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There seems to be no let-up in the leadership crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the combatants continue to dig deeper into the trenches. The party’s embattled National Chairman; Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff Friday accused the Chairman of the PDP caretaker committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and Secretary of the committee, Senator Ben Obi of working for a prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, Sheriff said the unnamed APC chieftain has been sponsoring Makarfi and Obi have been paying secret visits to the said APC chieftain. Makarfi and his committee…
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The many cases of alleged uncovered diversion of funds meant for the rehabilitation of dilapidated public schools in the State under the administration of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has been described by the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as shocking and wicked. The chairman of the State PDP, Bro Felix Obuah, made this observation while reacting to the published list of persons invited by the State Senior Secondary Schools Board for explanations over monies received from the immediate past administration under Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi but not used for the projects so awarded and some, collected without project…
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It’s fair to say that there was more than a little spin from both campaigns in the lead up to the vote, so here’s the truth We had claim, counter claim; claims of lies, claims of lying about lies; claims of fact, claims of using misleading facts. It would be fair to say Britain’s political class had not exactly done many favours for themselves during the nasty, brutish and long referendum campaign. It was now our turn to try and work out the truth as we entered the polling stations. These are 40 ‘facts’ before us about Britain’s relationship with…
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Friday summoned top commanders of the service to the Army headquarters for an emergency security meeting especially on the recent allegation that some top officers of the service approached a militant group to solicit support to topple the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration. The meeting which held under the chairmanship of Buratai was attended by the general officers commanding the seven divisions of the Nigerian Army, the Principal Staff Officers and Operational Commanders across the country. The General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Army, Kaduna, Maj. Gen Adeniyi Oyebade who…
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It was reported a short while ago that the militant group, Joint Niger Delta Liberation force had warned Buhari that there was a military coup brewing with the aim to take him out. The army have since denied such an allegation saying that there were no such plans by the military. But reports indicate that the President is taking precautions against the possibility as it was gathered that President Muhammadu Buhari has named Abdulkarim Dauda and Kayode Sikiru Akande to serve as the Chief Personal Security Officer to the President and the Officer in Charge of Presidential Movement respectively. A…
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308. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Constitution, but subject to subsection (2) of this section – (a) no civil or criminal proceedings shall be instituted or continued against a person to whom this section applies during his period of office; (b) a person to whom this section applies shall not be arrested or imprisoned during that period either in pursuance of the process of any court or otherwise; and (c) no process of any court requiring or compelling the appearance of a person to whom this section applies, shall be applied for or issued: Provided that in…
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President Mohammadu Buhari’s draconian style of administration is impacting negatively on the nation, fuelling ill feelings, despondence and general discontent among the populace and spiking a gloomy future with an ever spiraling economic downturn. The effects of his harsh policies and perceived lopsided anti-graft war, reminiscent of his stint as military head of state between 1983 and 1984 is so pronounced that even his former constituency, the military, is weighed down by his high-handedness. Investigation has uncovered an existing plot by some elements in the military to unseat President Mohammadu Buhari. Niger Delta militants under the aegis of the Joint…
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On Monday afternoon, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ended the Nigerian naira’s sixteen-month peg to the U.S. dollar, sending the naira into a freefall. The currency had been pegged at 197 naira per dollar, but as the chart below shows, it had been trading at over 320 naira per dollar for months on the black market (read: free market) and currently sits at 345 naira per dollar. At the time of writing, the naira was officially trading at 282.50 naira per dollar. The official inflation rate for Nigeria in May was 15.6 percent. However, by using changes in the…
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According to sources close to Dr Bukola Saraki revealed that the Senate president has perfected contingency plans to defect to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) if the All Progressive Congress (APC) senators begin impeachment processes against him. Senator Saraki who is facing trial at the Code of Conduct tribunal for about eight months has now been pushed over the edge by the Federal government who slammed fresh charges of forgery on him and his deputy Senator Ike Ekweremmadu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum and the party’s caucus in the House of Representatives have woken up in support of…
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SENATORS elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, formally resolved to withhold their support for the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. They cited the actions of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government to- wards their party members since taking over the central government as reasons. The resolution was taken following the court summon on the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, along with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, over alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules. The Senators who met at a secret location in Abuja said they would communicate their new position to the national leadership…
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The British electorate does not need Americans to tell them how to vote in the June 23 referendum, and I wouldn’t dare try. I have always had great admiration for the British people — and great respect for the country’s democratic traditions. But from across the Atlantic, we Yanks are watching the campaign closely — and many of us who have deep personal and business ties to the U.K. can’t help but take a close interest. The special relationship between the U.K. and U.S. holds a special place in my heart, and not just because I had the great privilege…
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… Says EFCC Has All It Needs The United States has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has all it needs to prosecute all those implicated in the Halliburton scandal including Mrs. Aisha M. Buhari who allegedly wired $170,000.00 in bribe to disgraced Congressman Williams J. Jefferson in 2002. A 16-count indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., charged Jefferson with solicitation of bribes from Nigeria and other places, honest services wire fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, racketeering, and conspiracy. The indictment alleges that from in or about…
