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Bishop Blaise C. Iwuogo of New Life in Christ Evangelical Mission, Lagos, has replied Senator Hope Uzodimma’s comment last week that Imo State needs experienced hands with drivers license to govern the state from 2019, saying that the Senator should know that such drivers license includes “exceptional leadership experience, education above and beyond Bachelor’s Degree as enshrined in former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s policy”. Senator Uzodimma had during a meeting with leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Orlu Zone at his country home in Omuma, Oru East LGA of Imo State said: “From what we have seen, when you…
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Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state was quoted last week as saying that Nigeria cannot break up because members of the elite are united in preserving their advantages over the masses irrespective of their differences of tribe and religion. Nigeria, he said, “is too weak to break. Who will break it? The ordinary person in Jigawa or the ordinary person in Sokoto or the ordinary person in Bayelsa? Is it the Igbo vulcaniser or the Yoruba woman selling kerosene by the roadside or the okada man in Delta? They don’t have the capacity to unite because they are burdened by…
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The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Imo State chapter, has raised an alarm over the State government’s attempt to coerce pensioners to dissociate themselves from the court action instituted against her (the State government) for non-payment of pensions to the retirees. It would recalled that Imo State government recently issued a circular compelling the state retirees to forfeit 60 percent of their pension which the pensioners vehemently opposed to the plan. A statement jointly signed by the State chairman of NUP, Chief Gideon Ezeji; State Chairman, Retired Permanent Secretaries Association, Comrade Fabian Agba and Mr. Livinus Asiegbu,…
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Before 1,000 B.C. we have the following gods or demigods born on December 25: Horus, Osiris, and Attis. Before 200 B.C. we have Mithra, Heracles, Dionysus, Tammuz, Adonis, and others (see All About Adam and Eve, by Richard Gillooly). Some of these characters, you will see below, were also born to virgins. Osiris Interestingly, in ancient mythology, many gods are born to women with names derived from “Ma,” meaning mother: Myrrha in Syrian myth, Maia in Greek myth, Maya in Hindu, Mary in Hebrew. A god or demigod’s birth was often accompanied by incredible sights and came about through the…
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Former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, or former Deputy Senate Minority Leader, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, may clinch the top-ranking cabinet post of Secretary to the government of the Federation (SGF) if the Yemi Osinbajo-led panel probing the allegations of financial impropriety against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir David Lawal, indicts him, Thisday reports. Both men are said to be on a shortlist that is currently before President Muhammadu Buhari, as the Osinbajo panel kicks off the investigation into the management of funds meant for humanitarian assistance in the North-east. Lawal and the Director…
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The news going round that the current meningitis scourge affecting some parts of Nigeria is the result of the sins of Nigerians is absolute rubbish! Meningitis is caused by bacteria not sin. If sin caused meningitis, most of us politicians will get it, but it is the poor who suffer it most. It is more likely that ignorance is a greater destroyer than meningitis. The real sin causing meningitis is the sin of not budgeting enough money and then mismanaging the little money budgeted to cure and prevent a disease that regularly affects Nigerians. We have a situation that is…
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Over 800 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, on Saturday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Leading the defectors to the PDP, the APC Chairman in the council area, Aniefiok Ekah, said the defectors had endured severe hunger in APC and could therefore no longer continue to tolerate such. Mr. Ekah, who submitted every document belonging to APC in his possession for destruction, however, appealed to the PDP not to treat the returnees as outcasts. He explained that some of them left PDP in 2015 due to…
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BEING A KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY RT. HON. EMEKA IHEDIOHA CON, KSC, FORMER DEPUTY SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AT THE 2017 DIOCESAN SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE ON THE LAKE , CHURCH OF NIGERIA ANGLICAN COMMUNION , AT ST MARY MAGDALENE PARISH, OGUTA, IMO STATE, MONDAY , APRIL 24, 2017 PROTOCOLS Let me begin this discourse by expressing my profound thanks and deep appreciation to my friend, His Lordship, Rt. Rev Chijioke B.N. Oti Ph.D, his dear wife, the Synod Organizing Committee, the entire clergy and laity of the Diocese on the Lake for the honour of inviting me to give a…
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Have you bothered for once to peruse through your children’s school textbooks? I know you are a very busy parent working round the clock to put food on the table for your children. I equally know that you have employed some housekeepers to look after your children on your behalf. But I strongly suggest that you should make out a little time this week, even if it is only for ten minutes, to go through the pages of the textbooks used by your children in their respected schools. If you do so, you will likely be scandalized by what you…
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PRESS STATEMENT. There is no doubt that indigenes and residents of Imo State have passed through the “golgotha” of economic hardship for the years “the ship sailing but destined to nowhere” administration of Chief Ethelbert Anayo Okorocha commenced in 2011. This no doubt accounts for the apparent lack of public interest or “I don’t care attitude” to whatever he does or says as we all are looking forward to the end of his tenure in 2019. We are however alarmed by the latest “flight of fancy” of the Governor in whimsically and without lawful authority donating Fixed Assets of Imo…
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Each state of the Nigerian federation is unique in its politics. However, some are absurdly unique. Imo State falls within this last category. The last time Imo has been actually lead by leaders in all sense of the word remains 1979 to 1983. Since then, all manners of men and women interested in nothing but heist have taken the centre stage since 1999. From 1999 till date i.e. about 216 months, Imo has received over =N=1 trillion. One wonders where these colossal resources have entered – this same Imo or another entity? The double jeopardy has been the fact that…
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Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal in dignity and rights to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin, racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming also that indigenous…
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The Nigerian State was a bought and sold like a commodity, it’s has never been a Nation Know your history …… Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (1846–1925), an aristocrat of the Isle of Man, was instrumental to the British colonial administration in Africa. Best known for his dogged stance in holding forth the Niger River area for the British government against France and Germany’s territorial quest, Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie was the founding father of Nigeria. He administered the Niger River area (now Nigeria) as a businessman and British Consul-General for almost two decades through the instrumentality of the…
