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“The ship of state is heading inexorably towards the rock and you as the chief helmsman owe it a duty to steer the ship away from it” – Chief Obafemi Awolowo, in an open letter to the then President Shehu Shagari, warning that the nation’s economy was in dire straits in 1982. Today that ship is heading towards the same rock as the Buhari government has so far failed to define its economic direction. The country’s GDP has progressively declined since Buhari assumed office, the latest being the fourth quarter GDP of last year which slowed to 2.11%, according to…
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Propaganda has an expiration date, and it must now be abundantly clear that the expiration date for the hot air of Buhari’s government has long passed. George Santayana says: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” If Nigerians were not so forgetful, we would not now be saddled with the burdensome presidency of Muhammadu Buhari. In his first coming as military head-of-state in 1984, Buhari took Nigeria’s economy from bad to worse. Under him, our national debt rose from $14 billion to $18 billion in less than two years; with the result that Nigeria was no…
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Hillary Clinton claimed the Democratic nomination for president after winning four more states. In California, the biggest prize of all, she walloped Bernie Sanders, her rival, by 56% to 43%. Before the primaries the Associated Press estimated that she had secured enough support from superdelegates—party politicians and bigwigs—to push her over the finishing line. Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, said that a judge overseeing a civil-fraud case against the now defunct Trump University would not give him a fair hearing because he was of Mexican descent. Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who only recently and…
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As if weary of a primary tussle in which the outcome has long been obvious, Democratic voters knocked it on the head on June 7th. Bernie Sanders, whose refusal to admit defeat defies electoral mathematics, hoped to win at least four of the last six states up for grabs, including the biggest, California. But Hillary Clinton whupped him; she won the Golden State by a 13-point margin, also New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. In the process, the former secretary of state secured a big majority of the 4,765 delegates who will attend the Democrats’ National Convention in July.…
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Jeremy Corbyn, saboteur IN 1975 a Labour government, split on Britain’s membership of the European Economic Community (as it then was), put the matter to a referendum. Most of its supporters wanted to leave, so it fell to the pro-European Conservatives to trumpet the case for staying. Margaret Thatcher, their leader, campaigned in a hideous sweater bespangled with European flags and railed against “the parochial politics of ‘minding our own business’”. On the day, two-thirds of Britons voted to remain. The intervening decades have reversed the politics. The party of David Cameron, the Tory prime minister, is now deeply divided…
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Operatives of the Department of State Security have arrested and detained the owner of Public Alerts Security Systems, George Uboh, who reportedly attempted to blackmail the Federal Government into awarding him a multi-billion job to recover over N1.9 trillion hidden away in some banks in the country. Uboh, according to findings was arrested on Tuesday after stern-looking operatives had raided his office and homes in Maitama in Abuja in search of sensitive documents relating to the short-lived recovery contract job he was handed by the Federal Government. The Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, gave Uboh the…
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A new militant group, the Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta have surfaced, with a demand that the Federal government allocate 60% of the nation’s oil blocs to indigenes of the Niger Delta region. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Brig. Sibiri Taiowoh and made available to newsmen yesterday June 8th, the group said failure to meet their demands within 2 weeks will see continuous attack of oil installations in the Niger Delta region. The militants amongst other things are demanding for the completion of the Federal Maritime University which was established by former President Goodluck Jonathan as well as…
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Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, yesterday, scuttled the hope of early resolution of the current spate of bombings in the Niger Delta, as it did not only reject the window created for dialogue by the Federal Government, but also blew up another Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, crude oil pipeline in Delta State. This came on a day indications emerged that Nigeria’s crude oil export may drop further in the days ahead, as major refineries across the globe have concluded plans to stop purchase of crude oil from Nigeria due to rising uncertainties about the country meeting up with deliveries. The latest…
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Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has pulled out of the much publicized clean up of Ogoni Land, citing insincerity and lack of commitment on the side of the federal government. In a statement by its spokesman, Bamidele Odugbesan in Lagos on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The oil giant stated that they noticed the government does not have a blue print yet for the exercise, also no fund has been approved by the government for clean-up. Odugbesan said they having been calling on the federal government to show commitment but all to no avail. He further said their…