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A renowned and respected Northern Leader, and first civilian Governor of Kaduna State in the Second Republic, Alhaji Balarebe Musa, has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari, for his approach in addressing the ethnic agitations in the country. The former Governor, in an interview with PUNCH, on Thursday, blamed Buhari’s military background for the escalation of crisis in the different geopolitical zones of the country. Musa, a vocal critic of the Buhari administration, said the current administration had not shown any seriousness in using dialogue to resolve agitations in the country. He said Buhari should show that he is now a converted…
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On Monday 20th 2016, the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose alerted the world that his personal bank account domicile at Zenith Bank Nigeria PLC has been frozen on the order of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The 55 years old politician accused President Muhamadu Buhari of using the instrumentalities of the law to fight him for daring to criticize his government. The Governor however kicked against the action of the EFCC as he claimed that such move contravenes the provisions of section 308 of the Nigerian constitution which granted him an immunity against being tried for…
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Retired justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Niki Tobi is dead. According to a family source, Justice Tobi died by 5.30 pm on Thursday, June 16, 2016 at the National Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness. His corpse was later moved to the morgue of Garki General Hospital, according to Vanguard. It was also learnt that the late jurist, regarded in the nation’s legal circle as a highly brilliant judicial officer, had been ill for some time. The late Justice Tobi retired on July 14, 2010 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Tobi was an academic before…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed Assistant Commissioner of Police, brahim Kpotum Idris tipped as the Acting Inspector General of Police. He replaces Solomon Arase who has proceeded on retirement. The President met with Idris in company of his predecessor at Aso Rock presidential villa on Tuesday. The Presidency is expected to issue a statement on the new appointment later in the day. Idris obtained two academic degrees of law and agriculture from the AhmaduBello University, Zaria and University of Maiduguri, respectively. He has also attended numerous courses and trainings in Nigeria and abroad and partook in several peace keeping…
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, is invoved in a scandal over the illegal employment exercise carried out by its executive chairman, Mr. Babatunde Fowler. Fowler has been found to have overseen a recruitment exercise that did not follow the rules of employment in the public service. The 349 roles at the Federal Inland Revenue Service were not advertised, according to SaharaReporters, and the recruitment exercise was carried out in secrecy. Not only that, the new FIRS recruitment did not follow federal character principles with some regions and states being short changed while some were “rewarded” according to the infamous…
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AT least, 59 persons were late Saturday night and early hours of Sunday allegedly killed following the renewed hostilities between suspected Fulani herdsmen and farmers at Turan Council ward of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. Our correspondent learnt that the attack also left so many members of the community with varying degrees of injuries while several others were still reported missing and property worth millions of naira destroyed. According to a source, the suspected armed herdsmen stormed the Gabo Nenzev community in large numbers from the neighbouring Nasarawa State, shooting sporadically and burning down houses at the time…
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The personal account of the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose and that of his associates have been frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). Fayose Speaking at the premises of Zenith Bank, Ado-Ekiti, where he had his personal account, the governor claimed that he had gotten winds of plans by the Presidency to freeze his account some days earlier. A source at the Bank told the visibly surprised Governor Fayose that his account was allegedly frozen on the order of the anti-graft agency. The Governor said, he had earlier issued a counter-cheque to make withdrawal and was…
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FILE: Ex-Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode arriving the EFCC Abuja office on Monday, May 9, 2016. Jude Ndukwe, the SA Media to detained Director of Media and Publicity of the 2015 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that the former minister of Aviation, has met his bail conditions as set by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC but the anti-graft agency has refused to release him with the aim of forcefully extracting statements from him that would implicate his principal, former President Goodluck Jonathan, PDP chieftains as well as publishers and editors of major newspapers…
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The leadership of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has concluded plans to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the rising wave of militancy in the Niger Delta and the agitations by the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB). The 28-member Union, with a population of over 500 million people, and a quarter of the global wealth, is one of the most powerful organisations in the world. It was gathered at the weekend that, worried by the deteriorating security situation in the Niger Delta and the Southeast, leaders of the European Union…
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– Sirika is said to be showing insubordination to his direct boss, Amaechi – Sources say this may not be unconnected to his (Sirika’s) relationship with President Buhari – Amaechi is said not to be taking the acts with a pinch of salt – Aviation workers express disappointment over the public squabbles of the ministers. There is a mild war brewing in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet between Rotimi Amaechi and Hadi Sirika. Amaechi is Nigeria’s minister of Transport while Sirika is the minister of state for Aviation and the pair are said to be at loggerheads over reported acts of…
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Where’s Your State on WAEC Performance Chart? The West African Certificate Examination (WAEC) has just released its performance chart for May/June 2015 exams. Here is the list of the states according to their performance: Abia – 1st Anambra – 2nd Edo – 3rd Rivers – 4th Imo – 5th Lagos – 6th Bayelsa – 7th Delta – 8th Enugu -9th Ebonyi – 10th Ekiti – 11th Kaduna – 12th Ondo – 13th Abuja – 14th Kogi – 15th Benue – 16th Akwa Ibom…
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Four of the major coastal tribes of Western Africa: the Yoruba, Igbo, Akan and the Gaa-Adangbe are dissimilar at a glance and evidently geographic neighbours, but very closely related, when examined at the genetic level. Several studies have been employed over the years, with findings showing genetic similarity between differing regional ethnic groups. One in particular, conducted by Adebowale Adeyemo, Guanjie Chen, Yuanxiu Chen, the National Human Genome Centre and Howard University, and Charles Rotimi of the University of Ibadan, provided results indicating the genetic similarities between the four major West African ethnic groups. Their findings further showed surprising genetic…