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“Power is like a shadow. It resides exactly where men who are under its control think it resides” The above is true with regards to the situation of Southerners in the Nigerian experiment. We think the Fulanis are the ones that have been holding power and because we think and believe so, it actually look so. Because of this assumed knowledge, we hand over our destinies, our future and those of our children to a people who are not above 11 million, have little or no education and contribute little or nothing to the national pulse. What if I told…
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Accuses Okorocha of denigrating Igbo tradition. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha is the immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. In 2015, he was the governorship standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, but lost the election to Governor Rochas Okorocha. In this interview with IHEANACHO NWOSU, FRED ITUA and MAGNUS EZE, Ihedioha spoke on the rift between the Senate and the executive. He opened up on the crisis rocking the party and why the problem may linger on. Ihedioha spoke too on his 2019 ambition and why he thinks Okorocha has performed poorly. He spoke…
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1. South Sudan independence was preceded by five decades of scorched earth war – the longest war, anywhere, of the modern era (1955 to 2005). 2. The South Sudanese do not have the creativity of Biafrans and have not been able to avoid the total collapse of their society or social infrastructure. For example, until Biafra surrendered there were two functional (even if very basic) international airports in what is now Anambra State; in today’s zooNigeria Anambra State does not even have a local airport. 3. No clear cut delineation of Africans/Arabs and Christians/Muslims in Sudan or South Sudan. In…
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Mr. Olisa Agbakoba has filed a Fundamental Rights Class Action against the Federal Republic of Nigeria for himself and on behalf of the South East Zone on grounds of discrimination pursuant to Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution. This action was by Originating Summons supported by an affidavit of 99 paragraphs and a statement. The grounds of Mr. Agbakoba’s application are summarized as follows; (a) Total neglect of the Applicant’s Geopolitical Zone by the 1st Respondent in terms of infrastructure and general federal presence making the Applicant feel not part of the 1st Respondent. (b) Abandonment of the Niger Bridge…
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While the White House threatened Pyongyang with a potential strike in the event of a new nuclear weapons test in North Korea, the US striking group was actually moving away from the Korean Peninsula. “There will be no strike against North Korea,” Russian political scientist Alexei Gusev told Radio Sputnik. It appears that Donald Trump’s “armada,” led by the USS Carl Vinson, an aircraft carrier, had only been approaching North Korea figuratively. “We are sending an armada. Very powerful. We have submarines, very powerful, far more powerful than the aircraft carrier, that I can tell you,” Trump told Fox Business…
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1- Adultery is authorized in South Africa, no man or woman has the right to get separated from their partner because he/she committed adultry 2- The US agreed that for better relationships with the world super powers, all the countries of the world must accept homosexual marriage (woman+woman=1 or man+man= 1) 3- Germany just signed a law that declares the non-existence of incest (Brothers and sisters can now get married, mothers and their sons, fathers and their daughters.) 4- The city of Miami is from now proclaimed public sex sales city, meaning that any where you feel the need arise…
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Paradox of development, according to Ian Morris, is a concept rooted in the changing dynamics of progress. It refers to a situation where every solution, at some point, becomes the problem. Morris who wrote at the turn of 21st Century is precise in why nations triumph or atrophy. The Third World is weak, he illustrates in “Why the West Rules-for Now,” because it consumes itself with “Chain of Divinities” that addresses an improbable hereafter to the detriment of its energy needs. Advanced First World, by contrast, fares better because its “Chain of Energies” ensures better and cheaper energy for development…
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The El Rufai Memo to Buhari: IMMEDIATE AND MEDIUM TERM IMPERATIVES FOR PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI – SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 1. Background: In April 2015, I sent a short memorandum to you, Sir – then as president-elect. We never discussed the memo in detail and I am not even sure you got to read it bearing in mind the levels of human traffic visiting you in those heady days. I crave the indulgence of Mr. President to please read the memo (attached herewith as Annex II) and see how like every aspect of life, the memo was sometimes presciently accurate and…
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Former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar owes the nation more explanation on the death of the late politician. A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, has said that the winner of the 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, could not have died of natural causes, The Nation reports. Abiola whose election was annulled by the Ibrahim Babangida-led military administration in July 1993 was arrested by the late Gen. Sani Abacha-led junta in 1994 when he declared himself the winner of the election and his resolve to reclaim his mandate. The business mogul turned politician later died…
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Prophetically foreshadowing the current crisis (and apparent action plan), leaked CIA documents from the reign of Bashar al-Assad’s father in the 1980s show a Washington Deep State plan coalescing to “bring real muscle to bear against Syria,” toppling its leader (in favor of one amenable to US demands), severing ties with Russia (its primary arms dealer), and paving the way for an oil and gas pipeline of Washington’s choosing. As ActivistPost.com’s Brandon Turbeville detailed (just a day before Trump unleashed his Tomahawks), as the Syrian crisis enters its sixth year, the Donald Trump administration is looking more and more like…
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The APC is currently divided into four warring camps as follows: 1) The Aso Rock Cabal Camp (ARC) 2) The Buhari Political Friends Camp (BPF) 3) The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Camp (BAT) 4) The Bukola Saraki Camp (BS) 1) The Aso Rock Cabal Camp (ARC) currently is about the most powerful of all the four camps. The reason this camp is the most powerful is that they are the family members of the President. The President is loyal to them 120%. The President would rather die than question their decisions. They determine who sees the President and who gets the…
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Nigeria’s 2015 presidential election has come and gone. But the ripple effect of it will continue to resonate for a very long time. While people like the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who are well-known for their roles in putting together the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a formidable force in the Nigerian political landscape, are being praised as the brains behind the unprecedented downfall of a sitting president in Nigeria’s history, there are other people who played key roles in plotting Jonathan’s ouster that we may never know about. Surprisingly, there are also other people who…