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Bilderberg Chairman Castries, Henri de Here you have it. We now know who has been confirmed to attend this years Bilderberg conference and we also know what the 130 participants from 20 countries will talk about behind closed doors at the posh 5-star Hotel Taschenbergpalais. The 64th annual Bilderberg conference will take place June 9th through the 12th and will include top business moguls along with experts in academia, finance and industry. The key topics of the conference will include, but not be limited to: current events, China, Europe (growth, reform, vision, unity), Middle East, Russia, the U.S. political landscape…
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Royal Dutch Shell, the largest oil producing company in Nigeria, which has suffered series of attacks on its 48-inch Forcados export pipeline that links onshore storage tanks with an offshore port, has ruled out the repair of the pipeline for now. The Chief Financial Officer of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Mr. Simon Henry, while noting that the various attacks on the oil facilities in the Niger Delta region were signs of alarm among foreign oil companies, pointed out that in the past, energy companies could repair pipelines after attacks, but recent attacks were more destructive than in the past. Henry…
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Fewer young men in the US want to get married than ever, while the desire for marriage is rising among young women, according to the Pew Research Center. Pew recently found that the number of women 18-34 saying that having a successful marriage is one of the most important things rose from 28 percent to 37 percent since 1997. The number of young adult men saying the same thing dropped from 35 percent to 29 percent in the same time. Pew’s findings have caught the attention of one US writer who maintains that feminism, deeply entrenched in every segment of…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has pointedly told a former Governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu that he is not the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the latter is widely upheld. The President made this clarification last Monday while hosting APC chieftains and members of the National Assembly to a dinner where the Senate President, Bukola Saraki in observing protocol during a remark addressed the former Lagos governor as the National Leader of APC A Senator who was at the event confided in our correspondent that “Buhari, who spoke shortly after Saraki, said; ‘Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…
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The Emir of Birnin Gwari has challenged former self-styled military president, Ibrahim Babangida, to publish an autobiography that would correct the wrong impressions about him. Zubairu Jibril Mai Gwari II spoke in Kaduna, Saturday, at the launch of a book “Ancestral Farewell” written by Dickson Adama, a Kaduna-based journalist and reporter of the Daily Trust newspapers. Mr. Jibril said the autobiography should detail the happenings during and after the expiration of Mr. Babangida’s administration. “Most of those who contributed to the growth of Nigeria have not written a book,” Mr. Jibril said. “We have been waiting for a book from…
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When George Orwell wrote his classic novel 1984 it is doubtful if he had Nigeria in mind. However, 1984 is fast becoming a reference point in the historical dissection of the current political dispensation. As Buhari wields an iron fist in a democratic government, many are forced to take a good look at 1984 to see its similarities with present day Nigeria. The concensus across the country is that Nigeria is back to 1984. And like that era of infamy, the economy is again in shambles. Overall confidence in the capacity of government to raise people out of poverty is…
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A Speech by H.E. Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Delivered at Bloomberg Studios, London, United Kingdom. Monday, 6 June 2016 Since leaving office one year and one week ago, I have had the luxury of time to be able to reflect on the future of my great country, Nigeria. So today is not about my personal memories or a litany of ‘what ifs’. No! Today I would like to share with you what I believe is the key learning from my experiences for the future of democracy not only in Nigeria but also…
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Until President Olusegun Obasanjo began his crusade against corruption via the Anti-Corruption law, “Welcome to the country of corruption” would have been an appropriate inscription at Nigeria’s international airports! The anxiety of airport officials to extort money from those travelling into and out of the country, be they Nigerians or foreigners, was there for all to see. To the corrupt members of the police force, any criminal was welcome provided he paid the price being asked by the officer. And in the civil service, right from the messenger to the official at the very top, any duty performed was…
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By both comparative advantage and conventional party politics, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is supposed to be the most buoyant of all political parties in Nigeria. One, by virtue of its control of power at the centre, APC stands at a more vantage position than other parties in terms of access to resources. Again, it controls majority of elected representatives at the local, state and national levels, including having 23 state governors in its fold. Also, as people like to put their money where their mouth is, political patronage in form of corporate gifts and donations in exchange for…
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In the face of the officially induced scourge afflicting Nigerians, taking potshots at President Muhammadu Buhari, other political leaders and the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have become a fair game and a past time. But Nigerians who indulge in such past time cannot in truth be accused of unfairness and insensitivity. The present administration brought the situation on itself on the basis of what has now turned out to be incredibly bogus (read false) promises it made to the electorate ahead of the March/April 2015 elections. The party and its presidential candidate were desperate for office and…
