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I am happy that l shared the facts of revenue sharing a week or so ago. I am regretful that l did not share it earlier than this. I am ready to take on anyone, be they politicians or individuals on the facts. The freedom of information bill compels the FG to give Nigerians the monthly expenditure of oil and gas revenue. How much does Federal Government owe the NDDC.? How much does the Federal Government owe the Ministry of Niger Delta? How much does the Federal Government owing the Amnesty program? How much does the Federal Government owe the…
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North Central recieves 20% CONTRIBUTES. 0.00% North East recieves. 16% CONTRIBUTES. 0.00% North West recieves. 21% CONTRIBUTES. 0.00% Every month the 19 Northern states recieves a minimum of 57% of 100% revenue to which they CONTRIBUTE 0.00%. South West Recieves. 16% CONTRIBUTES. 3.97% South East. Recieves. 11.00% CONTRIBUTES. 25.07% South South Recieves. 15.00% CONTRIBUTES. 70.64% NIGERIA has 774 Local Government Areas Northern Nigeria has 19 States, the 19 States has 419 Local Government Areas Southern Nigeria has been 17 states the 17 states has 357 Local Government Areas Working with the data from the office of the Accountant General as…
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Former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (ABU), and the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof. Ango Abdullahi, has stated that Biafra agitation is part of Nigerian politics, says that any group creating problems for Nigeria should be dealt with. How should the Federal Government respond to the renewed Biafra agitation? Well, we should be mindful of the fact that the renewed agitation cannot be detached from the politics of Nigeria. It is not new and not different from normal politicking that has been taking place in Nigeria since independence. Why lump the agitation with politics? Biafra…
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Originally posted on Camogeek: Black was cool in the 80s. You had black clad SWAT teams and the boom of low-budget ninja films. SWAT teams adopted camo uniforms and military equipment in the post-9/11 world so there has been quite a backlash againt the “militarization” of police forces. Therefore, gray was chosen as a neutral unassuming color that fits into concrete’s urban landscapes. London Metropolitan Police introduced in 2015 the Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officer as a new speciality within the Specialist Firearms Command to deal with the terrorist threat in the current European context of urban armed attacks. There…
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This week marked the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the Sovereign State of Biafra and one or more questions still linger. I will not delve into the more contentious questions, but for the sake of improving the relationship between the Igbo and their Yoruba neighbors, let me touch on one or two areas where, if the truth is brought to the fore, the relationship between omo Oduduwa and Ndi’Igbo could be improved. Firstly, why do Ndi’Igbo still believe the false stereotype that the omo Oduduwa (Yoruba) are cowards? This is simply not true and the facts do not support…
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We have lived with this myth for far too long. We have tolerated and accepted this political deception for as long as anyone can remember. But the myth has to be exposed for what it really is. The lie must be consigned to the dust bin. The mask has been removed. For too long people speak of Hausa-Fulani. The truth of course is that the so called Hausa Fulani as a person or human being does not exist. You cannot be Ijaw-Igbo, or Hausa-Gwari. You are either an Ijaw or an Igbo! As closely related the Isokos and Uhrobos are…
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/04/london-attacks-what-we-know-so-far-london-bridge-borough-market-vauxhall?CMP=fb_gu
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The Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday condemned the sacking of Commissioners and Local Government chairmen in the 27 council areas of Imo State by the state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, alleging that the action was because of the success of the sit-at-home order in the state. In a press statement made available to our reporter in Awka, Anambra State by the IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said Okorocha had instructed his commissioners and council chiefs not to allow the order to take place in the state. It said Okorocha’s objective was to please the powers…
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https://www.naij.com/1108038-yorubas-interested-restructuring-nigeria-gani-adams.html
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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has, again, explained his support for Biafran agitators. Soyinka said the Igbo people have been so wronged that they have no choice than to consider opting out of Nigeria. Prof. Soyinka spoke on Al Jazeera, yesterday where he shed light on his support for Biafra agitators. “I am very much pro- Biafra because I recognise that the Igbo have been wronged desperately. “They have been brutalised in a way that justifies their feeling that they were not part of the nation. “Let me also say this, Biafrans are not entirely innocent in this affair. They…
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https://answersafrica.com/49-million-nigerian-peugeot-plant.html
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The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Abubakar Sa’ad, is beginning to put himself regularly in the eye of ridicule. His recent pronouncements on national matters are beginning to get neutrals worried if this man is not on a deliberate misadventure of creating confusion, tension and chaos where ordinarily there ought to be none. With the latest absurd resolution reached by the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan to “condemn in strongest terms” the decision of the NYSC to continue with its orientation camps for fresh graduates despite the Ramadan fast and also asking the Nigerian army to immediately…
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It is not surprising that soon after a most successful and first South-East South-South Conference organized by the South-East South-South Network (SESSNet) held in Owerri, Imo State, the most vicious attack at efforts being made to bridge gaps (perceived and real) between the peoples of the South-East and South-South regions was instigated and has gone viral on social media. A flurry of instigated hate-speeches, vicious abuses and disrespectful rants against the peoples of the twin regions rent the airwaves in an effort to avoid any efforts at unity between peoples with shared histories, aspirations and of common purpose. The same…
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The House of Representatives was again thrown into a rowdy session on Thursday, forcing a hasty adjournment of proceedings. The cause of the rowdiness was the rejection of a bill seeking to establish a South-East Development Commission. The bill failed at the session, which was presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, after it had been debated. A similar bill to establish the North-East Development Commission had since been passed by the National Assembly, awaiting the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari. However, South-East lawmakers immediately protested the decision on the grounds that the House could have, at least, allowed…
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Today, Gov. Okorocha of Imo State hired some people from Owerri West LGA to pay him an arranged solidarity visit wherein they purportedly denounced me for all the criticisms I have been making of him in projecting his son-in-law Uche Nwosu for Governor 2019 as a costume to perpetuate himself in office. The hirelings purportedly denounced me for exposing his plot to impose his son-in-law as the governor of Imo State come 2019. The hirelings led by an Orlu daughter married in Owerri West concluded their project by sharing the Governor’s two million naira thank you donation. This is the…