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His Excellency Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha Governor of Imo State Government House Owerri, Imo State. STILL ON THE TREND OF EVENTS IN OUR STATE. It is with a deep sense of responsibility that I write Your Excellency once again on some issues that I would like you to look into as a matter of urgency. You will recall that in my previous letter to you, I noted that it would be impossible for me to look the other way while things get awry in a state I was once privileged to preside over as governor. No matter what anybody might…
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On March 28th a hitherto unknown northern group known as the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, through its spokesman, one Yerima Shetima, had the nerve and effontry to accuse Afenifere and the Yoruba nation of a “subtle campaign of ethnic cleansing” and went on to threaten us with what they decribed as “reprisals against the millions of Yoruba living in the north” if we did not stop complaining about the fact that our people were slaughtered in Ile-Ife and that the police were handling the whole matter in a selective, inappropiate and unjust manner. It is clear that this is not…
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Apart from Afenifere, the OPC and a number of noble and courageous elders and leaders hardly anyone else from the south west has spoken up publicly for the Ifes and the Yoruba in this matter and that is a crying shame. What happened to the voices of the APC Governors in Yorubaland? What happened to the voice of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo? What happened to the voices of the respected Pa Bisi Akande and the great Jagaban of Borgu, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu? We need to hear from all of these distintinguished personalities now more than ever before. The celebrated American…
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A private equity firm with interest in agriculture and technology have on Tuesday, March 28, acquired minority stakes in a popular Nigerian company in a multi-million dollars deal. Popular Irish pop star, Sir Bob Geldof, who is the founder of ‘8 Miles’ – a private equity firm with interest in agriculture and technology – on Tuesday, have acquired minority stakes worth about $80m in the Nigerian biscuit company, Beloxxi Industries Limited. According to Punch newspaper, the company also bought a minority stake in Blue Skies, an ethical fruit business that looks to expand into Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries.…
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The principle of separation of powers states that the executive, legislative, and judiciary powers of government should be divided into different branches and not concentrated in one. These departments should be separate and distinct because of the corrupting nature of power. This philosophy heavily influenced the writing of the United States Constitution, according to which the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the United States government are kept distinct in order to prevent abuse of power. In Nigeria and from the tone of the moderators of TV discussion programmes i watch like “Focus nigeria” on AIT and “Sunrise daily” on…
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~ LETTER: Dear Mr. Odutola, I think it will be an exceeding saving of time and more business-like if I avoid all sweet preliminaries and go straight into the object of this letter and say that I am writing to ask you to be good enough to lend me a sum of £1,400 (One thousand and four hundred pounds) free of interest for twelve years. It is a staggering figure! More staggering indeed does it become, when it is realized that I, who am asking for this loan, have nothing in all the world to give as a security for…
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Why are Nigerians so fixated on the National Assembly and the Federal Government whilst being lukewarm about the activities of our state governors? Are we not aware that the Federal government remits billions of naira for capital and recurrent expenditure to the states and local governments? Are we not aware that these governors squander away and embezzle these funds meant for the states and local governments development? The poor masses in the villages do not even get basic infrastructure and public amenities due to the embezzlements and mismanagement of funds perpetuated by most of our governors. How can we be…
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(i) A military committee comprising representatives of the regions should meet to take statistics of arms and ammunition in the country. Unallocated stores of arms and ammunition held in the country should be shared equitably between the various commands in the federation. (ii) The Army should be reorganized in order to restore discipline and confidence, Specifically, a. the army should be governed by the Supreme Military Council which would be chaired by a Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the Head of the Federal Military Government; b. Area Commands under Area Commanders and corresponding to existing Regions should be created.…
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After Nigeria was dragged to the brink of the abyss by two military coups in 1966, its military leaders met to try to bring the country back from the brink. The meeting evolved into perhaps the best documented constitutional debate of all time which touched upon fundamental concepts regarding the balance of power between the central government and federating regions in a federation and professional soldiers’ outlook to military coups and seniority. It was a potential breakthrough occasion. Between January 5th and 7th 1967, the memembers of that SMC. Following a second bloody army coup in July 1966, the mbers…
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#2, OKIGWE LANE, OFF OGUI ROAD, ENUGU. Tel: 0803 307 4700. Email:info@igbointelligentsia.com. http://www.igbointelligentsia.com Protocols, Igbo Kwenu!, Oha Na Eze kwenu! Igbo Muru Nze Muo Ozo, Kwezuo nu! Ndu mmiri Ndu Azu… Igbo Intelligentsia Forum once more felicitates with you, our dear President General on your election not only as the PG but as Igbo leader world-wide. We also extend our sincere greetings to the entire team of your new executive. Your election came at a very inauspicious time in our history when Ndi Igbo, albeit our country Nigeria appear to be at a crossroad. What has brought us to this…
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The current Nigerian federal government came to power promising ‘change’. And I believe that some effort is being made by the government to bring change to our nation, though many Nigerians are yet to see this change in their lives. In fact some claim that the change they have seen is negative change, that their lives and circumstances were better before the ‘change’ promoters arrived. Some others however counter that things need to get bad, before they become better, that if you want to eat omelette, you must be prepared first to break the egg. Well, while the argument rages,…
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Following speculations that he took part in the negotiations that led to the Malabu Oil deal, Olusegun Obasanjo has spoken up about the matter. An exclusive Premium Times report has shown that Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday warned a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Bello Adoke, to cease further mention of his name in the controversial $1.1 billion Malabu Oil deal. In an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES from Addis Ababa, the former president said he considered the controversial award of OPL 245 oil field licence as the “height of corruption,” and, as such, could not have participated in…