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American and Western European experts predicted that Nigeria will disintegrate in 2015. With the political desperation and frenzy that marked the political campaigns of the 2015 presidential election, many thought that Nigeria was at the point of the predicted 2015 disintegration. Surprisingly, the election took place without the much-anticipated violence. And following the election, the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan, conceded defeat to the victorious opposition presidential candidate, Mohammudu Buhari. This forestalled the anticipated violence and predicted breakup. Refreshingly, the doomsayers were proved wrong. Disturbingly, Nigeria is still not completely out of the woods; as it may still break up. The…
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The Honorable Justice Ademola Adeniyi sitting at the Federal High Court 7, Abuja on Thursday 26th, May 2016 dismissed the Preliminary Objections filed by President Muhammadu Buhari in the case instituted against him, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/110/2015 by an Abuja based Legal Practitioner, Barr. Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe challenging his competence to stand election into the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when he lacks the basic educational qualifications set out in the Constitution. The development has reportedly thrown the Nigerian presidency into disquiet as President Buhari…
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I’m sharing this because it is thought-provoking. I wish you could forward it to every youth known to you, so they can have a piece of it. And let the sleeping giants rise. I am very angry and that is why I am addressing you. You are the source of my anger and I want to vent my spleen- maybe not at you directly- but at the arrogance of your ignorance. You sit in front of a computer and rant all day through social media but with every click, you make money – not for yourself – but for Mark…
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The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu has vowed to ensure transparency and accountability in the use of funds meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) especially in Maiduguri, Borno state. A statement yesterday from EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said the EFCC chairman said the probe will include all IDP camps in the country, made the declaration yesterday in Maiduguri, while speaking at the newly reopened Zonal office of the Commission. Uwujaren said the EFCC boss expressed worry about complaints of corruption in IDP Camps, coming from International humanitarian organizations and other civil society organizations…
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I have always agonized and been concerned about this country Nigeria. My agony in most cases leads to headache and the problem is simply; why has Nigeria been the way it is? Why have we found it difficult to mesh as a nation? Why has development that would translate this country into a great country eluded us? Why is it that our leaders, over the years have always found it convenient to show concern for their own welfare rather than the collective welfare? Our leaders travel out of the country. They see some of the best of facilities and infrastructure…
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“The agitation for justice and issue of sabotaging the economy started before pipeline security contracts were given and pipeline security job was part of negotiation of the amnesty program of Yar’Adua. I was part of the negotiation, so I know why Yar’Adua offered Ministry of Niger Delta, I know why Yar’Adua offered Amnesty and I know why Yar‘Adua also offered pipeline security contract. I am not part of the people that have the contract but I know how those things emerged and I do not believe that it is because the pipeline security contract is no longer there that is…
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Niger Delta Avengers, the new militant group that has claimed responsibility for a string of attacks on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta, continued its disruption of Nigeria’s oil production with the bombing of more crude oil pipelines Thursday. The group announced the latest attack via its Twitter handle on Thursday evening, saying it blew up “Ogboinbiri to Tebidaba and Clough Creek to Tebidaba crude oil pipelines in Bayelsa State.” “At about 2:00am today @NDAvengers blew up the Ogboinbiri to Tebidaba and Clough Creek to Tebidaba crude oil pipelines in Bayelsa State.” The Avengers added that the latest…
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Events since Buhari was sworn in as president is self-evident the country is teetering on to the path of self-destruction. It is like a banana republic imploding within, with political players each carrying a mini-atomic bomb. Since Buhari moved into Aso Rock, he has demostrated his distaste for the rule of law, civil institutions, other democratic norms and ethos. Consequently, it has become increasingly difficult for the silent and suffering majority to voice any say about how his leadership affects their lives. Increasingly, Nigeria is transmutating to be like North Korea where a self-anointed leader is worshipped like a tin-god.…
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*Barkindo may emerge OPEC scribe tomorrow Oil output from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell to a 20-year low of 32.52 million barrels per day (bpd) in May, from 32.64 million bpd it recorded in April. The slide in OPEC member countries’ crude oil production may not be unconnected with the constant attacks from the Niger Delta Avengers. Nigeria currently pumps under 1.5 million bpd – less than Angola – and well below the 2.2 million bpd assumed in the 2016 state budget as a result of attacks on Chevron facilities, a development that may have forced Chevron…
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Truth has fallen in the street of this misguided Buhari administration; so much so that abject failure has been camouflaged as its triumph. It is amusing, if not very disturbing, to see the number of people the Buhari administration has brought out of the woodwork to sing its praises on this its one-year anniversary. Having arrested key spokespersons of the opposition, intimidated the press into silence, threatened the judiciary, and even arrested its non-politician critics, such as Olu Adegboruwa, on trumped up charges, the government has become confident that it has a free pass to feed Nigerians with lies about…
