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At least 10 governors and some senators are all seem set for the unveiling today of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CN). Obasanjo broke the news of the coalition in a long “special statement” in which he lashed the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. A source learned that 10 governors and some senators are said to have indicated interest in being part of the CN. Seven governors are believed to be of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and three Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) members. Others who are said to be part of the formation of CN are a former…
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Published on November 25, 2016 By Seun Opejobi A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has asserted that Nigeria needs people like former vice president, Atiku Abubakar to make life more meaningful for Nigerians. In a letter to felicitate with the former vice president on his 70th birthday, Tinubu described the Turakin Adamawa as a man of faith, saying faith has kept him going and waxing strong. In the letter he personally signed, the former Lagos governor urged Atiku to accept that “there is a tide in the affairs of men”. Tinubu wrote: “I write…
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At the risk of being branded an APC Apologist, without conceding, the recommendation of removing LGAs from the constitution and empowering states to provide for their existence, structure and number, is in tandem with age old principles of federalism . It is trite law that LGAs are not federating units in a federal system! In our federalism, the federating units are state Governments and federal (central) governments! In Balogun v LAGOS state Govt, the court held that LOCAL GOVTS ARE AGENTS OF STATE GOVTS!! Consequently, It is my considered opinion that it was anachronistic to list Local governments in the…
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The clouds of war are gathering with blood sucking gods that follow the perching of vultures. Vultures from Eastern Europe, vultures from Europe, vultures from Asia, yes, vultures from America that deal on arms. With eyes constantly fixed on any trouble spot in the world. They’re are hopefully praying to extend their business from Tripoli to Abuja. This is because, Nigeria is fast descending to the very path that Freetown took. The path that ruined Congo and Libya. The expressway to Rwanda, that is the path Nigeria is fast speeding to. Yet, this path is not a new path to…
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A member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and long time associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Engineer Buba Galadima, said on Tuesday that the Buhari administration has finished its course. He said that the administration has written its obituary ahead of the 2019 election but just waiting to publish it. Galadima, who spoke on the Tuesday edition of Focus Nigeria, a current affairs programme of the Africa Independent Television (AIT), anchored by Gbenga Aruleba, said that the APC was a party waiting to be swept out of power. “I dare the APC to arrest…
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If the APC fails to address the internal wrangling within its fold, the Third Force is the next political ship, chairman of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna) has said. Responding to questions from our correspondent on the new alliance that is said to be in the works, Sani described it as a welcome development. “Third Force is a welcome development if that will help in ensuring that people in power are held to account,” he said. The senator, who said he was unaware of the fact that 25 of his colleagues had…
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In 2019, millions will be shocked, especially southerners to their bone marrow and foundations. Those who solely depend on their PVCs to deliver them from Buhari’s gulag called Nigeria will have something coming. What’s is coming? Better imagined than believed. For starters, you must wonder why Buhari stacked the INEC, an electoral umpire with his own men and women. Secondly, think deeply why the same INEC has not published the current numbers as they pertain to the distribution of PVCs across the country. It’s heartwarming to see millions of southerners trooping or struggling to get registered and obtain their almighty…
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If open hatred would lead to needed self realization, let it be and possibly in legions. If it would take the attack of an enemy to make me wiser, stronger, bigger and better, I need more of such attacks and may even beautify the scares years after the healing process, may be for a memorial. Welcome anything and everything that will advance your cause even at very expensive, painful price – and when it happens, be encouraged, seek the poignant message and grasp the essential lessons therein. Life is not a bed of roses so things might get very tough…
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Amidst the flow of blood inflicted upon totally unarmed natives by Fulani Militia, marauding as “Herdsmen” in ancestral homelands in Southern Kaduna, Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Edo, Abia, Ekiti, Delta, Enugu, Plateau, Kwara and elsewhere; the absolute refusal and spoken reluctance of the Fulani President/Commander-In-Chief of “Nigeria’s” Armed Forces to take any steps to halt the carnage, this Representative stood at the Plenary, in Nigeria’s House of Representative, Abuja, to declare that the Fulani places more value on the life of their cows than the life of humans and that the rest of us in Nigeria must understand that that is…
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I still find it funny that most people don’t know why Nigeria’s economy went into recession, they love the incompetent lies of Lai Mohammed about the past government ruining everything. It’s also myopic to think that if Jonathan were to still be in power, we would be worse off. The truth about Nigeria’s recession is this; it was caused by the president’s unguided rhetoric and uncultured body language. Firstly, there is nothing we are buying today that we weren’t buying 5 years ago, therefore it’s not our purchase that put pressure on Naira but withdrawal of funds by foreign investors.…
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It is a fact of history that the Federation of Nigeria collapsed in1966 when the 5 Constitutions that defined it got toppled and jettisoned by the Military Incursion into Nigeria’s Political space. It is also a fact of history that the attempt to resuscitate the Union at the Aburi Sovereign Conference January 1967, was truncated shortly after the Parties returned to Nigeria from Ghana and that it took a brutal War of Genocide between 1967-1970, to force the break-away Biafra back into the Nigerian Union. It is yet another fact of history that the triumphant side in that Nigeria-Biafra War…
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There is virtually no part of Nigeria that is peaceful. There is virtually no household that is happy. There is virtually no individual that is not living in fear in Nigeria today. School fees and hospital bills are becoming difficult for most people. Even one square meal is becoming a luxury for most. The value of the Naira against the Dollar is the worst in the history of Nigeria. The cost of fuel, where available, is the highest in the history of this so-called oil producing country. The endurance level of the ordinary people has been stretched to its limit.…
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Going from 2018 to 2019 regarding Election or No- Election, the alternative to the absolutely reckless gamble with the lives of over 50 million People that will be anchored on *PVC* against *AK47* is to the dissolution and dismantling of the defunct Federation of Nigeria inside 2018 before the Southward Sweeping Fulani terror machine completes its undisguised already ongoing *Conquest, Islamization* and *Colonization* campaign, currently charging through the Middle Belt Territories. The fighting force driving that campaign is within one hour swift, tactical forest maneuver, from the northern boundaries of Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, and upper Cross-River (Ogoja area via Gakem)…
