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The Office Of The Vice President The Federal Republic Of Nigeria, Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, Nigeria 24th June 2017 Re: Open Letter To The Acting President In Response To The Position And Fallacies by Arewa Youths Your Excellency Sir, The attention of Igbo Ekunie Initiative, a coalition of professionals in Nigeria and the Diaspora has been drawn to an open letter written by so-called Arewa youths. As is typical of the “Sharia North” and their arrogance, bullying and internal colonialist (born to rule) attitude, the letter was filled with hate, lies, baseless claims, pedestrian propaganda, innuendoes and an unconscionable…
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“To avoid going to war is not cowardice. It is to have the courage to subdue our ego and negotiate. …..” Better still, go get a copy of El Rufai’s book titled “Accidental civil servant” and read the dialogue between the Author and Baba Obasanjo the then President. You will appreciate the value of native intelligence of the Yoruba which some ignoramus called cowardice. Pray, has Yoruba ever lost any war whether of the guns, intellectual, political or spiritual? No. Check the political, Social and religious history of Nigeria. Who checkmated the advancement of the Fulanis to the South in…
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He wrote: How can anyone describe Nigeria as being free when Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) is removed from the curriculum and Islamic Arabic Studies (IAS) is made compulsory? ”How can anyone describe Nigeria as being free when Christians are banned BY LAW from buying land to build churches in most parts of the core north? ”How can anyone describe Nigeria as being free when every single security and intelligence agency in the nation except for the Navy is headed by a northern Muslim? ”How can anyone describe Nigeria as being free when there are NO Christian commanders (i.e. those that…
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Where are those disparaging Nnamdi Kanu Online? Are you guys gonna disparage Ohanaeze, Afenifere and Niger-Delta for threading the same path with Nnamdi Kanu? Denial is not realizing Nigeria in its present form is not working. In case, you were not aware of it, Afenifere, Ohaneze and the Niger Delta are planning to boycott the 2019 general election if the federal government does not begin the restructuring process. The campaign to boycott the 2019 election will likely begin in early 2018. If you think boycotting of election is a dumb and utopian idea, wait and see the kind of crisis…
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As a prelude to this downbeat essay, I wish to state that I am an unrepentant advocate of election boycott as a passive protest against, a tacit rejection of a vicious State like Nigeria. It is my stance that wherever and whenever a State resorts to intimidation, use of military force, and outright extermination of non-violent agitators, a sublime means of agitating for the extrication of the victims from the thralldom suppression and oppression, two strangleholds of the State, should be adopted. The May 30 sit-at-home exercise was a litmus test for something much more effective. No illogicality is committed…
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“All of us who do not speak the Hausa language in which Buhari allegedly addressed Nigerians are being told one thing: you do not belong here. Can anyone ever come up with a more powerful rationale for secession?”- Kayode Samuel. Can anyone fault Samuel’s thinking and rationale? Two days ago I wrote an essay titled “Is Nigeria A Free Nation Or A Vassal State?” which raised some fundamental questions about the nature and composition of thr contraption called Nigeria. It was a well-researched contribution and I would urge all those that have not read it to google it and do…
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Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida said on Monday as he launched an appeal to Nigerians to draw back from further campaign of hate the like of which he said led to the 30 month civil war. Former Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida during prayers to mark his 75th birthday celebration at the Hilltop, Minna, Niger State Noting his own historic linkages across the various divides in the country, the former military president said that there was little discord among Nigerians of different social classes as he urged Nigerians to synergise their different potentials towards building a great nation.…
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Prof. Ango Abdullahi, OUR attention has been drawn to your statements in Vanguard of Saturday, June 10, 2017. You are alleged to be in support of the call on the Igbo to quit. It is unfortunate, grossly unfortunate, that a scholar of your calibre will be so partisan as to be unable to see the wisdom in retaining Nigeria as a corporate entity. I know you have, in the past, been anti-Igbo. One would have thought that our education exposes us to a level where we can live even with our enemies. You said in the alleged publication that, “each…
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Brethren from the North, I bring you greetings from the Southern part of Nigeria. On behalf of the peace-loving people of the south in general and millions of Igbo youths in particular, I start this letter by commending you for your recent open letter to the acting president, professor Yemi Osinbajo, where you called on the pastor-turned politician to organise a Referendum for the Igbos to enable them determine their future in line with international law on self determination. By that letter, you proved to be better versed and more sophisticated in legal matters and ways of international laws…
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All I kept shouting when my cousin sent me a video footage of the triumphant entry of Nnamdi Kanu into Nnewi was “okwu agwuna!” meaning “what else is remaining? It is finished!” The whole markets and shops in the city of Nnewi, Anambra state, closed at noon as both the able-bodied and disabled persons trudged to Dr. Ikedife’s hospital facility on Igwe Orizu road to have a glimpse of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) leader. Kanu had come to mend fence with the elderly leader and founder of IPOB who was also the former president of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Dr.…
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You don’t need to wait till you are hit by my case before you identify positively with your root. I was born in Ebute Metta area of Lagos before the war, I started my schooling and life in Lagos and as soon as the war broke out, we were bundled back to the east, then I was about ten years old. My parents feel very much at home in Lagos and were loved so much by the Yaba/Ebute Meta community that as we came back to Lagos by 1970 to start life afresh after the civil war, my father’s hotel,…
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………..Excerpt……….. Again, however, when the 1954 constitution conference started, my good friend, Chief Obafemi Awolowo tabled a motion to the effect that in the new constitution, provision should be made that any state which feels like seceding should do so. I was opposed to it and said ‘no’ and said that once we have a federation, we are indivisible and perpetual. That was when we began to use that expression – ‘The Indivisibility and perpetuity of the federation’ – and that to secede would amount to treason. And so, a debate ensued. The Secretary of State then was Oliver Lyttleton,…
