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When Aliko Dangote, Nigeria’s billionaire industrialist, revealed his plan to buy potash and phosphate from Congo Brazzaville and Morocco respectively, he was painting the grim reality in the Nigerian mining sector. Both minerals, which would serve as raw materials for his planned fertilizer plant, are available in commercial quantities in Nigeria, particularly in the northern part of the country but they are left unexploited. Geologists observe that potash, a key input in fertilizer production, is found in four northern states in Nigeria: Sokoto, Borno, Katsina and Jigawa. Phosphate is found in commercial deposits both in Sokoto and Ogun state;…
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There were indications weekend that President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure from the foreign community to sack his Aviation minister and former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi following his indictment for corruption by the Justice George Omeregi-led Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry, set up to investigate the sale of state assets and the consequent Whitepaper issued by the state government. On a related note, the federal administration was said to be uncomfortable with unpleasant reports about the disposition of the current Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Lawal Babachir and the President’s Chief of Staff,…
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• PDP wins eight state constituencies, one House seat, APC victorious in one constituency • Wike, Peterside’s security aides in shootout, one killed • Amaechi, governor clash over ‘abducted’ collation officer • Army explains arrest of SSG, police say four dead, 24 apprehended The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the results of nine state constituencies and one federal constituency in which rerun elections were held in Nigeria’s oil hub, Rivers State, on Saturday, but the commission was forced to suspend the electoral process in all other constituencies in the state where results were not announced due…
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Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has surrounded himself with incompetent sycophants. The former special adviser to ex-president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, made this known, in Zaria, Kaduna State. According to him, the NEF were not happy with the way the president was steering the ship of the country. He advised President Buhari to urgently address the shortcomings of his administration. The former Vice Chancellor criticised the president, for terminating the appointment of 13 VCs. He said the president’s action was against the law. On the recent sack of the VCs, Abdulahi said,…
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That Rotimi Amaechi is an irresponsible Federal Minister is the least of our worries. Our main worry is that he is still on the job – uncautioned, unquestioned, unsanctioned by his employer. Why irresponsibility? Come with me. I am three months into administrative apprenticeship as head of academic unit in a University. I’ve never been in Admin so it’s a learning process and I am enjoying every bit of it. You can therefore pardon my naivete when the time came to leave my seat and be absent for a week. Nigeria happened to me in terms of what I…
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The year 2016 is coming and with it many prophecies from respected men of God. The founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has unveiled his prophecies for coming year in an interview with the Sun News. Nigeria is currently facing many challenges. The deadly Boko Haram insurgency that Buhari’s government is said to have crushed, the upsurge in pro-Biafra agitation, corruption and many other political battles. Read below the top 10 prophecies from the prominent cleric: 1. Nigerians should not expect President Muhammadu Buhari to achieve much in the anti-corruption war as the whole effort…
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The infamously dubious online news medium, Sahara Reporters in its characteristic nature has issued an absurd report of pure falsehood riddled with undiluted malice and mischief to malign the character, name and reputation of Engr. Emeka Woke, the Chief of Staff Government House, Port Harcourt, purporting that he carried out an assassination attempt on the life of Dakuku Peterside, the defeated Rivers State APC Governorship candidate. Nothing can be more bespeaking of the grandeur of the absurd. The narrative concocted by Sahara Reporters is intended to excuse the evil plots of the cultic characters that parade themselves as leaders…
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the rerun elections in the state have shown clearly who is on ground and who is accepted by the people. He said the rerun elections have proved that the control of INEC, Federal might, military, police and other security agencies cannot not translate to electoral victories as the people will always resist agents of rigging. Governor Wike also accused the defeated the Rivers State APC Governorship Candidate, Dakuku Peterside and his defeated running mate Asita Asita of hijacking results from Isiokpo in Ikwere LGA on Sunday. The governor also stated…
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Following deaths recorded in last Saturday’s rerun elections in Rivers State, Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said President Muhammadu Buhari must be held accountable for the violence and loss of lives in the highly violent elections. Fayose said: “Members of Buhari’s party, All Progressives Congress (APC), are emboldened to unleash violence on the people of Rivers State and other States in Nigeria because they know that the president would not lift a finger provided his party members are the ones perpetrating evil. “Those who called the Ekiti State governorship election in which soldiers and other security agents…
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Buhari was not just an integral part of Abacha’s 5 years as the Chair of PTF, he was arguably the government within a Government, in whom enormous powers were placed! Those 5 years will go down as the worst years of our corporate existence as a Nation, and Buhari was virtually the Boss behind the scenes… The present chair of NDLEA was Abacha’s ADC, the present DG of Customs was also in Abacha’s office! Fact! Now, the pathetic Nigerian mentality talks of 16 years of PDP as rot, forgetting we were just coming out of the worst ever Abacha…
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Confusion As Amaechi Attempts To Release INEC Collation Officer Arrested For Result Falsification (Video) Mrs Ekwi whisked away by the Amaechi team Confusion ensued at the Mile one police station this morning 20th March , 2016 in Port Harcourt the Rivers state capital when the minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi invaded the station with armed military men in an attempt to release one Mrs Ekwi Adebisa , an INEC collation officer that was arrested by the police for manipulating election results in favour of the APC at ward 10, PHALGA. Mrs Ekwi was arrested at Novotel Hotels, Port Harcourt where…
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Hon. Betty Apiafi of PDP declared winner of Abua/Odual and Ahoada East Federal Constituency seat. ABUA/ODUAL PDP 19188 APC 6468 AHOADA EAST 9917 APC 3760 Hon Edison Ehie of PDP has been declared the winner of Ahoada East Constituency II Hon Michael Chinda of PDP declared winner of Obio/ Akpor Constituency II NO OF REGISTERED VOTERS= 28,994, NO OF ACCREDITED VOTERS = 2,025, PARTY VOTES APC =535, I D = 03, L P = 04 PDP =1285 Total Valid Votes = 1,827, Rejected votes = 79, Total votes cast = 1,906 . Hon Martin Mannah of PDP declared winner…
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The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), has faulted what it described the unilateral decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to include Nigeria into the membership of the Saudi Arabia Military Coalition of “Muslim/Arab” nations, warning that he should pull out before it would be too late. The organisation said such misleading action would send a wrong signal before the global community that the foreign policy thrust of the present administration is to make Nigeria a satellite state of Saudi Arabia. The Chairman of NCEF, Mr. Solomon Asemota (SAN), gave the warning at press briefing on Friday in Abuja, entitled: “CONFLICT…
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What Wike has succeded in doing is proving to the whole world that his assertion ” I made Amaechi Governor using my political manouvers and grassroots connections” is indeed true. He has proven that Amaechi may be a money bag, but to deliver you need to know how to network on the grassroots level. The federal Government has used everything within their powers to subdue the will of the people. With all the intimidating security network, riging strategies, Wike has come up on top and afloat. What a way to win!!.