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NNPC operates a secret account used for siphoning monies,currently has a balance of $137mllion,$4million has previously been withdrawn – Sen. Malaye Lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has raised the alarm over alleged operation of a secret account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and other joint venture companies. Melaye, who raised a point of order at the plenary on Tuesday, alleged that the account, which was supposed to be domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria, was with Keystone Bank, had no Bank Verification Number and had a balance of $137m as of today (Tuesday). He…
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As the plot to unseat President Goodluck Jonathan in the next elections thickens, Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the other leaders of his party, the opposition, All Progressives Congress (APC) have begged former President, Chief Olusegun to be their navigator. Speaking during a much-publicized meeting with the PDP Chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said “You have come out of tribulation and held the highest position in this country. We are here because of your courage and salient points. Nobody can say he has information more than you,” “You have surmounted a number of crises. Nigeria is…
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During my secondary school days my Geography teacher taught us the earth evidences to prove that the earth is spherical. One is called Ship visibility. It stated that when the ship is approaching the harbour, the Mast is seen before the hall. Could this trending letter be the Mast of the approaching ship? Well, there’s simply a limit to all human endurance. This government has pushed the envelope to near the limit. It has proven adamant and insensitive to people’s suffering and pain. Prompting so many people to lend their voices to the gathering voices of reason. From local officials…
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Many of those consulted by Mr. Obasanjo are said to have signed on to his elaborate plan for a mass movement away from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to “rescue” the country. A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, is mobilising politicians and other Nigerians to sign on to his Coalition for Nigeria project, to oust President Muhammadu Buhari from office. Many of those consulted by Mr. Obasanjo are said to have signed on to his elaborate plan for a mass movement away from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and…
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Seventy-four prominent Yoruba elders have vowed to pull the Yoruba nation out of Nigeria if the country is not restructured before the 2019 general elections. Acting under the aegis of Voice of Reason (VOR), a socio-cultural group, the elders made this known in an advertorial on page 25 of The Punchnewspaper of Monday, January 22. Some of the elders that signed the advertorial include: former Chief of Army Staff, General Alani Akinrinade; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe; co-founder, EKO Hospitals, Olorogun Sonny Kuku; and spokesperson, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin. According to the elders, the 1999…
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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says there is no need to set up cattle colonies in the South East – The Anambra state chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Sadiq Gidado, says establishment is not necessary because members of the association and residents coexist peacefully – Gidado expressed regret over the incessant clashes in some parts of the country The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says there is no need to set up cattle colonies in the South East geopolitical zone. Alhaji Sadiq Gidado, the Chairman of MACBAN in Anambra, said this on Friday at…
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Fresh facts have emerged that the refusal of President Muhhamdu Buhari to grant some concessions to former President Olusegun Obasanjo might have been the reason he wrote to attack President Muhammadu Buhari advising him not to seek re-election in 2019, TheNigerian News has authoritatively gathered. According to impeccable sources in the know of events, it was revealed to TheNigerian that the letter was as a result of the refusal of President Muhammdu Buhari to accede to a couple of requests made by Obasanjo in recent times. The source informed TheNigerian that former president Obasanjo had formed “the habit of wanting…
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In addition to his many controversial engagements, governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State recently led some South East politicians to Aso Rock. Their mission was quite simple: To assure President Muhammadu Buhari that he could bank on their support in his rumored desire to have a second shot at the Presidency in 2019. Some commentators have been at pains to explain that it was “Igbo APC” and not Ndigbo, that went on the much-maligned trip. The governor is however unperturbed. He is a man of great energy, self-preserving populist gestures and (sometimes reprehensible) creativity. Whether you like him or not…
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As Senate empanels c’ttee to reconcile differences in Bill… The House of Representatives’ amendments to the Electoral Act, which effected a change in the election order, has caused ripples and discomfort in the presidency and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), THISDAY has learnt. The amendment to Section 25 of the Electoral Act, 2010, which the House members voted for on Tuesday, would see the National Assembly elections holding first, before elections into the state Houses of Assembly and governorship on a separate day, while the presidential election would be conducted last to complete the general election cycle. Specifically, the…
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As a true IMO political son or daughter, I guess,we know virtually all the LGAs in IMO and probably, may have stepped into most of the wards. In due time, I will be writing about the person of Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha but at the moment, let’s go into his scorecards as a former House Of Representative Member HOR, who represented Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Federal Constituency. For sake of clarity, he didn’t represent IMO at large nor did he represent Owerri zone or Okigwe zone or Orlu zone rather he represented a federal constituency and we understand the difference,explicitly. I…
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https://www.hornnewsnigeria.com.ng/politics/nigeria-politics/oblong-gives-marching-order-to-apc/
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It is very common and easy to hear people say the police have failed in protecting lives and property anytime there is a civil disturbance or any crime. One thing people don’t take into account is why is the failure? In order to function as humans, there are basic things we need like oxygen, water and food among many. The police too requires some basic things to effectively work. They are not spirits. At the risk of whatever consequences that could arise as a result of this post, please find below the budget requirements for the police in 2016 and…
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Is this OBJ’s 3rd Force/Coalition ? A. *STEERING TEAM* 1. Olisa Agbakoba 2. Rabiu Ishyaku Rabiu 3. Pat Utomi 4. AbdulJhalil Tafawa Balewa 5. Donald Duke 6. Ghada Abubakar 7. Kemi Jorge-Oyewusi 8. Aisha Aliyu 9. Frank Nweke Jnr 10. Jibrin Ibrahim 11. Isa Aremu 12. Emeka Okengwu 13. Olubunmi Usim Wilson 14. Hauwa Shekarawu 15. Eugene Enahoro 16. Khairat Animashaun-Ajiboye 17. Mary Manzo 18. Oby Ezekwesili 19. Bisola Clark 20. Ikpe Obong – Labour 21. Peter Balogun – Labour 23. TUC 24. PLWDs 25. Wale Ajani – Youths 26.Naseer Kura 27. Charity Shekari 28. Olawale Okunniyi – DG B.…
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We have read the press statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the State of the Nation. For the record, Chief Obasanjo is a patriot, and he has proven this time and time again. We appreciate what he said concerning the Administration’s performance in two out of the three key issues that formed the plank of its campaign: Fighting corruption and tackling insurgency. Specifically, the former President said President Buhari must be given credit for his achievement so far in these two areas. We thank him for this. Apparently, the former President believes that the Administration does not deserve a…