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I’ll attempt a modest effort to respond to Prof. Yusuf Dankofa, a cerebral lawyer and law lecturer, who incidentally taught me Legal Methods in my first year at the Faculty of Law, ABU, Zaria. You see, the learned Professor believes i was unfairly critical of Babangida (IBB) yesterday, when i pointedly accused him in my facebook post of being the grand architect of the rot we see today in Nigeria’s society. My learned Prof told me in clear terms, that all past leaders share, or should share, the blame, equally. I have had time to sleep over this matter, and…
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“The majority of technicians in Kano are from the south while untrained indigenes beg. How does that make sense?” In Kano, the town of Kwankwaso where the former Governor of Kano state, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is from is believed to have been founded by an Igbo man named Felix Okonkwo, alias Okonkwo Kano who was a member of the Northern Nigeria House of chiefs in 1957. At about 1927 he had founded a trading business at the railway tracks approaching Kano where he bought groundnuts, processed it and transported it to Lagos and named his business Okonkwo and Sons. He…
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The biggest crime committed against the Ogoni people was the killing of Ken Saro Wiwa and his eight colleagues. Their crime was that they mobilized their people against the exploitation of their land. The tribunal was headed by Justice Ibrahim Auta. Other members of the tribunal were Justice Etowa Eyo Arikpo, Lt Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (the incumbent Comptroller General of Customs), while the government prosecutor was Mr Joseph Bodurin Daudu SAN. The Provisional Ruling Council (PRC), the highest decision-making body of the Abacha regime that took the decision to kill Saro Wiwa comprised General Abacha, Maj. General Patrick Aziza…
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In response to the many enquiries coming to the LNC regarding the debate on boycott or no boycott of the Anambra Governorship Election Stated for November, 2017, I will repost below An Open Memorandum by the LNC regarding further National Elections under the obnoxious 1999 Constitution in Eastern Nigeria, particularly the 2019 Electoral Round. In that Open Memorandum issued April 11th, 2017, the LNC, for the Strategic reasons elaborately stated in that Open Memo, expressly and categorically excluded the November 2017 Anambra Governorship Election from its Campaigns towards halting the preparations for any further National Elections under the so-called 1999…
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NORTHERN TRANSPARENCY AND RIGHTS WATCH PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED IN ABUJA ON FRIDAY 23RD JUNE 2017 We have dispassionately observed the situation in the country and the development that followed the incessant agitation for the formation of the Biafran nation and attendant reactions across the country after which we have resolved to come up with the following position. 1. It is no longer in doubt that the manner in which the Biafran agitation is being pursuit has been anything but democratic; it has degenerated from civil agitation to direct threats to national integration and peaceful coexistence. 2. As a consequence of…
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Nwodo laments police’s inability to arrest Arewa youths The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, saturday took an initiative to neutralise last week’s quit notice issued by Arewa youths to Igbo residents in the North by constituting and inaugurating a 100-member Planning and Strategy Committee, headed by former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Chukwuma Soludo, to design both the economic and political development agenda for Ndigbo. This however came as the Ohanaeze President, Chief Nnia Nwodo, expressed regrets over the inability of the Nigerian police to make needful arrests since the threat was issued, wondering if different…
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Mutual suspicion threatening Nigeria – Ezeife The entire South has resolved to work together – Adebanjo Leave choice of President to politicians – ACF Biafra, Oduduwa alliance mutually beneficial – MASSOB There are strong indications that the leadership of prominent sociocultural groups, Afenifere, Ohanaeze and others in the South are forging a common political alliance to strategise and present a formidable front ahead of the 2019 elections. A pointer in this direction was the strategic meeting, penultimate week, between the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo led by its President- General, Dr. Nnia Nwodo, and its Yoruba counterpart, Afenifere, with Chief Ayo…
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This Narration about first seeking Restructuring before going for Self-Determination if Restructuring fails, looks logical and reasonable on the surface. The big problem is that right now in Eastern Nigeria, there is a huge gap between the People and the Elite that claims to lead them. The People have waited for equity and Restructuring for 50 years since after Aburi 1967 and they now want out of Nigeria, after much visitation in bloodshed, pain, misery, wickedness and utter hopelessness. Whilst not discountenancing the hardworking Igbo lot who have by sheer hard work and ingenuity, triumphed over the many man-made debilitations…
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“I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves”- Harriet Tubman How can anyone describe Nigeria as a free nation when Sheik Othman Dan Fodio, the hero of the core Muslim north, the father of the Fulani Caliphate and the first Mahdi of Nigeria once said, “Allah has bestowed on me and my people the historic duty to spread the holy faith of the Prophet throughout the Caliphate and convert these pagans. If they refuse to accept Allah and his Prophet we will wash the earth, the forests, the mountains,…
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The Co- Convener of the Coalition of Northern Groups and leader of Arewa Consultative Youth Forum, Shettima Yerima , has accused human rights lawyer , Femi Falana , SAN, of living in the past , following the latter ’s statement implying that the former should not be taken seriously . Falana had on Thursday at a news conference in Abuja described Yerima as a “ Lagos man. ” “ The man who gave quit notice ( to Igbo living in the North ) does not live in the North . He lives in Lagos . I am saying this :…
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Rights activist and constitutional lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) said yesterday that the leader of the northern youth group that issued a three months ultimatum to the Igbo to vacate the North does not live in the North, but in Lagos. Falana however said the restructuring and true federalism must be resolved now for Nigeria to make progress. He spoke at a news conference organised by organised labour in Abuja. To Falana, it is laughable that certain individuals will sit down in the comfort of their homes to issue ultimatum to others to vacate their land. He said: “The founding fathers…
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Australia is 7.692 million km². This means the country is over 8 times bigger than Nigeria which is 923,768 km² big. Australia however is divided into 6 states and 2 tiny territories. Each state in Australia has its own constitution, is equal to other states and equal to the federal government of Australia. Canada with 9.985 million km² land mass is even a bigger federation but is politically divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories. Each province is autonomous and none waits for the central government to send it allocations every month to pay secondary school teachers or build roads.…
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“For as long as the Old Eastern region remain in disarray and not united, self-determination of the region will remain impossible.” ~ An anonymous retired Nigerian Army Chief The word “South-South,” even though it may sound absurd, is a name we have come to accept as a people. We can’t say exactly how we came about to be identified with the name neither can we say exactly when we were given the name, but we just know it is our name. While growing up back in the days, geography taught us about “the North,” “the South,” “The East” and “The…
