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https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/nigeria-quit-notice-to-igbo-people-stop-another-looming-genocide-now.html
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In 1948, Mr. Ivor Cummings, a distinguished African-Caribbean national and a top official of the Colonial Office in London was scheduled to pay an official visit to Nigeria. Naturally, his first port of call was Lagos, then our capital. Accommodation was reserved for him at the Bristol Hotel, Martin Street, Lagos, then owned and managed by expatriates. Apparently, the hotel authorities thought, from the name Cummings, that he was a white Anglo-Saxon. But they were shocked when he presented himself at the reception to find that he was black. He was refused a room at the hotel on that ground.…
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1. Good day Sir, may we meet you officially. My name is Chief Barr. Charles Ezekwem (Ikemba Okigwe). By the grace of God and the wishes of our people, the State Chairman of the PDP in Imo State. I’m from Okigwe LGA in Imo State. 2. What has been your experience as as the Imo state PDP Chairman so far? Well, every leadership position calls for great responsibility. It hasn’t been easy but in all I give thanks to God. When you are leading people across the 27 LGA’s and even beyond, you can imagine how hectic it could be.…
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A total of N400bn was received in bribes by public officials within a period of one year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. The NBS stated this in its National Corruption Report, adding that 32.3 per cent of Nigerian adults who had contact with public officials between June 2015 and May 2016 had to pay bribes to the government workers. The report, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, was prepared by the NBS in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. It said the majority of those who paid bribes…
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“In 1976, Niger state split from Sokoto; In 1991, Kebbi state split from Sokoto; In 1996, Zamfara state was split from Sokoto. Niger State consists of twenty-five (25) Local Government Areas; Kebbi State consists of twenty-one (21) Local Government Areas; Zamfara State consists of fourteen (14) Local Government Areas; and Sokoto State consists of twenty-three (23) Local Government Areas. Sokoto, a single state prior to 1976, was divided three times between 1976 and 1996 into four (4) states. These four (4), states have between them 83 Local Governments. Do note that Lagos state and Sokoto state were the same in…
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/dont-blame-jonathan/
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/breaking-dss-allegedly-attempts-failed-arrest-reno-omokri-nnamdi-azikiwe-airport/
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Let me help the APC goons running their mouths about PDP inclusion of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori in the National Convention Committee. Fact is Ibori was convicted in UK, he has served his punishment, and imprisonment of anyone should be reformatory and not a stigma with which someone’s existence must be terminated. Now to the APC; 1. The first National Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande was jailed in 1984 by a Tribunal duly set up by Buhari’s military regime for using funds belonging to the old Oyo State to fund his political party. Interestingly, Baba…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been away from our shores for over 100 days in a stretch treating an undisclosed and mysterious illness in far-away London. Since May 29th 2015 when he was sworn into office as President he has spent 350 of his over 740 days in power abroad treating the same strange ailment. Those that demand that he should “resume or resign” are being attacked and brutalised by security forces and agents of the state. The Buhari government is a murderous contraption that has no respect for human rights and civil liberties. Charly Boy Oputa, Deji Adeyanju, Ariyo Dare-…
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I present to you the full lenght of Mr. Peter Obi’s Speech At The Renaissance, Ikeja… Sustaining Growth through Diversification of the Economy Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Nigerian economy has been on growth trajectory, growing on average above 5% until recently. This economic growth for over a decade led Nigeria to becoming Africa’s biggest economy with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of more than USD 500 billion. However in August 2016, following two consecutive quarters of negative growth, Nigeria went into economic recession, and now has been through six quarters of negative growth. The question to…
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https://dailytimes.ng/anambra-times/anambraelections-upp-suspends-osita_chidoka-offodilec-indefinitely/amp/
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We have read comments made by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), Alhaji Bolaji Ojo-Abdullahi, Mallam Garba Shehu, Special Assistant to the President on Media, and other senior members of the Ruling Party such as former Governor, Segun Oni and Dr. Osita Okechukwu, the Director General of the Voice of Nigeria where they attempted to rubbish the comments made by former President Goodluck Jonathan that his Administration performed well during his term in office. It is our firm belief that these statements were borne out of ignorance, lacking in depth and are devoid of the Sort…