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Tribalism is not our problem. Tribalism and religion are artificial problems created by selfish leaders for their own personal interest. There are only two major tribes in Nigeria. The Elites and the Masses. Once you make lots of money, you belong to the elite tribe. When you are a commoner or suffering, you belong to the tribe of the masses. If you are an elite, and you need more power, or elective position, you sow seeds of tribalism and religion among the masses, so as to sway their emotion for your personal victory. This happens at both the national and…
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Doyin Okupe, has said that when Northerners and the Yorubas associate together, the Yorubas always regret the association. He said his other politicians are in support of his conclusion because of their experiences. Doyin challenged any Southwest Leader to prove him wrong including that most northern lawmakers he had worked with played exceptionally narrow minded and parochial governmental issues. Doyin who was the Former aide to the immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan said this in a post he shared on Facebook where he kept up that the northern political elites frequently time, make them, the southern colleagues look like saboteurs…
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For the life of me, I will never understand how former President Olusegun Obasanjo does it. When you think he is done, he has just begun. I have watched in utter amusement how he has, yet again, wangled his way into the front page of newspapers on a daily basis. I don’t know of any other former head of state elsewhere who has turned himself into the subject and object of national attention long after he has left power. Obasanjo is always there, always scheming, always screaming. It is his luck, I must say, but, as a mere mortal, I…
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“Words of Dr. Junaid Mohammed a northern ethno-religious irredentist. “Let me say straight away that whether one calls it a cabal or a mafia or power within the presidency under Buhari, whatever you say it is; it is, and a lot worse. First, the most influential person in the presidency today is one Mamman Daura whom as you know, is a nephew of the president. His father was Buhari’s elder brother. In addition, Mamman Daura was the one who single-handedly brought up Abba Kyari, the current chief of staff to the president. In fact, Abba Kyari knows Mamman Daura more…
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There is no denying what is obvious. Herdsmen have attacked rural communities in different parts of Nigeria. The attacks are often brutal; the attackers would surround a village in the dead of night, shoot indiscriminately and set fire to huts. The killing is also indiscriminate; they kill anyone they can find, make the rest of the community to flee, then melt away into the hills and bushes almost without trace. The police almost never find the culprits. Members of the sacked community then run to the authorities for help, telling gory tales and claiming they were attacked without the slightest…
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The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has through its Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru urged the governments of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Katsina states to prepare to acquire oil blocks in the Sokoto basin as the NNPC has confirmed the presence of adequate hydrocarbon in the Sokoto basin, urging . This revelation was disclosed at the regional technology knowledge sharing workshop on hydrocarbon potentials of the Sokoto basin holding at the ultra- modern auditorium of Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, was organized by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) in collaboration with the Sokoto State Government and the university. According…
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– Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has replied his critics who accused him of handing over a nation at the verge of collapse to his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari. – Jonathan recounted the achievements of his government to include, handing over a country that produced the richest man in Africa. – Jonathan said, “I took over a Nigeria that was the second largest economy in Africa with a GDP of $270.5 billion in 2009, – I handed over a Nigeria that had grown to become the largest economy in Africa and the 24th largest economy in the World with a GDP…
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Today, I have decided to undertake an unsolicited or maybe obviously unappreciated assignment of unveiling or revealing to our dear Governor Rochas Okorocha his already acquired 10 standby forces he MUST face in his bid at producing his likely successor in 2019. In my last count, of course without prejudice to any one that is not mentioned here, I could only identify ten [10] ‘deadly’ forces that are already hibernating within and outside the state waiting for the whistle to be blown before they start directing the nozzle of their political Guns towards the Governor and his team. The essence…
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There is a raging controversy trailing the appointment of Dr Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as the substantive director-general of National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The controversy is brewing over what Presidency insiders and members of the intelligence community consider “as breach of national security” over the personality of the new NIA chief. Another issue is what insiders called the Presidency’s “promotion of mediocrity, nepotism and incompetence” in the intelligence community. Multiple sources who spoke to this newspaper said the new NIA chief “may compromise the security of this country because of his background.” “Rufai was born in Chad Republic. He had his…
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The All Progressive Congress (APC) keep blaming PDP for their misfortune, as if Nigeria was better of before the 16years of PDP rule. I remember before the 16years of PDP, things were really tough and rough for Nigerians. I remember trekking a distance of about 10km to load sawdust that we would use to power Abacha stove. Kerosene and electric Stoves were for the elites, even at that, there was scarcity of kerosene. If you can’t afford Gas cooker, Electric stove, Kerosene stove, or Abacha stove, you’ll go for Firewood. Electricity ‘NEPA’ was not stable, people were forced to buy…
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There are no more waters in the Benue but a flowing river of tears. It has been many months that I have been wandering on her quiet banks with a fishing net in my hands but since then, I have neither seen a rippling of water from a swimming fish nor a bubble of water from a breathing fish. They are all dead!! Is this how the owner of the food basket will spend yet another day and night starving out on the cold deserted river bank? My food basket is under attack from some nomadic pests and she is…
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PRESS RELEASE The attention of the RESCUE GOVERNMENT of Imo State has been drawn to the wild and unsubstantiated rumour currently making the rounds that parts of Imo State have been earmarked for the establishment of cattle colonies. This information is wicked, unfounded and untrue although it represents the typical product of warped thinking of desperate mischief makers via the social media. Out of abundant caution, the RESCUE MISSION GOVERNMENT of Imo State restates that there is no law, policy, decision, plan, request or intention to cede, allocate or designate any part of Imo State as a cattle colony. The…
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1.Buhari lacks physical, intellectual capacity to govern-Ghali Umar Na’Abba. APC BoT member. 2.Buhari government has dragged Nigeria backward, says Junaid Mohammed. 3.APC has no answer to Nigeria’s problems –Balarabe Musa 4.Buhari is taking Nigeria backwards-Pastor Tunde Bak-are. Buhari’s running mate in 2011. 5.Change or you would be changed. Forget about 2019 election-Rev Fr Mbaka. 6.Go home and rest. Do not contest 2019 election-Dele Momodu 7.Buhari is wrong, Nigeria needs restructuring — Balarabe Musa. WHAT A WEEK.