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When Hon Chudi Offodile, Awolo-Awka, was elected into the Federal House of Representatives in May 1999, as the representative for Awka North and South Federal constituency of Anambra State, he was just 34 years old. He served as the Chairman of the Special Committee on Joint Venture Oil Operations [2001-2003] and Chairman of the Public Petitions Committee [2003-2006]. He is also a businessman, lawyer and notary public. He ran for senate in 2007 and 2011 unsuccessfully and called it quits with “electoral politics”. Then he bounced back with the best seller ‘’The Politics of Biafra and the Future of Nigeria’’…
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“What do the Igbos want?”, Buhari asked during his media chat. Obi Nwakamma answers him. And now, Obi Nwakanma, a Poet, journalist, biographer and literary critic, has written an article in answer to the question, “What do the Igbos want?” Enjoy: In Biafra, under three years, they were making their own rockets and calculating its distances; distilling their own oil and making aviation fuel, creating in their Chemical and Biological laboratories, new cures for diseases like Cholera, shaping their own spare parts, and turning the entire East into a vast workshop, as Ojukwu put it. At the end of the…
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18 Israeli fighter jets along with two Gulfstream aircraft landed in Saudi Arabia on Thursday to prevent any hostile or military moves by former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz who was replaced with Saudi King Salman’s son. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz announced on Wednesday his decision to replace Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz with his own son, Mohammed bin Salman. After the decision was announced, the Israeli air force sent 18 of its fighter jets, including F16I, F15CD and F16CD, along with two Gulfstream aircraft, two tanker airplanes and two C130 planes, special for electronic…
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…We stand against merging of CRK, IRK and Civic Education …Adamu is not saying the whole truth The Christian Association Nigeria (CAN) has called on the Federal Ministry of Education and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to publish the full details of the controversial new Curriculum of Education if they have no hidden agenda. The perceived dangers packaged in the new Curriculum of Education has brought the document to the fore since the leadership of CAN raised the issue in a meeting with the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and asked the government to ensure there is…
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Tribalism is not our problem. Tribalism and religion are artificial problems created by selfish leaders for their own personal interest. There are only two major tribes in Nigeria. The Elites and the Masses. Once you make lots of money, you belong to the elite tribe. When you are a commoner or suffering, you belong to the tribe of the masses. If you are an elite, and you need more power, or elective position, you sow seeds of tribalism and religion among the masses, so as to sway their emotion for your personal victory. This happens at both the national and…
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In the following address given eleven years before Nigerian independence, Nnamdi Azikiwe calls for self-determination for the Ibo as they along with other ethnic groups march toward an inevitably free Nigeria. This address was delivered at the Ibo State Assembly held at Aba, Nigeria, on Saturday, June 25, 1949. Harbingers of a new day for the Ibo nation, having selected me to preside over the deliberations of this assembly of the Ibo nation, I am conscious of the fact that you have not done so because of any extraordinary attributes in me. I realize that I am not the oldest…
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MINISTER of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, said all was set for the Kaduna Inland Dry Port to commence full operation, even as Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State begged the Federal Government to employ youths from the state. Amaechi spoke while on facility inspection of Kaduna Inland Dry Port in Kaduna, explaining that the facility tour was to ascertain the readiness of the port ahead of the commissioning by the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and the commencement of operations. He said the port will stimulate the state and country’s economies, adding “everything is set for commissioning, but we…
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The United Nations consists of the General Assembly and the United Nations Security Council. However, all enforceable resolutions and enforceable decisions are decided in the United Nations Security Council, not in the United Nations General Assembly. The United Nations Security Council is made up of Fifteen (15) Nations. Ten (10) revolving Nations, whose status is for two years only, and five (5) Permanent members, who hold all of the power and who completely control the United Nations Security Council: Those 5 permanent members are The United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, and China. Those 5 permanent members of The United…
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If we were to follow history, it will be easy to dismiss Nnamdi Kanu, Ben Nwabueze, Nwazuruike, as well as the other cohorts of MASSOB and IPOB. The reason is that they often fail. The secessionist ends in a riotous divorce. Free, proud, but broken. Southern Sudan reels in blood and bile. Eritrea stews in want and lies prostrate, often envious of its former cousins. In Europe, the remnants of old Yugoslavia are quiet, but sniff no greatness ahead. The Basque separatists in Spain are a shadow of their historic bluster. Scotland saw their dreams scuttled. It is now more…
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In his quest to fulfill his parents dreams and contributing to the development of hospitality industry and tourism in Nigeria, former Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Congo and legal practitioner, Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe MFR, with the support of the Mbadiwes, have launched a luxurious hotel and tourist centre, KingsCelia Hotels and suites, in the heart of Lagos. The 5 star relaxation centre situated at Yaba, was part of Greg Mbadiwe’s desire to accomplish his parents, especially his father’s dream. “My venture into hospitality business is to make the dream of my father a reality. My late father wanted to…
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The East/West/Middle Belt Consensus suggested here as the panacea to the perennial Fulani brigandage is the main thrust of the LNC-inspired MNN which culminated in the Broken Map that Isolated the embattled 12-State Sharia Caliphate contiguity by the rest of Nigeria since 2011. The 2013 US Army War College Report on Nigeria titled “NIGERIAN UNITY: IN THE BALANCE”, crisply articulated and highlighted this dramatic development when it declared that the CENTRIFUGAL forces which sought the dismantling of Nigeria for well founded reasons had triumphed over the CENTRIPETAL forces struggling to keep Nigeria one by force. The Report, which dismissed prevailing…
