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The High Command of the Niger Delta Avengers wishes to bring to the notice of the International Community and the general public that there is no such militant group with the nomenclature, “Reformed Niger Delta Avengers”; it is not operated by any of our operatives but a money making tool in the hands of certain disgruntled Niger Deltan political jobbers in connivance with top government functionaries of the Buhari led Nigerian Government. The Intelligence Unit of the NDA has gathered from our sources in the Nigerian Government that the operatives of the said Reformed Niger Delta Avengers are some fraudsters…
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For days now, the media has been agog with the report that the Nigerian govt has agreed to pay 88billion naira as compensation to Biafra war victims. This information is not only false, it is actually a deliberate attempt to create a very misleading impression that the Nigerian state is one with a conscience that is alive and well enough to admit the excesses of her savagery against the people of the old Eastern region during the tragedy that was the Biafran war. The real story is this: Sometime in 2012, some people had dragged the Nigerian state to the…
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In my country, Nigeria, Ibo men are looking for money… And they have it… Yoruba men are looking for education… And they have it… Hausa men are looking for power… And they have it… But the Hausa men are controlling both those with money and those with certificates… A man in power can control a man with money and with degrees… You can hate a man with power… But you are still under him… You can speak grammar more than him… But you are still under him… Just one decision he will make can affect your source of money… If…
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THE so-called Igbo “scare” in the British Cameroons between 1945 and 1961 allegedly led the southern part of the British mandate to opt to leave the federation of Nigeria on the 11th of February 1961. The fear of Igbo domination in all the sectors of social and political life in the former German and British territory was given as a major factor. Kumba, Mamfe, Bamenda, Tiko and Victoria had a large number of NdiIgbo who dominated the economy. This led to local resentments, which politicians like Dr E.M.L.Endeley, Chief Manga Williams and J.N.Foncha exploited for selfish interests. Stereotyping the Igbo…
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Delegates from United Nations, UN, have met with apex Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, over issues on agitation for a Biafra republic and how to strengthen the unity of Nigeria. The delegation led by a special representative of Secretary-General of UN, Ambassador Mohamed Ibn Chambas, met, yesterday, behind closed doors in Enugu, with the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo led by its President-General, Chief Nnia Nwodo. Other chieftains of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, who met with the delegation included Deputy President-General and former deputy governor of Ebonyi State, Prof. Chigozie Ogbu; Enugu State President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Alex Ogbonnia; Dr. Ifedi Okwenna; and…
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Former Members of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, who defected to the All Progressive Congress, APC, have become liabilities to the President Mohammadu Buhari’s led administration, Ms. Lauretta Onochie, personal Assistant, Social Media to the president has said. She spoke in Abuja at the 2nd Annual International Conference of the Progressive Solidarity Forum (PSF). Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Senate president Bukola Saraki, Rotimi Amaechi, Rabiu Kwamkwaso and George Akume had led a long list of PDP members to the APC towards the 2015 general elections. Onochie said the defectors constituted over 50 per cent in the present administration and…
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Dear Mr President, Thank you for rewarding our die-hard loyalty with betrayal. Before the 2015 election those who told us never to believe in you, and describe you as nepotistic, tribalistic, and called you an unrepentant fundamentalist have been vindicated. Those who ascribed your 1984 war against indiscipline and corruption fight to Gen.Tunde Iduabong did not lie. Shortly before the 2015, I likened you with my idol Thomas Sankara, and deified you like the Greek god Apollos, but like the popular cliche ‘the leopard cannot change the colour of it’s skin’, you proved our opponents right. Under your watch the…
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Barely two years to the end of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s second term in office, Imo State government’s loan portfolio has hit an unsustainable level, comprising N93.27billion domestic loan and $60.22million foreign debts. At a conservative exchange rate of N305 per dollar, both the domestic and foreign debt stock amount to N112.4billion as at December 30, 2016, the highest among five states of the South East. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and Debt Management Office (DMO) show that Anambra State has the least domestic loan stock of N3.99billion. However, the state (Anambra) has $62.88million foreign debt stock,…
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Rochas Okorocha’s new found addiction is the desperation in urgently seeking for the validation of everybody in the world except that of the people of Imo State. Since the uproar over the Zuma statue, he has suspended the unveiling of the remaining six statues. I heard his inability to convince the other African leaders (whom he erected their statues) to accept such ‘honour’ and attend the unveiling ceremonies stalled his plans. A man whose sense of self importance knows no bound, Rochas cannot live without making headlines. He loves the limelight to a fault, that was why he has turned…
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Many years ago, the irrepressible Hausa leader who hailed from Kano and who was the founder of the radical leftist political party called NEPU, Mallam A Source: Femi Fani-Kayode: The slaves of Nigeria – Daily Post Nigeria
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Ohanaeze, the umbrella body of Ndigbo, has frowned at the “continued refusal” of President Muhammedu Buhari to appoint a South Easterner as Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. The body said in a statement on Wednesday signed by its President General, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, lamented that Buhari has “failed again to play father figure which his office demands in presiding over a plural and divergent society as ours.” “The President’s action has further denied the people of the region a strong place in the executive arm of the administration”, he protested. The Ohanaeze boss expressed regret that…