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In a short contribution titled “Biafra Without Our Consent?” which appears to have gone viral on social media, the celebtated and respected thespian Miss Kate Henshaw wrote as follows: “I think the current generation of ‘Biafrans’ are the most funny people I hve ever seen. How dare you sit in your home or offices and draw your Biafra map and include places like Rivers, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, etc as part of your empire? Did you consult them? Did you seek their opinions? You are forcing people to join a country whose commander in chief you have already anointed- Nnamdi…
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Chinelo Anohu-Amazu ought to have been treated with some respect; she gave a good account of herself; she was edged out of PenCom due to petty politics. A few weeks ago, the federal government announced the removal of the Director General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, who was immediately replaced by Alhaji Aliyu Abdulrahman Dikko. In reconstituting the board, Mr Funso Doherty was also announced as the new chairman to replace former PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Ahmed Adamu Muazu. Since PenCom is a statutory agency where appointments require Senate confirmation, there was a lacuna that did…
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When in 2013 it became apparent that President Jonathan was going to contest the 2015 Election for a second term, the Caliphate loudmouthed megaphone, Junaid Mohammed, while responding in obvious exasperation to the clamour by persons from the Niger Delta Region that Jonathan must be allowed to take the two terms turn of the “South-South” Zone like other Zones had taken, blurted out the following: “…Afterall, the so-called South South was a creation of the North to manage its interests in Eastern Nigeria”. Again, when during his December 30, 2015 Media Chat, President Buhari was confronted with the charge of…
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Ex Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that ‘no restructuring no Nigeria.’ Fani-Kayode made this known on his twitter handle as he reacts to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, statement that ‘no amount of advocacy or agitation would lead to restructuring.’ Xby Counterflix He said hell will freeze over before we accept… Fani-Kayode further said that ‘the notion that we must continue to be part of a contraption that will not be restructured. No restructuring, no Nigeria!’ Malami who had advised those campaigning for restructuring of the present federal structure to stop dissipating their energy…
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Contrary to the widely held belief that Vice President Osinbajo, a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, a senior advocate of Nigeria, and a Professor of law is above board, a forensic analysis of his activities since he assumed office reveals that the VP has consistently abused his office, negating the principles of Federal Character and has systematically favored members of the Redeemed Church and his Yoruba tribe. A first pointer to what was to become a pattern of this incestuous scheme was the nomination and subsequent appointment of Pastor Okey Enelamah, who was his Deputy and later…
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And like all the other great races that came before us, it is in the face of our collective adversities, our present-day challenges and our ever-present struggles that we as a people shall rise up again and dominate our entire environment. And when that time comes, no-one and no group of people will be in a position to say “no” to the rise of the mighty Oduduwa nation. It is at that time that we shall expand our borders and re-establish the ancient boundaries. It is at that time that we will drive the alien invaders out of Kwara and…
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Being a verbatim transcript of a speech delivered by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode to the Alajobi Group, the organisation that wrote The Yoruba Constitution on the occasion of the commemoration of ”June 12” at Premier Hotel in Ibadan on June 12, 2001. ”I must commend the vision, strength of character, and the clarity of purpose of the Alajobi Group together with that of the expanded committee on the Yoruba Constituent Assembly for coming up with this noble and innovative initiative and for drawing up this truly progressive and pristine constitution for the Yoruba people. I salute their courage, their sense of…
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(This article was from Ken Henshaw not Kate Henshaw) The thrust of the article on the preponderant feeling of Igbo invasion and walloping of the Niger Delta in the current Igbo-Biafra onslaught is real and palpable. This is one of the LNC’s main disagreement and disappointment with both the “Biafra-or-Death” Agitation and the rest of the Biafra Agitation Groups. It is the existence of this negative sentiment that informed the framing of the LNC Self-Determination and Independence Campaign for the Territory, not as “Biafra” Restoration/Actualization pursuit. Going by the contents of Henshaw’s Caveat and viewing same against the popular sentiment…
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There are three observations I made between the day before and yesterday concerning the Biafra sit-at-home and Biafra in general. First, the Biafran renaissance is real and there is an alternative unconstituted authority in the South-East. The constituted authority is no longer in charge nor have control over popular opinion. With the success of the sit-at-home directive in the entire South-East, state governors and lawmakers who do not identify with Biafra will have their political future ruined. The young Biafran leaders have taken over and there is unity of purpose among them. The success of the directive is a threat…
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The evolution of Nigeria as a country has been one of the most intriguing surprises of the last fifty years. Many scholars have examined the reason for the apparent inability of Nigeria to fulfill her potential and assume leadership roles in Africa and the world. There are different schools of thought on the origin and solutions to the Nigeria problem. However, two appear to dominate from the desire to proffer solutions that would address the diverse challenges which retard its progress. One group believes that Nigerian’s problems stem from its structure, and that only structural solution that offers further degree…
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“O Igbo arise! O Igbo arise! O Igbo arise! Let the chains of subjugation be broken, let the yoke of slavery be shattered and let the shackles of servitude fall. For the voices of your ancestors and your dead are calling. The voices of your slaughtered children wail, scream and screech through the night and they shed whimpering and pitiful tears through the day. They call for justice and vengeance that their souls may be appeased and that they may find peace and eternal rest. For they were slaughtered in their millions by the barbarians and infidels and they were…
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will no longer sign the 2017 budget by 9am on Thursday. A source had told TheCable that the budget was due to be signed on Thursday and that the presiding officers of the national assembly had been invited to witness the exercise. But the presidency made a last-minute cancellation of the exercise. TheCable learnt earlier on Wednesday that a team from the presidency had met with the leadership of the legislature where it was disclosed that the budget would be signed the next day. A source at the meeting said signning of the budget was the…