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In the months leading up to the presidential elections, millions of gullible Nigerians took the bait line, hook and sinker about Buhari as Mr. Integrity. Sadly, there was nothing in Buhari’s past to suggest he fitted that solemn profile. Yet, fanatics chose to look only at the man and not what was behind the facade. Having been severely hypnotized and sedated by the tricks of career con artists, the APC band wagon gubbled every lie that was fed them like some freshly prepared cheesecake. Some people, so inebriated therefore failed to see the clear warning signs about a man deceit…
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“The Niger Delta has 13% derivation, monthly allocations, NDDC, Ministry of Niger Delta, Amnesty, etc. What have they done with all these institutions and funds that they are now demanding for more? ” The above statement is the new narrative to justify the continuous exploitation of the Niger Delta people and to support the need for the federal government to continue the stealing of the Niger Delta wealth and resources. People who share this view are ignorant of what is going on in the Niger Delta and how Nigerian politics affect the region. Yes, the oil producing states of Nigeria…
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There is an Igbo adage that says if you put your ear close to the ground you would hear the ants whispering. I will say that if President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) government listened hard enough, they would hear Nigerians chanting a variant of the 80s pop hit: Where is the love you promised me? Where is the CHANGE you promised us? And as well the people might. For, as the president and his party will now have come to realise, one year is a lifetime in politics. But let us try to put things in…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said the Federal Republic of Nigeria as currently constituted was not working, saying greater autonomy to states remained the panacea to the country’s multi-faceted internal crisis. Mr. Atiku’s recommendations came when he spoke at the official launch of “We Are All Biafrans”, a new book by journalist and scholar, Chido Onumah, in Abuja. Mr. Atiku, who was Nigeria’s vice-president between 1999-2007, said Nigerians had suffered for too long under a poorly-designed structure. “Nigeria is not working, as well as it should,” Mr. Atiku said. “And part of the reason is the poor way…
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Muhammadu Buhari took office as Nigeria’s president a year ago on a wave of optimism that the ex-military ruler could revive a nation battered by falling oil prices and decades of corruption. Now, Africa’s biggest economy is on its knees, forcing Buhari to throw in the towel on a central pillar of his economic policy — a currency peg. “It was difficult to imagine a scenario in which things got worse,” said Malte Liewerscheidt, a Nigeria analyst at Bath, U.K.-based consultant Verisk Maplecroft. “But it’s been a lost year. What’s missing is sound macroeconomic policies.” Nigeria will soon enter a…
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“Buhari should hold a broad view of Nigeria. No action has been taken against the 12 northern states that declared Sharia in their domains in obvious violation of Nigeria’s secularity. Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution states, “The Government of the Federation or of a State shall not adopt any religion as State Religion,” but the President is threatening to crush those who are agitating for resource control. Why would states that promote Islamic Sharia share in the Value Added Tax revenue, which is generated partly from selling alcohol, when they are opposed to people drinking? These are enough grounds…
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The government of General Muhammadu Buhari has clocked one year in office having being sworn in on May 29, 2015; and the leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) has identified at least 125 Constitutional Breaches & Regime Atrocities committed by the hostile administration in the past 365 days or one year. The breaches and atrocities covered the process through which the administration was brought to civilian presidency to its policies and conducts in the past 365 days or one year. This simply means that in each of the past 12 months, the administration…
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From indications within the guerilla group the Avengers, their mission is far from over as they renew their intentions to blow up every oil pipeline or super structure that is within the Niger Delta. The leader, captain Olotuowei speaking from a secured location in the creeks, said the Avengers are more determined than ever given Buhari’s proclivities and his stance on the confab resolutions and restructuring of Nigeria. “So, Buhari thinks every part of Nigeria is existing to serve the Hausa/Fulani. Anyway, here in the Niger Delta, we rather fight to the death than be conscripted into that internal slave…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday failed to give specific details of recovered loot as part of his anti-corruption war during his Democracy Day speech, consequently reneging on an earlier promise he made to that effect. Mr. Buhari had on May 14 said in London that he would personally provide specific details of all recovered stolen public funds because he believed that what Nigerians were being fed through the media were not detailed enough. “So far, what has come out, what has been recovered in whatever currency from each ministries, departments and individuals, I intend on the 29th to speak on…