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The Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, has said President Muhammadu Buhari was aware of the reinstatement of a former Chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, into the Federal Civil Service. Oyo-Ita said she stayed back after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council to brief Buhari on the development and warned the President against allowing such to happen. The position of Oyo-Ita was contained in the memo President Buhari directed her to submit to his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, on the Maina issue and which was exclusively obtained by The Punch. Oyo-Ita…
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How much do you know about Nigeria, especially her leaders? Who founded the Central Bank of Nigeria? Did you know that Obasanjo had no shoe when he wooed his first wife? Also, only two states, Ogun and Katsina, have produced the most civilian Presidents in Nigeria’s 56-year old history? Read on: 1. Till date, no President/Head of State has been born in or after 1960, the year Nigeria got her independence. 2. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is the only President whose exact year of birth is unknown. He was shoeless when he wooed his first wife, Remi. He is diabetic. He’s…
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“With due respect to the Emir of Kano, the statement he made was misleading & misrepresentation of facts about the true state of Northern Nigeria. You see, what I have been saying for a long time is that the North HAS ADVANTAGE OVER OTHER PARTS of Nigeria, in terms of population, proportion & resources. What I am saying is that Northern Nigeria *SHOULD WAKE UP TO ITS CHALLENGES, LIKE OTHER PARTS* of the Nigeria. Of course, every part of Nigeria, has its peculiar development challenges and problems, likewise Nigeria as whole. I am an ADVOCATE of DIVIDING Nigeria, at the…
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I, Brigadier Joshua Nimyel Dogonyaro, of the Nigerian Army, hereby make the following declaration on behalf of my colleagues and members of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Fellow country men, the intervention of the military at the end of 1983 was welcomed by the nation with unprecedented enthusiasm. Nigerians were unified in accepting the intervention and looked forward hopefully to progressive changes for the better. Almost two years later, it has become clear that the fulfillment of expectations is not forthcoming. Because this generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country but Nigeria, we could not stay passive…
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This beautiful piece by Chief Olu Falae is for for the education of the hypocrtitical, genocidal, fake-prayer warrior, ICC bound war criminal called Gowon and other mischievous Nigerians , who pretend that they do not understand what restructuring is all about. This is 100% my position. God bless you Chief. FOR THOSE STILL GREEKED BY THE TERM, THIS IS THE MEANING OF RESTRUCTURING AS CANVASSED BY SOUTHERN NIGERIA BY~Chief Olu Falae You know I am a leader in the South West and at the National convention, I was elected as the leader of the Yoruba delegation. So, I am central…
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A former ardent supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari and Associate Professor at the Kennesaw State University, Georgia, United States, Farooq Kperogi, tells BAYO AKINLOYE that Buhari has failed many who had high hopes of him With your criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration, it appears you’re against him. Is it that you hate the President? I am neither against him nor do I hate him. On the contrary, my criticism of the (President Muhammadu) Buhari administration’s tragic missteps and rank incompetence is animated by love – tough love. If you were familiar with my work, especially my ‘Notes…
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Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS) has impounded some bullet-proof vehicles from a park in Ikoyi, Lagos. According to the Customs, the operation was based on intelligence reports and ownership of the vehicles remains a mystery as nobody has come forward to claim them. Mohammed Garba, the Customs Area Controller, FOU, said similar vehicles were also seized from car parks around Lagos. “Our operatives trailed and evacuated 59 assorted vehicles from car marts in Ikoyi of which over 40 are 2017 models ranging from Toyota Prado Jeeps, Lexus Jeeps, Toyota Hilux, Toyota Camry, Coaster Bus, Toyota Hiace Bus among others currently under…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave for the commencement of a judicial review suit, seeking an order to stop the Federal Government from paying the allocations due to local governments in Imo State to the state government until local government elections have been conducted in the state. Justice John Tsoho granted the leave on October 9, 2017 upon an ex parte application by Mr. Okere Nnamdi, who is one of the plaintiffs who filed the suit. The rest of the plaintiffs are a non-government organisation, Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International; Samuel Nwokocha, and Ekwebelem Obinna. The plaintiffs,…
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Introduction The Igboland had been fortunate enough to escape British Imperialism for several years after other parts of Nigeria had been conquered. The Igbo existed in the stretch of land that lay between the Edo and the Efik. The British had made several attempts to advance into the Igbo country but they were rebuffed by the Aro confederacy and its allies to the south and the Aniocha communities to the West. Originally, the British traded palm oil, slaves, wine, fabrics and firearms with many Igbo groups but they grew anxious to tap into the vast wealth of the hinterland and…
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In October 2015, I wrote an article titled, ‘Okorocha Puts Imo in Chains.’ That piece was written as a direct response to Okorocha’s incompetence, maladministration, mismanagement of bailout funds, failure to pay workers’ salaries and pensioners’ entitlements, and the state’s poor infrastructure, particularly in Owerri. His government was riddled with corruption, outright thievery and official celebration of inanities as achievements. But the comic has shown an unrelenting inclination to betray the trust of the people by beating his own worst record of poor performance. I had posited in the referenced article that “one is tempted to call for a psychiatric…
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Buhari went to Turkey for the D-8 meeting. Currently, countries that make up D-8 are Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey. Do you get the drift yet? Nigeria named amongst hardcore Islamic nations! And if you think this is some kind of regular, harmless bilateral or diplomatic relations, read below the history of the D-8. HISTORY “The idea of co-operation among major Muslim developing countries was mooted by Prof. Dr. Necmettin Erbakan, the then Prime Minister of Turkey, during a Seminar on “Cooperation in Development” which was held in Istanbul in October 1996. The group envisioned co-operation…