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Being a Book Review on the Occasion of the Public Presentation of “The Vanity of ‘Change’ and the Audacity of Truth (A Collection of Uncompromising Essays)” authored by Mr Jude C. Ndukwe, on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Merit House, Aguiyi Ironsi St, Maitama, Abuja. I feel deeply honoured and privileged to stand before this special gathering on the presentation of ‘The Vanity Of Change and the Audacity of Truth’ a book authored by one of the rising champions of democracy in Nigeria today. My speech will be a departure from the typical book reviews in these parts. I will…
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In Imo State, all markets in Owerri, filling stations, fast food outlets, schools and commercial banks remained under lock and key in compliance with the sit-at-home directive. Food vendors, sachet water hawkers, shoe shiners and even barrow pushers were equally off the streets. As a way of consolidating the order, IPOB loyalists mounted the Biafran flag and other insignia at strategic locations across the state and warned well-established transport companies and school proprietors to respect the order. Armed security personnel were either seen patrolling or permanently stationed at strategic locations within and outside Owerri municipality. Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas…
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Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has advised those campaigning for restructuring of the present federal structure to stop dissipating their energy as no amount of advocacy or agitation would lead to restructuring. The AGF, who admitted that reforms and modifications of institutional arrangements, systems and processes were normal in federations world over, said they were not done in single swoop as advocated in Nigeria. Speaking at the Think-Tank Conference on “Federalism and challenges of dynamic equilibrium in Nigeria: Towards a National Strategy,” organised by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), in Abuja, yesterday, Malami…
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Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, has sacked the state executive council and 27 local government transition committees, with immediate effect. A statement by Pascal Obi, principal secretary to the governor, directed all former members of the executive to hand over to permanent secretaries or the most senior director in their ministries. Obi quoted the governor as appreciating the invaluable contributions of the affected appointees to the success recorded by his “rescue mission” administration. According to him, the secretary to the government, the chief of staff, chairmen and members of statutory commissions such as ISEC, Civil Service Commission, local government…
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There is no doubt that one of the most interesting human endeavours is true, sincere and committed friendship . An enduring friendship availiable for each in every circumstance. Such frienship is scarce to find , but it has happened in a very strange circle- political circle , where it is acceptable that permanent frienship is impossible but permanent interest . Tambuwaal – Ihedioha has nullified the relevance of this age long axiom. Rather than a divisive factor Tambuwaal – Ihedioha friendship has proved sceptics or cynics wrong about politics which evidently has shown that one of the greatest bridges that…
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Just as christians celebrate all souls and all saints day. Tomorrow, regardless of what you believe in or who you pay obeisance to, we must as a people remember our fallen heroes and heroines, our parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters, relatives and kinsmen who died during the biafran war while fighting for your freedom. May their souls Rest In Peace! We can’t forget the massacre of Igbos in Asaba, the effort of every Biafran who willingly joined the Biafra army and those conscripted into standing tall for Biafra. We can’t forget all the children that suffered Kwashioko…
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The Month of May in 1967 witnessed two significant events that permanently redefined and truncated the manifest destiny the giant promise on the African Continent the World called “Nigeria”. The background to those two events was that following a botched Military Coup in January of 1966, led by middle rank officers which nevertheless led to the death of Leading Political figures in the North including the Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa and the Premier of the Northern Region Ahmadu Bello and that Western Region, Ladoke Akintola, amongst others. A blood-soaked revenge Coup was executed by Northern Military Officers in July 1966…
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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…
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“There are two basic questions that must be answered by all Nigerians. One, do we want to remain as one country? Two, if the answer is yes, under what conditions?” – Chief Bola Ige Introduction To paraphrase the historian, mathematician, journalist, Marxist, and progressive thinker, Edwin Madunagu, every political history has its significant dates, landmarks or turning points. In Nigeria’s political history, for instance, landmarks would include October 1, 1960, (the day Nigeria gained independence from Britain), January 15, 1966, (when the first of what would become a tradition of military coups occurred), July 6, 1967, (the official start of…
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And when the war ended, the victors sat down to share the spoils. One region got the oil wells and the other region got the foreign companies. The vanquished region got two sets of gifts. While some got £20 each, others got to keep the houses in their own part of the vanquished region belongings to those who got £20. After six years, those who got £20 started to build multi-storey houses in their part of the vanquished region. One town in the region cornered the pharmaceutical industry, another transportation and automotive spare parts, another town took the electronics and…
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The Igbo do not need or want the Presidency. Actually, they are the only Nigerian ethnicity that do not need the Presidency and its implied nepotistic powers, to succeed in the Nigerian conondurum. This is a fact that any honest person will confirm, even if grudgingly. The Igbo also hate symbolism, especially in very serious matters, since it is akin to begging, an abomination in Igbo culture. What the Igbo really want, and I should know, being one and having interacted with the people and the elite, is some form of internal independence in Nigeria (restructuring) or failing that, full…
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AUBERON WAUGH SPECTATOR MAGAZINE, LONDON 26 DECEMBER 1968, Page 10 For as long as any Christian, liberal or humanitarian tradition survives, the year 1968 will be. remembered as the one in which a British government, for the first time in its history, was prepared to condone the mass starvation to death of innocent civilians as a means of implementing one aspect of its peacetime foreign policy. Very few people in England have any awareness of the fact, like most Germans after the war, they will be able to say that they did not know what was being done in their…
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The extraordinary contributions of Igbo women in the struggle to liberate Igboland, should never be underestimated or overlooked! As early as 1929, when colonial abuse was a fact of life to most Africans, Igbo women, with support from other women in the bight of Biafra, organised a revolt against British colonial rule & paid with their blood. Although this audacious & brave anti-colonial revolt is rarely discussed today, I absolutely concur with those who argue that the Igbo Women’s war of 1929 initiated & inspired the struggle to liberate Nigeria. In 1966, some young NIGERIAN Army officers attempted a military…