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http://venturesafrica.com/afriff-and-the-ford-foundation-are-on-a-mission-to-empower-the-next-generation-of-female-nigerian-filmmakers/
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http://venturesafrica.com/remembering-fela/
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http://venturesafrica.com/features/a-tribalistic-case-for-one-nigeria/
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https://dailygist.co/nnewi-small-nigerian-town-billionaires-anywhere-else-country-forbes/
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https://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/DG151-175/dg168clearinghouse.htm
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https://greennews.ng/war-of-words-you-have-a-failing-memory-jonathan-fires-back-at-buharis-aide/
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Col Achuzia recently published that ‘Biafra does not mean secession ‘. According to him ‘WE’ are proud Biafrans living in Nigeria. The Biafran agitation is an expression coming from perceived general frustrations of ‘some’ Igbos as a result of deliberate marginalizations & deprivations. However, the approach is wrong. Why? Igbos have more to lose in Biafra than being part of Nigeria. The economic losses from the 30 months civil war have been recovered and our people do not seem to know that that dominant progress angers the other federating units who hate the Igbos. Unfortunately, Igbos have not been able…
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Study the Article below carefully and see that the original Biafrans are situated along the sea and ocean. On January 3, 1873, a business treaty was signed by the following: 1) King and chiefs of Opobo 2) King and chiefs of Bonny 3) King and chiefs of New Calabar (today’s Kalabari) 4) King and chiefs of Okrika. See attached photo. That business treaty was signed before the representatives of Her Majesty, the Queen on a vessel called PIONEER. The business was hinged on PALM OIL, not crude oil, for the latter had not been discovered. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Before oil exploration…
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I have up till now chosen to maintain my silence and not to respond to inaccurate press reporting. However, given the level of deliberate inaccuracies, I am now forced to respond because it is clear that the EFCC is taking advantage of my silence to try me by media and to convict me in the eyes of the public. $153.3MILLION ALLEGATION I am deeply disturbed and bewildered by recent media reports claiming that by virtue of an order of the federal high court, I have forfeited to the federal government, the sum of $153.3m which I purportedly stole from the…
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Nigeria’s foremost strategic security consultant, Max Gbanite has reportedly passed away, Oblong Media can report. Oblong Media gathered that the Harvard trained security expert died on Monday, August 14 in New Jersey, northeastern United States. Gbanite who until his death, was the President/CEO of Milliken-Hill Group, Ltd., a United States, registered company with Offices in New Jersey, and a subsidiary, Milliken-Hill International, Ltd., in Nigeria, assisted the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC), on advisory capacity, in its collaboration with the United States Small Business Administration (USSBA) in organizing the first investment promotion seminar held at the then World Trade Center…
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https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/nigeria-quit-notice-to-igbo-people-stop-another-looming-genocide-now.html
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http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/161646-missing-20-billion-nigerian-senate-clears-alison-madueke-says-money-missing.html
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http://thenationonlineng.net/opec-sec-gen-visits-buhari-london/
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I have up till now chosen to maintain my silence and not to respond to inaccurate press reporting. However, given the level of deliberate inaccuracies, I am now forced to respond because it is clear that the EFCC is taking advantage of my silence to try me by media and to convict me in the eyes of the public. $153.3MILLION ALLEGATION I am deeply disturbed and bewildered by recent media reports claiming that by virtue of an order of the federal high court, I have forfeited to the federal government, the sum of $153.3m which I purportedly stole from the…
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The western ports – Lagos Ports Complex, Apapa and Tin Can Island ports – generate over 70 percent of NPA revenue, but that was the set out goal by those who held sway at various times to deliberately make eastern ports unattractive and economically unviable. The ongoing struggle on issues of concession and territorial claims by some powerful maritime operators connected to the Presidency is a clear example of why the eastern ports were deliberately neglected and made to look unviable. If indeed there was a concession agreement that all oil and gas cargoes should be brought to Warri, Onne…