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President Donald Trump’s administration has banned airline passengers from eight Middle Eastern and North African countries from carrying large electronic devices. Officials of the United States have banned certain electronic devices on flights to America from 13 international airports due to increased terror threats, sources told Fox News on Monday. The ban is the result of an increased “volume” of chatter suggesting that Al Qaeda and other groups are still looking for ways to sneak explosive materials onboard planes, and is thought to effect at least 12 airlines. It is thought to apply to nonstop flights to the US from…
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Controversy over the disputed Oil Prospecting License, OPL, 245, took another dimension on yesterday, as son of late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Mohammed, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to declare him and a firm, Pecos Energy Ltd, as genuine owners of Malabu Oil Gas Limited. In the fresh suit marked FHC/ABJ/ CS/506/2017, the plaintiffs, prayed the court to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from continuing to treat OPL 245 as proceed of crime. In the suit which has Malabu Oil Gas Ltd as the 1st plaintiff, the litigants, further sought for…
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By Nowa Omoigui, MD, MPH, FACC A palace coup is one in which the sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force is carried out by individuals in positions of authority who are themselves part and parcel of the ruling regime.In other words, one group of members of the Palace court seizes control from another group while the people look on. Palace coups have occurred since antiquity.Pharaoh Amen-em-het Sehetep-ib-re of Ancient Egypt was killed in a palace coup in 1962 B.C.In 555 B.C.,Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon was overthrown in a palace coup and replaced by Nabonidus – a reclusive…
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The trial of Nnamdi Kanu and other Biafran agitators just took a new turn. Six of the inconsequential charges were dismissed by the court, setting the stage for the Binta Nyako headed trial to convict him on the rest, for treasonable felony and hang them. As this trial progress, I cannot help remembering that I talked to Nnamdi about underestimating of the powers of governments and their capacity to perpetrate injustice, after I listened to his views convictions and strategy at our last meeting in Dagenham after the protest of 18 January 2012. I told him that no one should…
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Follow-up on your governor to ensure the utilization of this fund. Don’t sit on the fence. 1. Abia – $151, 410, 816.39 2. Adamawa – $161, 968, 221.27 3. Akwa Ibom – $344, 122,584.90 4. Anambra – $162, 163, 091.98) 5. Bauchi – $182, 192, 756.59 6. Bayelsa – $329, 744, 322.49 7. Benue – $81, 580, 708.60 8. Borno – $194, 461, 850.74 9. Cross River – $160, 936, 263.51 10. Delta – $365, 655, 143.86 11. Ebonyi – $119, 419,427.28 12. Edo – $161, 354, 346, .83 13. Ekiti – $126, 432, 758.86 14. Enugu – $142, 034,…
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The Federal Government, the 36 state governments, and the Federal Capital Territory Administration currently owe foreign creditors a total of $11.41bn, the Debt Management Office has said. Statistics obtained from the DMO on Monday showed that while the Federal Government’s foreign debt stood at $7.84bn as of December 31, 2016, the 36 states of the federation and the FCTA owed $3.57bn. Of the country’s foreign debt, $7,988,221,870 came from multilateral agencies, including the World Bank and the African Development Bank. Another $198,245,989 came from France’s Agence Francaise De Development, while $3,219,808,738 came from bilateral agencies such as the China EXIM…
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When men of the DSS invaded Akwa Ibom State Govt House and came up with that ridiculous story of discovery of loads of dollars, many Nigerians hailed the service. Even though no evidence was presented apart from foreign photographs taken from online platforms, APC supporters were everywhere, clapping for the DSS for a job well done. When DSS turned Ekiti State to its only assignment, abducting members of the State House of Assembly and harassing other govt functionaries, the reaction from Buhari’s supporters was hailing and praising of the service for jobs well done. Was it not on the strength…
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EXCLUSIVE: How security agencies, INEC, Head of Service, others opposed legalisation of Peace Corps.
To some Nigerian youth, it is the newest way to gainful employment in service —the symbol of career opportunity in a society beset by acute joblessness, even among university graduates. To existing government agencies, though, it is an irritant scheming to make inroads into insufficient public coffers while also exploiting the forlorn situation of the jobless youth to swindle them. A host of existing law enforcement agencies led by the police and the State Security Service loathe the Nigerian Peace Corps, and they won’t stop at just that; they would also do all they can to ensure it is not…
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Africa CEO’s Forum is taking place in Geneva, and from what I glean from reports and clips, it is a full house. Imagine hosting Asia CEO’s Forum in London, or America’s CEO’s forum in Paris. How can Africa have faith in the progressive entrepreneurship of such a people? How can such CEOs who are mostly suffering from colonial infested inferiority complex think up the quality of ideas that can transform Africa? Imagine the number of First Class tickets so called Africa CEO’s will cough out to be in Geneva. And only one African airline (Egypt Air) has a direct flight…
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“An Igbo man sees the entire world as his village, while an Hausa man sees Kano as the Universe and a Yoruba man sees Lagos as his entire world. Nigeria is just too small to contain the Igbo man’s dreams, aspirations, industry, commerce and expertise. He needs a platform to rule and dominate the entire Universe which is Biafra. He does not really need oil to survive since he does not work in the civil service, public service, or does he constitute the majority of politicians or government contractors but earnestly needs FREEDOM to control his destiny. His dominion is…
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo didn’t hide his conviction about Abia, the indisputable commercial nerve center of the South Eastern Nigeria when he unequivocally remarked: “Nigeria has no business with China if all hands are on deck to develop Aba as a major industrial Base.” This was no exaggeration. It is true as the Vice President spoke from the point of experience and knowledge. Osinbajo During his acting presidency days, precisely on January 24, 2017, Osinbajo who is the head of Presidential Economic Team and had superintended over a couple of economic meetings and proposals launched the Micro Small and Medium…
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In an interview granted to sunnewsonline which was supposedly a herculean task, Alhaji Balarabe Musa also appeared not to be in a good mood last Tuesday morning when the correspondent went to his house, saying, “Apart from the fact that I am weak, I could not attend INEC meeting in Abuja because they gave only two days notice for the meeting, and I would have loved to attend the meeting myself, but I cannot. So I have asked the national secretary of my party to attend.” So with this situation, the former governor was not in his usual mood and…