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BE THE JUDGE; The presidency has released President Muhammadu Buhari’s “achievements” in the last 12 months, ahead of tomorrow’s (Sunday) marking of the administration’s first year in office. The list as published by the News Agency of Nigeria contains the following: SECURITY: The relocation of the Nigerian Military Command Centre to Maiduguri, since May 2015, contributed to the success in the fight against insurgency in the North Eastern part of the country. As at February 2016, the total number of persons rescued by the Nigerian troops during the ongoing operations in the North East came to 11,595 …
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Niger Delta Avengers late Thursday night simultaneously bombed several pipelines operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation around Batan community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. Local residents told THE PUNCH on the telephone that multiple explosions were heard, a situation they said threw people of the area into serious panic. The damaged pipelines are said to be operated by the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company and Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Ltd.,which were subsidiaries of the NNPC. It was gathered that both crude and gas trunk lines were severely affected in the attacks. Investigations reveal that…
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, yesterday disclosed that his country home has been sacked by Fulani mercenaries who also killed over 50 of his kinsmen after which they razed over 200 hectares of his rice farm. He lamented that the incessant killings and destruction of lives and property in the Benue had created a 25 year retrogression of development in the state. The Governor made this known when he received the All Progressives Congress, APC Governors’ Forum led by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, who paid him condolence visit over the invasion of Agatu and other parts…
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Oil prices on both sides of the Atlantic have pushed above $50 a barrel for the first time this year as investors weigh the impact of supply disruptions and US figures showing a decline in crude inventories. ICE July Brent crude rose as much as 1 per cent to $50.51 a barrel on Thursday in London and US benchmark West Texas Intermediate also topped $50, rising 0.7 per cent to $50.21. They later pared gains and dropped below $50 a barrel. Michael Wittner, analyst at Société Générale, said: “We expect global crude markets to continue to be driven by supply…
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Abdullahi Salame, the lawmaker representing Gwadabawa/Illela federal constituency, Sokoto State, has dismissed insinuations that his controversial pro-Sharia bill is aimed at expanding the Islamic legal system across a secular Nigeria. Mr. Salame said his constitutional amendment proposal is actually designed to protect Christians from wanton attacks in Northern Nigeria. The long form title of the bill is: “A bill for an Act to alter Sections 262 and 277 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to increase the jurisdiction of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory and Sharia Court of Appeal of a…
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– Have you forgotten the The EASTERN REGION EXPORTED PALM OIL and the likes back in the days? – Go back to history the NORTH REFUSED to be joined with other States because the groundnuts pyramid makes more money than the rest. – Ahmadu Bello KBE clearly stated it that THEY CANT USE THE RESOURCES FROM THE NORTH TO DEVELOP other part of Nigeria. – He said it’s not even enough for them, he employed only Northerners or British. When it was time for COCOA from the WEST, Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo, GCFR the great insisted that it will…
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United Airlines will stop flying to Nigeria next month, ending the carrier’s only route to Africa because of weakness in the energy sector and difficulties in collecting money from tickets sold in that country. The daily route from Houston to Lagos had underachieved for years but was kept alive because of its importance to Texas-based customers, United Continental Holdings Inc. said in a note to employees on Wednesday. The last flight will be June 30, after which Delta Air Lines Inc. will be the only major U.S. carrier flying to Africa. Nigeria has restricted the amount of money that can…
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– debts could undermine hub status, IATA says. – Government asks carriers to accept ‘realistic’ payment plan. Nigeria owes airlines more than half a billion dollars in outstanding air fares as the oil-price slump depletes reserves of the U.S. currency and prompts the government to limit the amount of money that can be moved abroad. Some $575 million was due to carriers as of March 31, according to the International Air Transport Association, even after the Central Bank of Nigeria released funds to pay off part of the backlog. Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo told IATA Chief Executive Officer Tony…
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This apology was posted on Facebook yesterday Morning… Dear Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, I write to apologize on behalf of myself and the many repentant Nigerians like me who ganged up against your government in 2012. Your government’s policy to remove subsidy on the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as patrol was completely misconstrued by us. I was personally deceived by my overzealous comradely towards millions of Nigerians who had traveled to various locations at that time to spend Christmas with their loved ones. I was particularly concerned about NDIIGBO who traditionally returned home in droves during this period…
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Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the state government spent N3.2bn in preparing for the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari, who turned out to be represented by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, in the working visit to the state on Monday. Buhari was scheduled to commission various projects embarked upon by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, but this was carried out on his behalf by Osinbajo. Reacting to the development, the PDP said the purported preparation for the visit of President Buhari to Lagos State was “a fraud and another expose that the APC is too…