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There comes a time in someone’s life when certain decisions (even very painful and non-palatable ones) are made after intensive sober reflection, self assessment and re-evaluation. This could be spontaneous or brought about by certain circumstances that might be planned or coincidental. But whatever the case, like in a situation where a man being not happy with situations around him summoned himself for a meeting, there’s always indelible marks (positively or negatively) for posterity. When a man toes the path of infamy, he becomes an object of caricature but when a government chooses to be divisive and sectional, treating some…
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Prof. Osinbajo allegedly said the APC Government paid $2 Billion, 2 days back, for the 2nd Niger Bridge. He said this at the APC Anambra Guber rally. Hear him: “In fact, I am being reminded that just two days ago, the Sovereign Wealth Fund paid $2 billion for that same project. So we will definitely see our second Niger Bridge. We will not make promises we cannot keep.” ~ Prof. Osinbajo (Sahara Reporters) $2 Billion is about N700 Billion Naira. The 2nd Niger Bridge was awarded at N130 Billion Naira. QUESTIONS: (1) Are they also building a 3rd and 4th…
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The Senate Ethics and Privileges Committee on Tuesday, 17th October 2017 held a hearing on a number of petitions against the Nigerian Army. The petitions ranged from allegations of wrongful retirements to allegations of illegal boundary demarcations and land acquisitions. However, one particular petition from a certain retired Colonel Chidi Ukoha stood out. The retired army officer was among a group of 38 officers known as ‘Army 38’, who were summarily retired in June 2016 on allegations of partisanship in the 2015 General Elections and involvement in the Arms Contract scam. The officer described a pitiable tale of woe that…
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Jeffery Archer, the British Author in his Classical Novel Titled “Honour among thieves” postulated that criminals do not compromise the actions of other criminals”. 2. It is in the light of this that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), wishes to state that we are not too shocked at the steps taken by the Administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in reinstating a supposed criminal and fugitive, Abdulrasheed Maina to office instead of getting him arrested. 3. Birds of a feather flocks together. 4. All people of good conscience will not forget in a hurry that Maina, who was given…
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The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has called on the Federal Government to declare an emergency on the roads in the South -East and South- South regions of the country . MASSOB said rather than make empty promises on the construction of a second Niger Bridge , the Federal Government should concentrate on the reconstruction of the bad roads in the two regions . National Director of Information of the pro – Biafran group, Mr . Sunday Okereafor, expressed surprise that while the roads in the South – East and South -South had become death…
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The total debt profile of Nigeria currently stands at over $64billion/N19.6trillion. Kindly note that the total debt profile of Nigeria at all levels grew by over N7.16trillion/$23billion over the last two years, with the external debt profile inching up from $9billion in 2015 to $15billion as at June 30, 2017. As at today, the FGN is almost insolvent as it is now borrowing funds to service existing debts. The debts services costs to total revenue ratio of the FGN is almost 80%. Thus, it is bewildering, why the same government that is finding it hard to service existing debts now…
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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 ammendment 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 harmonised versions of the ammendments into the constitution carried out by each of them last month. By…
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1. And it came to pass that a certain Governor from the East by the name Rochas the son of Okorocha who ruleth over the province of Imo, sent a messenger to the kingdom of the Southern country of Africa. 2. And he said to the messenger, in this manner shall ye speak to the king, “long live the king! thou art highly favoured in the the eyes of my Governor, even among the people of the province of Imo, therefore come this day to meat in my kingdom that though mayest be honoured” 3. And the messenger did according…
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The embattled Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, may in few weeks be forced out of the police force as President Muhammadu Buhari is believed to have ordered discreet screening of top police officers for his possible replacement. Investigations reveal that the president is worried over allegations against Ibrahim Idris. Prominent among them are allegations of corruption levelled against him by Senator Isah Hamman Misau, some serving police officers, as well as some lawyers. In addition, he is being accused of being sectional in the discharge of his national duty. Some of the petitions are said to have been forwarded…
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They all left for the home of Lt. Col. Unegbe on Point Road which was only two streets away. Unegbe like Brigadier Maimalari andwere alumni of Command and Staff College in Quetta, Pakistan. Returning from Quetta, on 1st March 1964, he took over as commander of 5th Battalion in Kano. He dispatched a company headed by Captain Tim Onwuatuegwu to quell another of the Tiv riots in Gboko. Later as the Quartermaster General at the army HQ, Unegbe was responsible for the provision of every article, clothing, equipment, weapon, ammunition, food, vehicles for the Army in general. He held the…
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When I wrote Visit the Mortuary in the Sunday Times early in 1974, the motive was to draw attention to the emerging decay in our national ethos brought about by the emergency millionaires created by the Civil War, the Udoji bonanza, and the untouchables in the Gowon administration. It was the era of lavish parties where bundles of wads of currency notes were thrown at the feet of musicians or pasted on the foreheads of sweating celebrants. I was at the Church service for the funeral of my former boss Mr Kola Bamgbelu’s father and had my nostrils confronted by…