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“IPOB have been very law-abiding. In fact, they say everybody should stay at home. They didn’t ask everybody to come and demonstrate on the road. They say stay at home to prayerfully and sorrowfully mourn the dead,” “In the Biafra war, People died on both sides… About 1.5 million people on the Biafran side died. When I talk about Biafrans I am not talking about the Igbos. Philip Effiong was from the present Akwa Ibom. He was deputy to Ojukwu. Kogbara from Rivers was administrator in Biafra. Achuzia was GOC. So, Biafra was beyond the confines of what you call…
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May 29th, 2017 H.E Owelle Rochas Okorocha Government House Owerri, Imo State Your Excellency, ROTATION/ZONING OF IMO STATE GOVERNORSHIP – AN ADVISORY I bring you very warm compliments of this democracy day. It is my prayer that the good Lord continues to guide and protect you as you serve our dear state to the best of your abilities. The object of this communication is my candid advisory on the 2019 Imo governorship election and issue of zoning or rotation of that exalted seat amongst the three senatorial zones in the state. This issue has generated so much controversy in the…
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Today May 29, 2017 marks the 2nd anniversary of the election of Gov. Okorocha as governor of Imo State for the 2nd term. We are supposed to be celebrating the dividends of democracy. Rather, the people of Imo State are saddled with tales of woes orchestrated by the misrule of Mr. Rochas Okorocha. Ndi Imo, we were warned by those who knew him intimately. We were excited then to have in our fold a serving Governor from the South East who promised to provide – Job! Job!! Job!!! factory! Factory!! Factory!!! Industry! Industry!! Industry!!! Employment! Employment!! Employment!!! – for the…
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Forty years ago, Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka travelled to Nigeria’s secessionist Biafra region to try and calm growing tensions. The visit saw him thrown in jail, forced to spend 22 months in solitary confinement. Now he has returned to meet those who ordered his detention. The BBC’s Mark Rickards accompanied him: Soyinka was accused of conspiring with the separatist rebels Outside the airport there is a line of black cars waiting, their tinted windows making their occupants invisible. As we come through baggage reclaim there is a mad scrum and in the middle of it is Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s Nobel…
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A former Minister of Health, and political adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Prof. A.B.C Nwosu, has again, joined numerous voices in the country calling for the restructuring of the political system. The professor, had earlier expressed surprise that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has rejected calls from various quarters for the nation’s restructuring. He insisted that Nigeria would no longer exist as a nation if it was not restructured in a way that would weaken the power of the Federal Government. Nwosu pointed out that the present political arrangement where there was too much pressure and over-concentration of power…
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A one time Minister of Health, Prof. Alphonsius Nwosu has said that he will not go out on 30th May, a day set aside by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to honour Ndigbo that were murdered during the Nigeria/Biafran civil war. But Prof. Nwosu explained that staying at home on that date was not because of the directives from the IPOB but because he has established it as a tradition even when he was a serving minister during the former President Olusegun Obasanjo government not to go out from 26th May to 1st June but to use the dates…
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Ahead of the sit-at-home declared tomorrow, Tuesday, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has vowed to hold acting President, Yemi Osinbajo responsible should anything happen to pro-Biafra agitators. This is coming amid fears over alleged plans by security operatives to open fire on the agitators who shall be observing a sit-at-home to mark the 50th year of Biafra declaration. In a press statement made available to journalists, which was signed by the groups’s Deputy National President and the National Secretary, Dr. Arthur Obiora and Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, respectively, the OYC said, “Ndigbo shall hold Osinbajo responsible as the Acting President…
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The Moshood Salvador faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos on Sunday commended the Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration for his achievements in infrastructure development in the last two years. The Publicity Secretary, Mr Taofik Gani, gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that no one could shut his eyes to the achievements of the governor in the area of road construction and rehabilitation in the last two years, as Lagosians were better for it. Gani also scored the governor high in area of traffic management, saying sanity was…
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The South-East Governor’s Forum has advised the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and other groups agitating for the actualization of sovereign state of Biafra, to desist from embarking on the sit-at-home order planned for Tuesday May 30, so as not to plunge Igboland into irredeemable conflagration. The governors also stated that Igbos will not secede from Nigeria as that would not be in the interest of South East zone. Speaking through its Chairman, and Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, the governors, said: “The South-East Governors are fully aware of the saturation of various news and information outlets, particularly…
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Tension is building up in the southeast states following tomorrow’s sit-at-home order called by Biafra agitators to honour its members who lost their lives in the struggle for a sovereign state of Biafra. Since Saturday, the presence of security officials has increased in various parts of the region. Checks showed that armoured carrier tanks have been manned by battle-ready security officials as well as increased security check points in some strategic locations like Okigwe junction in Imo State and around army formations. Also, the police surveillance helicopters have increased air patrol. Many schools in the zone, especially private schools have…
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I cannot cry more than the affected Igbos, and to be honest, try as hard as I might, I know I will never be able to reach the uttermost depths of the Biafra angst. My people did not suffer a genocide at the hands of their own supposed compatriots or fellow nationals. It doesn’t bear contemplation. What Nigeria did to the Igbos was genocide. All protocols and parameters defining genocide were duly observed. It does not matter who threw the first salvo. It matters even less that a few Igbo soldiers may have been recalcitrant hitherto. We will never have…
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I will never forget. No. I will never forget. The images are seared in my memory of childhood. I want to also remember that Igbos owned a large portion of the Nigerian economy before the war, and despite all effort to keep them down, they are back in that position. I want to vividly remind my brothers and sisters that Igbos have tremendous capacity for self actualisation, well demonstrated in their numbers all over the country, all over Africa and all around the world. Igbos are everywhere and everywhere they are, they find a way to thrive and excel. So,…