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The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHED, has notified electricity consumers in Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River and Akwa Ibom States that the National Power Grid has collapsed. The Head of Corporate Communications of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, Jonah Iboma revealed that PHED is now receiving zero power from the national grid as a result of the collapse which occurred on Sunday, 19 June. He said the implication of the collapse of the national grid is that most cities in the four states are now witnessing blackout. Iboma added that PHED would source for power from other alternative sources…
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A power barge is a power plant installed on a deck barge. These are sometimes called “floating power plants” or “barge mounted power plants”. The type of power plants include single or multiple gas turbines, reciprocating diesel and gas engines, boilers or nuclear reactors. Ghana is expected to receive and install a consolidated 400 megawatts of power barge in the next two months. In an attempt to stabilize power crisis last year, government installed a 225 megawatts power barge constructed by the Turkish firm Karpower. Although there is stability in power currently, government plans to prop up power generated from…
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‘We may start to prosecute BDCs, banks for complicity’ Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said due to the current anti-corruption war, looters have stopped keeping money in banks and have resorted to storing cash in their abandoned property. Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, said this at a workshop titled, ‘The ‘Role of Professionals in the Fight Against Corruption’ in Abuja, at the weekend. “People are now scared of keeping monies in banks, as it can be traced easily. Monies are now kept in abandoned houses in the country.” He also charged bureau-de-change operators and financial institutions…
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Richard Condon’s novel, The Manchurian Candidate (1959), now a classic of the cold-war, is a political thriller about a young American soldier, from a very prominent political family, who is recruited, brainwashed, and unleashed unto the American political landscape by the Communists to effect subterranean changes that would have ground-shifting impact on American politics and society. The basic unsubtle trigger of the story is that the main character, Raymond Shaw is programmed as a “sleeper agent” to undermine his own society. It is from this scenario, the characters – individuals primed, either by self-interest, greed, unhealed trauma, or even conditioned…
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My dear Asiwaju, I am compelled to write this open letter to you because of the state of affairs of the Yoruba nation. Firstly, I wish to acknowledge that fate has put you in a prime position to determine to a large extent the direction that the Yoruba people will go. The indisputable truth is that one may quarrel with your politics but your sagacity is never in doubt. Even those who don’t see eye to eye with you agree that you are imbued with unusual native intelligence, uncommon people skills and unrivaled foresight. You, more than any other person,…
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It’s hard to see how President Buhari’s policies are good for Nigeria’s future. Nigerian President Muhummadu Buhari writes of building an economic bridge to Nigeria’s future (“The Three Changes Nigeria Needs,” op-ed, June 14). It’s hard to see how his administration’s inflexibility, lack of vision and reactive approach will achieve this. Mr. Buhari notes that building trust is a priority for Nigeria. But an anticorruption drive that is selective and focused on senior members of the opposition party creates deep political divisions. Meanwhile, members of Mr. Buhari’s own cabinet, accused of large-scale corruption, walk free. Seventy percent of the national…
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This has been a very expensive one year specialist MBA education on the interplay of economic theory (read basic demand and supply principles), international trade, the global financial markets and appropriate interventionist and predictive monetary policies. It was an all-out battle between obstinacy, star-gazing and wishful thinking, ‘native intelligence’, dishonest intellectuals (una know una self), ethical and motivational blindness and obsequiousness on one hand and tested and established economic theories on the other. A one year lesson in cause and effect and as ethical blindness rightly teaches us, ‘why good or ethical leaders make wrong or unethical decisions’. The actual…
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The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, has petitioned the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, accusing some members of the lower chamber of improper conduct, attempted rape and soliciting for prostitutes while on official trip to the US. But, the affected lawmakers have denied all the allegations and threatened to sue the ambassador and the US government for “character defamation and a calculated attempt to ridicule the National Assembly.” The Ambassador, in a letter dated June 9, 2016, addressed to Speaker Dogara, exclusively obtained by New Telegraph, alleged that three members of the House…
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The national caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who was appointed by the Port Harcourt convention, has reacted angrily to the invasion of the PDP National Secretariat by Ali Sheriff, saying Mr. Sheriff was being sponsored by the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, to scuttle PDP’s chance in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo state. Mr. Sheriff had stormed the PDP secretariat on Monday with thousands of his supporters saying a court had recognized him as the chairman of the party. The former Borno governor, who announced plans for the forthcoming Edo state election and the appointment of…
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Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has denied owning a £15m property in the United Kingdom and demanded a retraction from the UK SUN newspaper over an article by its former Editor, Kelvin Mackenzie, alleging in his Saturday column that the ex-Nigerian leader had bought the property in Surrey. He had written, “I hear the aptly named Goodluck Jonathan, the former President of oil-rich Nigeria, has bought a 12,000 square foot house on the ultra-expensive and well protected St George’s Hill estate in Weybridge, Surrey. “I’m sure he gained his wealth legitimately but these houses are £10-£15million a pop, so, perhaps the…
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Recently, there were renewed calls by eminent Nigerians, including a former vice-president, for the restructuring of the country, with more power and resource control devolving to the six regions to make them generate more revenue for development, while the centre remains constant albeit less powerful than before. To you, is this restructuring formula the panacea to revive and boost Nigeria’s development process? * Restructuring is a vital solution to Nigeria’s development problems. In advanced nations, regions are so empowered to be self-sufficient and independent that the function of the government at the centre is more or less ceremonial but…
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A former chairman of the National Population Commission, Festus Odimegwu, has lambasted the Nigerian political class, accusing government at all levels of corruption and ineptitude- failings he said are now enough for the Nigerian military to seize political power in the country. In an explosive interview published by ThisDay last weekend, Mr. Odimegwu said Nigeria had failed and that it was time for the military to intervene to save whatever is remaining of the country. PREMIUM TIMES got ThisDay’s permission to run excerpts of the the interview. Mr. Odimegwu, a former head of the Nigerian Breweries Plc, said Nigeria had…