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The State House Medical Centre (SHMC) is the “specialist” hospital located inside the Presidency. Its primary function is to provide “world-class” medical care to the families of the President, Vice President, senior Government officials and staff working at the Presidency. This facility may also be used to serve foreign heads of state and dignitaries in case of emergencies. It can be recalled that Hajiya Aisha Buhari, the wife of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, not long ago made very public allegations about the poor conditions of service at the SHMC. This leaked document actually vindicates her. Below is summary of…
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Those who believe everything is a scam: A lot of Nigerians are still of the notion that anyone who says he makes money online is a yahoo boy. This has made a lot of people discredit so many opportunities before even hearing what it is about. But let’s analyze it. If there is a fake product, it means there is an original. Similarly, if there is a wrong way of making money, then there is a right way to go about it. The fact that one went to a fake recruitment does not mean all recruitments are fake. Those who…
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Between Yorubaland and the Hausa/Fulaniland, there are 14 Area Commands of the Customs. The Yorubaland alone has 11 Area Commands whilst Hausa/Fulaniland has only 3 Area Commands. The Yorubaland Area Commands of the Customs: 1. Apapa Customs Command; 2. Tin-Can Island Customs Command; 3. Lagos Airport Customs Command; 4. Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Customs Command; 5. Seme Customs Command; 6. Tin-Can Island II Customs Command; 7. Lagos Industrial Customs Command; 8. Ogun Customs Command; 9. Oyo/Osun Customs Command; 10. Ondo/Ekiti Customs Command; 11. Kwara/Kogi Customs Command. The Hausa/Fulaniland Area Commands of the Customs: 1. Kaduna/Kastina Customs Command; 2. Kano/Jigawa Customs Command;…
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The “Restructuring” being forced upon a very reluctant North is totally different from the dummy the North is willing to accept, on terms to be dictated by the North. However, there will be no letting by the forces that have the Caliphate’s Sole Title Deed over Nigeria – 1999 Constitution in a “pinfall”and “chokehold,” until that Document breathes its last and all the fraudulent benefits it conferred upon the Caliphate, reversed, retrieved or extinguished, including the 36-States Structure, the 774 LGs roguery, the 68-Item Exclusive List, and most importantly, the egregious falsehood that “We the Peoples of Nigeria* signed off…
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The World Bank has said Nigeria may be heading for serious financial crisis following the decision of the government to seek for more loans to fund critical infrastructure. It would be recalled that the Minister had on Sunday at a press briefing to end the World Bank/International Monetary Fund annual meeting in Washington DC, United States announced that Nigerians would continue to borrow at least in the short term to fund critical infrastructure. Giving the insights through its Senior Economist, Gloria Joseph-Raji, in Abuja, World Bank said the cost of borrowing or paying interest on Nigeria’s debt is now a…
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The greatest crime that man has inflicted on his fellow man in the last 50 years is the evil concept of unrestrained globalisation coupled with the incremental evolution, unacceptable espousal and wholehearted acceptance of the artificial, man-made, mongrel nation-state which is made up of ethnic and religious incompatibles. Yet thankfully there has been a backlash. The forces of the far-right and ethnic nationalism are marshalling and are on the rise all over the world. Consequently a laudable, unprecedented and irresistable counter-offensive has begun. We see this in Trump’s United States of America, Putin’s Russia, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Israel, France,…
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It is sad and shocking that what is called “Nigerian Army” today and its mother “security and defense” establishments are nothing but “resurrected Glover Hausas” of the 19th Century. Recall that in 1863, British Lt Glover of the Royal Navy selected 18 indigenes from the Northern part of the country and organized them into a local force, known as the “Glover Hausas”. The small force was used by Glover as governor of Lagos to mount punitive expedition in the Lagos hinterland and to protect British trade routes around Lagos. In 1865, the “Glover Hausas” became a regular force with the…
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Over the weekend, the news was all over the place that the Alafin of Oyo, arguably the highest traditional institution in Yorubaland, has bestowed on Gani Adams the title of Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland (the war Lord or field marshal of Yorubaland). The last person that held that position was late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, the Nigerian president that never was. So, who is Gani Adams and what does he stand for? Well, I did not know so I googled him. And according to Google, “Gani Adams is a political and social activist. He is a faction leader…
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Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday withdrew from a suit on the leadership tussle in the Ogun Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The judge, who announced his withdrawal from the suit no. FHC/L/CS/1556/17 in the open court, said his decision was based on a petition written against him to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court. The suit was filed by the Ogun State delegation to the PDP National Convention. Listed as plaintiffs are a member of the PDP National Working Committee, Alhaji Adewole Adeyanju, the PDP Youth Leader in Ogun…
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There are these consistent fallacies that have been perpetuated over the years. Let me address some of them from my personal point of view. Ndiigbo need Nigeria because we are mercantile people. False. Ndiigbo have done well all over the West African coast and now moving into the rest of Africa. Princeton Lyman the former US ambassador to Nigeria and South Africa said this as part of his speech lambasting Nigeria. “I served in South Korea in the middle of the 1960s and it was time when South Korea was poor and considered hopeless, but it was beginning to turn…
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Benin is the name of the capital, Kingdom and Empire that proceeded forth. I shall later sit down to put my thoughts together but in a nutshell, the following are evident – : There is a difference between Benin Kingdom and Benin Empire. That Igbo provinces constituted part of the Benin Kingdom and of course the later Benin Empire. That Igbo land shares contiguous boundaries with the Bini, Esan, Urhobo, Isoko and Igala at various points in Anioma land. History also notes that there were no military campaigns against Igboland by Benin Kingdom or Empire. Of the Kingdoms that made…