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So much has been said and is still being said about President Muhammadu Buhari’s illness, his absence and the law. Broadly, there are four provisions in our laws that apply to this situation and all of them taken together are clear as par what should happen despite the attempt by some public commentators to give the impression that there is a lacuna or a loophole that renders the applicability of the law as it is impossible or doubtful. Three of these provisions are in the Constitution (sections 144, 145 and 146(1)) and the other is in the Public Service Rules…
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http://punchng.com/police-protect-pro-buhari-demonstrators-as-resume-or-resign-protest-enters-fourth-day/amp/
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The CBN is believed to have injected a cumulative sum of $3.61 billion between February and April 2017. Source: Nigeria foreign reserves reach $31.22 billion, first time in 2 years
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It has emerged that a dormant European company secured a $356 million contract for the rehabilitation of Lot 3 of the Nigerian Railway Corporation’s Eastern line of Calabar to Maiduguri, in November 2011 when ex-president Goodluck Jonathan-headed Federal Executive Council, FEC, awarded some contracts. Citing official documents, a local company, Lingo Nigeria owned by an Nnewi-born Abuja hotelier, Mr. Linus Ukachukwu, in partnership with an offshore company Strasky Husty and Partners were awarded the contract for which they were purportedly paid $356m. The contract, which has a cost implication of N23,720,359,033.79 came under the project description ”Rehabilitation of the Railway…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the timetable for the 2019 elections in March this year. The next presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on February 16, 2019. With only a year and a half to go before the election, the body language of many prominent politicians, especially in the two major political parties, is that the battle for the coveted presidential seat has already begun. Daily Trust on Sunday takes a look at 12 powerful politicians to watch ahead of the 2019 presidential race. Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has not declared his interest in seeking a…
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The presidency Monday said that President Muhammadu Buhari who has spent about 90 days in London as a result of undisclosed ill health will not resign from his office as he has not fallen short of any known law in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the president on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu stated this while addressing State House Correspondents over the call by some civil society o rganizations, CSOs that protested in Abuja demanding that the president should either resume work or resign on the grounds of ill health. Recall that President Buhari left Nigeria on…
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Where ignorance is bliss, /’Tis folly to be wise.’” – Thomas Gray Ignorance blindfolds. Like stupidity, it is life denying and dangerous. Ignorance can lead to the way of perdition and destruction through “unwise” acts. A cultural production of ignorance with resultant timidity allows people to suffer and smile while the criminality and inhumanity against them go unchecked and unchallenged. The perpetrators of such evil cash in on this ignorance and cowardice to inflict endless pains on the victims who may even pay for more pains. To be ignorant is to be in a state of little or no sensibility;…
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http://syndicatereporters.com/wp/index.php/2017/07/05/the-arewa-youths-threat-and-the-opportunities-therein-by-livy-elcon-emereonye/
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https://theeagleonline.com.ng/police-teargas-buhari-must-resign-protesters-injure-charlie-boy-journalists/
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https://m.guardian.ng/news/militants-set-october-1-deadline-to-declare-niger-delta-republic/
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/southern-leaders-invite-north-re-negotiate-nigeria/amp/
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https://thenigerialawyer.com/questions-before-the-government-of-anambra-state-police-and-catholic-church-over-ozubulu-killings-by-intersociety/
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290904/Archbishop-Justin-Welby-The-shady-Monsieur-Africa-6billion-mission-snap-Nigerias-oil-riches.html
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The state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Garba Umar has warned that the command will leave no stone unturned in fishing out the shooters at St Philip’s Catholic Church Amakwa Ozubulu. Unknown gunmen had today Sunday, 6th August 2017 entered the church, while the mass was going on and shot at worshipers. Following a distress call, men of the police force rushed there and are presently rescuing the worshippers. The hospital authority has confirmed 8persons dead,and 18 injured. The command assures ndi Anambra that the police is on top of the situation and will fish out the perpetrators soon. Intelligence report/Preliminary…