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When a few months ago the northern governors threatened in an infantile stupor to “break up” Nigeria, many people called off their bluff even though it was the right thing to do! Right now breaking up Nigeria is on everyone’s mind! After that shameful threat lacking in adult decency and political decorum, Buhari took it upon himself to ramp up another bombastic threat to bomb the #Avengers “out of existence”! In making his threat to stick, Buhari described his move thus: “I’ll so deal with the #Avengers more than Boko Haram, they will regret they ever existed”! So far, the…
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States government will now receive fresh monthly bailout from the federal government, following the adoption of the fiscal sustainability plan of the federal government. According to the ministry of finance, state governments have agreed to a common standard to which they must operate in terms of financial management. “We are determined to attain financial discipline across government and implementing the FSP at state level will ensure alignment,” Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, said. “The focus on increasing revenue, which is not limited to conventional taxes but rather encourages states to explore opportunities in areas such as agriculture and solid minerals,…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it paid N56.22 billion into the Federation Account in April, 2016. This is contained in the corporation’s Monthly Financial Report released in Abuja on Thursday 09/06/2016. “NNPC transferred N56.22 billion to the Federation Account for the month of April being proceeds from local sale of petroleum products. “Thus, the sum of N933.12 billion has been paid to the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) from March, 2015 to April, 2016,” the report said. On crude oil sale for the month under review, it said that NNPC recorded export sale of $289.36 million, adding that…
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Damola Awoyokun, an engineer and historian has perused hitherto hidden dispatches from British diplomats and intelligence officers on Nigeria’s first coup—a very bloody one—executed by Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and other revolutionists on 15 January 1966. The coup in which political leaders and military officers of northern Nigeria extraction were majorly killed triggered a counter-coup and eventually declaration of Biafra and a civil war. This article shares the rare insight into the bloody event of 15 January 1966 and we believe it may serve as a good lesson as the drums of war are being sounded in some parts of our…
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Constitutional lawyer and elder statesman, Prof. Ben Nwabueze (SAN) has declared that only the restructuring of the polity will save Nigeria from its recurring socio-economic and political challenges. As a first step towards realising the goal, Nwabueze has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately convene a fresh National Conference. He said that the 2014 National Conference organised by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan was not the kind that Nigeria needs. Nwabueze’s revisit of his clamour for the restructuring of Nigeria came a few days after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar made the same request. Atiku had at…
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Itam is a sleepy, nondescript town that ushers you into Uyo, the capital city of Akwa Ibom State. It holds a rather special place in my heart. Flashback 50 years ago, it was here at the peak of the Nigerian Civil War, after a dreadfully exhausting and hazardous trek from Ikot Ekpene, that my family stopped to rest. It was at dusk and we were about to have our first meal – garri made with tepid water of questionable source and stale egusi soup, our very first meal in nearly two days. I was struggling to knead the eba when…
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December 16th 2015 Royal Dutch Shell Group said on Tuesday that it plans to exit oil and gas operations in 10 countries as part of a strategy to raise its cost savings profile to $4.5 billion and narrow its focus to the most profitable businesses such as liquefied natural gas, deepwater oil production and chemicals. Shell’s Chief Executive Officer, Ben van Beurden, who spoke on Tuesday in London as the Group looks to seal the $54 billion acquisition of BG Group, did not name the countries to be affected by the company’s exit plans. The company, which has already unfolded…
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Former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, and former Minister of Information, Professor Jerry Gana, were among eminent Nigerians who yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to embark on immediate restructuring of Nigeria in line with the principles of true federalism. They made the call at Nike Lake Resort Hotel Enugu during the 17th Annual Convention of the Igbo Youth Movement (IYM), headed by Evangelist Elliot Ukoh. Others prominent figures who joined in the request for restructuring includes Yoruba leader, Ayo Adebanjo, former Governor of Anambra state, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife; resource control protagonist, Ankio Briggs; and immediate former Governor of Anambra…
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, kicked up the dust on May 31, at a book launch in Abuja. The book has the rather cheeky title of We are all Biafrans. He has put our country in the agitation mode once again. You can feel it. Some important warriors of restructuring and true federalism have instantly oiled their rusty muskets, ready for the battle royal. No, this is not a shooting war. Here, the tongue is mightier than the musket. I get the distinct impression that we are running in circles each time someone trundles restructuring or true federalism across our path.…
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THE Arewa Consultative Forum, the mouthpiece of Northern Nigeria has warned the Niger Delta Avengers to stop their acts of economic sabotage by attacking oil facilities in the region. The former Inspector-General of police, Ibrahim Coomassie the ACF chairman warned that the north has tolerated them enough and adjure them to desist henceforth from carrying out further attacks describing the attacks as the height of criminality which is totally unacceptable. He questioned the rationale behind their attacks ”when there is a machinery in place by the Federal Government to develop the region such as the Ministry of the Niger…
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How the hunger games are unfolding The news from military defense headquarters that out of the recently retired generals and senior military officers, about 75% were southerners are keeping tongues wagging. It’s really a surprise that most Nigerians, especially southerners are knowing for the first time that ethnic cleansing in the armed forces has been going for the past 50 years! Folks, no bi today the thing dey happen. Brace yourself for the real truth, and what’s driving Buhari’s northern agenda. But while you kick back and relax for the truth, process this other one that’s currently uploading: all the…
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*Lagos as it is today, has everything to stand by its own. We run the police, we have the most viable infrastructure in the whole country, yet we are not given what we deserve- Ambode *What we owe Nigeria today is nothing but true federalism- Ambode Twenty-three years after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election widely acclaimed to have been won by the late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, former Lagos Military Administrator, Ndubuisi Kanu and the Convener of the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER), Ayo Opadokun, have called for true…