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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of shielding corrupt members of his government. Obasanjo made this claims in a 13-page statement released on Tuesday. In a special press statement entitled, “The Way Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement”, the former president said whoever is “going to justice must be with clean hands.” Obasanjo wrote: “But there are three other areas where President Buhari has come out more glaringly than most of us thought we knew about him. One is nepotic deployment bordering on clannishness and inability to bring discipline to bear on errant members…
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PRESS STATEMENT Wednesday, 17th January 2018 The Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM), a Pro democracy Movement and Pressure Group of like-minded Nigerians who are committed to changing the political order, which has failed to fashion a Nigeria that works for all is conceived as the THIRD POLITICAL FORCE to rescue Nigeria from corrupt and inert political leadership and system by the year 2019 NIM is concerned that the political elite, since independence and particularly since the exit of the military from visible power in 1999, has proved that it is ill-equipped and unprepared for the challenge of transforming our nation from…
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Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM), which has former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba, Tafawa Balewa, and Prof. Pat Utomi, as members, has vowed to rescue Nigeria in 2019. The group said it would be providing an alternative to the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Former Education minister, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili is also a member of the group, including former Information minister, Frank Nweke Jnr, Col. Abubakar Umar (retd), Ayo Obe, Rabiu Ishyaku Rabiu, former presidential adviser, Akin Osuntokun.…
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The Guardian (Lagos): Editorial of August 30, 1985. THE ARROGANCE OF POWER. It should be perfectly understandable if, in the wake of the recent coup, Nigerians seem a great deal more sceptical about their prospects than perhaps they need be. Two coups in 20 months, separated from a long stretch of military rule only by four brief years of ignominious civilian administration, do not add up to any settled understanding of the essence of government. What they do create is a climate of uncertainty and instability, conditions that are hardly helpful to a nation so desperately in need of orderly…
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MUTUK Receives Approval to Deliver Petition at 10 Downing Street and Nigeria High Commission London. Protest Agenda Date: January 22, 2018 Timings: • 9.00 – 9.40am: We will converge (and hold a meeting) in front (outside) National Gallery, Trafalgar Square. We will proceed from there to Nigeria High Commission. It’s about 2 minutes’ walk. • 9.40 – 10.00am: March to Nigeria High Commission, 9 Northumberland Ave, Westminster, London WC2N 5BX. • 10.00am – 12.00 noon: Protest Commences in front of Nigeria High Commission, 9 Northumberland Ave, Westminster, London WC2N 5BX. Designated speakers to address the group. Deliver petition to High…
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If you have not registered before, If you have lost or damaged your PVC, If you have relocated from where you registered before, Please visit the INEC office in your LGA to get registered, to replace ur PVC, to apply for correction of your details and to apply for transfer of your registration to your new location. Day: Monday – Friday Time: 9am – 3pm daily
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” Out of the abundance of their hearts, their mouths speaketh ” … Benue State belongs to the Fulani people by right of conquest. This is because half of the state is part of the Bauchi Emirate and the other half is part of the Adamawa Emirate. Benue is therefore part and parcel of the Sokoto Caliphate. So no one has the right to expel the Fulani from Benue under any guise. Second to the Arabs, perhaps the Fulani are the most benevolent and merciful conquerors in history. If they had applied the Nazi final solution to the natives, or…
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THE THREE CARDINAL SINS OF GEN. GOWON. Gen. Yakubu Gowon in 1967 thought he could invade Enugu, arrest Ojukwu and place him on trial. A mission he could not accomplish in 3 three years. As soon as Gowon realized that Gen. Ojukwu and his boys were not smiling or easy to conquer, Gowon committed 3 crimes against Nigerians just to win the war. These are the sins of Gowon that are affecting Nigerians today. 1. THE GODOGODO Gowon and his supreme military council thought it would be easy to walk over Biafra and capture Ojukwu so they decided to launch…
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By Comr. Ezekwe Uche History has it that PDP has never failed election in Ohaji/Egbema and 2019 will not be an exception. Its very appalling that some of our brothers from Ohaji/Egbema have ignorantly decided to dine and wine with the man that slept with their mother while she carries them at her back. Its very unfortunate that we have these set of uncircumcised persons amongst us who has foolishly sold their souls to the devil for peanuts of today,selling out perpetually the future of their born and unborn children for selfish interests against the communal interests of our people.…
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A very significant event—a peaceful mass protest against the misgovernance and mindless plunder of Imo State by Mr. Rochas Okorocha—took place in Owerri exactly a month ago, on Monday, December 18, 2017. It was organized by the Imo Peoples Action for Democracy (IPAD), a coalition of civil society and professional groups in Imo State. It didn’t get much media traction, not because it didn’t deserve national media attention. Part of the problem is the character of the Nigerian media. The other explanation was the concerted effort by Mr. Okorocha and his goons, aided by the Nigeria Police, to suppress the…
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I am worried about the ongoing narrative that Nigerians desired a change from the PDP misrule and agreed in 2015 to kick out Goodluck Jonathan and vote in Muhammadu Buhari as President. Nothing sounds more fraudulent. Was there a consensus at anytime on that? The answer is no. Rather, the Buhari presidency was a risk specifically undertaken by a tiny but powerful clique solely for its benefit and not the benefit of Nigerians. Now that the risk has failed and woefully too, the same clique is trying to change the narrative and make the mistake look like everybody’s mistake. It…
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Leaders of the South-East and South-West, on Thursday in Enugu, asked the Federal Government to declare Fulani herdsmen as terrorists. The Southern leaders, at an event tagged, ‘Handshake Across the Niger: A Celebration of Igbo/Yoruba Friendship Beyond Brotherhood,’ and organised by a pan-Igbo group, Nzuko Umunna, also insisted on the restructuring of the country. The event, hosted by the leaders of Afenifere and the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, was also attended by the representatives of the South-South and the Middle Belt. A minute silence was observed in honour of the victims of herdsmen attacks in Benue State and other parts of the…