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It is no longer news that unknown gunmen invaded St. Philip Catholic church, Ozubulu early morning of today, Sunday the 6th day of August, 2017, killing not less than 35 people and wounding more. I am just leaving St. Philip Catholic church, the crime scene for a related place. So don’t even think I’m peddling rumours here. What is news is that the Nigerian police has, for the very first time in human history, successfully concluded an investigation into a very heinous crime and came out with a report less than 2 hours after the incident. According to the official…
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/08/06/igbos-marginalised-nnamdi-kanu-must-arrested-edwin-clark/amp/
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http://www.herald.ng/may-vote-southerner-2019-anyone-buhari-arewa-youth-coalition/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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https://amp.ft.com/content/e1040994-77a8-11e7-90c0-90a9d1bc9691
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/08/03/what-an-isis-suicide-attack-looks-like-from-the-air-and-the-ground/
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https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/gunmen-kill-worshippers-in-anambra-church/208781.html
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This is certainly not the best of times for Nigeria. And most certainly not for the advocates of #OneNigeria as Tuesday’s “No Devolution Of Power” vote at the floor of the Senate appears to have finally given a very serious form of institutional credence to the assertion by the Nnamdi kanu led Biafran movement that the Nigeria state is unsalvageable. But beyond the rhetorics and verbal gymnastics, there are some wildly held opinions which the Senate vote has simply elevated to the status of fact. Here are some of them: It is not the Senate as an institution that doesn’t…
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No reasons were readily cited for the new postings and cancellations and amendments of previous postings, but military sources said over the weekend that the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, approved the exercise on July 18. Amongst the seven major generals affected, the Army cancelled the redeployment of Adeniyi Oyebade, two months after he was transferred from being General Officer Commanding of Nigerian Army 1 Division, Kaduna, to Army Headquarters in Abuja as chief of logistics. The shake-up was announced in a memo with reference number MS/G1/3OO/2O7 and signed by I.O. Rabiu, a major general and Military Secretary, military…
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Yoruba Liberation Command, (YOLICOM) Yoruba self-determination now- Our Fatherland, Our blood a Vote for REPUBLIC NOW Address delivered on Thursday July 27 by the Yoruba Liberation Command, (YOLICOM) at the World Press Conference held at International Press Centre, (IPC) Ogba, Lagos. Gentlemen and ladies of the Fourth Estate of the Realm. We are glad to welcome you to this conference. On behalf of Yoruba Liberation Command, (YOLICOM), we are compelled by the prevailing political circumstances to take a stand on the state of Nigeria as it affects the future of over 50 million Yoruba people spread across the world. BRIEFING…
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http://www.farooqkperogi.com/2017/08/ango-abdullahi-northern-nigerian.html?m=1
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Barclays Bank has asked expatriates, including Nigerians, with less than £100,000 deposit to close their accounts In a letter dated June 12, 2017, the bank informed the customers that would be affected by the policy of its decision to raise the minimum client balance requirement for international banking service. The minimum level will now be £100,000. Top up your savings and investments to £100,000 or more before 1 August 2017, to continue with the service, or close your account and transfer your monies to another provider without charge,” the letter read. “We understand that you may be disappointed by this…
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Yoruba Liberation Command, (YOLICOM) Yoruba self-determination now- Our Fatherland, Our blood a Vote for REPUBLIC NOW Address delivered on Thursday July 27 by the Yoruba Liberation Command, (YOLICOM) at the World Press Conference held at International Press Centre, (IPC) Ogba, Lagos. Gentlemen and ladies of the Fourth Estate of the Realm. We are glad to welcome you to this conference. On behalf of Yoruba Liberation Command, (YOLICOM), we are compelled by the prevailing political circumstances to take a stand on the state of Nigeria as it affects the future of over 50 million Yoruba people spread across the world. BRIEFING…
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Convener and national leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, cautioned militants threatening to recommence bombing of oil installations and declare a Republic of Niger Delta, October 1, on account of Federal Government alleged apathy to the peace process in the region, to back out of the dangerous plot. Chief Clark, who spoke on phone on PANDEF,s meeting with Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, in Abuja, said the group was now satisfied that the Federal Government meant well for the region and also disposed to dialogue with the regional body. He also appealed to the…