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Let us try to summarise the agreements reached by Nigerian founding fathers at the London constitutional conference of July 30-August 22, 1953 and the follow-up Lagos constitutional conference of January 1954. This two confab recommendations were adopted within six months to become the Lyttleton Constitution of 1954 that birthed Nigeria’s federalism. They all agreed that; (1) Her Majesty’s Governments could grants self-governments to those regions, which desired it in 1956. (2) That legislative power should be shared between the federal state and the federating units. (3) That a conference to be held in Lagos in 1954, should ratify a separate…
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— I have been reading a number of articles and essays written by so-called Igbo scholars and intellectuals on Biafra and on-going challenges in Nigeria. Some of them make me sick. I have never wanted to respond to them except on few occasions. However, this piece by Dr. Nicky Okoye warranted such a response. Even though, I’m not in the business of responding to writers and public commentators, because I believe each person is entitled to his or her opinion; however, it must be based on facts. Ideas and opinions based on facts not on selfish and self-seeking purposes. And…
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A former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has described the recent quit notice issued by the Coalition of Northern Youths and the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) to the people of South-East resident in the North as a big mistake and a condemnable act. Kalu, a politician and business mogul, said it was unfortunate that such utterances were made by Nigerians against fellow citizens. He, however, applauded the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NGF) for promptly condemning the action. The former governor, who reaffirmed his faith in the unity and oneness of Nigeria, said unguarded utterances that tend to…
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Babatunde Fashola, minster of power, works and housing, says there are aspects of the 2017 appropriation act that violate the constitution, suggesting that the judiciary may have to explain how far lawmakers can go in altering the budget. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo had questioned the extent of changes made to the 2017 appropriation bill by the federal lawmakers, who replied that the national assembly acted within the law and is not a rubber-stamp body. But in an interview with TheCable at the weekend, Fashola said there may be need for judicial interpretation to lay the controversy to rest, pointing out…
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“Asking for Biafra is against Nigeria’s Constitution and you will be Jailed”~~~Yemi Osinbajo. Who told Osinbajo that quest for self determination is a crime?? Hearing this from a law professor is borderline imbecilic. The right of indigenous people to determine their future is a right recognised by all laws known to man. When my ancestry was forcefully joined in a murderous union with people with whom I share absolutely nothing in common, was any of Nigeria’s component units consulted?? And why was the deaf and dumb Osinbajo suddenly running his mouth?? Oh, is it because Biafra is the topic?? This…
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From his recuperation room in London, President Muhammadu Buhari, has reportedly been resisting attempts by some government officials, including ministers to undermine Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. He has refused to see such officials who sneak to the United Kingdom with files for his signature, it was gathered yesterday. Buhari, authoritative government sources said, rejected the files and asked the affected government functionaries to take all documents and issues to Acting President Osinbajo. He has also refused to grant audience to ministers and some presidential aides who indicated interest to see him. But the President met with First Lady Aisha during…
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REMARKS BY THE ACTING PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON AT A MEETING WITH TRADITIONAL RULERS FROM THE SOUTH-EAST AT THE OLD BANQUET HALL, STATE HOUSE, ABUJA ON JUNE 18, 2017. “It will be wrong of us to approach even our grievances by threatening to disobey the laws or by threatening the integrity of our nation.’’ PROTOCOLS Let me begin by thanking all of our royal fathers who have taken the time to come today. I know the notice has been extremely short but the reason why you have nevertheless honoured our invitation is…
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Leaders of South-West, South-East and South-South on Sunday strongly called on Arewa youths and their sponsors to withdraw the quit notice given to the people of the South-East as failure to do so will be taken as an ultimatum given to the entire Southern Nigerians to quit their region. The prominent leaders, who comprised pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; former Chief of Staff, Ebitu Ukiwe; Albert Horsfall, Jor Irukwu, former Minister of Information, Walter Ofonagoro; Senator Femi Okunronmu, Senator Bassey Henshaw, among others, declared that any attack against anybody from the South would be considered an attack against…
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The role of the youth in credible elections – being a text of lecture delivered by Livy-Elcon Emereonye at Nwangele L.G.A. Youths Conference on June 17, 2017, Nwangele Headquarter’s Hall, Nwangele, Imo State. Protocol It’s with pleasure that I accepted the invitation to be one of the speakers at this occasion. I salute the organizers of this programme for taking such a bold initiative. They have not only discovered a need but have gone further to proffer solutions. This is the right step in the right direction. The topic, “The role of the youth in credible elections” with emphasis on…
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Read full open letter below: June, 19th 2017 His Excellency, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Acting President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aso Rock Presidential Villa Abuja Your Excellency, APPRECIATION On behalf of this coalition and all the peace-loving people of Northern Nigeria, we begin this letter by commending your efforts towards finding a lasting solution to the lingering Igbo-induced crisis that is undoubtedly overheating the polity. We sincerely believe Your Excellency’s good intentions as shown by your prompt and genuine actions towards ensuring peace and stability in holding talks with leaders of the North and the South-East. Though we do not doubt…
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In life, the worst miscalculation a group could make is to take the patience or tolerance of others for granted. As an individual, I hold the opinion that Nigeria as amalgamated by the British in 1914 could stand tall in, not only Africa, but the comity of nations. With our geographical size, population and human capacity, there is hardly any economy that Nigeria can not sustain. Besides, the country is abundantly blessed with natural resources. Though very heterogeneous by composition, our diversity, if properly harnessed, should have been our major source of strength and, may be, pride. Taking advanced cognizance…
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The Presidency may shun the Senate resolution asking it to forward the 2014 National Conference report to the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly for urgent legislative action, SUNDAY PUNCH’s investigation has revealed. Former President Goodluck Jonathan had convened the national conference in 2014 as part of efforts to address some of the challenges facing the nation. At its sitting on Wednesday, the Senate resolved that deliberations on the recommendations of the conference would be the way forward for the country. It therefore asked the presidency to send the conference report in the form of an Executive Bill. But a…