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I think until we truly get interested in politics to the point of being part of the *selection process*, we may likely remain in this situation of having bad leadership in the South East in the foreseeable future. I have read and heard many blame the masses for the election of bad leaders for the SE and I strongly defer. I do not think masses or the populace are to blame. While it is good to tell every Igbo adult to get his or her voters card to enable them vote, i strongly believe that when we miss it *at…
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Some of us clearly understand where the imaginary line of our true leaders is drawn. We can easily separate good things from the junks. As it is wisely said;By their fruits we shall know them. Thanks for the opportunity presented by President Buhari finally having a shot at the leadership of this country after four unsuccessful outing that ended up in emotional shedding of tears like “Cry my beloved country”. It is his emergence as the President and the huge unsettling and disturbances of the status quo that ensued that has forced the appearance and eventually ultimate disappearance of so…
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If there is any assumption Nigerians made in the run up to the 2015 general elections, it is that given his experience and the long years spent seeking for the office, General Buhari is uniquely placed to run, perhaps, the most competent, organised and corrupt-free administration in Nigeria’s history. However, since ascending to the presidency, President Buhari has proved Nigerians wrong by running perhaps the most lethargic, chaotic, incompetent – and as it is now increasingly becoming obvious, a corrupt administration wrought with infighting, confusing, contest for power and authority and a shocking lack of grasps of the fundamentals of…
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Those who know me in this state and beyond are fully aware that I write for nobody as I have criticized almost all political leaders based on the facts available to me. I am the moral mind of journalism and I want my children to grow up tomorrow and be proud of their father’s very modest achievements. This is my philosophy in life that I will never sacrifice for anybody or anything. If I write for money or other benefits, I would be a very rich man by now, but I am very satisfied and a very rich man in…
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This one is not hear-say. This is from the horse’s mouth. President Muhammadu Buhari specifically asked the World Bank to focus all their developmental activities in the North. Let me quote the World Bank boss in his exact words: “You know in my very first meeting with President Buhari, he said specifically that he would like us to shift our focus to the Northern region of Nigeria and we’ve done that. Now, it has been very difficult. The work there has been very difficult” This is from the World Bank Oga kpatakpata. Monies from NNPC are going to the north.Firms…
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Amid agitation by leaders of the South East for the creation of an additional state in the zone, Kaduna State governor and chairman of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Committee on True Federalism, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that it would be a grave injustice to agitate for “equal unequals” According to him, even in population and resources, the regions of the country are not uniformly endowed. He, however, said though the representatives of the agitators were few in number, “the majority must always win.” Speaking at a town hall meeting organised by his committee to get inputs from youths,…
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The attention of the State Government has been drawn to an on going medical outreach being undertaken by the Army in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area. The State has been made to understand that the exercise is part of Army social responsibility to members of the public. However, strong apprehension among the populace has followed the exercise leading to withdrawal of students from schools by parents, misconception of the actual motive behind the exercise by stakeholders, community leaders and a general reservation by the public for whom the outreach is intended. To this end and to ensure no further escalation…
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Those who deploy soldiers to civilian spaces except in war time or rare cases where civil authorities are over-stretched, are nothing short of murderers because soldiers basically understand just two clauses: Open Fire And, Cease Fire. Anyone sending soldiers to administer any form of vaccines or whatever medical aide to school kids without sensitizing the parents of the kids and authorities in the area, have ulterior motives. Such a person should be feared. He couldn’t have meant well. In sane clime, touching school kids, asking them any question or making them participate in any activity not related to their academic…
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For Nigeria as a country, the clause “Independence Day Celebration” is an oxymoronic expression because the truth is, Nigeria IS NOT independent in any way. Not politically, not economically, not even spiritually and certainly not physically. Where is the independence?? Colonialism, which is an euphemism for slavery, never really ended in Nigeria. It only got repackaged in such a way that the slaves now see their chains, not as an obstacle but a beautiful bracelet. They sing and dance in a deceitful sense of freedom even when they are anything but free. And this is why enthroning real Freedom or…
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Concerned Northern Youth, a group of Northern Youths, have warned Politicians and leaders from the North to stay away from the agitation to restructure Nigeria. The group vowed to make anyone from the North who supports restructuring “pay with his/her life”, according to a statement signed by Usman Tijani for the group. Only recently, the All Progressive Congress, APC, led Government appointed Governor Nasir El-Rufai as Chairman, Committee For Restructuring. El-Rufai had in the past spoken against restructuring. The move by APC is seen as a response to the calls for the restructuring of Nigeria in the wake of agitation…
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For the nearly two and half years of being in office, President Buhari’s leadership has been considerably fledging. The president is been continuously challenged from all directions, by even members of his governing party and cabinet. Over this period, his popularity has visibly ebbed and waned; and public support for his government has correspondingly crumbled and dwindled significantly. He has greatly demoralized his supporters who are daily growing disappointed and frustrated, and compatibly energized his opponents who are increasingly becoming vindicated and emboldened. The reason for this unpleasant trend is that his regime has so far failed to make any…