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http://skytrendnews.com/2017/08/05/fashola-the-man-who-must-give-us-light-by-dele-momodu/
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/biafra-legal-political-economic-social-questions/
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https://www.naij.com/1118772-obj-ibb-allegedly-draw-list-4-candidates-replace-buhari-set-conditions.html
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https://www.google.com/amp/www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/kanu-tackles-osinbajo-says-view-biafra-agitation-faulty-misconceived/amp/
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https://www.naij.com/1118707-islamic-movement-demands-release-el-zakzaky-600-days-after.html
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https://www.naij.com/1118730-buhari-return-week-senators-hold-high-powered-meeting-ben-bruce.html
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https://www.naij.com/1118758-why-nnamdi-kanu-arewa-youths-arrested-igp.html
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http://saharareporters.com/2017/08/03/we-have-not-rescinded-quit-notice-biafran-igbo-arewa-youths
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http://metrowatchonline.com/oil-production-48-hours-issuing-threats-fg-osinbajo-hurries-niger-delta-leaders-closed-door-meeting/
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http://punchng.com/fg-reintroduces-history-into-curriculum/amp/
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SHOCKING: 222 Federal Directors, All Northerners, Fail Permanent Secretary Exams Woefully – AIT News
https://aitnewsng.com/2017/07/27/shocking-222-federal-directors-all-northerners-fail-permanent-secretary-exams-woefully/
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https://www.naij.com/1118080-us-releases-report-boko-haram-defeated.html
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/08/01/%e2%80%8bfemi-fani-kayode-nnamdi-kanu-rise-biafra-coming-oduduwa/?utm_source=dlvr.it_dp1&utm_medium=twitter
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http://www.lnc-usa.org/blog/referendum-for-biafra-self-determination-requires-no-nigerias-central-govt-assent-ugo-ukandu/
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https://www.naij.com/1117668-omokri-laments-alleged-internationally-ridicule-president-buharis-absence-ca.html
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https://www.naij.com/1117572-illorin-high-court-freezes-sahara-reporters-bank-accounts.html
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https://www.naij.com/1117573-you-jos-2019-nnamdi-kanu-tells-rochas-okorocha.html
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https://www.naij.com/1117648-orji-kalu-urges-igbos-ignore-agitation-impossible-biafra-fight-presidency.html
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https://m.guardian.ng/business-services/nigeria-is-our-biggest-market-says-moet-chandon-ambassador/
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The ancient city of Ibadan comes alive on Friday July 29, 2017 as dignitaries from all walks of life converge to remember that gallant,brave and outstanding soldier, Col Adekunle Fajuyi, who was murdered 50 years ago by Northern military officers who massed on the capital of the Western Region to take out then Head of State, Major General Johnson Aguiyi- Ironsi. The International Conference at the University of Ibadan is the place to be as prolific writer and teacher, Prof Niyi Osundare, speaks on “Fajuyi and the Politics of Remembrance”. Fiery preacher, Pastor Tunde Bakare and Prof Wale Adebanwi will…
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https://gist.naija.ng/8168-okorocha-prison-manner-looted-imo-state-onyeagucha.html
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https://afroinsider.com/ipob-intel-candy-stallworth-busted-phone-call-audio-with-apc-agent-leaked/
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https://aitnewsng.com/2017/07/21/national-tragedy-as-282-oil-vessels-worth-billions-disappear-mysteriously-under-osinbajos-watch/
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All these years, they monopolized the media and push their own narratives that painted IGBOS black. They made the whole world believe that IGBOS are the only tribe with faults and others are saints. They made everyone, even some gullible IGBOS to believe that IGBOS don’t love themselves while other tribes love themselves so much. They made everyone to believe that only IGBOS love money and wealth while others hate money and wealth! They even made everyone to believe, even some gullible IGBOS that Ojukwu declared war! They made everyone to believe that Nzeogwu’s coup was Igbo coup, even when…
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I am convinced that Femi Adesina has now finally lost his mind. In his latest essay he compared Buhari to David. What on earth is Davidic about Buhari? David was a Spirit-filled believer and a heroic and courageous child of God whilst Buhari is a son of perdition and a tyrannical servant of satan. Femi also said Buhari could have “cut off the heads” of his opponrnts, meaning he could have had them assasinated. Gosh. Poor Femi. He has just made a cardinal spiritual blunder the consequences of which I have no doubt that he will deeply regret. I…