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A new report has disclosed that the 36 states and the 774 local government councils in Nigeria shared N2.8 trillion from the Federation Account in the one year of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. An exclusive report by the Economic Confidential, an intelligence economic magazine, disclosed that the total figure was payment made to the two tiers of government between June 2015 and May 2016 at the monthly meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC).. In the report, Lagos state is ranked first as the highest recipient of gross allocation with a total sum of N178 billion in the twelve…
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More international airlines are expected to suspend their flights to Nigeria due to foreign currency restrictions that have locked up nearly $1 billion of revenue in the west African nation. Two international airlines, Iberia and United Airlines have so far suspended flights to Nigeria – Iberia suspended flights in May and United Airlines’ suspension is expected to take full effect from July. According to Nigerian news portal Sahara Reporters, the American airliner, United, will depart Houston to Lagos for the last time on June 29 and make its final flight from Lagos to Houston on June 30. The portal indicates…
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In a White House memo dated Tuesday, January 28, 1969 to President Nixon, former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger describes the Igbos as “the wandering Jews of West Africa-gifted, aggressive, westernized, at best envied and resented, but mostly despised by their neighbors in the federation”(foreign relations document, volume E-5, documents on Africa 1969-1972). Kissinger’s description aptly portrays the Christian Igbos and their experience in Nigeria. Over the years, the Igbos have been the victims of numerous massacres, that they have lost count. Most of the violence directed against the Igbos have been state sponsored. One can say that the Igbos…
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Yesterday it was confirmed that a number of high-ranking officers from the military were compulsorily retired from service over allegations of corruption and fraud. The army had released a statement announcing the retirement of the soldiers and explaining that there was a need for the military to be non-partisan and focussed on protecting the nation. It has now been alleged that the retired officers were mostly from the south south and south east. In a tweet posted by news agency Sahara reporters, they claim that a source alleges that the officers who were retired were mostly Southerners. This has strengthened…
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Media reports reveal the real reasons why coach Sunday Oliseh may continue to tinker the Eagles from his base in Belgium. After contracting a virus in one of his official assignments, camp sources informed that the former Juventus player has alleged occultic manipulations by his enemies on his life and has vowed to flee far from the country to where they could not fly to attack him. “He is always scared in camp and suspicious of even members of his back room staff”, a close source to the team informed. The source said that the outspoken coach allegedly confronted his…
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Fellow Nigerians, let me say categorically and emphatically that our dear beloved country is dangerously haemorrhaging again and this perfidious drift must be halted urgently before we all end up in perdition. Anyone telling President Muhammadu Buhari that all is well or that his government is moving in the right direction is either lying or pretending like a rattlesnake. And there are many scorpions around ready to mislead every government and move on effortlessly when things fall apart. For sure President Buhari possesses the ability to move this country in the right direction and lead us to where we want…
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The opening take for this piece is that no matter how hard Buhari fights, no matter how passionate he desires, and no matter how much he injects his much touted political will into system, things can never change in Nigeria for the better unless Nigeria undergoes total restructuring. And no lie or attempt to hide the truth can make up for this. Millions of Nigerians would love to meet President Buhari and his handlers one-on-one and ask him so many critical questions that bug their minds as the economy bit harder, as businesses fold up, as prices of essential goods…
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Of all the people who filed suits to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari’s qualifications to stand for election to office of president regarding his West African School Certificate, WASC, in the run-up to the general election last year, it is only Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe who has refused to back down from pursuing the case in court. Others have since lost interest and moved on, Davidson Iriekpen asks why Nigerians were taken by surprise when the Federal High Court, Abuja gave a ruling on May 26, 2016 dismissing the preliminary objections filed by President Muhammadu Buhari in response to your suit challenging his…
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Cancer – known largely as a disease of our modern establishment – ravages our bodies, our minds, and our spirits indiscriminately. It could prey upon anyone. Why has this horror become a part of our everyday conversation? Why has it affected so many? What can we do about it? Within the confines of this article, I will try to address these questions as far as my limited knowledge allows. At any meeting place – restaurants, stores, golf courses, offices, malls – people exchange woeful tales of Cancer’s attack upon friends, relatives, neighbors, or other loved ones fallen victim to this…
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Cancer is the world’s number one killer disease. One third of the world’s 7.3 billion people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) predicts that the worldwide burden of cancer is set to double over the next five years, and that over the next 15 years, one in every two persons will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. It is the most expensive disorder to treat i n the short-term, and also the most expensive long-term sickness. Every year, over the last decade, the economic toll of cancer has cost…
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President of the Nigeria Medical Association NMA, Mike Ogrima, has refuted claims that Nigerian doctors cannot treat President Buhari’s ears, forcing him to travel to the UK to see an ENT doctor. Speaking to journalists in Jos, Plateau state yesterday June 9th, Ogrima who is a professor of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, said Nigerian doctors are capable of handling any health challenge President Buhari is facing. “We have 250 TNC surgeon doctors all over Nigeria, capable of handling the health challenge President Muhammadu Buhari is being faced with. We do not know the reason…
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Written by Oblong Media on June 7, 2015 The Yakubu Dogara group in the House of Representatives has released yet another statement condemning the leadership of the All Progressives Congress. In a statement by the group signed by Abdulmumin Jibrin,it lamented that “The APC leadership keeps telling the public that an election was conducted and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila got 154 votes while Hon. Yakubu Dogara got 3 votes; this is a blatant lie and fraud, and it’s shameful for the APC leaders to descend so low. “The mock election actually showed that APC has made a mockery of itself because…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assigned portfolios to the members of the 7-man national caretaker committee, led by a former governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi. The committee was constituted at the May 21 national convention of the party, held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, mandated to administer the affairs of the party for three months, within which to conduct a national convention. The committee assumed office last Monday. A statement yesterday by PDP’s Head of Publicity, Chinwe I. Nnorom, said Senator Ben Obi is secretary of the committee; Prince Dayo Adeyeye (publicity); Hajiya Aisha Aliyu (women…