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Two of Ojukaye Flag Amachree’s fake SARS men were arrested yesterday in Buguma by the Nigerian Army. The matter was registered at the Buguma Police station before they were taken to the Army Base at Obuama town. One of the thugs was identified as T. K. George. There is serious pressure on the army officials to release them.
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Chief Ibibia Walter, commissioner of Water Resources of Rivers State who was abducted by unknown gunmen on Saturday, March 18, 2016 the day of the rerun elections in the state has been freed by his abductors. Chief Walter, who is also the scribe of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers, spoke with our reporter on the phone, confirmed that he has been freed by his abductors. His vehicle was ambushed as he was on his way to Okrika to vote in the rerun elections. Some of his assailants were masked and “fierce-looking” and whisked him away to an…
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As situation deteriorates, people send more money home CEO says 2016 will be `very good’ year for Nigerian unit MoneyGram International Inc., the world’s second-largest money transfer provider, expects faster sales growth in Nigeria even as Africa’s biggest economy buckles under lower oil prices and foreign-exchange controls that have created a scarcity of dollars. If the situation in Nigeria were to deteriorate, people living abroad will send more money home to help support their families, Chief Executive Officer Alex Holmes said on Wednesday in Lagos. Transactions from the continent’s most populous nation increased in 2015 compared with the prior…
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The former minister of information, Labaran Maku on Friday, March 18, warned Nigerians using social media to desist from using him as a tool to run down the former President Goodluck Jonathan. Maku, who is currently the national secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in a statement said his attention has been drawn to some social media discussions quoting him as saying that Nigerians will stone the former president to death by the time President Muhammadu Buhari probes him. “This is the fourth time political enemies are using my name against President Jonathan in order to destroy…
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PDP 990, APC 12 Polling Unit 3, Ward 14, Akuku-Toru LGA RESULTS: House of Assembly Unit 3 Ward 14 kuku Oru LGA: PDP 331 APC 4 National House of Reps Unit 3 Ward 14 Akuku Oru LGA: PDP 329 APC 3 SENATE Result Unit 3 Ward 14 Akuku-Toru LGA: PDP 330 APC 5 Ward 10, Unit 008 Obio/Akpor LGA Senate PDP 100 APC 11, Reps PDP 98 APC 13 Assembly PDP 100 APC 13 RIVERS STATE RE-RUN ELECTION UPDATE RESULTS: House of Assembly Unit 3 Ward 14 kuku Oru LGA: PDP 331 APC 4 National House of Reps Unit…
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Ahoada East Ward4 unit10 Ahoada East. Assembly PDP 68. APC 23. Reps PDP 67. Apc 25. Senate PDP 71. Apc 25. unit 002, Omuibo, ward 11 Egbeda, Emolga result for the rerun Election as follows: Senate- PDP-63, APC-39 House of Representatives- PDP-59,* APC-38 House of Assembly- PDP-63, APC-41. Obio/Akpor ward 14 unit 8,result: senate: PDP 62; APC 52. Reps PDP 71; APC 55. Assembly PDP 72, APC 54. unit 10 ward 6 State House Apc 44 PDP 96 LP 2 Rep house Apc 45 PDP 94 Senate Apc 41 PDP 96 OGU/BOLO SENATE. WARD 3 UNIT…
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The government of President Muhammadu Buhari is currently enmeshed in what may be described as the worst recruitment scandal exposed in recent times. Investigation has revealed that so many agencies of government were granted official waivers to embark on secret recruitment seen as benefits for senior party men and high ranking government officials. The recruitment process is being shrouded with all kind of tags in order to cover up its scandalous nature. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) confirmed the secret recruitment of personnel to the Nigerian Times claiming it has done no wrong since those engaged are Nigerians. Reports from…
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There are strong indications that there is a cold war that may generate to a major showdown between the National Assembly and President Muhammadu Buhari over some of the recent policies of the Federal Government. It was reliably gathered on Friday that the lawmakers were not happy with some of the actions of the executive, including the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Qatar and the enlistment of Nigeria in the Islamic Coalition Against Terrorism. It was also learnt that the grouse of most members of the National Assembly was that the President did not consult them before…
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There may be a new twist to the on-going prosecution of Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) as the Federal Government is considering dropping or amending two of the 13 charges preferred against him. The planned move, according to a source, is predicated on the discovery that count 11 and 12 of the charge sheet cannot be proved. They charges alleged he operated a foreign account while in office as governor. Charge 11 states: “That you, Dr. Olubukola Abubakar Saraki on or about August 25, 2008 within the jurisdiction of this tribunal,…
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For the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (ABAT) LLC, these are trying times. These times are sour and very discomforting. The times are painful and full of regrets. The “greatest political strategist of our generation” as his employees and ardent supporters would like to refer to him is reeling from debilitating political injuries. There is gnashing of teeth and mopping of lips in the ABAT LLC. Even, for those who are not fans of the mercantilist made for profit political outfit called ABAT LLC, the garish groans oozing out of Bourdillon has been…
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An agent of the Peoples Democratic Party, one Mr Tambari Ntoti, has been reportedly shot dead in the course of the ongoing rerun election in rivers state. The deceased agent, Ntoti until his death was representing Nonwa In Tai Local Government Area, Ward 3. Reacting to his death, the PDP said the killing of Ntoti was perpetrated by supporters of the All Progressives Congress. Ntoti Meanwhile, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was not prepared for the Federal and State Houses of Assembly re-run elections in the state. Wike made this…
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Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State has orderd the immediate closure of two churches, a seminary and a church-owned hospitals and secondary school all in Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He said the closure was to avoid the eruption of violence among factions of the congregations whose leaderships’ positions he described as, “principally to preserve their personal interests with little concern for the common good, and the peace and security of Kaduna State”. A statement on behalf of the governor sign by his spokesman, Samuel Aruwan Wednesday in Kaduna named the affected bodies as: Theological…
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The wife of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday hailed the harem of the Ottoman sultans as “a school for preparing women for life”. Emine Erdogan’s comments come a day after the president triggered protests by saying he believed that “a woman is above all a mother” in a speech marking International Women’s Day. Critics have accused Erdogan’s government of trying to impose strict Islamic values on Turkey and curtailing women’s civil liberties. “The harem was a school for members of the Ottoman dynasty and an educational establishment for preparing women for life,” Emine Erdogan said at an…