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Nigeria’s Federal Government has just announced the commencement of offers for its Sukuk (Shari’a compliant ) Bonds. Sukuk Bonds and financial instruments are designed to ensure investment in solely Shari’a compliant investments and activities. Some of the questions now arising include:: 1. Why would Nigeria, a supposedly secular state, or at the very least a multi-religious state, issue Shari’a compliant bonds/financial instruments? 2. Will the entirety of the Nigerian Federation have to be Shari’a compliant at the time of the redemption of the Sukuk Bonds? 3. Is it possible to extricate proceeds from Value added Taxes (VAT) derived from breweries…
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I believe in One Nigeria. I know, you’re going to start asking me why – with herdsman running rampage, and Oba saying ‘jump in lagoon’, and Arewa Youth giving till October 1, and Evans and co waiting for me at home; with corruption, dysfunction and discriminatory cut-off marks, bombings in the South and shootings in the North; with President promising to work according to vote, bad schools, no-light, poor hospitals, bad roads; with Dino waxing new hits every day, newspaper trials and no convictions; with billions stashed in Ikoyi apartment – what can I say? It’s home. For one, I…
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“When I got to the bedside of the Head of State, he was already gasping. Ordinarily, I could not just touch him. It was not allowed in our job. But under the situation on ground, I knelt close to him and shouted, “General Sani Abacha, Sir, please grant me permission to touch and carry you.” Contrary to insinuations, speculations and sad rumours initiated by some sections of the society, i maintain that the sudden collapse of the health system of the late Head of State started previous day (Sunday, 7th June, 1998) right from the Abuja International Airport immediately after…
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More would certainly be achieved if more and more of our pastors, imams and traditional priests join in helping to enshrine a custom that dishonours wealth which provenance is either suspicious or unknown. No more recognition or glorifying so-called business moguls of no visible merchandise and who purport to run an offices without identifiable addresses. Mathew Hassan Kukah (MHK), it was, who perhaps best framed a key ethical question bogging the contemporary society with collapsing values. To reclaim the moral boundary, the engaging Catholic Bishop once argued that it is no longer enough for the cleric to expressly grant the…
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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Thursday, berated the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, saying the peace and conflict resolution meeting he held with some Igbo leaders of thought without its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to address the recent hate speech against Ndigbo by some northern groups is unacceptable to them. A statement issued in Awka, Anambra State, by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Thursday, said that those who attended the meeting had no major stake in the conflict intended to be resolved. Recall that Professor Osinbajo had, Wednesday, met in Abuja with the leadership of Ohaneze…
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Scene one: CCT freed Tinubu – we applauded CCT freed Saraki – We complained Scene two: Saraki hired five SANs – we criticise Buhari hired 13 SANs on Certificate case – we applauded Scene Three: Yemi Osinbajo led 65 SANs to defend Tinubu at CCT trial, we applauded. Kanu Agabi led 65 SANs to defend Saraki at CCT trial, we screamed blue murder. Scene Four: Adeyemi Ikuforiji, as ACN Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly was tried by the EFCC for corruption but never vacated as Speaker throughout his trial- We kept quiet Saraki as Senate president faced trial…
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As the piece from Dahiru Yusuf Yabo clearly shows, those who salivate over an ill thought out restructuring option may indeed be looking at only one side of the coin. We now have a chance of knowing what “Restructuring” means to our compatriots in the North. To the referenced article’s writer, Restructuring simply means itemization of a long list of goodies to be rendered on a platter of gold to the North before they would begin to consider the possibility of tampering with the status quo. In the interim, stance of the North is “No to restructuring and no to…
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We need the following as our share for national economic developments. 1• Ajaokuta Steel Company completion. 2• Mumbila Hydro-Electric Power Plant. 3• Dredging of River Niger and Light Weight Cargo Ports at Lokoja in Kogi, Kanji in Niger, Yauwuri & Dole kaina in Kebbi State. 4• Oil Exploration in Lake-chad of Borno, Bauchi, Benue and Sokoto State. 5• International Parashable Market at Mokwa in Kwara State. 6• Kaduna & Kano Dry Ports and Illela Border International Market. 7• Northern Mining Corporation Jos. 8• Adamawa and Taraba Ranch & Dairy Mechanised Farm. 9• Mining Industries in Nasarawa, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kogi, Plateau…
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Ibadan, August 14th, 1893. To: G. C. Denton, Acting Governor. Your Excellency, — We are not unmindful of all the kindness done to us by Her Majesty the Queen, nor are we unappreciative of it : and, in order to be frank we desire to state to you our fears in objecting to a Resident European which we trust Your Excellency will see to. First, we fear the authority and respect of the Bale and Chiefs will suffer deterioration, as there may be two courts of appeal. 2. We fear our slaves will assert their freedom by running to the…
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On May 22, an Islamic suicide bomber detonated himself outside a pop concert in Manchester, England, killing and wounding dozens, many of them young children. The terrorist was a 22-year-old named Salman Abedi. A few days after the attack, I was reading an article about the mosque he attended—the Didsbury Mosque. “That’s funny,” I thought looking at the accompanying photo, “that doesn’t look like a mosque, it looks like a church.” Sure enough, as I discovered, the Didsbury Mosque was once the Albert Park Methodist Chapel. It had been bought by the local Syrian Muslim community and transformed into a…
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The hatred between the Yoruba and Ndigbo has gone on for far too long. Let there be love shared among us! The Yorubas and the Igbos, two of the most resourceful, engaging and outgoing ethnic groups in Nigeria, are becoming implacable enemies. Increasingly, they seem to hate one another with pure hatred. I never appreciated the extent of their animosity until the social media came of age in Nigeria. Now, hardly a day passes that you will not find Yorubas and Igbos exchanging hateful words on internet blogs. The Nigerian civil war ended in 1970. Nevertheless, it continues to rage…
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On March 12, 2016, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed caused a stir while trying to justify President Muhammadu Buhari’s many foreign trips. He had declared that the economic situation in the country was completely out of the control of the government, as the crash in oil prices was having a negative spiral effect on it. He was later to deny the import of his statement saying, it was taken out of context by mischief-makers, even though the statement was a true reflection of the state of the economy – largely driven by the president’s outright mismanagement.…
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The Acting National Chairman of APGA, Chief Martin Agbaso, in the spirit of repositioning the party and building a united party that all will be proud of, has announced today, that a day for ward congresses in Anambra will be set after the National Working Committee meeting in Abuja next week.