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In the build up to the 2019 general elections, many sons and daughters of Orlu zone in Imo State are worried over what will be the political future and direction of the zone which controls 12 of the 27 Local Government Areas of the state and is responsible for the oil producing state status of Imo. Expectedly, concerns have been expressed that after Orlu Zone has produced two governors in the present democratic dispensations, will it still lay claim on the prize come 2019? Beyond the issue of governorship, majority of our people are worried over the quality of representation…
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Senator Kanti Bello is a former Senate Majority Whip, who represented Katsina North Senatorial District on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before joining the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), one of the legacy parties that formed the APC. How will you assess the Buhari administration in the last two years? I will be frank with you. This is the first interview I am giving in the last two years. I have decided to be quiet. The reason is simple: this is our government and I contributed a lot for the government to be formed, both at…
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• Niger Delta militants groups have drummed support for Nnamdi Kanu’s election boycott order. • The IPOB leader had ordered that the people of south-east should boycott the next Anambra state governorship election. • The militants groups said that the election should be boycotted as ordered by Nnamdi Kanu Niger Delta militant groups have declared their support for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu over his decision to boycott the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra state. The Nation reports that groups, Concerned Militant Leaders (CML), Niger Delta People Democratic Front (NDPDF) and Rainbow Marabas Squad…
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-19/oil-slips-as-industry-data-signals-rise-in-u-s-crude-stockpiles
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In a generation or two, the US will ask itself: “Who lost Europe ?” Here is the speech of Geert Wilders, Chairman, Party for Freedom the Netherlands , at the Four Seasons in New York. Dear friends, Thank you very much for inviting me. I come to America with a mission. All is not well in the old world. There is a tremendous danger looming, and it is very difficult to be optimistic. We might be in the final stages of the Islamization of Europe. This not only is a clear and present danger to the future of Europe itself,…
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PREAMBLE The persistence for the actualization of Biafra by the unruly Igbo of South-Eastern Nigeria has lately assumed another alarming twist which involved the forceful lockdown of activities and denial of other people’s right to free movement in the South-East by the rebel Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its overt and covert sponsors. This latest action and similar confrontational conducts which amount to a brutal encroachment on the rights of those termed as non-indigenous people residing and doing lawful businesses in those areas illegally demarcated and defined as Biafra by the Igbo, are downright unacceptable and shall no longer…
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Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair was in Nigeria few days ago. What has continued to dominate the air space, however, is the real motive behind the visit. Oblong Media has been reliably informed that the visit with selected persons from the northern part of Nigeria has a lot to do with the 2019 presidential election. According to our sources, the essence of the visit was to map out plans to wrestle power away from the Acting President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo in 2019. Oblong Media sought the opinion of the former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, who…
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Monday, the 10th day of July, 2017 would go down as a momentous day in the annals of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. The theatre was set at the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division. The battle was reminiscent of the biblical David Vs. Golliath epic, the tortuous Elijah Vs. The prophets of Baal spiritual warfare which pitched the National Chairman of APGA, Ochoudo Martin Agbaso and the party APGA on one hand against the behemoth forces mustered by the former national chairman, Victor Ike Oye and Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State with their shining arrays of learned Silks…
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Restructuring will ensure greater accountability. People are more likely to hold their state and local governments to account once those governments are no longer able to convincingly blame the central government for their shortcomings. I have spoken a few times over a long period of time about the need to restructure our federation in order to make it stronger. Our founding political leaders agreed on and erected a federal system of government. They believed, quite rightly in my view, that such a structure was the only guarantee of national cohesion, in view of our diversity, varying resource endowments, varying levels…