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Reports reaching our newsroom say that there has been an armed invasion of Ikwere Local Government Area by Nigerian soldiers acting on the orders of the immediate past governor of the state Mr Rotimi Amaechi. The armed soldier reportedly gave the INEC officials marching orders, an order which was resisted by the police. The band of armed soldiers was led by one Captain Amakuru of the Nigerian Army and being held hostage is Honourable Samuel Nwanosike, the caretaker Chairman of Ikwere Local Government Area. The yielding policemen defiantly reminded the armed soldiers that they will not be cowed…
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Rotimi Jacobs, a senior advocate of Nigeria and the Federal Government prosecuting counsel in the 13 count charge of false assets declaration trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki on Thursday said the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) was misled to discharge former Governor of Lagos State Bola Ahmed Tinubu when he was arraigned before it in November, 2011. He was charged with operating foreign bank accounts, contrary to the constitution. The tribunal had then dismissed the case against former Lagos state governor based on arguments that the bureau did not establish a prima facie case and also engaged in…
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Friday convicted 14 foreigners identified as citizens of Russia, Ukraine, Philippine and Japan. They were found to be illegally dealing in petroleum products in Nigeria without lawful authority. The court found them guilty of dealing in 1,738.087 metric tons of petroleum products in Nigeria without lawful authority or license as alleged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The presiding Judge Ibrahim Buba sentenced eleven out of the fourteen 14 convicted foreigners to two years imprisonment each on each count of five-count they were charged, with an option to a pay…
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The National Woman Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Kema Chikwe, has expressed utter dismay at the rejection of the Nigerian Gender and Equal Opportunities bill by the Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday. In a statement issued on Friday, Dr Chikwe said the implication of throwing out the bill is that the incidences of rape, domestic violence, maternal mortality, poverty, e.t.c, which have been ravaging the country will continue unchallenged. “On behalf of the entire PDP women, I join members of the civil society to express profound disappointment and displeasure over the dismissal of the Nigerian Gender…
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Chief Jude Ejiogu’s sack according to our source came as a result of him coming clean on the reality of the arrival of Shoprite in Owerri. The Fmr, SSG took to social media to express his view and this did not go down well with Gov. Rochas Okorocha.
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Abia – N2.27bn Adamawa – N2.23bn Akwa Ibom – N8.55bn Anambra – N2.51bn Bauchi – N2.55bn Bayelsa – N2.98bn Benue – N2.10bn Borno – N2.87bn Cross River – N1.06bn Delta – N6.06bn Ebonyi – N2.16bn Edo – N2.09bn Ekiti – N1.37bn Enugu – N2.37bn Gombe – N1.59bn Imo – N2.29bn Jigawa – NN2.77bn Kaduna – N2.85bn Kano – N3.86bn Katsina – N2.99bn Kebbi – N2.45bn Kogi – N2.50bn Kwara – N1.81bn Lagos – N6.61bn Nassarawa – N2.16bn Niger – N2.34bn Ogun – N1.18bn Ondo – N2.34bn OSUN – # 6M Oyo – N2.56bn Plateau – N1.53bn Rivers – N6.42bn Sokoto…
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Below are seven of the Northerners who are potential presidential candidates come 2019: 1. Atiku Abubakar The former vice president of Nigeria between 1999 and 2007, still has his eyes on the presidency seat. He started his journey since the early 1990s, but has been failing ever since then. Time will tell if he will bounce back in 2019. Atiku Abubakar 2. Abubakar Bukola Saraki The Senate president still has the intention of leading Nigeria. He tested the waters in 2011, but failed. He is currently facing charges of illegally acquiring properties, while he governed Kwara state. Bukola Saraki, Senate…
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I like corn and pear and when pear is out of season I manage with coconut. A few days ago, I went to buy my corn and coconut from under one of the bridges in Lagos. I noticed that the price has more than doubled from what I used to pay. The argument that ensued between Mama Sikira, my usual supplier (who was happy to me see after a long time) and I was quite interesting. Mama Sikira insisted that the price of corn had doubled because of the price of dollar. She lectured that the last time I…
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Shoprite,the ultra modern shopping centre along Egbu Road, Owerri was formally commissioned and unveiled for business by His Excellency, Owelle ( Dr ) Rochas Anayo Okorocha (OON), today Thursday, March 17th 2016. The ceremony heralded the presence of wife of Imo State Governor, Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha, Secretary to Imo State Government, Sir Jude Ejiogu, Chief of Staff Government House, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, and other top Imo State Government Officials. The Boards and managements of Shoprite Group, members of both Imo State and National Assembly were on hand for the commissioning. The shopping mall,…
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Former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, said on Friday that the decision of the Supreme Court directing his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged N2.4b fraud as governor is a welcome development, pointing out that there was nothing unusual about the order. Dr. Kalu, who made this known from London where he is delivering a convocation lecture, declared that he was ready and highly disposed to the trial. “This is another opportunity to prove my innocence. I have all the records and facts of the case. I am willing to submit myself…
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The reason for the recently declared 2 day public holiday in Rivers state has been uncovered by our team of investigative reporters. We perceived that it was unusual for a governor to declare a two day public holiday for an election swung into action. Our investigations reveal that the public holiday was declared to frustrate the efforts of Capital Index Limited to rake N1.5 billion from 2 commercial banks in Port Harcourt. Rivers State Government security units “intercepted” a message from the INEC REC, requesting that the money be delivered in cash, for the purpose of “internal settlements’. The…
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This massive, serpentine beast weighing over 17ft doesn’t only come from the family of the world’s largest snakes. It is the largest ever captured. The capture of the Anaconda is part of a BBC documentary; Tribes, Predators and Me presented by Gordon Buchanan who lived alongside an indigenous Ecuadorian tribe, the Waorani, in the Amazon. In the show, Buchanan joins a tribal family to hunt an Anaconda, the Amazon’s most dangerous predator, the animal is a proven man-eater but the locals believe its capture and release is not only a sign of bravery but see the feat…
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The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has reserved ruling till Thursday, March 24, 2016, on whether or not to quash the charge brought against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, by the Federal Government. Chairman of the Tribunal, Mr. Danladi Umar, fixed the date after defence counsel had canvassed their argument that the charge against Saraki be quashed. Saraki is being prosecuted by the Federal Government for alleged false declaration of assets as governor of Kwara state. However, when the matter came up for hearing last week, Saraki’s new counsel, Kanu Agabi, SAN, a one-time Attorney General of the Federation,…