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May 29, 2017 marks another ‘Democracy Day’ and two years that our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) bequeathed democratic governance to the Current Administration of the All Progressive Congress (APC); which it has already squandered given its intolerance and highhandedness to any form of opposition, as well as crass ineptitude in governance. We make bold to state that our deepest concern as a Party to grow democracy in Nigeria engendered the solid foundation we put in place and guaranteed the agreeable atmosphere that enabled oppositions to thrive and consequently won elections. Unfortunately, this same Party, the APC that…
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The third edition of The Nigeria Symposium for Young and Emerging Leaders hosted by The Future Project, in partnership with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Y!/YNaija.com, is set to feature policy shapers in Nigeria such as Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, Donald Duke, Femi Fani-Kayode, among others. The event will hold on 30 May, 2017 at TerraKulture, Lagos. The Symposium will bring together leaders in politics, business, advocacy, media, and more – to engage and discuss the theme ‘Open governance: Improving transparency and accountability in government’. The Symposium will provide young leaders a platform to crystallize ideas and proffer…
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s two years in office are, perhaps, the most difficult in the country’s economic history. It was the period the country’s economy slumped into recession for the first time in more than a decade. After two quarters of consecutive negative growth, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, confirmed in March 2016 that the country was in a recession. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, described it as the country’s “worst possible time”. She attributed the situation to a “cost-pull inflation”, exacerbated by continued decline in oil revenue earnings and foreign reserves, weakening balance of payments, rising public debt,…
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His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, CON, led by the Executive Governor of Sokoto State, His Excellency, Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and other top functionaries of Sokoto State Goverment, commissioning the Western Bye Pass-Keystone Road located in Sokoto North Local Government Area of Sokoto State, as part of the activities marking Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambawal’s two years in office as the executive governor of Sokoto state. He was accompanied by Hon. Jones Onyereri, member Representing Isu, Nkwerre, Nwangele and Njaba in the Federal House of Representatives and the Chairman House Committee on Banking and Currency, Hon. Mohammed Idris Kutigi, member…
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To the Heads of State and Government of African Countries Please accept my sincere congratulations on the occasion of Africa Day. This important date commemorates the victory of the peoples of your continent in struggle for freedom and independence and symbolizes their wish for unity for the sake of peace, stability, and sustainable development. African States have made considerable progress in social and economic, scientific, technological and cultural development and are playing an increasingly prominent role in building a just and democratic multipolar world order. Russia highly appreciates constructive efforts of the African Union and other African regional associations aimed…
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Mr Suleiman Idris, sir! It is with a heart burdened with grave pain that I write you this letter. And make no mistake, Mr police I.G, this is not a friendly letter because the truth is, you are not my friend but my employee. From your conduct since assumption of duty as Nigeria’s no1 police officer, you have left no one in doubt that you are under some form of compulsion never to stop subjecting this country and all her inhabitants to bottomless ridicule. Mr Idris, sir, will you catch a bullet if you conduct your official duties like a…
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Dear Nigerians, I bring you good wishes from President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, who as we all know is away from the country on medical vacation. 1. Today marks the second anniversary of our assumption of office. We must thank the Almighty God not only for preserving our lives to celebrate this second anniversary, but for giving us hope, strength and confidence as we faced the challenges of the past two years. 2. Our administration outlined three specific areas for our immediate intervention on assumption of office: these were Security, Corruption and the Economy. 3. In the Northeast of our country,…
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The FG’s handling of Kanu’s case and its general management of the pro-Biafra movement in the South-East have proven to be strategic blunders which ended up raising the profile of both the man and his cause. Just two years ago, Nnamdi Kanu was unknown to most Nigerians. Even within South East Nigeria, some saw him as an abrasive presence on the airwaves because of his incessant spewing inciting vitriol against Nigeria and other enemies of “Biafra” on the pirate station, Radio Biafra. His arrest, detention and prosecution for treason transformed him from a somewhat marginal figure into a prisoner of…
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After 1979 presidential elections which shagari won, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe complained that he was rigged out…and Dr Chuba Okadigbo as Political Adviser to Shagari said Zik’s complaint was a ranting of an ant….in 1981, Okadigbo and others announced that Zik was dead. DR. NNAMDI AZIKIWE response TO DR. CHUBA OKADIGBO… And it came to pass…. “My boy, may you live to your full potential, ascend to a dizzy height as is possible for anyone of your political description in your era to rise. May you be acknowledged world-wide as you rise as an eagle atop trees, float among the clouds,…
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Second Republic governor of Kaduna State, Mr Balarabe Musa, speaks on the state of the nation. It is May 29, another Democracy Day? What is your take on the state of the nation? May 29 has nothing to do with democracy, it is just a day in Nigeria’s history when the military handed over power to a civilian government. So that does not amount to the day being called Democracy Day. Democracy means more than that. Democracy means the absolute will and supremacy of the will of the people. This administration is not fit to be called democratic, it’s mere…
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So Obasanjo is asking us to come and share national cake? Wonders shall never end. But wait o, where is he getting the cake from? Is he not a criminal who stole our bread and butter and then invites us to come and share as if he is being benevolent? Doesn’t Obasanjo know that we lost interest completely in 1998 when he stole our share of the cake and became president? In case he doesn’t know, we have lost appetite for the cake. Our staple food is yam and fufu. We no longer need cake, fake cake, our stolen cake…
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Bruce Mayrock (a Jewish-American) who set himself on fire in front of the United Nations building, New York City, USA in 1969. He died from his burn-wounds. He did this as a protest after seeing videos of millions of Biafran children dying from starvation. Bruce Mayrock was a medical student, aged just 20 years old when he died. I am still in shock as to how blacks will carry out such atrocities against fellow blacks and move-on like nothing happened. The annoying part is that the Nigerian government continues to kill Biafrans. And you wonder why Nigeria is a failed…
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Source: Who Are the Fulani People & Their Origins?