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Donald Ekpo replies Alhaji Sagir. Sir, I want to thank you for your concern about the welfare of the people of the South South by exposing the plans of the Igbos to recolonize the region. But I am worried about the sincerity of these your concerns. Because of these worries, let us dissect and carefully assess your statements of fear and concerns in four (4) segments, so as not to repeat the mistakes of 1964, 1966 and 1967-1970s till date. In your carefully written letter or chat with the Journalists as reported in the national dallies yesterday, you clearly stated…
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The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has raised concern over the integrity of an intersection bridge otherwise called flyover being constructed by the administration of Governor Rochas Okorocha at Amawire, Akwakuma in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Briefing newsmen on the outcome of the council’s first quarterly meeting for 2017, President and Chairman of the council, Mr. Kashim Ali disclosed that a letter had been written to the governor requesting him to provide details of the consultants and contractors handling the project so that they can furnish the body with some necessary information. Ali warned that…
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The internally generated revenue (IGR) of Lagos state rose by approximately N33 billion from 2015 to 2016, beating 33 states put together. According to a report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the state recorded an IGR of N301.19 billion, a rise of N32.99 billion in one year. The total IGR from 33 states of the federation, excluding Delta, Ogun and Rivers states stood at N299 billion — over a billion less than Lagos IGR. Delta, Ogun and Rivers raked in N44.89 billion, N56.30 billion and N82.10 billion respectively. Like his predecessors, Bola Tinubu and Babatunde Fashola, Akinwunmi…
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In the light of the many commentaries I have come across on Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest by the Nigerian government and the right of Biafran people to self-determination, I am minded to try to comment on some of the legal issues raised by Radio Biafra’s broadcasts and which may have informed the government’s decision to arrest its director. I must state categorically from the beginning that as an Igbo by ethnic identification, I should be pleased with anything that would advance the Igbo cause and welfare but unfortunately any moderately thoughtful Igbo man who believes in the need to obey the…
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The resuscitated agitation for a sovereign state of Biafra has taken a new dimension with the setting up of Radio Biafra and many other internet fora carrying on the struggle for the break-up of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Unlike other initiatives directed towards achieving the same objective, the current attempt seems to have achieved greater notoriety and succeeded in galvanising certain segments of the Igbo community who feel victimised and alienated by the current arrangements in Nigeria into a renewed hope and zeal for the secession of Biafra from Nigeria. We will in this piece give a brief account…
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Eight Everyday Laws of Resisting Power 1. Do not trust anyone who has power over you, who has the power that can hurt you. 2. Do not trust anyone who has power over you when you have no countervailing powers of your own or you are not part of a group that can effectively stand up against the power over you. 3. Do not trust anyone who has power over you and he/she/it is not willing to democratize such power or to disarm. 4. Never forget that wherever there is power differential there is a huge potential for injustice, so…
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The rejection of the nomination of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday afternoon by the Senate on the basis of a security report compiled by the State Security Service is the height of official ridicule of the office of the President. It is high time President Buhari restrains the State Security Service from sabotaging the fight against corruption by the federal government. With respect to the Senate, the confirmation hearing hurriedly conducted on Wednesday was illegal in every material particular. The participation of many senators who are either under…
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An interesting piece but needs dissection and analysis….. I am disturbed by what’s happening in the Presidency and all Nigerians should feel concerned. President Buhari is the first Nigerian President that seriously proposed doing a full scale war against Corruption in the polity. No one doubted him as he had done it before in his first coming. When he eventually won the Presidency, the body language was frightful to the corrupt and he took off well enough. When Buhari appointed one little known Magu to head the EFCC no one raised an eyebrow. We all knew that this is one…
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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 among…
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1. Over $4 billion worth of equipment currently sits on the site. 2. The project is slated to cost $14 billion (N2.8 trillion) of which Dangote is contributing $7 billion in equity. 3. The project site is larger than Victoria Island (x 4). It is located on 2135 hectares of land in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos near the Lekki Free Zone. 4. It is the largest industrial complex in Africa. Work goes on, on the site, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 5. World Record 2.72 million accident free hours recorded on site, without a single lost time to injuries.…
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Leading citizens of Yoruba nation are grieved by the recent disturbance in Ile Ife,the cradle of Yoruba civilization and its aftermath . We are concerned that lives were lost on our land as it is not in our character to open our land for blood -lettingThe whole world acknowledges that we welcome foreigners and go the extra mile to make them happy .And which explains why our space is hospitable and allows strangers to prosper and feel at home . . In Ife in particular,the Arewa community has a record of over 80 years stay in the ancient city and…
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A pro-democracy and Non-Governmental Organization- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA)has upbraided the Imo State governor Mr. Rochas Anayo Okorocha for threatening to banish the embattled traditional ruler of Obinugwu Autonomous Community, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya. In a statement by the National Coordinator Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Director Miss. Zainab Yusuf, HURIWA described the threat of banishment as made by the Imo State governor as primitive, illegal, unconstitutional and absolutely unacceptable just as the group demanded that the governor immediately stop uttering public statements that offend the principle and tenets of the constitution which he swore to…
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Federal Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi last week Friday in Lagos, explained to sand miners and other users of Nigerian inland waterways that the authority to regulate activities on the waterways in Nigeria belongs to National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA). Dr. Fayemi who was in Lagos as part of his Ministry’s nationwide town hall meeting with stakeholders held at Oriental Hotel Victoria Island, noted that the law of the land specifically mandated NIWA to manage and control all activities on all water bodies in Nigeria and that fact has not changed. “The position of…