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Officials in northern Nigeria say President Muhammadu Buhari has exaggerated the military’s success against Boko Haram after an American commander testified that the extremist group still holds territory FOX News reports. Appearing at a summit in Abu Dhabi in January, Buhari told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that Boko Haram was “currently not holding any territory today as we speak” — a claim that was met with skepticism back home. Last week, Gen. David Rodriguez, commander of U.S. Africa Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington that Boko Haram “does own some significant territory in northern Nigeria.”…
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We have been reliable informed that fake Army and Police uniforms have been prepared and distributed to members of APC across the state. The distribution was done last week from an address on Forces Avenue in Old GRA, Port Harcourt. Before you let anyone arrest you, request for proof of authenticity. It does not mean you should insult or harass genuine security operatives. Be watchful and vigilant. They will flood our streets in the coming days. Stand your grounds and refuse to be intimidated. While we take this up with the various agencies, and while they investigate,we urge…
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Lt-Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai The Nigerian Army says it has commenced investigation into the recent killing of some pro-Biafra protesters in some parts of the south-east zone, especially Aba in Abia state, allegedly by its officers. It stated that anybody found culpable would be decisively dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the law. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, who made the disclosure while addressing newsmen during his maiden visit to the headquarters of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, said a situation where troops open fire for the sake of fun would…
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“For the first time”, Nigeria’s refineries “are now ready to work”, Ibe Kachikwu, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said on Tuesday. Kachikwu also said that the corporation, under his leadership, is saving Nigeria N1 trillion in subsidy “removal” and $1 billion in importation programme. He said the change at NNPC is only just starting, adding that NNPC will be delivering profit in two to three months. “All the changes that have happened so far, in case you do not know… but I’m sure you follow the numbers and the reports that we publish, but…
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Saudi Arabian Oil Co. are ending an 18-year refining partnership as the Anglo-Dutch titan prepares to sell billions of dollars of assets and the Middle East nation’s state oil company weighs an initial public offering. Shell will assume control of two Louisiana refineries operated by the Motiva Enterprises LLC joint venture, as well as nine fuel terminals and rights to Shell-branded markets in Florida, Louisiana and the U.S. Northeast, the companies said Wednesday in a statement. Aramco will retain the Motiva name and take ownership of the largest U.S. refinery in Port Arthur, Texas,…
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Federal security agents from Abuja have arrived Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to arrest Felix Obuah, the state Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but Governor Nyesom Wike has said that the arrests of PDP stalwarts ahead of Saturday’s rerun election would be resisted. The Heat is too Real Wike said the arrests of some PDP Chieftains in state less than 48 hours to the election was a calculated attempt to give the All Progressives Congress, APC, undue advantage and that could create avoidable crisis in the state. Governor Wike, who was on a live radio station Thursday…
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The Secretary to the Ekiti State Government (SSG) and some commissioners and members of the executive council have gone into hiding following an alleged threat of arrest by officers of the Department of State Security (DSS) who were said to have continued laying siege to the state. The SSG, Dr. Modupe Alade, who disclosed the action of some EXCO members at a news conference addressed in Akure, Ondo State, capital, said a list of some EXCO members to be arrested was being paraded all over the state. Specifically, the SSG said she had been receiving some strange telephone…
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Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of two soldiers in Rivers. The killings come barely 48 hours to the National and State Assembly rerun elections scheduled to hold in the state on Saturday. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt, Capt. Elli Lazarus, confirmed the deaths to the News Agency of Nigeria reports in Port Harcourt. He said that a major and one soldier were killed after an exchange of gunfire with suspected sea pirates in Abonema, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area. He said, “At about 11…
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A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Wednesday restrained President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Defence Staff, the Brigade Commander of Amphibious Brigade and the Chief of Army Staff, from deploying military operatives for the re-run elections. In a ruling delivered by Justice George Omereji in a suit filed by the PDP Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah and the PDP, the Court ordered: “That an order of interim order be made and is hereby made restraining , Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Brigade Commander, 2nd Amphibious Brigade, whether by themselves, their agents,…
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THE campaign rhetorics of the former governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, have gone acidic. The man is throwing jabs in the manner of a street fighter. He is shooting from pillar to post, leaving hate and bad blood in his trail. He is not restrained by anything. In fact, he appears set for a drag-out fight with his opponents. A few days ago, Amaechi was at a campaign rally somewhere in Rivers State. His message to his audience was delivered in clear terms. He told them to shun ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, his wife, Patience, and Governor Nyesom Wike…
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Panic in Delta as youths blow up pipelines, seize 11 oil tankers Emerging reports suggests that protesting youths in Ndokwa communities of Delta state have allegedly blown up pipelines following a violent face-off between an oil company, Sterling Global, and the Okpai Community in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of the state. This Day reports the angry youths also seized 11 oil tankers belonging to the oil company after they reportedly hijacked what was initially a peaceful protest organized by women in the community to draw attention to their plight due to the activities of the oil company. …
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No bad idea is regurgitated as constantly as the notion that the solution to chronic violence in Nigeria is for her to “break up.” The case for Nigeria’s disintegration surfaces routinely after tragic episodes of violence and has emerged following the recent increase in sectarian terrorism. Some perspective is necessary. Since the days before the Civil War, beating the drums of separatism has become a sort of pre-programmed response to national calamity. Rumours of our impending divorce attended the 1964 elections, the June 12 1993 crisis, the death of Moshood Abiola in 1998 and the Sharia controversy in 2001.…
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The Rivers State Government has called on security operatives to adhere strictly to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directives without bias. This means that even the Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, should be arrested and prosecuted if he poses any security threat and violates the electoral laws, before, during and after the Rivers State re-run polls. The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Austin Tam-George who made this declaration in a press statement, said Amaechi’s hotel room and vehicles should be searched to ensure that he was not in possession of sensitive materials of the Independent National Electoral…