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Before the independence of Nigeria, as at 1958, this was how crude oil taxes were shared… 1958: 1. Oil Producing States retained 67.4% of Mining Rents and Royalties. 2. Federal Government got 20% of Mining Rents and Royalties. 3. Non-oil states got 12.6% So the crude oil and gas was owned by the oil producing states, that how the British left it. In 1970, General Yakubu Gowon passed decree No 13, this was how crude oil taxes were now to be shared. 1970 1. Oil Producing States retained 45% of Mining Rents and Royalties. 2. Federal Government got 55% of…
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The Niger Delta Avengers, on Friday morning said a crude pipeline owned by Italian oil giant, Agip Eni, was destroyed in an overnight explosion.The group, which claimed responsibility for virtually all major attacks against oil installations across the restive oil-rich region this year, said the incident occurred at about 3:00 a.m. In a tweet posted on its Twitter page, @NDAvengers, the Avengers wrote: “3:00 a.m. on Friday. Niger Delta Avengers blow (sic) up the Obi Obi Brass trunk line belonging to Agip ENI. It is Agip’s major crude oil line in Bayelsa State.” Agip Nigeria did not answer or return…
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Following threats of missile attacks on Abuja by Niger Delta militants, ailing President Buhari shelved the commencement of his treatment for a severe ear infection to attend a crucial meeting called by the government of United Kingdom to douse mounting tension in Nigeria and prevail on the Niger Delta militants to shelve their planned missile strikes on the nation’s capital and seat of power. The meeting, held Tuesday in UK, was informed by intelligence reports provided by some European Union member-states that confirmed the existence of missile launch locations in Nigeria and the resolve of the militants to make good…
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“The ship of state is heading inexorably towards the rock and you as the chief helmsman owe it a duty to steer the ship away from it” – Chief Obafemi Awolowo, in an open letter to the then President Shehu Shagari, warning that the nation’s economy was in dire straits in 1982. Today that ship is heading towards the same rock as the Buhari government has so far failed to define its economic direction. The country’s GDP has progressively declined since Buhari assumed office, the latest being the fourth quarter GDP of last year which slowed to 2.11%, according to…
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Propaganda has an expiration date, and it must now be abundantly clear that the expiration date for the hot air of Buhari’s government has long passed. George Santayana says: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” If Nigerians were not so forgetful, we would not now be saddled with the burdensome presidency of Muhammadu Buhari. In his first coming as military head-of-state in 1984, Buhari took Nigeria’s economy from bad to worse. Under him, our national debt rose from $14 billion to $18 billion in less than two years; with the result that Nigeria was no…
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Hillary Clinton claimed the Democratic nomination for president after winning four more states. In California, the biggest prize of all, she walloped Bernie Sanders, her rival, by 56% to 43%. Before the primaries the Associated Press estimated that she had secured enough support from superdelegates—party politicians and bigwigs—to push her over the finishing line. Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, said that a judge overseeing a civil-fraud case against the now defunct Trump University would not give him a fair hearing because he was of Mexican descent. Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who only recently and…
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As if weary of a primary tussle in which the outcome has long been obvious, Democratic voters knocked it on the head on June 7th. Bernie Sanders, whose refusal to admit defeat defies electoral mathematics, hoped to win at least four of the last six states up for grabs, including the biggest, California. But Hillary Clinton whupped him; she won the Golden State by a 13-point margin, also New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. In the process, the former secretary of state secured a big majority of the 4,765 delegates who will attend the Democrats’ National Convention in July.…
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Jeremy Corbyn, saboteur IN 1975 a Labour government, split on Britain’s membership of the European Economic Community (as it then was), put the matter to a referendum. Most of its supporters wanted to leave, so it fell to the pro-European Conservatives to trumpet the case for staying. Margaret Thatcher, their leader, campaigned in a hideous sweater bespangled with European flags and railed against “the parochial politics of ‘minding our own business’”. On the day, two-thirds of Britons voted to remain. The intervening decades have reversed the politics. The party of David Cameron, the Tory prime minister, is now deeply divided…
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Operatives of the Department of State Security have arrested and detained the owner of Public Alerts Security Systems, George Uboh, who reportedly attempted to blackmail the Federal Government into awarding him a multi-billion job to recover over N1.9 trillion hidden away in some banks in the country. Uboh, according to findings was arrested on Tuesday after stern-looking operatives had raided his office and homes in Maitama in Abuja in search of sensitive documents relating to the short-lived recovery contract job he was handed by the Federal Government. The Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, gave Uboh the…
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A new militant group, the Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta have surfaced, with a demand that the Federal government allocate 60% of the nation’s oil blocs to indigenes of the Niger Delta region. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Brig. Sibiri Taiowoh and made available to newsmen yesterday June 8th, the group said failure to meet their demands within 2 weeks will see continuous attack of oil installations in the Niger Delta region. The militants amongst other things are demanding for the completion of the Federal Maritime University which was established by former President Goodluck Jonathan as well as…
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Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, yesterday, scuttled the hope of early resolution of the current spate of bombings in the Niger Delta, as it did not only reject the window created for dialogue by the Federal Government, but also blew up another Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, crude oil pipeline in Delta State. This came on a day indications emerged that Nigeria’s crude oil export may drop further in the days ahead, as major refineries across the globe have concluded plans to stop purchase of crude oil from Nigeria due to rising uncertainties about the country meeting up with deliveries. The latest…
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Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has pulled out of the much publicized clean up of Ogoni Land, citing insincerity and lack of commitment on the side of the federal government. In a statement by its spokesman, Bamidele Odugbesan in Lagos on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The oil giant stated that they noticed the government does not have a blue print yet for the exercise, also no fund has been approved by the government for clean-up. Odugbesan said they having been calling on the federal government to show commitment but all to no avail. He further said their…