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Fellow Nigerians, where do I start from? How do I even begin to quilt together the unfolding events and drama in this APC-led government for posterity? Things are happening at such dizzying speed that I can hardly keep pace. The fierce battle between the truth and falsehood appears to be coming to a decided end. For a while, the massive web of lies and half-truths seemed to prevail but as it’s usually the case, anything built on a lie never really lasts long. As it now appears all too obvious to some of the ardent supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari,…
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You see how they have laid out the corn, all spread across and the chickens are gradually coming home and soon they would roost. These people know their games, they are the master planners and executors and trust me they are winning. Osibanjo, if allowed to breathe cannot go beyond 2019 or he would pay with his dear life. My London sisters and brothers are lamenting that since Bubu went to meet them everything is upside down and I laughed and asked which Bubu? But the truth is, Buhari dead or alive is an anathema, the man wakes with badness.…
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I have often told those who care to listen to even define what they mean by restructuring and I can’t seem to get answers. Or where we get, the answers are discordant and often tending toward federalism resource control and such. What I understand it to mean is that we operate a truly federal system of government where every component part control their resources, have their domestic laws , have their own police, legal system, their own tax systems etc. The states should be federating units donating some of their powers to the FG to hold and use in trust…
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The Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Sean Hoy, Saturday 11, made a presentation of three route maps of Calabar and other Niger Delta terrains in the defunct Biafra to the Director General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, (NCMMs) Alhaji Yusuf Usman at the Commission’s head office in Abuja. This was contained in their twitter account @IrlEmbNigeria The maps were designed by the late Roger Casement who served as Consul General in Nigeria and were lithographed at the Intelligence Division War Office (IDWO) in 1894. Hoy said: “This year marks the centenary of the death of Roger Casement and…
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National Coordinator for the Movement for the Advancement of National Transformation (MANTRA), Jude Ndukwe, on Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war has graduated from being weak to wickedness. Ndukwe was reacting to the recent acquittal of Senate President Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Delivering judgement on Wednesday, the chairman of the tribunal, Danladi Umar, assented to the no-case submission filed by the Senate President on May 26. The tribunal said the evidence submitted by the prosecution was not substantial enough to continue with the case. Ndukwe on Wednesday took to his Facebook page to condemn…
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The Nigeria problem is now like Knotted ball of rope. One has to carefully examine the knotted ball to know the strand one can pull without making the knot tighter. On examine the ball, I have identified some strands, which if pulled, will begin to unravel the knotted ball. The problem is unwillingness of those who must pull the strands to act. I looked at the most successful group of Nigerians, the corrupt political class, and saw the formula for the transformation of Nigeria. The have used it successfully and will stop at nothing to stop the silent and suffering…
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The attempt by the former national chairman of APGA , Ozo Victor Oye to overturn his sack and subsequent expulsion from the party today suffered a major shipwreck at the Enugu High Court presided over by Hon. Justice A.R Ozoemena with the case reassigned to another court following a petition sent to the NJC by the the leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance , APGA alleging the likelihood of bias by the judge and undue influence brought to bear on him by the Oye camp. Further to this development, APGA lodged an appeal at the Court of Appeal Enugu…
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When the Biafran war happened, Igbos were ill-prepared. Ojukwu’s blood was hot – an age factor. He failed to look into the future and how much Igbos would lose in that war. He took many Igbo young men and wasted them in different sectors of the war. And achieved nothing. In the end, he ran away to Cote d’Ivoire – with a WOMAN. And moved on. I am skeptical about the Biafran ideology. But I won’t be a party to bad strategy. The spirit warned Ojaadili, “Ojaadili, agbakwana chi gi mgba”. Don’t wrestle with your chi. I prefer to see…
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RELIGION: 2014 NC: The Conference recommended that there will be no government sponsorship of Christian and Muslim pilgrimages to the holy lands. It also resolved that churches and mosques should begin to pay tax to government. LAND TENURE ACT: 2014 NC: The Land Tenure Act should remain in the Constitution but be amended to take care of those concerns, particularly on compensation in Section 29 (4) of the Act to read “land owners should determine the price and value of their land based on open market value ANTI-CORRUPTION: 2014: A Special Courts to handle corruption cases should be established in…
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Joyce, who had insisted that Buhari was dead, has now challenged the Nigerian President to prove otherwise. Writing on his website, he said: “Nigeria has an extremely capable Acting President, of course, but if Mr Buhari is declared dead or permanently incapacitated, then it will be the second time in succession that a Northern Muslim President has died, and been replaced by his Southern Christian Deputy. This is a challenge in a country whose democracy is based upon a complex balance of different regional and religious interests. “However, it is a challenge Nigeria is most certainly up to given the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari was not allowed to see his wife during her recent visit to the United Kingdom, presidency sources informed SaharaReporters on Tuesday. In the stunning disclosure, the sources affirmed that the president has been kept away] from several of his aides and even those bodyguards who supposedly traveled with him. The President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari who also frequents London to take care of himself, is still the manipulator-in-chief, according to the sources. Furthermore, SaharaReporters learned that Mr. Buhari has not spoken to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for several weeks following his departure from Abuja for a…
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TEXT OF OPENING REMARKS MADE BY THE ACTING PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, AT HIS MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THOUGHT FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES HELD AT THE OLD BANQUET HALL, STATE HOUSE, ABUJA ONWEDNESDAY JUNE 14, 2017 “The reason why it cannot be tolerated is that the very many innocent men, women, children and the vulnerable amongst us deserves safety and security and our own emotions must not be allowed to run wild in such a way as to endanger the lives of so many”. Protocol Let me first say how deeply grateful I am that you have responded so well…