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The expected return of Senate President Bukola Saraki to the dock for alleged false asset declaration and the continuation of the trials of former Peoples Democratic Party spokesperson, Olisah Metuh, and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, are some of the major cases expected in 2018. Also, the continued detention of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, as well as the Shiite leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, are among cases that will make the headlines in 2018. Saraki’s False Asset Charge On December 12, 2017, an Abuja Division of the Appeal Court ordered the retrial of Mr. Saraki, months…
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11 JAN 2018 THIS series is dedicated to the Handshake Across the Niger event taking place today in Enugu between the leaders of the Igbo and Yoruba ethnic groups. Before now, I never considered former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the right material for the presidency because I saw him as a regional champion. Now that he seems to have seen the light and become the leading campaigner for restructuring (even risking his political standing in the conservative North) I am willing to give him another look. During the build-up to the 2011 general elections, he arrogantly boasted at a gathering of the…
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An alliance between the Southwest and Southeast seeking to remove old animosities and rivalries between the two geo-political zones of Nigeria could be the first step towards finding a common front in the search for solutions to the myriad of problems facing the nation. Today, leaders from major ethnic nationalities in the southern part of Nigeria are in Enugu under the auspices of ‘Handshake Across the Niger.’ Although it was a political strategy enunciated by the late Dr. Chuba Okadigbo, the historical underpinning of what is taking place in Enugu, is the bond of friendship between late Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi…
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January 11 2018 In a society where collaboration between geopolitical zones often lead to landmark consensus on national issues, today’s summit between the Yoruba and Igbo, will be seen as very promising. The fact that the Yoruba and the Igbo have rarely had any convergence on socio-political issues before and after independence, suggests that the outcome of the forum may likely address the age-long mistrust between them. It could also be a functional vehicle for the bonding of the components that make up the larger South. If the conference heralds that, the dreams of having a monolithic South like the…
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In 1950, just two years after the state of Israel was founded, the country’s first commercial delegation set off for South America. Israel desperately needed trading partners. Unlike its Arab adversaries, Israel did not have natural resources to fund its economy. There was no oil or minerals. Nothing. The delegation held a couple of meetings but was mostly met with laughs. The Israelis were trying to sell oranges, kerosene stove tops and fake teeth. For countries like Argentina, which grew its own oranges and was connected to the electrical grid, the products were pretty useless. It’s hard to imagine this…
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Enugu, Jan 11, 2018 Every Generation is confronted with opportunities they seize upon, as well as the challenges they must confront and defeat if they desire to make appreciable progress, or simply succumb to those challenges and live with the consequences of their actions or inactions forever after. It is no different with the present generation of the Igbos and Yorubas especially in the present day Nigeria. For far too long the present generation of the Yorubas and the Igbos have frittered away so much energy in animosity and mutual cynicism, driven by mostly false narrative, and to the benefit…
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Baron Roy wrote: Since the past couple of years, we have had numerous killings. ALL from Fulani Militias masquerading as herdsmen. The number of killings within the past 30 months have claimed at least 10,000 souls (conservative estimates) These people did not plan to die…at least not violently. And not in the hands of their guests. But die they did…unmourned, unavenged…and their killers treated with awe by the Nigerian Establishment… Nassarawa killings Benue killings Taraba killings Adamawa killings Kaduna killings Enugu killings Edo killings Delta killings Abia killings Cross River killings Plataue killings Kaduna killings… And all those people killed…
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It has become clear to many parents that the task of teaching their children has been shifted to them despite the huge fees they keep doling out to private schools. Children come home with homework that requires over 6 hours to complete and the children are usually clueless about the topic. Clearly some of these topics were never introduced in class and the burden of breaking in the topic is shifted to the parents. In some cases a topic is given a very brief introduction in class then a slew of tasks is bundled as assignments and becomes the parent’s…
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It is happening all over again. History is repeating itself and, alas, within such an agonizingly short span of time. How often must we warn against the enervating lure of appeasement in face of aggression and will to dominate! I do not hesitate to draw attention to Volume III of my INTERVENTION Series, and to the chapter on The Unappeasable Price of Appeasement. There is little to add, but it does appear that even the tragically fulfilled warnings of the past leave no impression on leadership, not even when identical signs of impending cardiac arrest loom over the nation. Boko…
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January 8, 2018 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday told the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, to address issues and stop his resort to excuses and shifting of blames over the failures and inherent confusion in the APC-led Federal Government. The PDP slammed Oyegun for attempting to exonerate the APC of blames over the embarrassing list of board members of federal parastatatals which contained names of deceased persons, adding that his excuses has further confirmed PDP’s position that APC and its Federal government are completely disorganized and ill-equipped to govern. PDP National Publicity…
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January 11 2018 The attention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), IMO State chapter has been drawn to the false, erroneous and inaccurate statement credited to Sam Onwuemeodo, the Chief Press Secretary to IMO State Government where he allegedly claimed that the State Government under Rochas Okorocha is not indebted to any bank anywhere in the country or outside the country. The Imo State Governor, speaking through his Chief Press Secretary also claimed that the current N93.27 billion IMO debt profile was an accumulated debts right from the creation of the State in 1976. The above provocative comment is not only…
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As preparations reach fever-pitch levels for the January 11, 2018 Event in Enugu tagged “HANDSHAKE ACROSS THE NIGER” where the Yoruba will be coming in their strength to fraternize with Igbo as a part of steps towards closing the chapter of longstanding suspicion-ridden acrimonious relationship between the Yoruba and Igbo in the Nigerian Union of Attrition, the Lower Niger Independence Movement (LONIM) has followed very closely and with a measure of anxiety, what the Igbo side is taking to the HANDSHAKE Table. LONIM notes that while the Yoruba Position on the Nigerian Question in terms of the minimum conditions for…