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Bilderberg Chairman Castries, Henri de Here you have it. We now know who has been confirmed to attend this years Bilderberg conference and we also know what the 130 participants from 20 countries will talk about behind closed doors at the posh 5-star Hotel Taschenbergpalais. The 64th annual Bilderberg conference will take place June 9th through the 12th and will include top business moguls along with experts in academia, finance and industry. The key topics of the conference will include, but not be limited to: current events, China, Europe (growth, reform, vision, unity), Middle East, Russia, the U.S. political landscape…
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Royal Dutch Shell, the largest oil producing company in Nigeria, which has suffered series of attacks on its 48-inch Forcados export pipeline that links onshore storage tanks with an offshore port, has ruled out the repair of the pipeline for now. The Chief Financial Officer of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Mr. Simon Henry, while noting that the various attacks on the oil facilities in the Niger Delta region were signs of alarm among foreign oil companies, pointed out that in the past, energy companies could repair pipelines after attacks, but recent attacks were more destructive than in the past. Henry…
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Fewer young men in the US want to get married than ever, while the desire for marriage is rising among young women, according to the Pew Research Center. Pew recently found that the number of women 18-34 saying that having a successful marriage is one of the most important things rose from 28 percent to 37 percent since 1997. The number of young adult men saying the same thing dropped from 35 percent to 29 percent in the same time. Pew’s findings have caught the attention of one US writer who maintains that feminism, deeply entrenched in every segment of…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has pointedly told a former Governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu that he is not the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the latter is widely upheld. The President made this clarification last Monday while hosting APC chieftains and members of the National Assembly to a dinner where the Senate President, Bukola Saraki in observing protocol during a remark addressed the former Lagos governor as the National Leader of APC A Senator who was at the event confided in our correspondent that “Buhari, who spoke shortly after Saraki, said; ‘Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…
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The Emir of Birnin Gwari has challenged former self-styled military president, Ibrahim Babangida, to publish an autobiography that would correct the wrong impressions about him. Zubairu Jibril Mai Gwari II spoke in Kaduna, Saturday, at the launch of a book “Ancestral Farewell” written by Dickson Adama, a Kaduna-based journalist and reporter of the Daily Trust newspapers. Mr. Jibril said the autobiography should detail the happenings during and after the expiration of Mr. Babangida’s administration. “Most of those who contributed to the growth of Nigeria have not written a book,” Mr. Jibril said. “We have been waiting for a book from…
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When George Orwell wrote his classic novel 1984 it is doubtful if he had Nigeria in mind. However, 1984 is fast becoming a reference point in the historical dissection of the current political dispensation. As Buhari wields an iron fist in a democratic government, many are forced to take a good look at 1984 to see its similarities with present day Nigeria. The concensus across the country is that Nigeria is back to 1984. And like that era of infamy, the economy is again in shambles. Overall confidence in the capacity of government to raise people out of poverty is…
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A Speech by H.E. Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Delivered at Bloomberg Studios, London, United Kingdom. Monday, 6 June 2016 Since leaving office one year and one week ago, I have had the luxury of time to be able to reflect on the future of my great country, Nigeria. So today is not about my personal memories or a litany of ‘what ifs’. No! Today I would like to share with you what I believe is the key learning from my experiences for the future of democracy not only in Nigeria but also…
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Until President Olusegun Obasanjo began his crusade against corruption via the Anti-Corruption law, “Welcome to the country of corruption” would have been an appropriate inscription at Nigeria’s international airports! The anxiety of airport officials to extort money from those travelling into and out of the country, be they Nigerians or foreigners, was there for all to see. To the corrupt members of the police force, any criminal was welcome provided he paid the price being asked by the officer. And in the civil service, right from the messenger to the official at the very top, any duty performed was…
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By both comparative advantage and conventional party politics, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is supposed to be the most buoyant of all political parties in Nigeria. One, by virtue of its control of power at the centre, APC stands at a more vantage position than other parties in terms of access to resources. Again, it controls majority of elected representatives at the local, state and national levels, including having 23 state governors in its fold. Also, as people like to put their money where their mouth is, political patronage in form of corporate gifts and donations in exchange for…
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In the face of the officially induced scourge afflicting Nigerians, taking potshots at President Muhammadu Buhari, other political leaders and the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have become a fair game and a past time. But Nigerians who indulge in such past time cannot in truth be accused of unfairness and insensitivity. The present administration brought the situation on itself on the basis of what has now turned out to be incredibly bogus (read false) promises it made to the electorate ahead of the March/April 2015 elections. The party and its presidential candidate were desperate for office and…
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American and Western European experts predicted that Nigeria will disintegrate in 2015. With the political desperation and frenzy that marked the political campaigns of the 2015 presidential election, many thought that Nigeria was at the point of the predicted 2015 disintegration. Surprisingly, the election took place without the much-anticipated violence. And following the election, the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan, conceded defeat to the victorious opposition presidential candidate, Mohammudu Buhari. This forestalled the anticipated violence and predicted breakup. Refreshingly, the doomsayers were proved wrong. Disturbingly, Nigeria is still not completely out of the woods; as it may still break up. The…
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The Honorable Justice Ademola Adeniyi sitting at the Federal High Court 7, Abuja on Thursday 26th, May 2016 dismissed the Preliminary Objections filed by President Muhammadu Buhari in the case instituted against him, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/110/2015 by an Abuja based Legal Practitioner, Barr. Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe challenging his competence to stand election into the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when he lacks the basic educational qualifications set out in the Constitution. The development has reportedly thrown the Nigerian presidency into disquiet as President Buhari…