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The invasion of the home of Hon Chisom Promise Dike, Member RSHA at Okoloma-Ndoki, in Afam, by the Army is absurd, illegal n unconstitutional. The Honourable member is neither a gun runner nor working with the INEC. He is not and has never been into any militant struggle as to warrant such commando styled invasion. He won his elections generally. Both on the field and at the tribunals and is not contesting the scheduled court-ordered rerun elections in the State. As a young man, he is widely accepted and has been known to be a gentle and peace loving…
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President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that in the next 18 to 24 months, no cattle will roam about in Nigeria. The President said that the Federal Government had mapped out grazing areas where herdsmen would be restricted to, adding that grass seeds would be imported and planted in the grazing reserves. The President, who was represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, made the promise in Abuja on Tuesday while delivering the keynote address during the 19th Regional Implementation Forum for International Fund for Agricultural Development-supported projects in West and…
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The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has upheld his pledge to patronise Made-in-Nigeria goods. During the recent Made in Aba Trade Fair in Abuja, Saraki and a few of the distinguished Senators that attended the fair, promised to advocate for increased patronage of made in Nigeria goods as a show of patriotism, and to help encourage the country’s Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). Saraki also promised to champion a change in the Procurement Act of Nigeria, to give locally manufactured goods first option in the government procurement process. A motion to this effect has been raised and…
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“If we spend another four months tearing each other apart, we will damage our ability to win in November.” Florida Gov. Rick Scott endorsed Donald Trump Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential bid on Wednesday, one day after Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) bowed out of the race following a resounding loss to Trump in the Sunshine State. “With his victories yesterday, I believe it is now time for Republicans to accept and respect the will of the voters and coalesce behind Donald Trump,” Scott said in a statement posted to Facebook. “If we spend another…
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Nigerians across board have begun to wonder where the Nigerian economy is heading to as it has under-performed for the past few months. Economic pundits and analyst have longed advocated diverse measures and palliatives but it seems that the government of the day is hell bent at having its way. President Muhammadu Buhari’s led government has over the last few months brought untold hardship to many Nigerians as the nation is practically wallowing in poverty, inflation, fuel scarcity, high electricity tariff, outrageous taxes, and unemployment. Recall that during the 2015 presidential election, the All Progressives Congress, APC, was…
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The National Commission for Refugees, Migrant and Internally Displaced Persons Wednesday donated relief materials to victims of farmers/herders clashes in the affected local government areas in Benue State. The benefiting four local government areas included Agatu, Tarka, Buruku and Logo. Speaking while making the donation, the Commission’s Acting Federal Commissioner, Mrs. Margaret Essien, who presented the items to representatives of victims pulled from the affected local government areas, said the gesture was meant to alleviate their sufferings. Items donated included bags of rice, clothing, detergents, mats, pillows, mosquito nets, children’s wears, millet, toiletries, brushes and tooth paste, cooking stove,…
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has taken over more than 20 of the vessels in the custody of Global West Vessel Services, Daily Trust investigations has revealed. Global West Vessel Service, which handles maritime security issues for NIMASA has Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, as one of its major shareholders. The company purchased the vessels soon after the exit from office of the agency immediate past Director General (DG), Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi. Akpobolokemi is presently standing trial for allegedly diverting funds running into billions of naira belonging to NIMASA. It was gathered that NIMASA…
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The Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said that the Federal Government would unveil a new national aviation policy within the next two weeks. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Sunday Iyogu, the Principal Information Officer in the minister’s office. According to the statement, Mr. Sirika made the disclosure when a delegation from the Department for International Development (DFID) Nigeria, led by its Deputy Head, Nick Hamer, paid him a courtesy visit. He said the ministry would engage relevant parties, the media and members of the public, to acquaint them on government’s…
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The Nigeria Senate on Tuesday blocked a bill seeking equal marital rights for women. The bill, titled “Gender Parity and Prohibition of Violence against Women”, was presented by Abiodun Olujimi, representing Ekiti south, during the senate’s plenary session. According to Mrs. Olujimi, the bill would seek equal rights for women in marriage, education and job. She said if the bill was passed, a widow in Nigeria would automatically become the custodian of her children in the event of the death of her husband, and would also inherit his property. The deputy senate president, Ike Ekeremadu, supported the bill. He…
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THE supremacy battle between the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, and the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, retired Colonel Hameed Ali, is taking unexpected dimension as the Presidency takes side with the Customs boss against the minister. Sources in the Customs Service and the Presidency revealed to National Daily that the job of Adeosun, the finance minister, hangs in the balance because of the close affinity the Customs boss has with President Muhammadu Buhari. Accordingly, the Customs CG and Finance Minister supremacy row may lead to Adeosun lose her position as Chairman of the Nigeria Customs…
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Professor Ben Nwabueze, a renowed Lawyer and President of the Patriots, a revered group of Elder statesmen in Nigeria, says President Buhari lacks the intellectual capacity to rule a complex country like Nigeria. Nwabueze said this in an interview with The Sun newspaper. “I do not think that it is a question of not being prepared. Don’t forget that the 2015 election was his fourth time of contesting, of making an attempt at being President. He tried to be president for 12 years. So, he had more than enough time to prepare himself if he had the capacity.…
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court has granted Stephen Oronsaye, former head of the federal civil service, bail in the sum of N10m and two sureties in the sum of N5m each. The sureties could be either directors in the federal civil service or retired directors, the court directed. Paul Uket, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had asked the court to remand the accused person in prison after he pleaded not guilty to the charges of corruption and obtaining by false pretence. “In view of the plea my lord, we urge this court…
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How NNPC dubiously paid N36.4 billion water projects money to ex-NSA Dasuki’s office – Audit Report.