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He loses all, if he loses the anti-corruption war. And he loses the anti-corruption war if he allows the likes of Lawal Daura, Bukola Saraki and the official clown of the Nigerian senate, Dino Melaye, to determine who becomes the Chairman of EFCC. No thanks to the unholy machinations of an unscrupulous cabal in the presidency, which formed a satanic partnership with a shamelessly crooked Senate, Ibrahim Magu, nominee of President Muhammadu Buhari as substantive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), was for the second time denied confirmation for that post by the Senate on the strength of…
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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), the umbrella body of Nigeria’s Fulani herdsmen, has commiserated with Benue Government over the recent clashes between herdsmen and Tiv farmers in some communities in Buruku Local Government Area of the state. The group’s message came Saturday, days after the Benue State government ordered armed herders to leave the state, accusing them of killing locals in the latest outbreak of violence in the Buruku area. Miyetti Allah group said while it commiserated with victims and the people of Benue, the government’s eviction order was “unconstitutional”. In a statement, the Secretary-General of the association,…
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The chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has said that following the Senate’s rejection of Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) twice, President Muhammadu Buhari cannot validly re-nominate the same candidate again. Mr. Melaye, while commenting on the debate in the media about whether Mr. Magu can continue to act as EFCC boss in spite of his failure to be confirmed by the Senate or whether the president can re-nominate him, Mr. Melaye said there was a provision of the Senate rules which would not…
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Ekene Isaac Mgbe, Ifeanyi Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Paulinus Ogbonna and Anthony and Augustina Arebu were killed on 7 and 8 June, 2005. The police tried to say they were armed robbers who had opened fire first. But a judicial panel of inquiry set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo rejected the police’s story and the government apologised on behalf of the police for their killings. Danjuma Ibrahim, The real coward behind the Apo killing, the low esteemed coward that chose to kill because a girl turned down his sexual advances The government paid $20,300 (£13,800) compensation to each of the…
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Nothing captures the criminal entity that Nigeria has since become better than the case of the 6 Igbo traders killed in Apo, a satellite town in Abuja on June 2005. If you want to have an indept understanding of the mindset of the organised crime family we call the Nigeria Police Force, just pay close attention to the case of the APO6. According to the proceedings at the criminal trial, the Apo6 –Ekene Isaac Mgbe, Ifeanyin Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Paulinus Ogbonna, Anthony and Augustina Arebu– were at a nightclub somewhere in Area 11, the same FCT, when Deputy Police commissioner,…
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1. Go and put on your uniform; and 2. Develop a Vehicle Information Management System (VIMS) software that will share information with the FRSC, Police, Insurance companies, and dismantlers (ndi mgbuka). VIMS would be the BVN for motor vehicles. With this system, if a vehicle has paid custom duties on VIMS at point of entry, inputting the Custom Certificate Number at the FRSC for vehicle registration will automatically populate the vehicle data except the name and address of the registrant. The system will not permit the FRSC to register any vehicle that was not cleared, and proper duties collected, by…
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EFCC/EC/JUS/07/263 21st December, 2016 THE HONOURABLE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION MINISTER OF JUSTICE Federal Ministry of Justice, Shehu Shagari Way, Abuja. RE: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS RE: REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES I most respectfully refer to your letter referenced HAGF/EFCC/2016/Vol.1/23 dated 19th December, 2016, asking me to respond within 48 hours to the allegations contained in a report written by the Department of State Service, DSS, and which provided the basis for the non-consideration of my confirmation on December 15, 2016, by the Senate. 2. Having carefully considered all the issues, I hereby present a point-by-point response as…
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A Lecture to Mark the Third Year Anniversary of His Excellency, Governor Willie Obiano, on 17th March, 2017: Governor’s Lodge, Awka. I: Introduction Every anniversary is a time for thanksgiving as well as time for deep and sober reflections. Since 1999, no consecutive three years have seen such level of turbulence and crisis in Nigeria’s economic and political life as the last three. Oil price collapsed, government revenues came under immense stress, exchange rate and inflation are at all-time high since 1999, unemployment has soared, insecurity and youth agitations intensified, workers and pensioners are owed by most state governments,…
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I am sure you have all heard about the accusations against a man of God, Apostle Suleman, by a Canada-based stripper who says she feels short-changed because Pastor Suleman reneged on his promise to marry her. You may also have read the response of the Omega Fire Ministries of Apostle Suleman to these allegations. Not that I agree or disagree with Omega Fire Ministries allegation that the Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir Elrufai is behind Apostle Suleman’s accuser, but there are many coincidences and it begs questions. Before I go into these coincidences, let me say that I know Malam…
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I used to love and respect Governor Aregbesola even though we belong to different political parties. I knew him to be a proud, strong, unrepentant and inspiring Yoruba nationalist who knew the history of the Yoruba inside out and who was ready to stand his ground and fight his corner with anybody at anytime in defence of the Yoruba cause. Yet now it appears that all that has changed. Seven years in public office as Governor has softened him and made him lose his nerve, his edge and his fighting spirit. One wonders what really happened to the fire-brand that…
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The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to remove the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, whose confirmation was rejected by the Senate on Wednesday. The committee further stated that Magu could continue in acting capacity indefinitely. It was learnt that the committee had resolved to communicate its resolution to the President in writing. The Chairman of the PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), who said this while reacting to Senate’s decision on Magu, insisted that the resolution was unanimous and that members were of the view that removing Magu…