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I’m sharing this because it is thought-provoking. I wish you could forward it to every youth known to you, so they can have a piece of it. And let the sleeping giants rise. I am very angry and that is why I am addressing you. You are the source of my anger and I want to vent my spleen- maybe not at you directly- but at the arrogance of your ignorance. You sit in front of a computer and rant all day through social media but with every click, you make money – not for yourself – but for Mark…
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The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu has vowed to ensure transparency and accountability in the use of funds meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) especially in Maiduguri, Borno state. A statement yesterday from EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said the EFCC chairman said the probe will include all IDP camps in the country, made the declaration yesterday in Maiduguri, while speaking at the newly reopened Zonal office of the Commission. Uwujaren said the EFCC boss expressed worry about complaints of corruption in IDP Camps, coming from International humanitarian organizations and other civil society organizations…
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I have always agonized and been concerned about this country Nigeria. My agony in most cases leads to headache and the problem is simply; why has Nigeria been the way it is? Why have we found it difficult to mesh as a nation? Why has development that would translate this country into a great country eluded us? Why is it that our leaders, over the years have always found it convenient to show concern for their own welfare rather than the collective welfare? Our leaders travel out of the country. They see some of the best of facilities and infrastructure…
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“The agitation for justice and issue of sabotaging the economy started before pipeline security contracts were given and pipeline security job was part of negotiation of the amnesty program of Yar’Adua. I was part of the negotiation, so I know why Yar’Adua offered Ministry of Niger Delta, I know why Yar’Adua offered Amnesty and I know why Yar‘Adua also offered pipeline security contract. I am not part of the people that have the contract but I know how those things emerged and I do not believe that it is because the pipeline security contract is no longer there that is…
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Niger Delta Avengers, the new militant group that has claimed responsibility for a string of attacks on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta, continued its disruption of Nigeria’s oil production with the bombing of more crude oil pipelines Thursday. The group announced the latest attack via its Twitter handle on Thursday evening, saying it blew up “Ogboinbiri to Tebidaba and Clough Creek to Tebidaba crude oil pipelines in Bayelsa State.” “At about 2:00am today @NDAvengers blew up the Ogboinbiri to Tebidaba and Clough Creek to Tebidaba crude oil pipelines in Bayelsa State.” The Avengers added that the latest…
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Events since Buhari was sworn in as president is self-evident the country is teetering on to the path of self-destruction. It is like a banana republic imploding within, with political players each carrying a mini-atomic bomb. Since Buhari moved into Aso Rock, he has demostrated his distaste for the rule of law, civil institutions, other democratic norms and ethos. Consequently, it has become increasingly difficult for the silent and suffering majority to voice any say about how his leadership affects their lives. Increasingly, Nigeria is transmutating to be like North Korea where a self-anointed leader is worshipped like a tin-god.…
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*Barkindo may emerge OPEC scribe tomorrow Oil output from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell to a 20-year low of 32.52 million barrels per day (bpd) in May, from 32.64 million bpd it recorded in April. The slide in OPEC member countries’ crude oil production may not be unconnected with the constant attacks from the Niger Delta Avengers. Nigeria currently pumps under 1.5 million bpd – less than Angola – and well below the 2.2 million bpd assumed in the 2016 state budget as a result of attacks on Chevron facilities, a development that may have forced Chevron…
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Truth has fallen in the street of this misguided Buhari administration; so much so that abject failure has been camouflaged as its triumph. It is amusing, if not very disturbing, to see the number of people the Buhari administration has brought out of the woodwork to sing its praises on this its one-year anniversary. Having arrested key spokespersons of the opposition, intimidated the press into silence, threatened the judiciary, and even arrested its non-politician critics, such as Olu Adegboruwa, on trumped up charges, the government has become confident that it has a free pass to feed Nigerians with lies about…
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In the months leading up to the presidential elections, millions of gullible Nigerians took the bait line, hook and sinker about Buhari as Mr. Integrity. Sadly, there was nothing in Buhari’s past to suggest he fitted that solemn profile. Yet, fanatics chose to look only at the man and not what was behind the facade. Having been severely hypnotized and sedated by the tricks of career con artists, the APC band wagon gubbled every lie that was fed them like some freshly prepared cheesecake. Some people, so inebriated therefore failed to see the clear warning signs about a man deceit…
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“The Niger Delta has 13% derivation, monthly allocations, NDDC, Ministry of Niger Delta, Amnesty, etc. What have they done with all these institutions and funds that they are now demanding for more? ” The above statement is the new narrative to justify the continuous exploitation of the Niger Delta people and to support the need for the federal government to continue the stealing of the Niger Delta wealth and resources. People who share this view are ignorant of what is going on in the Niger Delta and how Nigerian politics affect the region. Yes, the oil producing states of Nigeria…
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There is an Igbo adage that says if you put your ear close to the ground you would hear the ants whispering. I will say that if President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) government listened hard enough, they would hear Nigerians chanting a variant of the 80s pop hit: Where is the love you promised me? Where is the CHANGE you promised us? And as well the people might. For, as the president and his party will now have come to realise, one year is a lifetime in politics. But let us try to put things in…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said the Federal Republic of Nigeria as currently constituted was not working, saying greater autonomy to states remained the panacea to the country’s multi-faceted internal crisis. Mr. Atiku’s recommendations came when he spoke at the official launch of “We Are All Biafrans”, a new book by journalist and scholar, Chido Onumah, in Abuja. Mr. Atiku, who was Nigeria’s vice-president between 1999-2007, said Nigerians had suffered for too long under a poorly-designed structure. “Nigeria is not working, as well as it should,” Mr. Atiku said. “And part of the reason is the poor way…
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Muhammadu Buhari took office as Nigeria’s president a year ago on a wave of optimism that the ex-military ruler could revive a nation battered by falling oil prices and decades of corruption. Now, Africa’s biggest economy is on its knees, forcing Buhari to throw in the towel on a central pillar of his economic policy — a currency peg. “It was difficult to imagine a scenario in which things got worse,” said Malte Liewerscheidt, a Nigeria analyst at Bath, U.K.-based consultant Verisk Maplecroft. “But it’s been a lost year. What’s missing is sound macroeconomic policies.” Nigeria will soon enter a…
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