National Petroleum Corporation in 2014 diverted N36.4 billion meant for the construction and rehabilitation of dams in Nigeria, and dubiously paid same to the Office of the National Security Adviser, a government audit has said. Former NSA Sambo Dasuki is currently standing trial for alleged corruption, following revelations that his office diverted $2.1 billion meant for the purchase of arms for the fight against Boko Haram. Mr. Dasuki denies any wrong doing. The funds, according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, were instead distributed to government cronies and politicians ahead of the 2015 general elections. The bulk of…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Malabo condemned recent political violence in Rivers State, saying the killing of people over political differences was “primitive, barbaric and unacceptable”. “We will deal decisively with all sponsors of violence. I have given the security services clear directives in this regard,” the president said. There has been an upsurge of violence in the oil-rich state ahead of National and State Assembly rerun elections on Saturday. The All Progressives Congress, Mr. Buhari’s party, accuses the Peoples Democratic Party-led Rives government of sponsoring and stoking violence against its members. Some APC members have been killed…
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THE first time Wole Soyinka misdirected himself, it had to do with his “cautious endorsement” of Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential candidacy. He offered a platter of reasons for the stunning faux pas, of course. But, post-election, his out of sync reading of Nigerian politics has been patently exposed. To recap, it happened that in the run-up to the presidential ballot, Professor Soyinka, long time combatant on the side of the oppressed, announced that the best thing that could happen to Nigeria was a President Buhari. His rationalisation: “It is pointlessly, and dangerously provocative to present General Buhari as something that…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC has swept all the proceeds it made from oil and gas exports since April, 2015 to service Joint Venture (JV) Cash Call funding, implying, according to the report, a zero remittance to Federation Account from its operations. The oil company report made available yesterday showed that it’s losses rose to N255.28 billion from N240.98bn recorded in October. The firm’s loss for the month of November alone was N14.29bn up from N12.22bn recorded in October. For instance, in November, the corporation recorded $402.55 million as proceeds from Crude oil sales, LPG,…
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A manhunt is launched for two suspects after four officers are wounded in an anti-terror raid in Brussels linked to the Paris attacks. One suspect was “neutralised” during the raid on a house in the Brussels suburb of Forest. It is not clear if the suspect was killed. A major police operation is under way, with two suspects on the run. Forest is close to Molenbeek, home to several people involved in November’s Paris attacks. Parts of the area are in lockdown, with police telling residents to stay indoors. Local media are reporting that there may be more…
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A god who accepts money for everything. Who lacks integrity as much as the Nigerian who believes in him/her. A god whom theiving politicians rush to with 10% and all is forgiven. who supports cheating as a means of success when it favours his/her children. A god called upon to prosper the murderers trade. A god who puts the poor at the back always and the rich at the front. A god whom needs to be thanked in the course of an employee robbing his employer blind. A god praised when the employer withholds wages and buys State of the…
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It will be a show of political might and test of their strength. Amaechi who came into the state weekend said he was on ground to mobilise his All Progressive Congress, APC members for the election. On the streets of Port Harcourt, the perception has been that the election will be a clash of “federal” and “local” might. Amaechi in a monitored radio programme in Port Harcourt promised that the state will be flooded with heavy presence of soldiers to forestall rigging. Already soldiers have been conducting mop up operations in several communities in the state ahead of…
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AS SURELY as the sun rises in the east, a major American political party could never nominate Donald Trump for president. Such was the certainty of “data” and “explanatory” journalists at sites like Vox (“Here’s Why [Trump] Won’t Win”), FiveThirtyEight (“Dear Media, Stop Freaking Out About Donald Trump’s Polls”), the New York Times’s “Upshot” (“Donald Trump…will most likely follow the classic pattern of a party-backed decline”), and even The Economist (“[Mr Trump’s] failure to impress GOP elders…all but precludes [him] from becoming the party’s flag-bearer”). Such prognosticators will have a hard time explaining Mr Trump’s formidable delegate lead. He…
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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday disclosed that his administration has plans to extend oil and gas exploration into new fields in the Lake Chad Basin in the North East and in the coastal states, like Lagos, where oil has been discovered in commercial quantity. The president, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, disclosed that, as part of strategies to reposition the Nigerian oil and gas industry, his government had commenced the process of implementing carefully conceived initiatives which would see the country hitting a production target of 2.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil. The president…
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In recognition of his personal integrity, exemplary leadership style and courage to fight terrorism in order to ensure peace and safety in Africa, President Muhammadu Buhari was on Monday in Malabo conferred with the highest national honour of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. This was disclosed in a statement through the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina. The statement added that the honour of “Gran Collar De La Orden De La Independencia” translated “Grand Collar of the Order of the Independence” was conferred on President Buhari by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of…
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” Amaechi is just playing to the gallery, and should not be taken seriously ” – Army Boss. The commander, 2 Brigade of Nigerian Army, Port-Harcourt Brig. General Stevenson Olabanji has expressed disappointment over comments credited to the minister of transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. The Army commander said his loyalty is not to Amaechi or any minister for that matter. Olabanji stated: “It’s indeed regrettable that the minister will go about on radio stations to politicize the Nigerian Army. What right has a minister to order the deployment of soldiers to any part of the country? The minister was…
