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U.S. military hackers have allegedly penetrated Russia’s electric grid, telecommunications networks and the Kremlin’s command systems, making them vulnerable to attack by secret American cyber weapons should the U.S. deem it necessary, according to a senior intelligence official and top-secret documents reviewed by NBC News. American officials have long said publicly that Russia, China and other nations have probed and left hidden malware on parts of U.S critical infrastructure, “preparing the battlefield,” in military parlance, for cyber attacks that could turn out the lights or turn off the internet across major cities. It’s been widely assumed that the U.S. has…
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, said if President Muhammadu Buhari was serious about fighting corruption, he [Buhari] would not mortgage the future of the country by seeking a $29.9bn loan. Ever since the economy fell into recession primarily as a result of a significant drop in oil prices, the Federal Government has been looking for ways to get the economy back on track, including its recent application for a $29.9bn loan from external sources. Though the Senate rejected the loan application on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the President would resubmit the…
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Philip Haney, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) whistleblower exposes a shocking revelation. President Obama ordered him to scrub the DHS database of all records of Muslims with terror ties.
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On Thursday, October 27, 2016, Governor Rochas Okorocha took his melodrama in the state to a higher pedestal when he announced to the weary and hungry people of the state that he would be recruiting fresh 3,000 for fresh jobs in the state. He said the fresh recruitment is part of the new deal with his newest bizarre creation, the State Development Council, to fill vacant positions in the state civil service. Okorocha gave the hint at the Government House, Owerri, during the swearing-in of his new commissioners for the state civil service commission and the ministries. The Governor, in…
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“For as long as the Old Eastern region remain in disarray and not united, self-determination of the region will remain impossible.” ~ An anonymous retired Nigerian Army Chief The word “South-South,” even though it may sound absurd, is a name we have come to accept as a people. We can’t say exactly how we came about to be identified with the name neither can we say exactly when we were given the name, but we just know it is our name. While growing up back in the days, geography taught us about “the North,” “the South,” “The East” and “The…
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Ancient Bible claims Jesus Christ is Prophet, not son of God. It also states he was not the son of God but a Prophet. Religious authorities insist that the book is authentic. The 1500-year-old Bible, which was discovered in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, in 2000, refutes the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Moreover, it says that he was not the son of God but a Prophet, who didn’t die and ascended into heaven alive. The 1500-year-old bible was found in Turkey, in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara It also states that it was Judas Iscariot who was actually crucified and calls Apostle…
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Those who do not understand what Buhari is saying should realize that he is laying claim to the whole of Nigeria as the Estate of their Great-grandfather Uthman Dan Fodio and he is showing the exit door to those who are not happy about the definition (ie the Constitutional Arrangements imposed on all by Caliphate-inspired Decrees), of that Nigeria. The only chance the rest of Nigeria stands today against the complete CONQUEST and ISLAMIZATION Agenda of the Caliphate is the immediate dissolution and unbundling of the failed, toxic and defunct Federation of Nigeria. The background to this mindset is that…
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At a time CNN should be riding high, the network is facing the biggest threat to its reputation since Jeff Zucker took over as top executive because of its liberal use of campaign surrogates like Donna Brazile and Corey Lewandowski. CNN announced on Monday that Brazile, the acting head of the Democratic National Committee, had quit as a contributor two weeks ago. Brazile, who had been suspended at CNN upon taking the DNC job this summer, was exposed in documents released by WikiLeaks as feeding Hillary Clinton’s campaign questions in advance of primary debates. The presence of Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s…
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***Wole Soyinka on Buhari in his article “The Nigerian Nation against General Buhari dated Oct. 25, 2014. 1. The grounds on which General Buhari is being promoted as the alternative choice are not only shaky, but pitifully naive. History matters. Records are not kept simply to assist the weakness of memory, but to operate as guides to the future. Of course, we know that human beings change. What the claims of personality change or transformation impose on us is a rigorous inspection of the evidence, not wishful speculation or behind-the-scenes assurances. 2. Public offence, crimes against a polity, must be…
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Top on the list of demands is the relocation of the administrative and operational headquarters of major International Oil Companies (IOCs) to the Niger Delta region. The leaders say the decision would fast-track the development of the region.The region’s leaders, under the aegis of Pan Niger Delta Forum, also demanded the clean-up of other communities affected by spill, besides Ogoniland. They also asked for a review of the amnesty programme’s core mandate of providing a robust exit strategy, to ensure that those trained have jobs to return to or are given stipends. Briefing journalists after the closed-door meeting, the…
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Sounds like one of the best reasons ever TO vote for Trump… A Saudi prince has urged Americans not to vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming general election. Turki al-Faisal, who served as Saudia Arabia’s ambassador to the US from 2005 to 2007, spoke against the presumptive Republican nominee during a foreign policy dinner in Washington, DC on Thursday. He blasted Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US, which the billionaire first formulated in December last year before renewing his vow on Wednesday. ‘For the life of me, I cannot believe that a country like the United…
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A group, Kingdom Human Rights Foundation, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to order the arrests of the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and his Science and Technology counterpart, Mr. Ogbonnaya Onu. The plaintiff also sought an order of mandamus compelling President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack both ministers in public interest and public morality based on the allegations of attempts to influence court decisions recently levelled against them by two Justices of the Supreme Court. Two Justices of the Supreme Court, Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro, had accused Amaechi and Onu of attempting to influence…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said any Nigerian who has another country to relocate to are free to do so. On his part, he said he would stay back to solve the nation’s position. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President spoke while addressing Niger Delta stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “We are determined to make life comfortable and affordable to all Nigerians. If anybody has a country to go to, let him go, we will stay here and salvage our country,” Shehu quoted the President as saying. Buhari…