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The Central Intelligence Agency was established to scuttle and derail potential challengers to America’s economic hegemony. Choking and paralysing most potential challengers result from subjecting these countries to endless social crisis, hardship, torture, fear, and psychological warfare. And confirming this strategy, former CIA Director of Plans, Richard Bissell, said, ”The CIA’s interface with the rest of the world needs to be better promoted through our friends in foreign governments….We need repression if we hope to divide these societies into owners and slaves. We need to put the people under continual duress and in a perpetual state of imbalance, so that…
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Retired military generals and other Christian elders under the aegis of National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, have expressed sadness that Nigeria was drifting towards a needless conflict that could culminate in another war, if not well managed. Rising from a meeting in Abuja, where it reviewed unfolding events in the country, the NCEF, a group of eminent Christian elders, including Elder Solomon Asemota, Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro (retd), Gen. Zamani Lekwot (retd), Elder Moses Ihonde, Gen. T. Y. Danjuma (retd), Elder Shyngle Wigwe, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, called on Nigerian leaders to tread softly to avoid a pending implosion. In a statement…
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“The Supreme court did not raise a dead PDP, they only brought out the rotten corpse of a dead PDP for all to smell the bad odour”- Alhaji Lai Muhammed, Minister of Information, Daily Post, 15th July 2017. I am trying my best to remain magnamonious in victory and to remain restrained but this diaper-wearing, foul-breathed, big-nosed and lying APC Minister of Information has once again brought out the worst in me. Not only has he told yet another dirty and collosal lie but his deeply offensive and disrespectful characterisation and depiction of our great party the PDP is as…
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Hadiza Bala Usman, director-general of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says she cannot be intimidated by anyone. Speaking in an interview with TVC on Friday, Usman said the authority has been able to achieve a significant level of success within one year. President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Usman on July 12, 2016. She attributed her success to resilience and determination, explaining that her fight against corruption has drawn the ire of some people. “I think it is being forthright, knowing your onions and not being afraid to take on any institutional challenges. The Nigerian public is not comfortable with a person…
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This will literally change the world. And this is exactly why we elected President Trump – to get rid of the useless and burdensome Obama era regulations that held America back from reaching its true potential. We are a nation of laws not a nation of regulations. The liberals think they are the same thing but they are not. Laws are put in place to protect freedom while regulations are used to curtail freedom. That sentence best sums up the differences between the two parties and explains why the Democrats are having hard times winning elections. But that is all…
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Please read that which I have discovered. 1. Jesus taught that there is only One God and Only God should be worshipped as taught in Deut 6:4, Mark 12:29. Muslims also believe this as taught in the Qur’an verse 4:171. 2. Jesus didn’t eat pork as taught in Leviticus 11:7 , and neither do Muslims as taught in the Qur’an verse 6:145. 3. Jesus greeted with the words “as salaamualaikum” (Peace be with you) in John 20:21. Muslims also greet each other this way. 4. Jesus always said “God Willing” (inshallah), Muslims say this too before doing anything as taught…
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Over the past few weeks, a reading and video of a poem I AM A NIGERIAN has been circulating on social media without attribution. It has been sent to me several times, both in video and in text form as Author Unknown. I think it is important first to identify myself publicly as the author of said poem and to talk about why I believe this poem resonates now more than ever. I wrote the poem I AM A NIGERIAN back in 2006 spurred by three key influences – first, the then Federal Government’s Heart of Africa rebranding campaign; second,…
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By a unanimous voice vote, members of the House of Representatives at plenary on Tuesday jettisoned the government policy which subsumed Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK in Civic Education as a compulsory subject in the Secondary School curriculum. Christian Religious Knowledge This followed a motion titled “Call to make Civic Education an optional instead of a compulsory subject for Senior Certificate Examination”, filed by Hon. Beni Lar from Plateau State. The members after an exhaustive debate on the motion agreed that the policy was incongruent with the spirit and letters of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) on the provision of religious…
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