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The Result of the Research about Fulani herdsmen. “FULANI HERDSMEN KILLINGS; MODUS OPERANDI, THOSE INVOLVED, AND THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. The most significant problem that African nations face is lack of leadership. Normally, Leadership should be an intentional conscious effort to attend to the people’s needs and aspirations. But in Africa, even though many of those that are thrust into the position of leadership mean well, they lack the capacity to lead and meet the people/s hopes and aspirations. Apart from lack of adequate preparation for leadership, one other notable factor that had inhibited good leadership among African leaders is…
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President Muhammadu Buhari recently claimed that herdsmen causing mayhem and committing terror acts all over the country are foreigners, specifically Libyans and not Nigerians. I completely disagree with this narrative from no less a figure as our Commander in Chief and Father of the entire nation. His comments amount to pure propaganda and image laundering for his kinsmen. This is nothing but tribalism. And tribalism is a very perverse form of corruption, in fact, the infrastructure on which corruption thrives. This negates his government /party’s vow to defeat corruption. Unfortunately, this propaganda has now become a refrain/chorus sang by several…
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At least the taxi drivers in Lagos are happy, even if businessmen in Nigeria’s commercial capital are not. A year after becoming president, Muhammadu Buhari pulled out of his first official visit to Lagos on Monday, averting citywide gridlock but angering business leaders who said the 73-year-old former military ruler is deaf to their plight. With Africa’s largest economy now contracting, the foreign exchange market frozen by red tape and a new Niger Delta insurgency sending crude oil output to a 20-year low, it is a plight that gets worse by the day. Yet businessmen say Buhari, who swept…
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The current senators who once served as governors are; Bukola Saraki of Kwara Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano Kabiru Gaya of Kano Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom Theodore Orji of Abia Abdullahi Adamu of Nasarawa Sam Egwu of Ebonyi Shaaba Lafiagi of Kwara Joshua Dariye of Plateau Jonah Jang of Plateau Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto Ahmed Sani Yarima of Zamfara Danjuma Goje of Gombe Bukar Abba Ibrahim of Yobe Adamu Aliero of Kebbi George Akume of Benue Isiaka Adeleke of Osun. The former deputy governors in the Senate are; Ms Biodun Olujimi of Ekiti Enyinaya Harcourt Abaribe of Abia…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, announced a flexible exchange rate regime assumedly and supposedly aimed at making foreign currencies more accessible. With this action, the CBN has eventually nullified the official exchange rate regime of N197/dollar. CBN announced a free floating forex regime where the exchange rate will be determined by supply and demand. “Official rate” as we know it has effectively been abolished. On the surface, the move may seem to be a welcome “hands off” by government but in actuality, the move has very serious and dire consequences as it may usher in an era of…
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Despite the ‘relief’ from the pains of scarcity, following the increase in the pump price of premium motor spirit, PMS, also called petrol to N145 per litre, and liberalisation of sourcing for foreign exchange, FOREX, majority of the oil marketers still depend on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, for their supplies. Dependence on NNPC supplies follows challenges being faced by petroleum products importers and oil marketers in sourcing for the requisite forex to enable them bring in refined products. Nevertheless, with the gains of the pump price increase, marketers are now more willing to expand investments in downstream operations,…
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The Minister of State for Petroluem, Dr Ibe Kachikwu is of the opinion that the Federal Government may resort to dialogue with the Niger Delta Militants in a bid to end the activities of militancy in the region. Speaking in Lagos on Monday, the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said using military might to fight militancy will not end the restiveness in the area. Kachikwu said, “The military barrels cannot stop or solve problem of militancy in the Niger–Delta region. I will have to go back to my brothers, they are our brothers; we will go and…
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By Adiele Samuel Ikwerre youths have stated that, according to history, the people of Ikwerre are actually Igbos. The youths, in a letter signed by one of their leaders, Adiele Samuel, explained that the reason they were forced to deny their Igbo roots was to avoid persecution and being disadvantaged in Nigeria during and after the Civil War. Read for yourself: “We, the youths of Ikwerre descent from Rumuigbo, Omarelu, Elele, Etche, Ubima, Isiokpo, Ogbakiri, Omademe, Obiri Ikwerre, Rumuigbo, Rumuola, Omagwa, Apani, Rumukurushi, Rumuokwuta, Igwuruta, Rumuadolu, Rumuobiakani, Rumuokoro, and others, wish to clarify our position regarding the Biafra movement. Ikwerre…
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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has said even though he was one of those who supported the former acting national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, he had no option than to support his removal so as to forestall disintegration of the party, adding that, “We cannot sacrifice the party for any individual.” This was made known in press released by the Special Assistant to the governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, in Ado-Ekiti on Monday. The governor, in the release, urged Sheriff to accept his removal in good faith and join others…