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Emirates Airlines on Sunday officially shut down its operations in Abuja, the nation’s capital though temporarily. The airline had announced that it would suspend its four flights per week from Abuja to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), with effect from October 30, 2016. “The decision was made after a review of the airline’s operations to ensure the best utilisation of its aircraft fleet for its overall business objectives. The airline continues to serve Nigeria with a daily flight to and from Lagos,” the airline said in a statement. It was learnt that though the suspension commenced yesterday based on the…
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Niger Delta leaders, under the auspices of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday and presented a 16-point demand to him. They said the 16 points were where “quick wins” could be achieved to restore hope and confidence in a region that has “grown skeptical of dialogue and engagements that have hardly produced tangible results”. The demands include allocation of oil blocs to natives of the region, maritime university, stop of military occupation of communities and proper funding of the amnesty programme. The demands also include extension of Ogoni clean-up to other areas of the region,…
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The meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Niger Delta leaders will hold on Tuesday (today) in Abuja. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, had on Monday, described the meeting as contentious due to the controversies it generated among Niger Delta leaders. Kachikwu, however, said that despite the increased controversy, negotiations would continue until the unrest and militancy in the oil-rich region were adequately resolved. He had on Thursday announced that the leaders from Niger Delta would meet with the President this week Tuesday to discuss issues affecting the region. Kachikwu, who spoke about the…
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For much of the summer, the F.B.I. pursued a widening investigation into a Russian role in the American presidential campaign. Agents scrutinized advisers close to Donald J. Trump, looked for financial connections with Russian financial figures, searched for those involved in hacking the computers of Democrats, and even chased a lead — which they ultimately came to doubt — about a possible secret channel of email communication from the Trump Organization to a Russian bank. Law enforcement officials say that none of the investigations so far have found any link between Mr. Trump and the Russian government. And even…
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The two Justices of the Supreme Court, Sylva Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro, who were among some judiciary officers recently arrested by the Department of State Services on corruption allegations, have voluntarily withdrawn from further participating in the proceedings of the apex court. The PUNCH learnt on Sunday that the two senior judiciary officers would no longer sit until when they were able to clear their names. It was also gathered that both Ngwuta and Okoro had not been sitting since they were released after their arrest along with some other serving and compulsorily retired judges between October 7 and 8.…
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Mark Olise, Deputy Director Communications, Lower Niger Congress (LNC), has said that planned negotiation between the Federal Government and stakeholders in the Niger Delta is mere political stunt and would be futile if fundamental demands of the region are not addressed. According to him, there would be no excuse for the emergence of new militant groups or resort to violence if government attends to the people’s grievances. Negotiation between the Federal Government and stakeholders appears to be in disarray. Who should government be talking to, in order to resolve the Niger Delta unrest? The government can discuss with whomever it…
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The harsh economic climate that the country is currently experiencing has made the aviation sector to record a decline of nine per cent in activities in the second quarter of this year, according to figures published by the National Bureau of Statistics. The NBS in its report on the aviation sector explained that the numbers of travellers, aircraft, cargo weight as well as mails that were moved during the period declined as against what were recorded in the first quarter of the year. For instance, the report, made available to our correspondent on Sunday said 54,405 aircraft arrived at, or…
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Innoson Group, Nigeria’s foremost indigenous motor manufacturing company has raised the alarm over what it described as sponsored and calculated smear campaign against it and its Executive Chairman, Dr Innocent Chukwuma, by some unscrupulous interest group. In a statement signed by Mr. Cornel Osigwe, Public Relations and Media Manager of Innoson Group, the company said that contrary to report sponsored in the media to bring the name of the company and its promoter into disrepute, no new case was filed against it by the current Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris. Citing a letter dated February 17, 2016, the…
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INTRODUCTION: As various national groups prepare for the inevitable constitutional reconstruction of the distressed Nigerian Union, the LOWER NIGER CONGRESS, (a platform by which willing peoples of the Ethnic Nations of the old Eastern Region and the old Mid-Western Region, seek to federate themselves into a cohesive, values-driven, systems-based political bloc, under a new social-contract regime engendering a society of equal opportunities), wishes to restate its position on the vexed question of the basis of Nigeria and the future of its divergent peoples. The goal of this communication is to dissect and illuminate the core issues of the obfuscated debate…
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The World Igbo Summit took place at the Gregory University Uturu, Abia State, from 27th – 30th October, 2016. The Summit was organized to bring together the great minds of alaigbo from across the globe to dialogue and give for Igbo nation a strategic roadmap for growth and development going forward. The Summit heralded the 50-year Visioning Project initiated to strategize, document and design a roadmap for the sustainable development of Igbo nation to catalyze wealth repatriation and reinvestment in Igbo homeland by all Igbo sons and daughters in all parts of the world. The theme of the World Igbo Summit is: Igboka…
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INTRODUCTION In the late 1950s Nigeria was not yet independent and, therefore, was not a full member of the British Commonwealth of Nations but was allowed to attend its meetings as an observer. At one of such meetings, Mr. Jawahalral Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, took the liberty to offer advice to the then Prime Minister of Nigeria, Alh. Abubakae Tafawa Balewa, in three key areas: 1) Power Generation; this being an important resource, our country needed to develop sources especially the hydroelectric type that is cheaper to run 2) Rail transportation; especially mass transit for movement of…
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This article appeared as part of a feature in the December 8, 1995 issue of Executive Intelligence Review, and was circuclated extensively by the Schiller Insitute Food for Peace Movement. It is reprinted here as part of the package: “Who Is Responsible for the World Food Shortage?” Excepts On Dec. 10, 1974, the U.S. National Security Council under Henry Kissinger completed a classified 200-page study, “National Security Study Memorandum 200: Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests.” The study falsely claimed that population growth in the so-called Lesser Developed Countries (LDCs) was a grave threat to…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is extending the war against corruption in the judicial arm to the bar. It has invited eight Senior Advocates of Nigeria( SANs) for interrogation over alleged payments into judges’ accounts. This is coming three weeks after the Department of State Security (DSS) raided the homes of several judges, including two justices of the Supreme Court, and arrested them for alleged corruption. But the EFCC,after intercepting test messages, have now extended the scope of the investigation to the bar, summoning eight senior lawyers suspected of corrupting judges. Four of the SANs have already been…