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The biggest lie we’ve told ourselves as a people is that colonialism ended in Nigeria in 1960. Nothing can be further from the truth than this. Colonialism never ended as far as this country is concerned. It only got repackaged in a coded but deadlier form and the baton passed from external colonial masters to the Internal ones. The major difference being that the internal colonial masters are now running the country like a jungle, not even a Zoo. What happened in 1960 was the official hand over of the colonial staff to the Hausa/Fulanis to continue from where the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is not innocent as people make him. They say he may not be as corrupt and flamboyant as the other presidents but he never spent many years in power as the others until now and we are beginning to see it as it is now that he has spent more than two years in office. His ardent supporters almost always try to shift the blame to others exonerating him from all responsibilities when he is responsible for everything. As a president you are responsible for the running of the nation. This whole NNPC scandal exposed by Ibe…
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“Every reasonable person watching affairs in Nigeria, would likely conclude that the greatest issue in Igboland today, is neither the much-advertised Second Niger Bridge nor the nightmare people go through to access federal roads in the area, because of their impassable nature. Certainly, these are huge problems that raise concerns of monumental proportion. But they pale into insignificance when laid side by side with the question of locating the place of the Igbo man in Nigeria’s socio-political architecture, and which, more recently because of Biafra and all the concomitant attachments thereto, has now assumed a new meaning, having become, somewhat,…
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The sum involved in the NNPC scandal is $25 Billion. Less than 10% percent of that ($2 billion) is involved in the so called armsgate fund allegedly converted by the former NSA for which hundreds of Nigerians mostly PDP officials and members have been arrested and hounded. Nigerians can now see the hypocrisy in the so called anti-corruption fight. We may as well say that the privileged class of APC members enjoys total immunity from the anti-corruption campaign. Tired of this double-faced corruptions fight and cover ups we demand an immediate commencement of investigation into this latest exposed sleaze by…
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Corruption has given birth to quadruplets or quadrupled in Nigeria since the inception of the Buhari/Osinbajo Administration in late May 2015. It has also made the Buhari/Osinbajo Administration a meddlesome interloper in matters of the fight against corruption in the country. In other words, the central Administration is an imposter in the anti corruption crusade in Nigeria. As a matter of fact, corruption which traditionally and globally has its root in immorality or integrity decadence is the very foundation upon which the Administration was founded. From the composition of the present Administration and its Political Party to its policies, actions…
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It’s painful that Joe Igbokwe has continued to use his intellectual gift negatively against his compatriots. Even when he reluctantly pretends to advise them, he turns it upside down or he dishes out an opinion that is against history and completely false. I want Mr Igbokwe to note that Igbos have always played good politics in Nigeria right from the beginning and they are still doing very well. The last two years of the current administration which has appeared very hostile and deliberately sidelining of Ndigbo can never be a referendum of Igbo performance in Nigeria politics. No ethnic president…
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Perhaps, President Muhammadu Buhari’s only selling point in the run up to the 2015 election was his trumpeted integrity, incorruptibility and anti-corruption credentials. Consequently, upon ascending the president, Buhari set the war against corruption as its core mission in government. Rightly, during the President’s inauguration, the President declared that if Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria. He even went ahead to set up a Presidential Advisory Council on Corruption, headed by an eminent lawyer and professor to help with studies of the nature of corruption and advise the administration how best to tackle the scourge. Of course,…
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Western Nigeria obtained independence from the British in 1957. Similarly, Eastern Nigeria obtained independence in 1957. While Northern Nigeria obtained independence in 1959. It was the Federal government that obtained independence in 1960. Those three regions operated like three different countries at the time – each with its own Constitution, foreign embassies, etc. It was the military coup of 1966 led by Major Nzeogwu, (although it was General Aguiyi Ironsi who eventually became the Head of State) that led to this unitary system in which everything is now controlled from Abuja and the regions/states can no longer develop at their…
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It is very unfortunate that the Public Affairs Division led by Mr. Ndu Ughamadu the Group General Manager would take up time to portray loyalty to his boss to protect his job but ended up communicating absolute rubbish in the public space. In his write-up, he wrote that the law and the rules do not require a review or discussion with the Minister of State or the NNPC board on contractual matters “what is required is the processing and approval of contracts by NNPC tenders Board, the President in his executive capacity as or Petroleum Minister as the case may…
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Nigeria’s main oppositon party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is on a quest for rebirth having been miraculously rescusitated from its near interment state, all thanks to the surgical intervention of the Supreme Court. Now hope is renewed that the party can indeed fulfil its role as the main opposition party or even a viable alternative to the ruling government. The PDP is quite in a weird position as an opposition party for the first time since its creation in 1998. This very much explains the conflagration it has suffered since losing its hold on the power at the center.…
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PDP remains the best party.. Sen Achonu. Describes the APC state government as the worst in history.