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Boko Haram is behind the Kaduna Declaration to expel Igbo People from Northern Nigeria says Intelicor, after the second quarter meeting ended in Paris yesterday. The Intel gurus said the reviewed eavesdropping information dubbed in February 2017, during exchanges between Boko Haram commanders and their operatives in the field ordering redeployment and integration into local community youth organizations instead of the mass redeployment to the South as Herdsmen as was earlier planned. This was due to severe disruption by effective Nigerian military operations. Those that did not redeploy were ordered to join youth groups in the Northern states. Further probe…
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By now you must have heard that a group of Northern Nigerian youths have issued an ultimatum to Ndi’Igbo resident in the North of Nigeria to quit the region in three months or face dire consequences. The President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, handed down the ultimatum in company of his cohorts at a well attended conference the Arewa House, in Kaduna, on Tuesday June 6th, 2017. This same Alhaji Yerima Shettima is also one of the mischievous individuals who, in an interview with the Sun Newspapers on Saturday June 3rd, 2017, falsely accused the acting…
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday set aside the conviction of former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The CCT had on October 4, 2016 convicted Orubebe for failure to declare his property at Plot 2057, Asokoro District, Abuja, in any of his asset declaration forms he completed as minister. As punishment, the Danaladi Umar-led tribunal in its judgment, ordered that the property which the former minister failed to declare be forfeited to the Federal Government. But a three-man panel of the Court of Appeal held in its judgment on Wednesday…
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Fifty years after the civil war ended, Igbos do not yet feel a sense of belonging, acceptance or safety in the Federation called Nigeria. The sad part is that this belief is shared not just by the generation that witnessed the war and its deadly consequences, but Igbos across all generations, including the millennials who have been socialized into believing that there is a gap between their people and other Nigerians. Let us not deceive ourselves about certain plain truths. The civil war is perhaps the most remarkable incident in Igbo history in the last century. The pain, the loss,…
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When men stop thinking, they accept that there is justification for evil. When they are blinded by ethnic and religious bigotry, they see the good in the evil, which they and those they support perpetrate. They actually believe in the concept of just war, instead of bemoaning the necessity that compelled them to do a greater evil in the use war to fight evil. Such is the plasticity of the human mind, that ten people can see the same thing and come to ten different conclusions, or read the same book and come away with ten different understandings. If you…
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Those who have copies of the MNN Special Bulletin of May 2009, should go to page 6 and see the full page Advertorial extracted from Vanguard Newspapers of July 31, 2008, where the agglomeration of the Niger Delta Leading Sociocultural Organizations, (their own Ohanaeze equivalents including the Ijaw National Congress), under the aegis of the “CONFERENCE OF THE ETHNIC NATIONALITIES OF THE NIGER DELTA”, rejected the 1999 Constitution as basis of Nigeria, rejected amendments to it as cure as it was foisted by the Military, rejected the National Assembly as the authority to address the issues they were raising against…
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Human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has hailed the acquittal of Senate President Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Ozekhome also mocked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission which was the key witness against Saraki. The senior advocate also lampooned the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption headed by Prof. Itse Sagay. He said the ruling by the tribunal was evidence that the anti-corruption was nothing but a ruse to fool the feeble-minded. In a statement on Wednesday, Ozekhome said, “The Code of conduct tribunal headed by Mr Danladi Umar (not Justice Umar,as always erroneously reported ),was bold,courageous…
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Gentlemen of the press, as you are aware, today citizens of Anambra State from all walks of life, without regard to political, denominational or sectional persuasions, accompanied me in their numbers as I officially registered as a member of the United Progressives Party (UPP). This historic event marks the beginning of a journey that will lead to the realization of the long neglected yearnings and aspiration of Ndi Anambra for a vibrant, visionary and very innovative government that will urgently drive the reawakening of the God-bestowed creative impulse and ingenuity for which we are known all over the world. Our…
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https://www.naij.com/1110045-osinbajo-delivers-powerful-speech-igbo-leaders.html
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The National Conference was set up by the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The Senate on Thursday requested for the submission of the 2014 National Conference report for consideration by the Federal Goverment. The Senate’s decision was sequel to a motion sponsored by the Leader of Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, on the need for National Unity and Peaceful Co-existence in Nigeria. The National Conference was set up by the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Jonathan had promised to implement the recommendations if he was re-elected. However, hos party, the Peoples Democratic Patty, was defeated by the All Progressives…
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I just read one of Femi Aribisala’s posts and it reminded me about what I told my students about a week ago that we need to apologise to the Igbos and pay at least $10 billion to them as a small reparation for unleashing death and destruction on them. We behaved like animals when we butchered them and starved them, including children to death! The merciless killings, added to the civil war, wiped away millions of Igbo souls. And since the civil war, they’ve been marginalised politically and in terms of infrastructure. As a Southern Kaduna person i perfectly understand…
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This Hausa man took a deep cut of his gworo and said to me, “Biafra will be landlocked, over populated, they will loose so much wealth and the separation will most likely be a war”.. I sipped my wine, because I knew he was on the cheapest fears and I said to him,”I have all the keys to those pad locks”.. First look at these.. Two scenarios.. A Biafra with the south south and another without the south south. Without the South South… How has a landlock stopped a nation from growing? In this era of Antonov An-225 Hercules planes…
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It is no longer news that some group of hausa/fulani Muslim Youths under the auspices of ‘Arewa Youth’, recently issued a 3 month notice to Igbos living and doing business in the North to leave or be visited with ethnic cleansing. The notice, they say, was premised on the May 30th successful Sit-At-Home observed by Igbos in honor of their Biafran fallen heroes. Just so we are clear, this writer has no plan of joining issues with some bunch of intellectually kwashiokored Quota System products masquerading as Arewa Youth. Not at all. The fact that the so called Arewa Youths…