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After World War 2, what remained of Europe (after the self inflicted consuming flames of WAR and destruction has simmered down) was in serious need of reconstruction. Particularly if Europe wanted to maintain its status as ‘first world’ or ‘most developed’ and wanted to maintain its parasitic power over the rest of the world. This reconstruction depended on continued access to cheap raw materials as previously provided by colonization. The old colonies were all claiming independence making older colonial systems of exploitation and abuse impossible, which led to a radical shift in the structure of world power. America was in…
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In what appears a further marginalisation of the South East zone, the Federal Government has left out the region in projects which President Muhammadu Buhari plans to execute with the proposed $29.960 billion infrastructure loan. A breakdown of how the loan would be spent on infrastructure between 2016 and 2018 shows that none of the projects contained in the government’s document is located in the South East geo-political zone. President Buhari had on Tuesday asked the Senate to approve the loan from multilateral financial institutions to enable his administration execute critical infrastructure and other social intervention initiatives across the country.…
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Since the end of the Cold War, the position that the United States has enjoyed as the world’s superpower has not been seriously challenged, but that may be starting to change. The rise and later decline of the European Union did nothing to unseat the United States, as the two maintained a strong alliance through NATO. Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan and other nations have not come close to upsetting the cart either, as each has lacked the strong web of alliances that the US possesses. But now, with the continued rise of China as an economic and regional power and the…
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As soon as Buhari’s CPC joined up with Tinubu’s ACN, to begin his journey into the presidency, he began galvanizing a populist version of a man that could fix what ever was wrong with Nigeria…! But he didn’t create the populist movement, neither did he author the dubious integrity – Nigerians did….! And they did, for the simple reason of being Idle! The Nigeria that carried Mr Mohammadu Buhari from his estate of many houses at Number 9 Udo Udoma Street, Asokoro in the highbrow district of Abuja, to the presidential nomination was largely an uninformed, docile, weak, Ready-to-accept anything…
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Nigerian militants claim to have bombed an oil pipeline owned by Chevron Corp. (CVX) as a warning to oil companies not to repair damaged infrastructure until they have completed talks with the Nigerian government about sharing some of the oil wealth with the people of the Niger Delta. The attack came as a surprise, as security forces had been anticipating that a peace agreement would be signed next Monday. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), which claimed responsibility for the bombing, have been blamed for cutting Nigerian oil production from 2.2 million barrels a day to 1.4 million. In August 2016,…
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The President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, has on Wednesday, October 26, disclosed that there is no evidence of corruption against any of its members, as speculated in various quarters. The party which stated this on behalf of the President, also challenged anybody with proof of corruption, to bring it forward. This was contained in a statement by the APC Deputy National Chairman (South), Segun Oni, where he maintained that the ongoing corruption crusade, must be maintained. He said: “Anybody with corruption proof against any APC member, should bring it forward,” he said. This came barely few days when…
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THE NORTH HAS GOLD, DIAMOND, OIL, OTHERS BUT I STILL WANT US TO REMAIN WITH BIAFRANS – MAITAMA SULE.
The North Has Gold, Diamond, Oil, Others But I Still Want Us To Remain With Biafrans – Maitama Sule Elder statesman, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule in this interview speaks on the state of the nation. He remarked that the true story of the Civil War in the country was yet to be told. He spoke on the recent efforts by some people in the South-east to resurrect the Biafra Republic, saying they would not succeed. Excerpt: What is your personal reaction to the huge story of corruption that is prevalent in Nigeria today. How do you see it? I see…
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As Nigeria wobbles in the throes of what seems its terminus and as the various federating blocs continue to explore options for their political future, a research-based review of the odyssey of the Igbo in Nigeria from inception to date intended to birth an action plan for societal reconstruction of Ala-Igbo, anchored on the pristine Igbo value system, was discreetly undertaken by a younger generation of NdIgbo under the code-name, ALADINMA over a 12 year period. That initiative has not only diagnosed the Igbo question correctly but has attracted a considerable mass of adherents with the clarity, commitment, courage and…
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President Olusegun Obasanjo has been described by Prof, Wole Soyinka as an overgrown child of circumstance and “an affliction that those of us who share the same era and nation space must learn to endure”. The renowned playwright stressed that if the former President “offered to host me, I would wait until he had first swallowed a morsel from the same dish”. These scathing remarks formed part of how Soyinka described Obasanjo in his new book, titled InterInterventions: Between Defective Memory and the Public Lie – A Personal Odyssey in the Republic of Liars, presented in Abeokuta, Ogun State on…
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These are not the best of times for the Minister of Transportation. The house of the presidency appears struck on a path to self-implosion as reliable information available through sources within the presidency indicate the President had ordered for a comprehensive investigation into the allegations leveled on the Transport Minister by numerous Justices of the Federation. And in turn, the Transport Minister is said to have threatened retaliation by exposing the President’s dirty deals over the alleged bribery allegation. Following what appeared as serialized exposure by the Justices of the federation of the involvement of Rotimi Amaechi in the attempt…
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The judges named in a confidential list sent to President Muhammadu Buhari include Supreme Court 1. Justices Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta 2. Justice John Inyang Okoro ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Court of Appeal 1. Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, President Court of Appeal 2. Justice Muhammad Ladan Tsamiya 3. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Federal High Court 1. Justice Ibrahim Auta, The Chief Judge 2. Justice Adeniyi Ademola 3. Justice Mohammed Yunusa 4. Justice Kabir Auta 5. Justice Munir Ladan 6. Justice Bashir Sukola 7. Justice Mu’azu Pindiga 8. Justice Abdul Kafarati 9. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba 10.Justice Anwuli Chikere 11. Justice I. A. Umezulike( Rtd.) 12. Justice…
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Senior lawyers are divided on whether or not the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, should step aside, following allegations that he tried to influence the outcome of some election petition cases. Two justices of the Supreme Court, Inyang Okoro and Sylvester Ngwuta had accused the minister of offering them bribe to help influence the apex court’s decisions in some election cases. In separate letters to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, the two accused Amaechi of instigating their ordeal because they refused to deliver judgement in his favour. The two justices were among the seven judges arrested recently by…