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Originally posted on Tarig Anter on Protect & Reinvent Democracy: Fula or Fulani or Fulbe (the latter being an Anglicization of the word in their language, Fulɓɓe) are an ethnic group of people spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and The Sudan of east Africa. The countries in Africa where they are present include Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, The Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Niger, Togo, the Central African Republic, Ghana, Liberia, and as far as Sudan in the east. Fulas are not…
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My late mother of blessed memory used to say in Igbo: “Offor adighi ire esuo ya oku”, meaning; if the deity as represented by the piece of offor wood seizes to be active, then it might as well be burnt or use as fire wood, because without that active relevance, it is nothing short of ordinary wood. Even the bible made it clear that a salt is only good if it has not lost its saltiness. In our pursuit in life, we must strive never to lose relevance as a living soul. Relevance in this context has nothing to do…
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Went the day well? We died and never knew. But, well or ill, Freedom, we died for you. John Maxwell Edmonds (21 January 1875 – 18 March 1958) was an English classicist, poet, and dramatist who is notable as the author of celebrated epitaphs. It was he who wrote the above epitaph and this one also: “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow, we gave our today”. So it is with the Biafra fallen heroes.They gave their yesterday for our today. Against the backdrop, the Biafra Remembrance Day being mobilized by the Indigenous Peoples…
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Excerpts from the confessions of the PERPETRATORS: “I want to see no Red Cross, no Caritas, no World Council of Churches, no Pope, no missionary, no UN delegation. I want to prevent even one Ibo from having even one piece to eat before their capitulation. We shoot at everything that moves and when our troops march into the centre of Ibo territory, we shoot at everything, even things that do not move” (Benjamin Adekunle, Commander, 3rd Marine Commander Division, Nigerian Army to French Radio Reporter). “All is fair in war, and starvation is one of the weapons of war. I…
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Nigerians must rise and challenge President Muhammadu Buhari from further terrorising of Igbo leaders, Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has said. Fayose, who regretted the raw deal being handed down to the people, said the onslaught had increased in recent times with the harassment of prominent Igbo, especially those in opposition political parties. The governor, who was reacting to the recent raiding of the home of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, lamented that the government had turned enforcement agencies like the police and Department of State Services (DSS) into state machinery designed to terrorise the opposition at all cost. His…
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(Being A Presentation by the Lower Niger Congress to the Igbo Summit at Enugu, with the Theme: “Navigating the Future”, Convened by the World Igbo Congress, 27th May 2017 at Enugu). PROTOCOLS. It gives me great pleasure to welcome us all to the Great Coal City, Enugu. I must commend the Conveners, World Igbo Congress (WIC), for finding the Courage at this difficult juncture of the Igbo Odessey in Nigeria, to bring this Summit to Igboland, right in the middle of the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Biafra,after many years of holding it’s major Public Events in the United…
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I’m heading to Uzoakoli to do battle I’m heading to Uzoakoli, but My lover cries out, she didn’t want me dead. My lover begs me to flee, But who will defend the land When I flee? My sweet heart begs me to Flee, But who will do battle when the Hausas come# With this song Biafran men marched into battle to defend their fatherland as Northern troops led by British tanks and Russian planes invaded their land to continue the Genocide that they started in the North in 1966. Every Month of May, we Remember Over 45, 000 innocent people,…
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A SOBER REFLECTION. By PROF. T. UZODIMA NWALA President Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF). Introduction. Before I thank the organisers of this Conference and pay my tribute to the Memory of my friend, late Major-General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, in whose Foundation Center this historic event is being organised, let me quickly dismiss certain lingering pernicious fallacies that have dominated all discussion about the coup of January 15, 1966 and the Biafra War. First, the Chairman of the occasion, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, has alluded to the January 15, 1966 coup as an Igbo coup that, according to him, was replied by a…
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The Federal Government has released the results for the just-concluded 2017 National Common Entrance Examination into 104 Federal unity schools and disclosed that two candidates from Anambra State scored the highest marks. According to a statement by the Acting Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education, Dr Husseini Adamu, a total of 80,421 candidates registered for the examination but only 77, 512 candidates actually took the examination. Details of the results showed that two candidates from Anambra State, Emeka-Egbuna Chinecherem C. and Onubogu Chinazom Joyce scored 189 marks out of 200 being the highest marks. Meanwhile, the Joint Admissions…
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/g7-summit-170526040901217.html
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http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/05/africa-poor-stealing-wealth-170524063731884.html
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Not once and not twice, Chris Ngige has made public statements that is, for all intents and purposes anti Igbo and most of the statements appeared to rationalize the predicament of our people. The very fame Chris Ngige is enjoying in our Anambra state is based on his performance as the governor at one point. The very fame or performance was truly accidental because, having found himself in a solitary political situation, with left and right hostility, he was rightly advised to embrace the populace which he did with extensive road projects. That was essentially it. The acclaimed performance was…
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At about 8am on Friday, May 26, 2017, men of the Nigeria Police Force from the Inspector General of Police Special Squad raided the official guest house of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, located at No. 10 Ganges Street, Maitama, Abuja. The police, however, stated at the end of the search that nothing incriminating was found. They met the steward, Oliver Ogenyi, and some of Ekweramdu’s staff and their children in the house. In spite of the fact that they were informed that the property is the guest house of the Deputy President of the Senate,…