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Investigators at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said Monday they have uncovered evidence showing how prominent politicians, mostly from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, allegedly shared N3.145billion in the build up to the last presidential election. Named in the alleged bazaar are a former aviation minister and director of media for the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode; former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and leader of the Social Democratic Party, Olu Falae; a former finance minister, Nenadi Usman; a former Imo state governor, Achike Udenwa; former minister of state for foreign affairs, Viola…
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A young man identified as Ikechukwu Anigbo was reportedly killed and burnt to death over the weekend around a relaxation centre in Apo Mechanic Village, Abuja. According to reports, the 32-year-old barber from Aku, Enugu State took a bike and argument ensued between him and the motorcycyclist when he paid. The man insisted his money is N60 instead of N50. It was alleged that attracted his colleagues to the scene by shouting “thief”. The mob gathered and started beating Ikechukwu after which they set him ablaze. Confirming the tragic incident, Mr. Ezema Virginius Chukwudike, the taskforce chairman of…
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Governor Nasir El-Rufai,of Kaduna state has been accused of “thinking of removing President Muhammadu Buhari.” According to the Interview magazine, Mr Sani said: “It would be counter-productive for the Governor to start thinking of evicting Buhari in 2019 to be the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. El-Rufai should do his job and stop putting his eyes on the Presidency.” Senator Sani and Governor El-Rufai have been loggerhead for undisclosed political reasons, leading to Sani’s suspension by the state branch of the party. Sani accused El-Rufai of ruling like “an emperor,” promising to “give him war or…
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Eze Onyekpere It is amazing how Nigerian leaders make very simple issues appear complex and complicated. The idea is to give the impression that they are doing so much when they are doing so little. The usual game plan is to draw out the patience of the public so that when that little is done, the public is expected to applaud the leaders for doing what amounts to nothing. In the process, the idea of the big picture is forgotten and the public dwells on virtual inanities. Since 2011, Nigerians have been asking the National Assembly to open up its…
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The Federal Government may have dropped her lead counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs in the ongoing trial of the embattled President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki. According to reports, the Federal Government has already hired a Lagos Based lawyer, Mr Dipo Okeseyi (SAN) in Rotimi Jacobs’s (SAN) stead. Rotimi is reportedly dropped because the newly hired counsel by Saraki, a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), was an immediate boss to Rotimi Jacobs when the former was the AGF. The commencement of trial proper was slated for last Friday but was stalled…
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Economists have long found Nigeria to be something of a conundrum. The macro picture has always appeared compelling – large population, oil reserves, mineral reserves, endless tracts of arable land, land and sea borders for regional domination. Indeed the absurdity of our underperformance is only surpassed by our ability to accurately quantify our losses and missed opportunities. In the short period that I have been privileged to serve as Minister of Finance, I have observed that even the most basic systems and controls over the management of our resources are in dire need of strengthening. While we are regaled…
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The Peoples Democratic Party , PDP, has won the three legislative positions at Saturday’s re-run elections in Taraba State. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr. Habu Hinna announced the results at a briefing on Sunday in Jalingo. Hinna stated that the candidate of the PDP, Mr Dan-Asabe Hosea won the Sardauna/Kurmi/Gashaka Federal constituency with 37,645 votes as against his closest rival, Ibrahim Elsudi of the All Progressives Congress, APC, with 37,609 votes. The Commissioner said the former Speaker of the state Assembly, Mr Abel Diah of the PDP defeated Mr. Emmanuel Bongo…
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DAKAR (Reuters) – When customs officers in the sleepy Senegalese town of Koumpentoum discovered a stash of pills hidden in a bus from Mali in late February, they initially thought it was counterfeit medicine. They stored the haul, poorly concealed in blue plastic bags and a yellow jerry can, in the back of the customs office. Its owner escaped, slipping away into the sprawl of shacks and hawkers. Days later, according to two officials involved in the seizure, a top officer from regional headquarters took a closer look at the trove and identified it as the drug methamphetamine.…
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The web of teenage abductions ravaging the country has hit the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. This time, a 16-year old, SS-2 student of Government Secondary School, Apo Resettlement, Ifesinachi Ani, was abducted about six months ago and taken to unknown destination. The missing girl is a native of Amaechi Awkunanaw in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. The mother, a widow of four, lamented that neither the FCT Police Command nor other organisations have been able to offer any reasonable assistance to secure the release of the girl and called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the…
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Today, Wednesday 7 October 2015, is the 48th anniversary of the mass execution of 700 Igbo male, boys and men, in Asaba (twin Oshimili River port of Biafra) by genocidist Nigeria military brigade commanded by Murtala Muhammed and Ibrahim Haruna and Ibrahim Taiwo. This was during phase-III of the Igbo genocide which Nigeria launched on 6 July 1967. Emma Okocha’s Blood on the Niger (TriAtlantic Books, 2006), a compulsory reference in the study of the Igbo genocide, meticulously catalogues the savagery and aftermath of this massacre. Okocha, who lost most of his family during the slaughter, survived the execution…
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In just a matter of weeks, the NDDC will have a new boss, and he is the defeated governorship aspirant of the APC in April 11, 2015 election in Akwa Ibom state, Chief Umanah Umanah, a popular Akwa Ibom politician, former SSG and commissioner of finance. As SSG in former Governor Akpabio’s cabinet, the APC standard bearer reject his nomination for the position in 2014, and thereafter got removed from office by the governor. His rejection of the position was seen as a strategy to send him out of the state to pave way for Mr. Emmanuel Udom, who…