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Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, revealed yesterday that government’s efforts at realising money from revenue-generating agencies to meet expectations of Nigerians were being hampered by “high level corruption” in some agencies, especially the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) which she described as “cohesive croocks bard to break” The minister also said the government is paying N2 trillion to pay salaries and pensions while debt servicing takes N1.4 trillion, all from the 2016 budget, a situation which made it impossible to reduce the 2017 budget. Mrs. Adeosun spoke when she hosted the Senate Committee on Finance led by its Chairman, John Enoh…
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The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, yesterday, told the Senate that the Federal Government can no longer reasonably employ more people into the public sector and would have to strengthen the private sector for more jobs to be created. She further said the government would sustain its over N6trillion national budget in the 2017 appropriation bill, expected to be submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari, after the consideration and subsequent approval of the pending 2017—2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) by the National Assembly. Adeosun said this to members of the Senate Committee on Finance,…
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Worried about the loss of business to neighbouring countries arising from low competitiveness, indications emerged at the weekend that the Federal Government may further reduce the number of agencies at the nation’s ports. This is part of measures to address complaints bordering on the ease of doing business. The Government said efforts are underway to reduce human intervention at the ports, some of which have been responsible for the poor operational efficiency, by deploying technology and increasing stakeholder collaboration on regulatory frameworks. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, noted that the present administration is looking at issues raised by stakeholders…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it can no longer sustain the sale of petrol at N145 per litre. The Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, stated this on Monday at this year’s Oil Trading and Logistics Expo holding in Lagos. Kyari said with the current price of foreign exchange, it was no longer feasible selling petrol at N145 per litre. He said: “We have a very difficult business environment. “It is impossible today to import products at the current market price, at current fixed foreign exchange rate. “There is no way today you…
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmoud Mohammed, has said that measures were being taken to curb the menace of corruption in the justice sector. Mohammed said this while unveiling a new National Judicial Policy put together by the National Judicial Council at the National Judicial Institute in Abuja on Monday. According to him, it will be stating the obvious to opine that the greatest single menace that challenges the justice system in Nigeria today is corruption. Mohammed said: “This endemic vice is not peculiar to any region and ethnic group, cutting across faiths, religious denominations, levels of education and…
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A group of African students under the aegis of African Students in Cyprus has raised the alarm over possible recruitment of young Nigerians, who travel to Iran into terrorism. President of the students’ body, Jeremiah Omadachi, stated this after a peaceful protest at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, against the activities of Iran in Nigeria. According to him, there were indications that Nigerian students were getting military training provided by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. He said: “As Africans living here in Cyprus, we have followed events in Nigeria and must confess that we have great concerns about the growing sectarian…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday proposed new adjustments to some line items in the 2016 budget to address financial urgencies. The president’s proposal was contained in a letter to the National Assembly on Tuesday, in which he seeks a total N180.8 billion in virement for line items in both capital and recurrent expenditures. Mr. Buhari said the need for government to augment funds in the federal coffers was caused by renewed militant activities in the Niger-Delta. He said the destruction of oil installations had left his administration unable to pay overhead costs as the nation has no viable alternative means…
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Reliable information indicates that the ongoing power-play among the top managers of the Buhari administration may have taken a turn for the worse as more information of the practices and/or mode of operation of the Chief of Staff and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation leak out into the public arena. This is as many within the Buhari cabinet have learned that the duo have virtually reserved the many vacant political appointments for sale. Many of the political positions which the President is expected to fill, is reported to have been reserved for the highest bidder – and…
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“A CONVERSATION TO DISCUSS THE PROMOTION OF YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP” AT THE OXFORD UNION 24TH OCTOBER 2016. Protocols. 1. It is my pleasure and a great honour to be in the hallowed chambers of the Oxford University, one of the world’s most prestigious universities, not just to speak, but to exchange ideas and answer questions from you, some of the world’s most brilliant youths and future leaders. 2. It is instructive to note that since 1823, the Oxford Union has consistently presented this platform for scholarly and social congregation of the student population, the interchange of ideas, propagation…
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It was shocking on Saturday, October 8, when the former National Chairman, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, climbed the podium, revealing how the 2015 general elections were skewed in favour of some politicians. Jega, who was almost in tears, noted that the last general elections were not perfect, but maintained that the polls represented a remarkable departure from the country’s ignominious history of fraudulent elections. Speaking in Lagos at the 50th birthday anniversary lecture of the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muiz Banire, the former Electoral Body Chair, who…
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In Igbo country, there are four days in a week (Nkwọ, Ékê, Àfọ, and Orie) and seven weeks in full-moon period, one moon (“ọnwa”). Thirteen moons constitute one year (“áfọ”). Every day is market day is some part of Igbo country; hence the term “Igbo market days.” Nkwọ appears to be the most favorable day for commercial activities. Apparently, this is why many major markets happen on Nkwọ: Ótú Nkwọ (Onitsha Main Market—adjudged the biggest and most popular open market in West Africa), Nkwọ Nnewi, Nkwọ Agụ Agbaja (Udi), etc. During the Nigeria-Biafra War, two of the most popular markets…
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According to Innoson Group, the investments include $400 million, which will be invested in Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over (DSO) project in digital satellite TV station, and an additional $600 million covering other important sectors. According to a statement issued at the weekend and signed by the Public Relations & Media Assistant of Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will receive the consortium of Chinese Foreign Investment Group, led by Liu Baoju, a deputy minister of communist party of China in Shandong Province, who is equally the chairman of Shandong Broadcasting Group and Shandong Cable Interactive Service Ltd, the…
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Don’t vote for Obama and his Running Mate, Hillary Clinton, 2016, on their silky, but mad-dog platform of Prison Planet earth As time grows shorter, and ever shorter…and the battle for the Presidency grows crueler and crueler…I feel justified in abandoning politeness and tone. I mean nobody talks that way, anyway. So, here we are, you and I at the kitchen table. And I have a revelation I’d like to share…. While you were worrying about Donald Trump maybe touching some woman’s hotspot in 1776, or Donald Trump talking like a man among other men, or Donald Trump maybe having…