Senator Athan Achonu has described the Peoples Democratic Party PDP as the best party in Nigeria and called on Nigerians to join the party. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, Sen Achonu declared that PDP is a responsible and a truly national party. He further described the party as firmly united under Senator Ahmed makarfi and Barr Charles Ezekwem the Imo state chairman, while calling on those who still find themselves outside the party to join hands with the Ezekwem led exco to move the party forward. He condemned any attempt to create factions in the party and urged all aggrieved…
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PRESS STATEMENT. October 11, 2017. $5.5 billion loan: Buhari Is mortgaging our children’s future. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) receive with shock, the Plan by the Government of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to plunge Nigeria into further debt, and consciously mortgage the Future of our unborn generations through needless and mindless borrowing of the Sum of $5.5 Billion USD. 2. Like other well meaning Nigerians, we consider this new bid for a foreign loan of $5.5 billion being sought by the Administration of President Buhari as an attempt to push the Nation down into the black hole of debt…
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/29/ipob-nigeria-must-use-dialogue-not-military-option-us-insist/
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https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/245518-aisha-buhari-attacks-management-of-aso-rock-clinic.html
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https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/245599-updated-buhari-writes-senate-seeks-approval-for-3-billion-external-loan.html
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https://www.channelstv.com/2017/10/09/breaking-aisha-buhari-calls-for-probe-of-state-house-medical-centre/
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The attention of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been drawn to the act of illegality perpetrated on the Floor of the House of Representatives today (Thursday) by two members of the Parliament who were elected on the Platform of our Party. 2. We wish to announce to all Nigerians that the PDP as a Party, do not have any crisis nor do we have any division within the leadership structure of our Party which could justify the Decision of the Two House of Representatives Members to jump ship. 3. In the light of this, we wish…
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http://saharareporters.com/2017/10/09/kachikwu-met-only-aides-not-buhari-during-aso-rock-visit-friday-sources-0
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http://thenigerialawyer.com/agbakoba-sues-fg-over-non-inclusion-of-seast-zone-in-nnpc-board/
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Corruption has given birth to quadruplets or quadrupled in Nigeria since the inception of the Buhari/Osinbajo Administration in late May 2015. It has also made the Buhari/Osinbajo Administration a meddlesome interloper in matters of the fight against corruption in the country. In other words, the central Administration is an imposter in the anti corruption crusade in Nigeria. As a matter of fact, corruption which traditionally and globally has its root in immorality or integrity decadence is the very foundation upon which the Administration was founded. From the composition of the present Administration and its Political Party to its policies, actions…
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/nepotism-mother-corruption/
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wishes to express our shock at the loud silence of President Muhammadu Buhari on the humongous corruption scandal and other illegalities currently being exposed at the nation’s cash cow, the NNPC in which two of his henchmen, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu and the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru are the dramatis personae. 2. As a political party, we expect that the President, who prides himself as an indefatigable corruption fighter, would for once try to live above board, by genuinely allowing one of his own, accused of corruption,…
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The Governors of the South-East and South-South States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria met in Owerri, Imo State on Sunday, October 8, 2017, to discuss and take a position on certain issues common to the interests of the States in the Nation’s affairs. The meeting which was chaired by Mr. Udom Emmanuel Governor of Akwa Ibom State, had in attendance 8 Governors and 1 Deputy Governor. Other Governors present at the meeting were Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Governor Seriake…
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https://m.guardian.ng/news/huriwa-urges-buhari-to-declare-armed-herdsmen-as-terrorists/
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The truth is: Unless Nigeria is redefined to become “Our Project” instead of the Criminal Enterprise it had been from 1914 when the British cobbled it together for their own Commercial Interests, to when in 1960, their Local Agents, the Fulani were coronated to run it as a British/Caliphate Joint Venture, to now, when subsidiaries have been conscripted into the Criminal Enterprise from all over the Country by virtue of Fraudulent Unitary Constitution, the Nigeria defined by that Fraudulent Constitution 1999 is not “Our Project”. The Self-Evident “We” versus “Them” reality that manifest in virtually all spheres, Horizontal and Vertical,…
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LET THE SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE SOUTH NOT BE OUR ENIGMA – The tale of two regions. By Donald Ekpo.
