is under attack by “ravenous” President Muhammadu Buhari and his government. The former campaign spokesman of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan called on Nigerians to “rise up and fight back” against the alleged oppression by the current government. The statement reads in part, “Their homes were raided by hundreds of fully armed DSS commandos between 1.00…
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Nigeria’s banking industry is experiencing a “full blown financial crisis” as failed fiscal and monetary policies lead to a credit crunch, according to Arqaam Capital. Unity Bank Plc and Skye Bank Plc are close to being insolvent while lenders FBN Holdings Plc and Sterling Bank Plc “will need a dilutive capital hike,” Jaap Meijer and Tarek Sleiman, analysts at the Dubai-based investment bank and brokerage, said in an e-mailed note on Monday. Banks’ capital ratios are set to worsen because of currency depreciation and souring loans, they said. Calls to Unity and Skye Bank weren’t immediately returned. The central bank…
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On December 17, 2015, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, a judge of the Federal High Court ordered Kanu’s unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement at the weekend, Ifeanyi Ejiojor, counsel to Kanu, linked the continued detention of the IPOB leader to President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment at the presidential media chat on December 30, 2015, where he said no court would grant him bail. “The order made on December 17, 2016 by Justice A.F.A. Ademola, directing the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu was served on the Department of State Services (DSS) that same day the order was made,” he said. “Still,…
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There was this story of a Chinese couple who gave birth to a child with Negroid features. At the elaborate party to welcome the newborn, they gave him the name Sum Tin Wong. Something was definitely wrong at the weekend when agents of the Department of State Services [DSS] launched midnight raids on the houses of some High, Appeal and Supreme Court judges. They ransacked the houses looking for evidence of corruption and arrested some of the judges, including two Justices of the Supreme Court. Many things were wrong with the DSS operation, beginning with the English. DSS’ spokesman Abdullahi…
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Consequently, the pan-African highway would link Nigeria to five other countries, namely Algeria, Tunisia, Mali, Niger and Chad which are member countries of Trans-Saharan Road Liaison Committee, TRLC. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, who stated this at the opening ceremony of the 65thTRLC in Abuja, said the roads would be upgraded to take the form of dualisation to the member countries. Fashola said: “I would like to assure this gathering that plans are underway for all major routes in Nigeria that link the trans Sahara route to be upgraded while future road interventions in Nigeria…
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The invasion is unconstitutional. The assault on the premises of the judges is unconstitutional. By the action, the Department of State Services is usurping the functions of the National Judicial Council which is constitutionally allowed to discipline erring judges. Dramatising the issue under the canopy of fighting corruption is not fair. Nobody is saying that judges should not be arraigned before a court; nobody is saying judges shouldn’t be arrested. But for goodness sake, why at night? Why under the cover of darkness? I am assuming that they have a search warrant. But even if they have a search warrant,…
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Mahmood Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, has confronted President Muhammadu Buhari in a face-to-face meeting in the Presidential Villa following the weekend crackdown on federal judges and two Supreme Court justices by the country’s secret police. The meeting, which held in the morning of Monday, October 10, 2016, was at the instance of the Honourable Justice Mohammed, multiple sources reveal. Present at the meeting were Lawal Daura, the director-general of the Department of State Security Services, DSS, which serves as the country’s secret police and the president of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Babatunde Adejumo. Our findings…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives condemns in strongest terms the State Security Service, (SSS) invasion of residences and arrest of some judges on allegations of corruption and other acts of professional misconducts. We condemn in its entirety, the said Gestapo invasion of the residences and arrest of the judges at those odd hours as it is not only unlawful but a threat to due process, usurpation of the responsibilities of the Nigeria Police, EFCC, ICPC or the NJC AND A BREACH OF CHAPTER 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FED REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND…
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