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The back and forth verbal war between Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, founder of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) and Hajia Hadiza Buhari-Bello, daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, appears not to be relenting. Ezekwesili, had made it a point to the founder of The Africa Support and Empowerment Initiative (AFRISEI) that she was not permitted to use the name of the BBOG for any purpose whatsoever without the express permission of its founders, as it would amount to infringement on franchise, a position Buhari-Bello rejected in a statement on Friday, saying AFRISEI, did not need BBOG’s permission to assist the less-privileged. Maintaining…
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Why DSS won’t give NJC evidence NJC to act before CJN’s exit Council bars judges from taking gifts The Presidency is insisting that two Supreme Court Justices and four others must step aside ahead of their trial for alleged corruption, it was learnt last night. It also faulted Chief Justice Mahmud Mohammed’s claim that the Judiciary had issues with the Department of State Services (DSS), not the Federal Government. It was also learnt that the DSS refused to release the evidence against the judges under probe to the National Judicial Council (NJC) in order not to prejudice their trial. Those…
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The crisis threatening the foundation of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has assumed a new twist. Fresh facts have emerged, that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has entered into a plan ‘B’ alliance with the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, ahead of the 2019 general elections. An alliance between two aggrieved political heavyweights of the ruling APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, may lead to the fall of the party and the formation of a new one ahead of the 2019 general elections, Daily Trust on Sunday gathered. A credible source within…
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Let me begin with two clarifications. Aso Villa is not my home, I am just passing through. Even this world is nobody’s home, we are just birds of passage. So, let nobody turn up his nose in derision, and say; “he’s writing like the landlord of Aso Villa, defending a place where’s he’s just a tenant.” Yes, nobody is landlord in the Villa, not even rational presidents. They can only live there for maximum of eight years, if Nigerians so decide. And for me, my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. The angels only need to beckon me…
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Former Deputy Governor of Plateau state Dame Pauline Tallen is rumoured to have turned down President Buharis Ambassadorial appointment. It is understood that the reason for her turning down the appointment is due to personal reasons and the fact that he has other things to attend to.
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Don’t reopen Trans Forcados pipeline, militants warn Shell, NNPC. One of the militant groups in the Niger Delta region, Greenland Justice Mandate, has warned Shell and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation not to reopen the Trans Forcados pipeline in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State pending a directive from it telling themto do so. The group in a statement on Saturday issued by its spokesman, Aldo Agbalaja, said, ‘‘Trans Forcados crude is under force majeure from operator Shell since a militant attack on the subsea pipeline in February and it is due to resume operation this week following the…
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Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) yesterday dissociated itself from the proposed dialogue between the Federal Government and some prominent politicians and traditional rulers from the Niger Delta. In a statement, signed by one Col. Rightman Hudson Opukurowari, the group accused the Federal Government of not only being selective in its choice of persons to dialogue with, but preferring to deal with those who incited the crisis and have made a business from dialoguing on Niger Delta issues. “The Federal Government, under President Muhammadu Buhari, has chosen to be non-chalant to the dialogue and have decided to invite only their political friends…
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BIOGRAPHY Thomas O. Mensah (born around 1950) is a Ghanaian born chemical engineer and inventor. Dr. Thomas Mensah is an internationally recognized authority in Fiber Optics and Nanotechnology and also a renowned scientist and inventor with 7 USA and worldwide patents in Fiber Optics over a period of six years. He has at least 14 patents to his name in general He is the first black person to receive such number of patents in a short number of years, and was elected to the rank of Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in the USA. One of his patents…
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Seductive though that thought may be — particularly for a Brit living in Washington — there is a domestic subtext that can be summarised in two words: Donald Trump. If the British are foolish enough to leave Europe, perhaps Americans are crazy enough to elect Mr Trump. Of course, no one would claim a causal link between what happens in Britain on June 23 and the US presidential election in November. Most American voters have never heard of Brexit. Nor would most feel strongly either way if they had. Yet there are sufficient echoes to trouble America’s besieged elites. In…
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have searched the Lagos residence of a female judge of the Federal High Court, Lagos, Justice Rita Ofili- Ajumogobia. It was in furtherance of the agency’s ongoing investigation of Justice Ofili- Ajumogobia for alleged corruption. An EFCC source confirmed the operation last night, saying: “The search was conducted on the residence of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia “The search yielded documents that would assist the commission’s investigations, including bank accounts in her name and those bearing the names of her children and property title both in Nigeria and abroad.” She had been on…
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The Anambra State born human capital developer Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah has explained why he did not only buy for himself the above mentioned book during its launch and public presentation at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja on September 29th 2016 ,but donated same to Nigeria Universities libraries. The Publisher of the fastest growing Newspapers “The Authority Newspapers” stated that he believed that shielding our youths from the historical events of our lives as a Nation and a people, posed great danger to our collective future. According to the outspoken innovator, ” any Nation that is shying away from educating…
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The Anambra State born human capital developer Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah has explained why he did not only buy for himself the above mentioned book during its launch and public presentation at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja on September 29th 2016 ,but donated same to Nigeria Universities libraries. The Publisher of the fastest growing Newspapers “The Authority Newspapers” stated that he believed that shielding our youths from the historical events of our lives as a Nation and a people, posed great danger to our collective future. According to the outspoken innovator, ” any Nation that is shying away from educating…
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The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is not keen on meeting with security agents who may be representing the Federal Government at the proposed peace talks over the crisis in the zone. The NDA, in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, said it is not proper for a democratically elected government to conduct such talks through security agents. It was responding to what it called the president’s “continuous disparaging remarks since the cessation and suspension of hostilities by our fighters for the liberation of the Niger Delta from economic colonialism of Nigeria. “We are curious of comments like…