A former Head of State, now President once said that “An Attack on Boko Haram was a war against the North”. And here was a Boko Haram that did not just make threats, but took to the guns, IPDs, APGs AAGs, rocket missiles, shot down our Jet Fighters, raised flags and even killed the civilian populations in their numbers.. – And you know what? 80% of northerners, even the Christians the Boko Haram were killing joined force to make sure Jonathan was removed to save them from the military occupation. In Kaduna, a lady working with us in the elections…
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On October 1, 2017, a very brief post lightly circulated on Facebook. I didn’t really take it seriously even though I made some comprehensive comments under some two different names that carried it. However, as days went by, I kept seeing the post re-circulated and shared to the extent of meeting it again in a Whatsapp group. Initially, I was overwhelmed by the volume of ignorant takes that trailed the post. In fact, in one of the posts where I commented in my effort to educate folks, I was ridiculed but I was firm enough to engage the disagreeing interlocutors…
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For the nearly two and half years of being in office, President Buhari’s leadership has been considerably fledging. The president is been continuously challenged from all directions, by even members of his governing party and cabinet. Over this period, his popularity has visibly ebbed and waned; and public support for his government has correspondingly crumbled and dwindled significantly. He has greatly demoralized his supporters who are daily growing disappointed and frustrated, and compatibly energized his opponents who are increasingly becoming vindicated and emboldened. The reason for this unpleasant trend is that his regime has so far failed to make any…
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https://breaking.com.ng/nigerianews2017/former-imo-deputy-governor-jude-agbaso-loses-wife/
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41523250?ocid=wsnews.chat-apps.in-app-msg.whatsapp.trial.link1_.auin
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In this interview with COLLINS OSUJI, Deputy Editor/Political Reporter of Nigerian Horn and other seasoned journalists, the maverick legal practitioner bares his mind on certain issues that concerns NBA in the state and on the expectation of every lawyer in the state. Who is Barr. Lawsrence Nwakaeti? Mr Lawrence Nwakaeki is an Imo State based legal practitioner and currently the chairman NBA Owerri branch, the mother branch of Imo state NBA chapter. Ok sir NBA Imo state chapter has been a strong voice against some state government actions, but recently on the news the government donated a new bus to…
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http://newsexpressngr.com/news/44546
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/group-holds-town-hall-meeting-igbo-presidency/
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https://m.guardian.ng/news/u-s-slams-military-option-in-resolving-nigerias-conflicts/
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Reno Omokri, former special assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has reacted to Prof. Itse Sagay’s comments about the All Progressive Congress (APC). APC leadership during the week described Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, PACAC, as an “arrogant and rogue elephant.”In a post on Facebook post yesterday, Omokri warned President Muhammadu that he is surrounded by hypocrites.He added that Sagay’s comments about the APC had finally confirmed his fears about those leading the APC. He wrote: “When I responded to the All Progressive Congress’ National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi’s, attack on the record of the People Democratic…
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Nnamdi Azikiwe was born in 1904(was 10years old when the 1914 treaty was signed) Obafemi Awolowo was born in 1909(was 5years old when the 1914 treaty was signed) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was born in 1912(was 2years old before it was signed) Ahmadu Bello was born in 1910(was 4years old before it was signed) Michael Okpara was born in 1920(the treaty has been signed 6years before he was born) Who and who signed these papers on 1914 and called it amalgamation of the Northern Region and Southern Region, that we shall live together as one family without War, Marginalization, Conflict of…
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Nigeria journalist petitions ICC over Nigeria Army invasion of South-East. A Nigerian journalist has written a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over human rights abuses, torture and extra-judicial killing perpetrated by members of the Nigeria Army during the recent invasion of a community in the South-East region. In a letter dated September 24, 2017 addressed to the Chief Prosecutor of the court in the Hagues, Fatou Bensouda and addressed to the Information and Evidence Unit, Mr. Ahaoma Kanu, a multiple award winning journalist, called on the court to intervene and stop the unlawful deployment of soldiers by the…
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05hc1lf
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The South East Executive Committee of the Party held today at the Government House Enugu, further reaffirmed the ratification of the National Convention of the party at the non elective congress held on the 12th of August 2017. Citing the constitution of the Party the South East Zonal Chairman informed the meeting that IMO Exco. having been dully ratified at a National Convention remains the anouthentic State Exco. He therefore called on all members of the Party in Imo State to rally round the Ezekwem led Exco. A position the National Secretary, Senator Ben Obi confirmed. The Meeting which was…
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Pilots are not drivers and drivers are not sailors. Every drivable machine has a driving technique and requires skill and alone those that has the skill are qualified and allowed to sail ships in the ocean. When drivers are handed over ship to sail, then know it that the ship’s sinking time has arrived.This is a case study of IMO, my dear state. The sole reason behind the accident that befell IMO of today,is the mistake of mistakenly giving a car driver of no driving license,a ship to sail in the midst of great sailors under the umbrella,PDP. Its on…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South East geopolitical zone has endorsed the party’s zoning arrangement, which zoned the office of the President to the North and that of the National Chairman to the Southern part of Nigeria. Rising from a meeting of the Zonal Executive Committee of the party held in Enugu, the South East PDP reiterated its commitment to national unity and also reaffirmed the party’s earlier agreement on the zoning of party positions allotted to the South East in respect of the forthcoming elective National Convention. Presenting a communiqué after the meeting, which was well attended…
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Ikemba Okigwe the people’s Chairman who spoke during the Imo PDP women conference held at PDP secretariat #98 Okigwe road Owerri Imo State, on Friday 28th Sept, 2017. Said the women block is the most vital and reliable community in electioneering campaigns and politicking at large, in his word “I am so passionate about women and their activities because they are the only crop of people when they are with you, you are rest assured”. He harped on them to continue in their mobilizations, sensitisations and awareness programmes across the state, that they are one of the strong resort for…
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The entire national day broadcast by PMB on the occasion of Nigeria’s 57th independence is quite disappointing in all ramifications.It was very unpresidential and unreconciliatoty. PMB left the real issues and pursued triffles. The speech was bereft of nobility of statesmanship,and devoid of a calm grasp and appraisals of the dire straits Nigeria is currently in. The broadcast was rabidly narcistic, parochial, nepotic and clanish,as it failed to see anything wrong with the blatant and well reported threats by the Arewa youths to quit fellow Nigerians from their domains. The speech followed his now well worn out fixation of perceived…
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https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/28/brexit-catalonia-referendums-anger-politics
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