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I just finished speaking to the Deputy Senate President and he confirmed to me that his home was raided by security forces today. This is shameful and shocking. Raiding the homes of our friends and leaders like Ekweremadu and harrasing their children will not deter, stop or silence those of us that are in the opposition. It will only harden our hearts and strengthen our resolve. As each day goes by more and more people have come to accept the fact that the Buhari administration is a government of FASCISTS and BEASTS. They are led and guided by dark and…
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As the Governor of Imo state, His Excellecy Owelle Rochas Okorocha clocks Six years in office on May 29th, 2017, Independent Newspaper Publishers Association (INPA), as good partners in progress and major stakeholders in the State, carried out a study on Governor Rochas Okorocha’s regime and uncovered some agitations from Imo masses regarding the achievements of the Administration so far. Hereunder, are some of the issues raised by Imo populace and wish to draw the attention of the Governor to address the following agitations of Imolites with the view to making Imo a better state for all. 1. THE ABANDONEMENT…
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I think the rest of Nigeria has really suffered to say only Igbos have been marginalised. The marginalisation has gone all round. However we need to categorise the various acts of marginalisation to make sense of it all; 1. There is CYCLICAL marginalisation (experienced by those out of the power equation at any time). Every group has faced this marginalisation at one time or the other. The DSS recruitment exercise is a clear example of this type of marginalisation. Even the Igbos mete out this sort of marginalisation on others when they 2. There is STRUCTURAL marginalisation, a practise that…
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The Senate, in a historic move, has passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), which is the first part of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The upper legislative chamber passed the bill after the senators considered clauses in the bill. The bill, which has not been passed since 2008, was broken into four parts to allow for easier passage. Speaking after the bill was passed, Senate President Bukola Saraki said it would ensure transparency and accountability and create an enabling environment for the petroleum sector. “I want to congratulate all those who contributed to this bill, for many years we…
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Please let it be known from today that South -east is not landlocked. It is only our economy that is locked. One quick way of unlocking the economy of South-east is through marine business. Contrary to the impression that the South-east is landlocked, the truth is that it has one of the potentially deepest seaports in the country at Osemoto/Oseokwa in Imo and Anambra States. A seaport was designated there in 1959 but the project was abandoned and the admiralty member erased for obvious political reasons. African Development Bank (ADB) feasibility report on this is unambiguous. Oseokwa (Ihiala LGA, Anambra…
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1996: Dr. Ibrahim Tahir; Talban Bauchi and second Republic Minister declared in a public lecture at Ibrahim Abacha Youth Center Lafia, that Nasarawa State was created for the Hausa Fulani in the Diaspora not for the indigenous tribes who constitute 95% of the State’s population. 2017: Twenty Years later: 1. Tanko Almakura – Governor of Nasarawa state (Hausa Fulani from Kano). 2. Justice Suleiman Dikko- Chief Judge of Nasarawa State:( Hausa Fulani from Katsina State) 3. Ibrahim Balarabe: Speaker Nasarawa State House of Assembly(Hausa Fulani from Shafa Abakpa-originally from Katsina state) 4. Barrister Mohammed Abdullahi – Secretary to Nasarawa State…
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I am shocked that the Igbos are not speaking up at the apparent siege laid on their land by uniformed person of different categories. They range from Army, Navy, Police, Civil Defence, Customs, FRSC, etc. My journey had taken me by road from Isele-Mkpitime, where I had gone to pay tribute to a Nigerian icon, Chief (Dr) P.K.C. Isagba, the Odogwu of Isele-Mkpitime. He was one of the first Nigerians to believe in my ability as a young fledgling lawyer. I had been handling his cases whilst at Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s Chambers. When I left as Deputy Head to set…
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His Excellency Owelle Rochas Okorocha (OON) Executive Governor Of Imo State Government House Complex Owerri. LETTER OF RESIGNATION AS STATE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (SDC) MEMBER PURPORTEDLY REPRESENTING OBINZE WARD, OWERRI WEST I hereby write to resign my membership of the State Development Council (SDC) which appointment I was not offered to accept or reject from the outset. The reasons for my resignation are expressed below in as plain and simple language as possible to dispel every risk of ambiguity. Ordinarily, communications such as this are made through memos, but since it is common knowledge that you do not read such ‘irksome’…
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Leaders of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, otherwise known as Shiites, have cried out to Southern leaders not to abandon them as they create and strengthen alliances in agitating for a better deal for their people in the country. Speaking at the public presentation of the book, “The Vanity of ‘Change’ and the Audacity of Truth” written by Jude Ndukwe, which held at Merit House, Abuja on Wednesday, 24th of May, 2017, leaders of the Islamic sect pleaded with southern leaders not to forget the minorities of the north like Shiites and people of Southern Kaduna who have suddenly…
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says citizens have a right to discuss their continued existence in Nigeria. Speaking at a conference organised by the Shehu Musa Yar Adua Foundation to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Nigeria-Biafra war in Abuja on Thursday, the acting president, however, said that Nigerians were greater together than apart. He urged all Nigerians to work together to build the country, and to not let their frustrations drive them to see their compatriots as enemies. He said the time and the resources spent on the war could have moved the country leaps further in…