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The government of President Buhari has been an unmitigated disaster. Q~ You were one of the biggest critics of the All Progressives Congress in the run up to the 2015 elections, how do you feel today seeing Nigeria in arguably in its worst economic situation? A~I feel very sad. This is a situation that some of us foresaw. In the first coming of President Buhari, everything went from bad to worse. We had to queue for essential commodities. Raw materials and spare parts needed to keep factories running were scarce. Rather than create jobs, tens of thousands of workers lost…
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There are strong indications that expired foreign rice smuggled into the country may have flooded Nigerian markets. The commodity, according to investigation is being imported from neighboring Benin Republic into Nigeria. Nigeria shares major borders with Benin Republic at Seme Border (Lagos), Idiroko (Ogun State), Shaki (Oyo State) and Chikanda (Kwara State). It was gathered that a larger percentage of rice imported into the Francophone country were meant for sale in Nigeria. The rice has been exposed to poor storage facilities, rain, weevils and other unhygienic forms of storage, thereby making the commodity toxic and not fit for human consumption…
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On October 17, 2015 Mr Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of a Nigerian pro-Independence group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and a Director of the online radio station, Radio Biafra was arrested in Lagos, Nigeria, by the Department of Security Services (DSS) on arrival from the United Kingdom where he resides.The IPOB movement is agitating for the independence of Nigeria’s former Eastern Region – proclaimed the Republic of Biafra in 1967 and re-annexed to Nigeria three years later, following a civil war that claimed over three million lives. The Pro-Biafra group are non-violent and according to Article I of the…
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Mrs. Aisha Buhari bucked tradition by openly criticizing the political appointments in her husband’s government. There is no precedent for this in Nigeria’s entire history. In fact, I know of no parallel in the world for a First Lady (or Wife of the President) to openly disagree with her husband through a foreign media outlet. This can only mean that although Aisha is formally married to President Buhari, she is actually isolated from him. This is consistent with what I’ve heard from inside sources about the relationship between the first couple. Buhari is held hostage by an evil, sneaky, corrupt,…
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Information from sources close to the seat of power reveal that the troubles bedeviling the 1st family of Nigeria may be far from over judging by the demeanor of the President of the federal republic of Nigeria and the body language instruction dished out to the various anti-graft agencies in the country. A highly reliable source stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] has opened a comprehensive probe on the person of the 1st lady over her interaction with the many lobbyists looking to reach her husband for a favor. Our source revealed that the relationship between the…
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One of the worst kept secrets in Washington circles is that Hillary Clinton is a lesbian. Rumors have swirled in the past about the former First Lady’s gay ways, and with a potential presidential run coming in 2016, they have come back to haunt her. Back in 2004, a Washington Times columnist reviewing Bill Clinton’s memoir My Life concluded that Hillary and Bill, “have had a pact for decades. Their sexy, sexy pact is this: “He gets to fool around with women and she gets to fool around with women (plus the occasional man) … yes, she’s bisexual.” The lesbian…
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Those who do not yet understand that Nigeria is the name of a scam, set up, first by rogue British Colonialists, but currently under the control of their local agents, the Caliphate, operated for the sole purpose of legitimately looting and carting away humongous values of assets, will continue to wonder why bizzare things happen here all the time. Those who think that we operate in democracy here, must be ignorant of the meaning of Democracy, even by the simplest definition of democracy “Government OF the people, BY the the people and FOR the people”. Nigeria does not pass the…
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In a piece in the EDITORIAL in THE NATION newspapers owned by the political tactician and undisputed leader of southwest politics, titled ”Where Are The Choristers Of Change’, one is left bewildered by the apparently irreconcilable paradox employed to tongue-lash the ruling All Progressives congress, a party he personally midwived and foisted on Nigerians in 2015.In the piece below, he drew an attention of the reading public to the ineptitude of the cast of neophyte actors who far from correcting the perceived errors of the past not only aggravated but compounded it thus deserting and leaving his million supporters in…
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked judges arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) over allegation of corruption to suspend sitting and proceed on compulsory suspension. NBA President Abubakar Mahmud (SAN), who made the request in Abuja yesterday, urged the judges to recuse themselves from all judicial activities until their innocence is proven. He said the accusation between the affected judicial officers and some politicians and institutions, following the arrests, has made it imperative for the National Judicial Council (NJC) to salvage the image of the Judiciary. Mahmud spoke at a valedictory court session for the retiring Justice…
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Another Justice of the Supreme Court yesterday accused Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi and Science Minister Ogbonnaiya Onu of being the architect of his travails. Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who was arrested by Department of State Services (DSS) operatives for alleged corruption, blamed it all on his refusal to cooperate with the duo, who he said had requested him to influence some electoral cases in their favour. He alleged that Amaechi and Onu asked him to assist them in relation to the governorship election disputes in Ekiti and Ebonyi states. Justice Ngwuta alleged that Amaechi, who claimed to be acting on behalf…
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Nigerians have been made to understand that there is the existence of a cabal who influence President Buhari’s decisions and actions. They are much more than mere advisers, and have the ears of the president with enormous power at their disposals. They are the much talked about cabalists. According to Wikipedia, Cabal is a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views or interests in an ideology, state, or other community, often by intrigue, usually unbeknownst to persons outside their group. The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki during one of his trial…
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A proposal for an act to enact the Witness Protection Bill and the Whistle-Blowers’ Bill in Nigeria has passed a second reading at the Senate. The bill brought before Senators on Wednesday was sponsored by a lawmaker from Ekiti State, Senator Abiodun Olujimi. Senator Olujimi says the bills will facilitate the protection of persons who are directly or indirectly involved in providing assistance in law enforcement matters. He is of the belief that the bills will also protect persons making disclosure for the public interest. The Senate, however, resolved to merge the bills because of the similarities in what they…
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The Federal Government has ratified the release of N30 billion, part of natural resource development funds for mining projects. Minister for Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who announced this in a series of tweets on Wednesday noted that the amount “is part of the natural resource development fund which is 1.6 per cent of Federation Account dedicated to agriculture, mining and water resources.” It is distributed, he continued, as 0.6 per cent for agriculture sector and 0.5 per cent each for mining sector and the water resources sector, adding that “previously, 0.5 per cent component for mining sector was…