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As the country burns and boils in the vortex of lawlessness, civilian dictatorship and maladministration, emergency armchair analysts have started with their psychoanalysis of the Avengers. The Avengers, the new militant group who seems to have taken over from where MEND left off, are now joined by other similar groups in the region. The evolving conflagration is sure to cripple the Nigerian economy further, exactly what the Avengers promised in no unmistakable terms. While many who lack the knowledge of a concise history of the Niger Delta think the Avengers are criminals, miscreants and good for nothing jobless youths, the…
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Our attention has been drawn to media reports regarding a court judgment alleged to have been entered against the Federal Government of Nigeria and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in respect of an action by the Socio-Economic Rights Agenda (SERAP) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. The High Court, according to the media reports, ordered the Federal government and Dr. Okonjo Iweala to provide information relating to N30 trillion Naira allegedly unaccounted for. Please note the following: – Dr Okonjo-Iweala hastens to state that she was never served with any court processes in relation to the said matter. She has not…
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As a staunch GEJ supporter, I want to help Buhari with trillions of naira for the sake of my countrymen and women who are bearing the brunt of Buhari’s poor economic policies. Dear President Buhari, 1.) Go to the 36 governors that served with Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 – 2007. Offer them immunity from prosecution if they will all return N2.5 billion naira each for every four years in power. Those who spent eight years in office should return N5 billion each. After all, most of them were facing charges totaling over N100 billion before their files disappeared from the…
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Niger Delta Avengers is the name of a new group of militants in the Niger Delta who claim to be different from the former agitators and militants who operated between 2006 and 2009, largely under the umbrella of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). The title of this group may well serve as the thematic and definitive umbrella for the resurgence of low-level insurgency in the Niger Delta, for in the last month alone, more groups have joined the NDA to wage war against oil installations, the Buhari government, and the Nigerian state. These include the…
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If Nigeria experiences another negative growth in the second quarter as reported by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for the first quarter of 2016, we would officially be in a recession. For some of us already groaning about the harsh economic climate in the country, I would advise we brace up for harsher times, if President Muhammadu Buhari doesn’t change his stand on the economy – those guys I saw in Kano, who were supporting the latest increase in fuel prices, might turn around and start cursing the President when these imminent hard times come. Let’s be clear, Nigeria…
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The Federal Government of Nigeria under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan announced plans to end the regime of fuel subsidies in Nigeria. It led to public protests and an organized action led by the political opposition to challenge Jonathan’s oil policy with regards to subsidies. Among the key figures that publicly opposed the removal of fuel subsidies were the now incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, one-time minister of Petroleum in his military administration, Dr. Tamuno David-West, a former Professor of Virology at the Ibadan Medical School, Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos, and of course, the current regime spokesman, Lai…
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*The Borno state government also refused to relocate the students from Chibok to safer places like Maiduguri. The kidnap of over 250 schoolgirls in Chibok may not have occurred if the Borno State Government had heeded the advice of an examination body, fresh facts have emerged. Aware of the poor security situation in Borno and worried about the safety of students, the West African Examination Council, WAEC, declined to conduct its Senior School Certificate Examination in unsafe parts of Borno, including Chibok. But that was until the state governor, Kashim Shettima, assured of adequate security measures, an official has said.…
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After taking a critical look at the leadership of Nigeria from the 1960 independence to the present Nigeria, Prof. Pat Utomi, president of Lagos Business School, described Nigeria as an embarrassment to the black race. According to him, Nigerian leaders have failed the nation, maintaining that in the ranking of failed states in the world, Nigeria is miles away from Ghana, its next door neighbor in the West African sub-region. He said Nigeria has strong men but what nations needed to develop is strong institutions and good policies and not strong men with weak and toothless institutions of governance. Prof.…
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1. The first president of Sierra Leone was an Igbo by the name of Christopher Okoro Cole. Before then, Okoro served as the Governor-General of Sierra Leone. His ascendancy into the presidential seat took place on April of 1971. 2. In April of 1992, an Igbo by the name of Captain Yahya Kanu became Military Head of State of Sierra Leone. 3. In 1857, an ex-slave of Igbo extraction, Simon Jonas, wrote the first manuscript written in Igbo language, ‘Isoama-Ibo Primer’. This was done in Sierra Leone for emancipated slaves from Igboland in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The Igbo dialect spoken…
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In years past, you could feel the roar, thunder and lightening of Prof Wole Soyinka from a television interview. Kongi as he was fondly known was a lion. When he sat before Christianne Amanpour of CNN, the themes were about corruption and the tyranny of power. In the process his latitude to rain curses on any leader was lengendry. He Christianed former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as Nebuchadnezzar and the first lady Patience Jonathan as hyppopotamus, plus other equally wonderful names befitting a first lady. Down the line current president Buhari too didn’t escape his tongue lashing. He called Buhari…