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In one research, Lagos State Government revealed that over *6000 heads of Cattle are slaughtered in Lagos daily.* That is over 180,000 heads of Cattle per month and about 2.2 million in Lagos State alone. Analytical reasoning has never been known to be a forte of the African man and has been a major source of setbacks for us. The white folks have devised a way to tame devious, greedy and powerful people by hurting their economies. *They simply boycott their products and it hurts.* _”Without justice, there can be no peace. *He who passively accepts evil is as much…
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January 10, 2018 Says Anambra senate rerun must hold Saturday Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally issued detailed timetable of activities leading to the next general elections in 2019. According to the time table issued by the commission, all the political parties are expected to submit to INEC names of its presidential candidates latest on December 3, 2018. It said the earlier approved election timetable which scheduled the presidential and National Assembly elections for February 16 and governorship and state assembly polls for March 2, 2019 still stands. Addressing journalists at the headquarters of…
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Ibadan, January 9, 2018 Press Statement No inch of Yoruba territory must be ceded for ‘Cattle Colony’ by the State or Federal Governments, the Oodua Nationalist Coalition, (ONAC) warned on Tuesday in a statement issued at Ibadan. The group accused President Mohammadu Buhari of promoting ethnic supremacy through his indifference to Fulani genocide and savage manslaughter. “It is the first time in Nigerian history that the Federal Government will boldly and without shame support armed insurgents and murderers. This is the worst scene in recent human history that no one can ever forget in a hurry.” ONAC berated the Governor…
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Invisible attackers who will never be traced ! 1. February 2013 Fulani Attacked Agatu burning Inoli, Ologba, olegeje, olegogboche, olegede, Adana, Inminy and Abugbe communities. Many lives lost. 2. April 23 2013. 10 farmers killed in an attack on Mbasenge community in Guma LGA by suspected herdsmen. 3. May 7, 2013. 47 mourners gunned down in Agatu while burying two policemen killed the Tuesday before in Nassarawa. 4. May 14, 2013. Over 200 herdsmen surround Ekwo-Okpanchenyi, Agatu LGA killing 40 locals. 5. July 5, 2013. 20 people were killed in a “conflict” between Tiv farmers & herdsmen at Nzorov,Guma LGA,…
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*To go Ahead with Anambra Central Elections Jan. 13 The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has issued the time table and schedule of activities for the 2019 General Elections, fixing the conduct of party primaries including the resolution of disputes arising from primaries for August 18, 2018 to October 7, 2018 for national and state elections while that of the FCT Area Council is slated for between September 4 and October 27, 2018. Speaking with journalists Tuesday in Abuja, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said the commission arrived at the schedule of activities after its meeting held on the same…
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HIS EXCELLENCY, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR. President and Commander-in-Chief Of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja Your Excellency Mr. President, YOU HAVE BETRAYED DEMOCRACY AND PROMOTED GENOCIDE. I would have loved to wish you a happy new year, but I am not a hypocrite. I am not happy and nobody in Benue is happy today, because many of our citizens did not have a happy new 2018. Genocide on citizens of Nigeria has escalated in earnest in Benue State. This genocide has turned their happiness to nightmare and death. Let me also…
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The Fulani in Nigeria have said they will not accept cattle ranching because the country’s geographical location was not suitable for it. Besides, the Fulani said the species of cows they had, as subsistence livestock farmers, were not good for ranching in the country, saying they could only be confined to ranching if their livestock were replaced with breeds suitable for it. This was even as they said the anti open grazing laws being established by some state governments would die a natural death like ‘political sharia law’ in Zamfara. According to them, the laws are being used as campaigns…
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Pendulum January 6, 2018 My dear President, please, permit me to wish you and your family a very happy new year. Let me also offer my words of prayers, and intercession, on behalf of your very handsome son, and his friend, who, according to reports, were involved in a terrible power-bike crash. I pray that God almighty will grant them full recovery and I believe my prayer is already answered because of my presence in the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Now to the business of the day. Kindly permit me to be as brutally frank as possible. As a stakeholder…
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From the Americas, through Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea, East Africa to China and Japan the global price for the ordinary grey Portland cement averages out at $62/tonne by mid-December 2017 data. At $1:N350, that is N21,000. This is the average global price for the everyday cement we buy, produced and bagged in Nigeria by just two players who have swallowed everybody else up with one of them as the local leader. Now a tonne of cement is 1000kg, i.e 20 x the 50kg bags we buy on retail in Nigeria. This is to say…
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By Brady Nwosu No doubt about it, Nigeria is an illusion. It is not only a failing state, but it has failed both man, and God, who endowed her with resources in more that sufficient measures. All the indices of a failed state has manifested and still bald-facing. According to Britannica.com, failed state, a state that is unable to perform the two fundamental functions of the sovereign nation-state in the modern world system: it cannot project authority over its territory and peoples, and it cannot protect its national boundaries. … A failed state is composed of feeble and flawed institutions.…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Federal Government of providing cover for huge sleazes directly involving APC interests and urged its officials to stop dishing out falsehood to suffering Nigerians. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement on Wednesday said it is completely reprehensible that the APC and the Federal Government has continue to stick to lies, particularly on the real reasons behind the biting fuel scarcity as well as their exposed attempt to pilfer $1bn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA). The PDP charged the APC-led Federal Government to tell Nigerians the truth regarding its…
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The *Deadly Misdiagnosis and even more deadly Prescription* of hoping to escape the ferocious Jihad already on a full Southward sweep, by mere *Voting* at an *Election* under the 1999 Constitution that *massively empowers the Fulani Caliphate against the rest of Nigeria*, is a sure guarantee for the success of the Jihadists, especially when it is the Khalif Herdsman-In-Chief that would preside over the 2019 Round, (whether or not he runs) already zoned to the North by the two viable Political Parties, if the PDP and APC could be so properly described. *The choice is already narrowed down to one…