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Author of the book “Reversing the Rot in Nigeria”, Olusegun Oyegbami, gives graphic details of how Nigeria slipped into a recession. The economist suggests what the Federal Government should do tackle corruption head-on, reports TAJUDEEN ADEBANJO AN economist and oil industry player has countered claim that the Nigerian economy slipped into recession because of declining growth for two consecutive quarters. The economist, Mr. Olusegun Oyegbami, blamed the collapse of the economy on the management of oil wealth and the abandonment of agriculture, which he described as the nation’s economy life wire before the discovery of oil. He said the…
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Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 325,640 Euros and $30,000 (About N175m) in cash about to be smuggled into the country from Greece and Austria. The cash, concealed inside envelopes and shoes, was seized at the Murtalla Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos during the screening of passengers on a Turkish Airline flight.Two suspects were arrested. NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Ahmadu Garba said Edos Nicholas was found in possession of 279,190 euros and Hallowell Prince Lovely was found in possession of €46,450 euros and 30,000 dollars. Chairman and Chief Executive of the NDLEA…
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Chief Ayo Adebanjo is a nationalist and one of those who fought for Nigeria’s independence. He was also a key leader of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). At 88, he is still very active and he proved this much when this reporter had to wait for the octogenarian to finish his routine morning exercise before this interview. “I have missed my morning exercise for two days; so just give me the next 10 minutes to finish my exercise, ” he said. But it was interesting watching the old man in his track suit walking briskly round his compound in Lekki…
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Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has inaugurated the Ekiti Grazing Enforcement Marshals with a warning that cattle found being grazed after 6pm would be confiscated and such cattle sold or killed on the spot and shared to people as part of the Stomach Infrastructure programme of the government. He also said the state government would collaborate with the police and other security agencies to tackle recalcitrant armed herdsmen, saying since marshals are not to carry arms and therefore would rely on agencies empowered by law to carry arms to tackle armed cattle rearers. The governor, who said there must be…
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The European Union has supported a Referendum for Biafra. EU says it will only recognize Biafra born out of international Law through the Referendum and not armed rebellion. They also called on Nigeria to release all political prisoners, and for Nigeria to respect Human Rights of all citizens and to withdraw from using the military to crack down on demonstrators. The EU said that while it has strong ties with Nigeria, “protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms remains a priority for the EU and we encourage the authorities [Nigeria] in every occasion to respect such rights.” Federica Mogherini, European…
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The Federal Government on Wednesday shunned the National Judiciary Council and pressed ahead with its decision to bring the seven suspected corrupt judges to justice. The seven are among the 15 already identified by the Department of State Services and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, but the other eight are yet to be named and invited for questioning. The NJC, which claimed to have omnibus powers over both criminal and administrative matters relating to judges in Nigeria, last week disregarded the Presidency’s directive to suspend the suspected corrupt judicial officers from duty, pending the trial and disposal of the…
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Twelve northern governors who are currently in the United States of America said that they expected Nigerians to condemn their trip. The governors were said to have been hosted at the White House on Wednesday. They however said that their visit to Washington was an opportunity to re-engage with their American partners on the most vital issues that could help them to quickly transit from volatility to a phase of peace and development in the northern states of the country. The Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum, who is also the Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, was…
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As the relationship between Russia and the West has deteriorated, some have hastened to blame the United States and NATO for starting a new Cold War, while others entirely blame Putin for annexing Crimea. There is, however, another way to think, both more plausible and more troubling: the question is not “Has a new Cold War started?” but rather “Did the old Cold War ever end?” In my opinion, WWI began around 1870-75, when the scramble for Africa and Asia really began. European nations were amassing territorial control over large parts of the world, and there were constant battles as…
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Despite Nigeria facing its worst economic recession in 29 years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the country as the biggest economy in Africa — ahead of South Africa and Egypt. In August 2016, Nigeria was reported to have lost its spot as Africa’s biggest economy to South Africa, following the recalculation of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). “A recalculation using current exchange rates put South Africa on top because the rand has strengthened against the dollar,” BBC wrote in August. “Based on gross domestic product at the end of 2015 published by the International Monetary Fund,…
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Professor Ango Abdullahi has made a stunning revelation after almost one and half years, how former President Goodluck Jonathan was rigged out power in the 2015 presidential election. According to the Daily Sun newspapers published on October 16, 2016, Prof. Ango, the Secretary and spokesman of NEF, Professor Ango Abdullahi, while speaking in a pre-summit address conveyed in Kaduna, north central Nigeria to address the problem facing the north and Nigeria under the APC-led administration, he said as a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), there was no way he could have worked for the success of another…
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Chimamanda Adichie is on a roll, it appears. In less than two weeks, she has gone from Beyonce’s brand of feminism to joy that is Michelle Obama’s and now, she has penned the most incisive analysis of President Muhammadu Buhari governance till date. We promise you nothing is left out! It begins in a flashback 7 year-old Adichie: My parents and their friends were talking about the government, in our living room, in our relatively big house, set on relatively wide grounds at a southeastern Nigerian university, with doors shut and no strangers present. Yet they spoke in whispers. So…
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• Lawmakers decry herdsmen attack in Kaduna Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has blamed northern governors for allowing conflicts between Fulani herdsmen and farmers to escalate due to their failure to preserve grazing lands established during the colonial era. Obasanjo took the position at the 23rd Annual Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) Development Forum in Abuja, with the theme “Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunity.” The former president noted that during the colonial era, nearly all states in the northern parts of Nigeria had grazing areas as well as cattle routes but all of them had disappeared. He said:…
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Emirates, Kenya Airways Suspend Abuja Operations. Dubai-based airline may also jettison Lagos route.