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In response to the query President Muhammadu Buhari ordered, the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, questioned the sincerity and motive of the State Security Service, SSS, which accused him of integrity deficiency and professional misconduct, official correspondence showed. The SSS’ allegations blocked Mr. Magu’s confirmation as the substantive chairman of the EFCC, twice, as the agency repeatedly advised the Senate to reject his nomination because he “has failed the integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the anti-corruption drive of the present administration.” After the Senate first rejected Mr. Magu’s nomination…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday joined Muslims for the Jumat prayer inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Top government officials who joined Buhari for the prayer inside a mosque near his office included the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura; and the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Buhari’s nomination of Magu as substantive chairman was on Wednesday rejected by the Senate based on a security report by the DSS. Others who participated in the prayer are the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje; Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Minister of Interior,…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is not well. It is impossible to deny how severely emaciated, weak and discombobulated he has appeared since returning to Nigeria. This after 51 days supposedly resting in the United Kingdom. President Buhari’s first address Friday morning when he arrived was anything but coordinated, with the BBC describing parts of it as “rambling.” He missed Friday Jumaah prayers at the villa, which was quite telling. Describing his illness as the “worst ever” in his life, Buhari appeared to mention that he was even given blood while on medical leave. Convening the federal executive council meeting Wednesday, the…
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All over the world, debt instruments are recognized as development tools in the hands of individual entrepreneurs, corporations, agencies and governments who utilize them to raise the bars in the financial and economic wellbeing of the entities to which such facilities are applied. Loans or debt instruments are typically applied to projects, initiatives, schemes or concepts which re-position the borrowing entity by endowing them with regenerative capacity to raise performance standards so as not only to repay the loan obligation at a future date but to also acquire structural capacity to catapult them from one rung of the development or…
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When men of the DSS invaded Akwa Ibom State Govt House and came up with that ridiculous story of discovery of loads of dollars, many Nigerians hailed the service. Even though no evidence was presented apart from foreign photographs taken from online platforms, APC supporters were everywhere, clapping for the DSS for a job well done. When DSS turned Ekiti State to its only assignment, abducting members of the State House of Assembly and harassing other govt functionaries, the reaction from Buhari’s supporters was hailing and praising of the service for jobs well done. Was it not on the strength…
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A Statement of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria 1. The Struggle for Citizenship Since the end of Nigeria’s tragic civil war, at no other time in the history of our dear country has the issue of our common citizenship been subjected to more strain. We have witnessed the ubiquity and the rising profiles of ethnic militias and their increasing destructive violence against our commonwealth. We have witnessed a rise in the politics of identity with our people retreating to the womb of ethnicity. Thus, rather than breathe the free air of democracy since the end of military rule, our…
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I have been reluctant to write anything about the clash between the Yoruba and the Hausa Fulani in the ancient city of Ile-Ife and in which far many more people were killed than anyone cares to publicly admit. I was reluctant because Ile-Ife happens to be the home of my ancestors and indeed my hometown and for four generations my family have had a stake there and have been making meaningful contributions to the affairs and development of the community. Consequently I have an emotional attachment to the town and when I hear that a son or daughter of Ife…
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The Governor of Bayelsa State and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee, Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday described the comments by the Makarfi faction of the party, on the submission of his committee’s report as “mere propaganda”. According to him, rather than embark on name-calling, propaganda and outright lies, it was high time the party came together in the interest of peace. The governor said despite the sacrifices made by members of the committee, it was unfortunate that some persons within PDP were making “uncharitable comments” on the report which was meant to salvage the party. Mr. Dickson in…
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The trial of a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, for alleged diversion of N26 million from the office of the National security Adviser, was stalled on Tuesday due to the absence of the prosecution witness in court. Mr. Fani-Kayode is facing a five-count charge for the alleged diversion of the said sum at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. He had earlier been arraigned on a 17-count charge for alleged fraud at the Lagos Division of the same court. His recent trial was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, but was stalled following the inability of the prosecution witness…
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Omega Fire Ministries has accused Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of masterminding the recent series of spurious allegations of infidelity against its General Overseer, Apostle Johnson Suleman. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the church, through its spokesman and Communications Manager, Phrank Shaibu, stated that facts and available intelligence incontrovertibly pointed to the Kaduna Governor as the mastermind of the allegations. According to him, El-Rufai decided to sponsor the allegations as a strategy to silence Apostle Suleiman and to take revenge for the latter’s famed audacity of standing against the persecution and killing of Christians in Southern…
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Federal public servants who retired since January 2016 on Thursday staged a protest at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja over their unpaid pensions to the tune of N200 billion. The retirees under the auspices of the League of Federal Service Contributory Pension Retirees, led by the Coordinator, Mr Chike Ogbechie said that workers who retired 15 months ago were yet to receive their pension. He said the association had made a submission to the National Assembly on the 2017 budget to look into their plight. “The next time we come here, we are going to occupy this premises;…
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The House of Representatives says the March 30 deadline set for the passage of 2017 Appropriation Bill by the National Assembly is not sacrosanct. Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas, made this known on Thursday in Abuja. Namdas said that the new software used in the process was slowing down the work of the Appropriation committee. “I want to say that the March 30 deadline, just for the purpose of records, may not be actually sacrosanct because of the new development that has risen. “We have new budget software and it is different…
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A former Group Managing Director of the state oil firm, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, was on Thursday arraigned on a six-count charge of fraud at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The former oil chief was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after he admitted owning over $9.8 million cash found in a house that also belongs to him in Kaduna State. On Thursday, he pleaded not guilty to the charge filed by the EFCC. Justice Ahmed Mohammed then ordered he be remanded in Kuje prison pending the determination of his bail application on March 21. Delivering the short ruling,…