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I’ve been paying attention to the ethnic composition of Nigerian criminal gangs with the corner of one eye. My non-scientific finding: our small criminal gangs are a mirror of the fratricidal ethnic divisions, hate, and bitterness among the small people. In other words, our small criminals replicate tribalism and the intense ethnic provincialism which clog the minds of people in the lower classes in Nigeria and prevent progress. Take a look at the composition of Evans’ criminal gang: everybody is Igbo. A few weeks ago in Toronto, the police were finally able to burst a notorious Nigerian criminal gang of…
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I had resisted the temptation of commenting on the dangerous trending of the Biafra discuss, currently clogging the social media and newspaper articles. It will be immortal for me to ignore or not to sound a note of caution in what could end up in a calamitous misadventure. But please Iet me crave your indulgence to just give my perspective of 21st Century Nation building and the lack of critical thinking that has been propelling some of our brothers who are agitating for Biafra. I have all the while resisted the temptation of getting dragged into an all comers posts…
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This was a reply to Dr Nicky Okoyes article. WHAT IS THIS CRY OF IGBO MARGINALIZATION ALL ABOUT? I don’t feel angry or frustrated, anytime I read any article or posts by a Yoruba or Hausa/Fulani person questioning what Ndi Igbo mean by these unending cry of marginalization in Nigeria . This is expected , because people that enjoy deliberately created advantages over their competition will always want it to remain so and will hardly give it up unless pressed to the wall . However, I get deeply perplexed, any time I read such queries from someone , who bear…
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So, a young man was given access to a microphone, on a radio station and then he started spreading a hate message which has resonated with a number of his fellow ethnic group. It makes you wonder, did the Igbo people have hate in their heart all along? Or was this young man responsible for digging deep into the consciousness of the Igbo people and unearthing deep rooted hate for their fellow human being which has been lying dormant there waiting for a special calling? In these times, many have refused to use their minds, their brains, their thinking faculty…
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Out of the total of 360 House of Reps members, the entire South has 169, while the North has 191. Here is the breakdown: South East Imo 10 Reps Abia 8 Reps Ebonyi 6 Reps Anambra 11 Reps Enugu 8 Reps Total= 43. South South Akwa Ibom 10 Reps Bayelsa 5 Reps Cross River 8 Reps Delta 10 Reps Edo 9 Reps Rivers 13 Reps Total= 55 Reps. SOUTHEAST & SOUTHSOUTH GRAND TOTAL = 98 only. South West Ekiti 6 Reps Lagos 24 Reps Ogun 9 Reps Ondo 9 Reps Oyo 14 Reps Osun 9 Reps Total = 71 Reps.…
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The leader of Biafra Independence Movement (BIM), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, on Tuesday, came under fire as he was berated by a number of groups and organisations for visiting Kaduna State to plead for One Nigeria shortly after the quit order given to Igbo in the North. Describing his action as ‘a show of shame’, the groups, which included Igbo Women Assembly (IWA), Eastern Consultative Assembly (ECA), Igbo Students Union (ISU), Igbo Traders Association (ITA) and South East Christian Network said by what Uwazuruike did is self destruction. In a statement, on Tuesday, endorsed by IWA leader, Mrs. Okwor said, “Uwazuruike’s…
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Protocols, I welcome you all to this Event marking a very important date in the annals of Nigerian history: JUNE 12. This day, June 12, of 1993, was a day the grammar and history of the politics of Nigeria would have been re-written; and Nigeria would have resumed on the right path to greatness. It was a day Nigerians from all parts of the diversity wholesomely subsumed ethnicity and religion and were united in their choice of a Leader. Unfortunately, the consummation of this was not to be, as retrogressive forces annulled the election of Chief M.K.O. Abiola as the…
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Preamble: Following from the recent quit notice issued to Ndigbo living in northern Nigeria by the confederate of Arewa Groups comprising Arewa Citizens Action for Change; Arewa Youth Consultative Forum; Arewa Youth Development Foundation, Arewa Students Forum, Northern Emancipation Network and the Northern Youth Vanguard, the Eastern Mandate Union convoked an emergency meeting last Friday, June 9, 2017 to review the state of the country and the events that culminated in the issuance of the quit notice. We have on numerous occasions pointed out that Nigeria is an aberration created by a colonial fiat to feed its insatiable economic appetite.…
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PRESS RELEASE The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami has opined that reforms and modifications of institutional arrangements, systems and processes are normal in federations, but that however, these cannot be achieved in single swoop as being advocated in Nigeria. The AGF revealed this position in his remarks to declare open a Think-Tank Conference on ‘Federalism and the Challenges of Dynamic Equilibrium in Nigeria: Towards a National Strategy’, organized on Tuesday by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru , Jos, Plateau State. In a press statement made available to…
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Law -abiding staff of The Sun Publishing Limited resumed work this morning, June 12, 2017 to behold heavily armed EFCC operatives in our company. They claimed to have “orders from above” to seal up the premises of The Sun Publishing Limited. At gunpoint, they ordered our security personnel to take them round the company premises, after which they proceeded to prevent staff from either entering or leaving the premises, and disrupted our circulation process. For one gruelling hour, EFCC operatives subjected our staff to crude intimidation, psychological and emotional trauma, even as some of the men accused our organisation of…
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President General of Igbo apex socio-political body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, has hinged growing agitation of youths from the region across the country on what he called persistent injustice and ill-treatment of the South East and its people. He said such poor and bias treatment arose from the current warp structure and deliberate policy of neglect of the zone. Nwodo, a former minister of Information, spoke on a Channels Television talkshow where he contended that the various restiveness across the country was indication of an unworkable political system that should be revisited. The Ohanaeze boss decried what he…
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Some 230 years in Philadelphia, the American Founding Fathers had just ended the Constitutional Convention to ratify the US Constitution, a magnificent document just a little shy of 4600 words. The young country was expectant with hopes but concerned too about its future. Benjamin Franklin, the renowned inventor, diplomat, and elder statesman stepped out of the hall at the end of the ratification and was confronted by curious citizens. He was a delegate to the Convention. One of them, a lady, asked Benjamin Franklin, “what constitution do we have now, Sir?” Benjamin Franklin quipped, with a hint of sarcasm, “A…
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•North Central N209 Billion •North West. N73.7 Billion. •South West. N48.97 Billion. •North East. N46.69 Billion. •South South. N35.31 Billion. •South East. N28.22 Billion. This budgets breakdown is a true reflection of the President Buhari’s (97%|5%) Speech. But guess who signed it ❓
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