Dubai-based Emirates Airlines and Kenya Airways have announced the suspension of their flights to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, in the face of the economic downturn in the country, foreign exchange scarcity, and the shrinking passenger traffic on international routes. Emirates, one of the biggest foreign airlines operating in Nigeria, said it would stop flights effective October 22, while the East African carrier, Kenya Airways, has also announced that it would suspend flights to and from Abuja with effect from November 15, 2016 as part of its restructuring and loss-saving measures. In this regard, Emirates was said…
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During his 10-year stint as British prime minister, Tony Blair set up a service delivery unit to track the delivery of government policies and priorities. This innovative model has been copied around the world. His African Governance Initiative was designed to help African countries address their governance challenges. This initiative enables leaders measure their performance regarding their pet projects, programmes and their execution. Thus we can measure President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance in his 17-month reign as the Nigerian leader. Security wise, he has only been able to retrieve 21 out of 219 Chibok girls; though a few had been seen…
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Unwittingly, President Buhari exposed a fortnight ago the dingy side of the digital divide he inhabits on the eve of the nation’s Independence Day anniversary. The occasion was the presentation of picture book in Abuja. Responding to perspectives offered by a youthful panel of arts entrepreneurs on how to maximize the potential of the creative industry in a digital age, PMB’s prognosis was, at best, analogue. The Federal Ministry of Information, he argued, should devote more resources to expand existing radio infrastructure because, according to him, they offer a broader platform to reach more Nigerians. Before you begin to wonder…
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Dr. Junaid Mohammed has revealed that President Buhari is sick and that his recent trip to Germany was for medical reasons. Mohammed, a Russian-trained medical doctor, revealed this in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday. Mohammed alleged that the president Buhari’s associates are repeating the mistake that caused the life of late President Umaru Yar’Adua. According to him, Buhari is sick and he went to Germany to receive treatment but his handlers arranged a state visit in an attempt to mask the truth. “The reason the president traveled to Germany was not what it was advertised to be.…
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RUMORS OF WAR In the months before the August coup, Nigerians came to be familiar with routine announcements about this or that politician sentenced to jail, usually for 21 years, often in concurrent sentences. But many were released too – although one would not suspect so, given the spate of disinformation that greeted the take-over. On January 1st, for example, as part of the New Year message, 144 political detainees and 2,407 prisoners were released. Another 85 political detainees would later be “conditionally” released on August 6th, reflecting efforts to pacify restive non-military special interest groups whose causes were being…
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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 scholar who ate grass thinking…
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that some Republicans should no longer be members of the Party of Lincoln. Gingrich discussed with Sean Hannity that Hillary Clinton is “the most dishonest, most corrupt person to get this far in the presidential campaign.” He said that recent WikiLeaks documents show “how genuinely radical the Clinton team is.” “If Trump will focus all of his social media effort on…who Hillary Clinton is…he’s going to win the election.” However, Gingrich warned that those Republicans who are “willing to help her should join the Democratic party.” “The only question that should be asked…
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With liabilities of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) put at about N7 trillion, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Finance, Hon Jones Onyereri, said on Monday the recovery of the debt could speed up the country’s economic recovery. Out of the total portfolio, only about N1.4 trillion has been recovered, leaving a balance of about N5.6 trillion. Mr. Onyereri was speaking in Sokoto at the opening of a retreat on capacity building for members of the committee on emerging issues in the financial and banking sectors of the economy. He said the ability to recover all…
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“At the heat of the intense pressure mounted on the BBC to stop airing the remaining part of the controversial Aisha Buhari interview a few days ago, I had the privilege of listening to the interview before it was fully aired. My good friend, the Head of the Abuja bureau of the BBC, Naziru Mika’il Abubakar, invited me to his office for comment on the interview, and directed that it be played to me before recording my comment. Listening to the president’s wife passionately expressing herself on how her husband runs Nigeria left me cringing. Reading between the lines, I…
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Russian investment in Nigeria covers such areas as energy, iron and steel, and hydro carbon. Over the years, the diplomatic relationship has also witnessed the establishment of a Russia-Nigeria Business Council (RNBC) which oversees economic activities between both countries. Speaking with our Correspondent, GIFT CHAPI in this interview, the Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Nikolay Udovichenko, explains Russia’s intentions and commitment to the growth and development of Nigeria’s economy. Nigeria is considered the economic powerhouse in the West African sub-region. As it is popularly known, Nigeria is one of Africa’s fastest growing economies and boosts the largest population. When Presidency to…
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