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Fellow Middle Belters, Nigeria is fully back to the state of nature. The unabated killing of our people in their communities is a war declared on us and President Mohammadu Buhari is sleeping on duty. We should not make mistake thinking that Nigerian government will stop this situation. Every part of the country is defending its territory now. The Fulani terrorists will leave no part of the Middle Belt region untouched then they finally face the Southern part of the country with war. Despite the calls on Federal Government by Middle Belt people to stop this genocide, Nigerian government has…
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A poll conducted by SUNDAY PUNCH has revealed that many Nigerians will not vote for President Muham madu Buhari if he decides to seek re-election in 2019. The poll with the title, “Will you vote for Buhari in 2019?” was conducted on The PUNCH website, http://www.punchng.com. It gauged the opinions of Nigerians using three options for participants. Those who want to vote again for the President in 2019 answered by clicking ‘YES’ while those with a contrary opinion clicked the ‘NO’ button. The last option was for those who were indifferent to Buhari’s choice. The poll went live on Thursday,…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Federal Government of providing cover for huge sleazes directly involving APC interests and urged its officials to stop dishing out falsehood to suffering Nigerians. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement on Wednesday said it is completely reprehensible that the APC and the Federal Government has continue to stick to lies, particularly on the real reasons behind the biting fuel scarcity as well as their exposed attempt to pilfer $1bn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA). The PDP charged the APC-led Federal Government to tell Nigerians the truth regarding its…
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The biggest country in Africa that the United Kingdom colonized is Nigeria. The biggest country that the United Kingdom colonized in Asia is India (which then comprised the present Pakistan and Bangladesh). When the UK came into Nigeria and India, like all other countries they colonized, they brought along their technology, religion (Christianity), and culture: names, dressing, food, language, etc. Try as hard as the British did, India rejected the British religion, names, dressing, food, and even language, but they did not reject the British technology. Today, 80.5% of Indians are Hindus; 13.4% Muslims; 2.3% Christians; 1.9% Sikhs; 0.8% Buddhists,…
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All of us will get old one day.. In few years to come it will be your turn. The current pension manipulations should be stopped by Nigerians now. I was very happy when the Senate recently made a move to adjust the pensions act to enable Nigerians withdraw up to seventy five percent of their cumulative savings.. The liberty should even extend to allowing pensioners withdraw their whole sum…. The law could also give pensioners the liberty to either withdraw their total sum or give the pension administrators the kind of investments they want.. After spending sixty years or thirty…
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When Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu was planning to contest the Governorship of Abia State in the last quarter of the year 2014, he rolled out a manifesto detailing his plans and programmes that will be implemented by his administration upon assumption of office. The manifesto contained detailed prognosis and plans of action for a number of sectors including Health, Education, Road Infrastructure, Agriculture Trade and Commerce among others. Under Trade and Commerce, the Governor outlined his vision for the strengthening of the production capacity of Aba to consolidate its status as the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Capital of West Africa.…
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Startling Research findings by Professor Charles Adisa, Issued by Chinua Achebe Centre for Leadership and Development (CACLAD) The most significant problem that African nations face is lack of leadership. Normally, Leadership should be an intentional conscious effort to attend to the people’s needs and aspirations. But in Africa, even though many of those that are thrust into the position of leadership mean well, they lack the capacity to lead and meet the people/s hopes and aspirations. Apart from lack of adequate preparation for leadership, one other notable factor that had inhibited good leadership among African leaders is the seemingly non-existent…
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Explains why Yoruba and Igbo are collaborating. Proffesor Banji Akintoye is a renowned historian and a member of the Southern Leaders Forum. In this interview, Akintoye maintains that Nigeria may eventually break up if it is not properly structured. He also gives an insight to the controversy over who were the original settlers of Lagos and the forthcoming Handshake Across the Niger which seeks to promote unity and collaboration between Yoruba and Igbo. Excerpts: Q- You are an advocate of restructuring, what are your views on it ? A- When you have the type of country that we have, with…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi to resign from the federal Executive Council following his being appointed the Director General of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 re-election campaign. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, the PDP said, “If APC has any strand of dignity, then Amaechi must resign as the Minister of Transportation having been appointed and already functioning as the DG of President Buhari’s Campaign. “Under the constitution of Nigeria, Mr. Amaechi cannot combine the job of a Minister of the Federal Republic with another responsibility such as…
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Since 2008, the question of whether the 774 local government areas within the Federal Republic of Nigeria should be granted autonomous status like the states or not has been a recurrent decimal during constitutional amendment debates in Nigeria. Whereas some people who were alarmed by the allegations that some state governors flagrantly abuse the Local Government and States Joint Account system established by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) yearn for further amendments of the constitution to confer autonomous status on local government areas; others who are equally uncomfortable but not emotional about the alleged…
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INEC Takes Charge of LGCs Elections… As It Grants Full Financial,Administrative Autonomy to 774 LGCs in Nigeria. The National Assembly on Tuesday, granted full financial and administrative autonomy to all the 774 local council authorities across Nigeria by amending section 124 of the nation’s constitution. The section provides a consequential provision for the making of the local councils, a full third tier government without undue interference from the state governments. The amendment was one of the 22 others approved by the House of Representatives last week and ratified by the Senate on Tuesday. Both chambers had through a conference committee…
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I join my fellow citizens this morning to welcome and celebrate the New Year 2018. This year promises to be pivotal in our quest for CHANGE. Unfortunately, I am saddened to acknowledge that for many this Christmas and New Year holidays have been anything but merry and happy. Instead of showing love, companionship and charity, some of our compatriots chose this period to inflict severe hardship on us all by creating unnecessary fuel scarcity across the country. The consequence was that not many could travel and the few who did had to pay exorbitant transport fares. This is unacceptable given…