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“I was not appointed Comptroller General to wear uniform,” Customs’ Hameed Ali replies senators The Senate has driven away the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, after he appeared before the lawmakers in mufti. Mr. Ali’s appearance without uniform, on Thursday after his failure to appear on Wednesday, was contrary to the resolution of the Senate which asked that he must wear “appropriate” uniform to brief them over the now suspended policy on duty payment. The Senate unanimously resolved to drive away Mr. Ali, following George Sekibo’s motion. The Senate further resolved that he should appear again next…
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A human rights group in Nigeria, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, INTERSOCIETY, has has published a special report titled, Welcome to Bleeding Republic of Nigeria: A Land Flowing with Blood and Tears, detailing the regime atrocities of the General Muhammadu Buhari regime. The report which was released on Sunday, March 12, 2017, is a compilation of widespread human rights abuses in Nigeria in the past 20 months of the four-year tenure of the the Buhari government. It covers the period 1st June 2015 to 31st January 2017 and reveals that a shocking 11,000 people have…
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday Called on the Federal Government to urgently constitute a presidential task force to disarm all herdsmen in Buruku Federal Constituency, other parts of Benue State and throughout the Federal republic of Nigeria. This was contained in a motion jointly sponsored by the Benue State caucus in the House of Representatives. Speaking on behalf of the lawmakers, the Chairman, Rules and Business, Orker Jev (APC), lamented that communities in Buruku local government area of Benue State, especially Binev Council ward, was invaded by “armed and strange herdsmen”. “The herdsmen destroyed farms, plundered yam barns and…
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Senator representing Kaduna Central at the Senate, Shehu Sani, has slammed the Nigerian government for refusing to honour rulings from the ECOWAS court. Sen. Sani made this remark in a social media post after the ECOWAS court, sitting in Abuja, threw out an application by the Federal Government seeking the court to reject an application brought by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is asking the court to order the government to release him unconditionally and pay him $800 million in damages. Sani, known for his blunt opinions, lamented Nigeria’s penchant for ignoring…
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….says Nigeria will not break The President of Pentecostal Sanctuary Bible Ministries Worldwide, Prophet Sunday Iyunade has predicted a possible end to the reign of democracy in Nigeria after the administration of Muhammadu Buhari. The prophet who had predicted the emergence of Donald Trump as the President of the United States of America, the recession being experienced in Nigeria among other prophesied that hardship in the country may continue for the next four years. He said this in Ijebu-Ode while addressing newsmen at a press conference heralding the 21st anniversary and 15th convention of the Ministry , Prophet Iyunade called…
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Senate president, Bukola Saraki, and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, just concluded a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential Villa, Abuja. Saraki and Dogara, said they visited President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss matters of “national interest”. Senator Saraki told the press shortly after the meeting on Tuesday, March 14, that the president engaged them very well. He said they specifically “came to discuss issues and activities of the National Assembly during the absence of the president”, Premium Times reports. According to the Senate president, the meeting centred on the “budget, the economy,…
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Nigeria inflation rate finally fell for the first time since 2015 as consumer price index (CPI), which measures inflation in the economy went down in what signals as a recovery in the Nigerian economy even as price of food commodities continue to rise. Inflation rate falls for the first time in 15 months The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the inflation rate dropped from 18.72 percent in January 2017, to 17.78 percent in February 2017. However, the price of food commoditoes like garo, rice have skyrocketed by over 70 per cent between February 2016 and February 2017. The National…
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I am Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and I approve this message for every supporter or sympathizer of Biafra (like myself). We are all very familiar with the Igbo proverb that a goat that died in a barn was not killed by hunger. This proverb sadly encapsulates the reality facing Ndigbo in Nigeria today. Our barn is full of yams as we can boast of men and women that can deliver good governance. Our challenge (a puzzle) as a people is how to stop the goat from dying in the barn. The good news is that I know how water entered the…
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Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), on Wednesday, failed to appear before the Senate. Ali said he was bereaved. “I’ll make myself available whenever I’m needed in future,” the Customs CG told the Senate in his second letter to the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, which was read at the plenary on Wednesday. Saraki also read a statement issued by the NCS, in which the service said the policy on payments of duties on old vehicles had been ‘put on hold’. The lawmakers have, however, expressed their dissatisfaction with Ali’s excuses for his nonappearance.…
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British interests are very clearly revealed in the declassified files. IT’S LONG BUT HISTORY Enthusiasts will find it is a treasure case of information. ‘Our direct interests are trade and investment, including an important stake by Shell/BP in the eastern Region. There are nearly 20,000 British nationals in Nigeria, for whose welfare we are of course specially [sic] concerned’, the Foreign Office noted a few days before the outbreak of the war. Shell/BP’s investments amounted to around £200 million, with other British investment in Nigeria accounting for a further £90 million. It was then partly owned by the British government,…
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A namby-pamby London-based newspaper that goes by its appropriate name, “Observer”, falsely observed that former President Goodluck Jonathan purportedly rejected an offer from the British government to help rescue the abducted Chibok girls during the Jonathan administration. This is not the first time a foreign based newspaper would stoop so low to allow itself be used by spin doctors of the current administration in Nigeria to continue to futilely attempt to smear Jonathan’s gargantuan image and whose records have remained unmatchable, hence, a source of concern to this government, and exposure of their ineptitude and perfunctory approach to governance…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to the country after after about two-month medical vacation in London, United Kingdom. The presidential jet that conveyed Buhari landed at the Air Force Base in Kaduna at 7.40am. He will be conveyed in an helicopter to the Presidential Villa, Abuja where top government officials are already waiting to receive him. Those already at the helipad include Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari; Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello; National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno; Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura; Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. DETAILS LATER………..
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