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Below is the speech of the President of Ohanaze Ndigbo Chief Nnia Nwodo Jnr at the Yar Adua Center lecture on 50 years of Biafra. The Acting President Prof Yemi Osinbajo and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo were guests. 50 YEARS AFTER BIAFRA: REFLECTIONS AND HOPES PROTOCOLS: 1. I am grateful to Shehu Musa Yar Adua Foundation, Ford Foundation and OSIWA – the co-sponsors of this event for your kind invitation. I commend your foresight in convening this conference, the first major conference discussing Biafra outside of Igboland. Nigeria. In hosting this conference the Yar’Adua Centre, which is best known for promoting…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says engaging in dialogue with those agitating for an independent state of Biafra is a sure way to resolving the issue. Speaking at the Biafra conference in Abuja on Thursday, the former president said Nigerians must treat the country with care. He said the country’s fundamental problem was that it had lacked national leaders. “We never had a national leader. Our leaders at the beginning were mindful of their regions. That is our problem till today,” he said. ”I have maintained that the young officers who struck in 1966 were naive but there were some element…
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As the first two years of the President Muhammadu Buhari-administration winds down this month, only four per cent of the 171 promises made to Nigerians in the build-up to the 2015 elections have been fulfilled, a new report by SBM Intelligence has revealed. The report, which is to be released this week, said the Buhari Campaign Organisation made 171 promises to Nigerians at different campaign stops, and in several documents, forming the basis of a social contract between the government and the people whose votes they desperately sought. SBM Intelligence said it curated the 171 promises and grouped them into…
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance, says growth and development cannot be achieved when a country has distortions in its foreign exchange rates. Speaking at the launch of ‘Beating the Odds: Jumpstarting Developing Countries’, a book written by Justin Yifu Lin and Celestin Monga in Ahmedabad, India, Okonjo-Iweala said there is no one way to growth and development, but some basic principles must be in place. “You can have development that takes specific country and context specific situations in hand and begin from there,” she said. “So, the proposals for industrial parks, industrial zones or what you want to call…
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A Chatham House report launched yesterday in Abuja has estimated that at least $480 billion was stolen by corrupt officials between 1960 and 2004.Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is an independent policy institute based in London. The report, titled “Collective Action on Corruption in Nigeria, a Social Norms Approach to Connecting Societies and Institutions,” said that close to $400 billion was stolen from Nigeria’s public accounts from 1960 to 1999. It added that between 2005 and 2014, $182 billion was lost through illicit financial flows from the country. This stolen commonwealth, the report observed, represents the investment…
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The Devil is most successful amongst people who believe he does not exist. That is the situation around this debate of whether or not there are Masters and Slaves in the Nigeria of now. Those who reduce everything to spurious academic arguments and vacuous postulations are at liberty to amuse themselves but there are some of us who already have the monster enslaving Eastern Nigeria in a pinfall and chokehold and there will be no letting until that monster is fully dead interred, thereby freeing its many Captives starting with Eastern Nigeria. That monster is called “One-Nigeria”. HERE ARE THE…
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Afenifere is a self-determination platform for the Yoruba. Yinka Odumakin, an Afenifere Leader, was a delegate at the 2014 National Conference A freelance American journalist, Brian Hall, was one of the last outsiders permitted to freely take a tour of Yugoslavia during the final days of its existence. From early May to mid-September 1991, he interacted with members of the various Balkan “tribes” in Zagreb, Belgrade, Sarajevo and points in-between, taking notes of their comments on their history, prejudices, superstitions, fears, aspirations and opinions of other ethnic and national groups. He wrote a book titled “The Impossible Country: A Journey…
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After earning more than $300m over his legendary career, the former heavyweight champion filed for bankruptcy in 2003, and later went to jail for cocaine problems. It would take more than a decade, and a trip through rehab, before Iron Mike (Tyson) would escape bankruptcy. “I didn’t think I’d make it through my thirties,” Tyson said last week during the SALT Conference, a Las Vegas event that attracts big names in money, politics and sports. “My thirties were scary, weren’t they?” the 50-year-old former boxer said to nervous laughter from the audience. The controversial former boxer said he was never…
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May 24, 2017 The Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC PMB 0184 Garki FCT, Abuja Nigeria REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF THE INEC PVC REGISTRATION PROCESS We refer to our petition dated May 15, 2017 in which we complained about ‘Worrisome Lapses In The On-Going INEC PVC Registration Process Which May Lead To Mass Disenfranchisement Of Millions Of Voters In The South-East And South-South Region’. We hereby call on INEC to extend the period of PVC registration process such that intending voters will be able to register on a continuous basis until one week to the election date. The South-East South-South…
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Aba is a town of settlers – most of whom have been attracted by the lure of doing business in an energised community. The people care about production, distribution and revenue generation. There are so many success stories in Aba. The bare-chested millionaires are one. They are the extremely wealthy producers who care so much about giving value that they forget to wear shirts. Aba has a population of about 600,000, based on the last Census carried out in 2006. Over one-tenth of this population are artisans producing garments and leather shoes and fabricating machines. One in six of these…
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Some APC governors and APC major stakeholders led by Maman Daura are meeting today to see how they will help Sheriff at the Supreme Court. We can now confirm clearly that it is a battle between the PDP as represented by the Markafi group and the ruling APC. Nigerians and all lovers of democracy should rise and say no to this evil plot by the APC led government to stifle the opposition. The Judiciary must at this time show that they are independent. The confidence we have in them is not in doubt and we are also aware that president…
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