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The state Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Nze Ray Emeana, described Buhari’s New Year message as “a rehash of the All Progressives Congress, APC, continuous deceitful and failed promises.” It was Emeana’s opinion that there was nothing new in the speech, as Nigerians have continued to live in pitch darkness, in spite of lies of increased power generation. “This is the worst Christmas ever, as transport fare from Lagos and Abuja to Owerri, was over N20,000. Virtually every kobo available to Nigerians this festival period was spent on fuel and diesel, which rose to over N350 and N250 per…
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His Excellency before the event inspected a cassava processing plant built by him for the good people of His community. He was conducted round by HRH Eze Damian Onyeoziri Nwaigwe, the Eze Udo of Mbutu Ancient kingdom. Notable among the dignitaries in attendance were His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Amnu Waziri Tambuwal, the executive governor of Sokoto State, Distinguished Senators, members of the house of representatives (former and present), state commissioners, house of assembly members, the clergy led by Rt. Rev. Chamberlain Ogunedo, Bishop of Mbaise Diocese, Rt. Rev. Enyinnaya Okoroafor, Bishop of Egbu Diocese, the traditional rulers, leaders of the…
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Do you know that in July 2017 ,Ibe Kachikwu, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum did a memo to President/Minister of Petroleum ,Mohammadu Buhari on anticipated shortage of premium motor spirit. In the memo,he surmised that short fall in PMS will become discernible from the early month of November 2017 and that by third week of November the shortfall shall manifest in long queues at filling stations. He ended the brief by strategically recommending for early and quick augmentation of stock. As usual,the Aso Rock Villa Cabal, led by Abbah Kyari,Buhari’s integrity challenged Chief of Staff muted and stayed action…
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PRESIDENT BUHARI REJECTS MARKETER’S DEMAND FOR PRICE INCREASE. THE DEMANDS: ~ Price increase ~ Total deregulation of petroleum products ~ Payment of outstanding subsidy FG’S OFFERS: ~ Creation of special window for Forex from CBN ~ Presentation of request for payment of outstanding subsidy to National Assembly ~ Creating opportunity for the establishment of modular refineries. ~ No return to era of fuel subsidy A subtle move by marketers for the federal government to increase fuel price appears to have failed. President Muhammadu Buhari is not disposed to the proposal, The Nation gathered yesterday. He is also saying No to…
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When fire is burning over your roof, you must reach a decision whether to fetch water to put out the fire or resign to fate and watch the fire burn. It’s all about the choice we make. The illegal arrest and detention of citizen Innocent Chukwuma by the EFCC at the instigation of GTBank, is one of such troubling time when we as a people must reach a decision to organize and mobilize to put out the fire of political and economic war that is waged against us. We must by our collective will signal to Pharaoh that as a…
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Nigerian government has identified those behind the current fuel scarcity. Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Garba Abari, said the situation was caused by oil marketers. In a statement on Saturday, Abari said the hoarding is an intentional ploy to force government to increase the pump price of the petrol. Abari said: “I call on Nigerians to ask why and how without any sign of scarcity, they suddenly woke up to most petrol stations across the country not selling fuel instantaneously. “In spite of increase supplies by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, petroleum marketers have resorted to…
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Barring last minute change, President Muhammadu Buhari may have bowed to pressure from the Nigerian Senate to drop the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC. The President, according to Gong News has reportedly narrowed down to the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations at Police College, Kaduna, Ahmed Abdulrahman as Ibrahim Magu’s replacement. Our source reported that the government is already combing the ranks of the Nigeria Police force for a worthy and less controversial replacement for Mr Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Except if things take a…
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Aisha Yesufu Co-convener of Bring Back Our Girls Group has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his ill performance as a president. Aisha who made reference to Buhari’s tweet in 2015 blaming former President Goodluck Jonathan for fuel crisis called him a hypocrite “Dear President Muhammadu Buhari @MBuhari your tweet below says it all about your hypocritical stand. “Your tears, words, tweets were never about Nigeria but about your need to come and enjoy the perks of power. “You have failed as the Minister of Petroleum and more so as the President. She tweeted The BBOG co-convener said the president has…
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Chairman of Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has blamed petroleum products’ dealers and tank farm owners over the current fuel crisis in the country. Uzodinma, in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, decried that some petroleum products’ dealers and tank farm owners were playing politics with the distribution of petroleum products through hoarding. He said the scarcity, which was coming at a time Christians were about to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, indicated that it was “a great sabotage.” The lawmaker added that from statistics available to his committee, “the volume of petroleum…
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Very Funny that I woke up this morning to see Buhari’s supporters celebrating that Col. Hameed Ali of the Nigerian customs service generated 1.022 trillion naira Revenue. They have been shouting everywhere that Hameed has generated the highest Revenue in the customs service. In 2014, Dikko Inde , the former CG of the customs service generated about 977 billion Naira Revenue when $1 was equal to about 190 naira. With now that the naira has lost about 100% value exchanging for figures close to 380 naira to a dollar, Hameed Ali should have doubled the amount Inde generated in 2014…
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December 22, 2017 Fellow Nigerians, it is no longer in the realm of speculation that our reticent general would seek a second term in office. It is not just his infamous body language speaking volumes about his intention, his actions and utterances lately give us a clear picture of his desire for a second term. His supporters under the umbrella of the Buhari Support Organisation have already launched Buhari’s 2019 bid. His foot soldiers have commenced nocturnal meetings to sell to the public what they know in their heart of hearts is a bad product. Although this has provoked incredulity…
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Interest groups within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are set to engage each other in intense politicking for the control of the party as the race for 2019 presidential election gets underway in the new year. A competent source within the party told our correspondents that some power brokers within the party who seemed united towards the convention held last weekend have since commenced underground politicking for the control of the party. Speaking under anonymity, the source disclosed that the position of the vice presidential candidate of the party may eventually turn out more controversial than the fight for the…
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