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President Buhari has refused to give an inch in his rock-solid determination not to devalue the naira. Unsurprisingly, this has earned him critical opprobrium among professional neoclassical economists and others knowledgeable in the links between exchange policy and economic growth and corruption. This much was revealed in his recent Al Jazeera interview and discussions among many Nigerians. To many the president’s foreign exchange policy does not make economic sense. But is that really true? Let me offer a perspective that will shed some light on the sense and sensibility of the president’s “stubbornness” with regard to devaluation. Before I…
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“Let me start by saying that I am Fulani (laughter). My grandfather was an Emir and therefore I represent all that has been talked about this afternoon. Sir Ajayi has written a book. And like all Nigerians of his generation, he has written in the language of his generation. “My grandfather was a Northerner, I am a Nigerian. The problem with this country is that in 2009, we speak in the language of 1953. Sir Olaniwun can be forgiven for the way he spoke, but I cannot forgive people of my generation speaking in that language. “Let us go…
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Like the gold rush of California in 19th century America, the small settlement of Oloibiri, a district headquarters in Ogbia in the defunct Eastern Region, came into limelight in second half of the 20th century when workers of Shell Darcy converged on the town in search of the black gold. However, the explorers made history in June 1956 when they struck the black gold in swampy communities of Otuabagi/Otuogidi in the Oloibiri District of Ogbia, making the latter district the first in West Africa where crude oil was discovered in commercial quantity. Providence again ensured that the Ogbia kingdom…
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When people look for power at all costs, beware of them. Don’t listen to them. In short chase them away from where you are, or run away from them as far as you can. They don’t mean well! I challenge anyone to be bold to tell me here and now that the buhari they presented to us to vote for is the same buhari that is in Aso Rock now! The Country is going down hill because of the ineptitude of that impostor in Aso Rock (please bring back the tinubu created buhari). Over 4 million Nigerians have lost…
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President Muhammadu Buharis late realization that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, would become the next acting president of Nigeria, has quickly cancelled VP Osinbajo’s trip to India, as he also will be out of Nigeria next week.Nigeria’s Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has made a last-minute cancelation of a trip to India owing to protocol blunders by the Protocol Department of the Presidency as well as a realization that Senate President Bukola Saraki would have had to act as President for a couple of days. Mr. Saraki is currently embroiled in a trial for corruption that he and his…
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Smarting from his embarrassing outing in far away London, the United Kingdom where a Biafran agitator lambasted him for being an embarrassment to the Igbo race, Governor Okorocha seems to have decided to turn his anger on ordinary Imolites who definitely do not have any hand in spoiling his outing. Grapevine sources squealed to Yours Sincerely that the Governor believes that the young IPOB agitator who is based in the UK could not have had such damaging information on him if not for what he is being fed with from home, hence his decision to punish all those “gossips”…
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Ghana has prohibited some items from entry into its domain, following Nigeria’s foot steps that restricted 41 items from access to foreign exchange. Ghana however has placed a ban on some goods from being imported into the country. Ghanaian Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah stated yesterday that Ghana and Nigeria are said to account for some 68 per cent of the ECOWAS region’s Gross Domestic Product. President Muhammadu Buhari with his Ghanaian counterpart, President John Dramani Mahama. Nigeria accounts for almost 10 per cent of Ghana’s foreign trade volume, whereas Ghana is listed as the…
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Dr Oyinwola Oni, a Lagos based DNA expert says that 40% of men do not know that they are not the biological fathers of their first child. Dr Oni said this while sharing his experience on how a former girlfriend wanted to force a set of twins on him. Read what he told City People below; “How I got into doing DNA is an interesting story which all man should learn from. I lost my wife about 6 years ago. About that time there was a lady I have known for long in Nigeria but who now lives in…
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, is set to engulf itself into a leadership feud, as top members of the party are currently pushing for the dismissal or resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie Oyegun. The Authority has confirmed. It was reliably gathered that officials of the party, have succeeded in forcing Oyegun to embark on a 10 day leave, a move which has doused tension among party heavy weights, as his opponents insist that he must not return to his seat after the break. This development has grounded activities at the APC National Secretariat…
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The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is kicking as investigation has unmasked some top chieftains of the party and ministers in the inner caucus of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, who have been sabotaging the effort of the federal government. Post-Nigerian, in a thorough analysis of a statement credited to Buhari during a recent interview he granted to Al-Jazeera, discovered that the president was obviously referring to some key chieftains of the APC and top members of his administration. During the interview, Buhari let the cat out of the bag by saying that there are some people in his government,…
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President Muhammadu Buhari, has launched a full scale anti-corruption war within the All Progressives Congress, APC, over allegations of corruption and mismanagement of election campaign funds, The Cable has confirmed. The president is said to be accusing top leaders of the APC over the mismanagement of about N7 Billion used for the 2015 general election. According to sources, the decision of the president not to offer ‘financial bailout’ to the party, since his assumption into office has led to serious internal crisis within the party. “The president is furious with the party leaders, and has refused to support them…
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One of the advantages of the exit of former President Goodluck Jonathan from the seat of power is that it has deprived those who derived joy in blaming him for every negative thing under the sun. If ex-president Jonathan was still in power, the Imo State government would have blamed him for the recent altercation it had with Labour Unions. We would have been inundated with unnecessary propaganda of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government at the centre inciting Labour Unions to shoot down Imo State because Imo is an All Progressives Congress (APC) governed state. The state government would…
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