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Immediately following the closed door meeting between president Buhari and governor Wike of Rivers State, there is growing apprehension in many quarters that the presidency is planning to place not only Rivers, but perhaps the entire southern states under emergency rule. For discerning observers, this is another inelegant way of lording over the region by placing it under APC control from the back door. While no details were issued after the meeting, persons familiar with it say Buhari had issued a warning to that effect if politically motivated killings in the state do not abet. However, many find it curious…
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Some months ago, President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to Saudi Arabia to convince the kingdom to cut production in order to stabilize the price of oil – this was one of his reasons for going to Saudi Arabia, as reported by his media aide. I’m surprised that he didn’t know that what he was asking the Saudis to do would soon be done by his country. Didn’t the President get some security reports, or intelligence briefings, before these Avenger guys started causing havoc? Last week, the minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, told the House of Representatives that the nation…
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*Demands release of Kanu, Dasuki *We are not militants- Tompolo’s monarch The Federal Government now has a new group of militants to contend with, following the emergence of the Red Egbesu Water Lions, which has vowed to team up with the Niger Delta Avengers in ensuring zero production of oil and gas in the region. But it wasn’t clear as at Wednesday whether it was a resurrection of the Egbesu Mightier Fraternity Of Izon (Ijaw) Land and The Water Lion, a group which became prominent five years ago when its members threatened to eject people of northern origin from the…
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Former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife has warned the Federal Government that any attempt to crush Niger Delta militants may spell doom for the country. Speaking with Daily Sun on the state of security in Nigeria, Ezeife urged President Muhammadu Buhari to engage militants and other aggrieved people from the South-South and South-East in dialogue. He lamented that the security situation in Nigeria has collapsed despite the president’s efforts in combating Boko Haram in view of the actions of herdsmen in the South and the reawakening of the Niger Delta militants. “Buhari might have conquered Boko Haram but,…
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To keep to our promise, the three (3) days ultimatum given to Chief Government Ekpemupolo has elapsed and he has failed to apologize to the Niger Delta Avengers, at 2200hours Thursday, May 5, 2016, our strike team 4 hit the Nigerian National Petroleum Coperation (NNPC) crude and gas lines The Crude line feeds the Warri and Kaduna refineries respectively, while the gas line feeds the Lagos and Abuja electricity power supply. With this development the Warri and Kaduna refineries will be shut down and all cities that depends on the gas line for power will all be in total darkness…
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1. The Federal Government through the Minister of state and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Wednesday last week withdrew PETROL or premium motor spirit (PMS) subsidy, raising the price from N86 to N145 per litre, an increment of over 67 percent. 2. This neo-liberal policy of government is unacceptable and contrary to President Muhammadu Buhari’s earlier declaration mid-2015 after the people’s mandate when he said: “I have received many literatures on the need to remove subsidies, but much of it has no depth.” He said that lack of security, sabotage, corruption and…
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Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court has ordered the Federal Government to justify the detention of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) in one day. The court also ordered the detained retired army officer to make out his case against government challenging his detention since December last year in one day. Presiding Judge of the regional court, Justice Friday Chijioke Nwoke, gave the order in Abuja on Tuesday at the resumed hearing in a legal action instituted by Dasuki to challenging his alleged unlawful detention, unlawful seizure of properties and infringement on his fundamental…
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Only three members of President Buhari’s Federal Executive Council have access to President Buhari, investigations have revealed. The three ministers, former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Abdulrahman Dambazzau and former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, we gathered are the privileged trio who barely enjoy access to the President. More recently, Minister of Budget and National Planning Udoma Udo Udoma has been seen at frequent meetings with the President owing to the 2016 budget scandal which portrayed the Nigerian presidency as incompetent and uncoordinated. President Buhari’s style of governance has built a…
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Father Ejike Mbaka has allegedly made a new prophesy about President Muhammadu’s administration. The controversial priest stated that the beginning of Muhammadu Buhari’s Government will be difficult. He added that there will be suffering and crisis but the end it will be joyous and great. Below is what Mbaka Said. “Listen fellow Nigerians, as it is right now, most of what we are suffering now and we are going to suffer were caused few years ago but the Lord asked me to encorage you. “Suffering is coming but it is not suffering unto damnation, there is solution, it may take…
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RE: THE CONTINUOUS DETENTION OF BARR. ROBERT AZIBAOLA FOR A WHOPPING 52 DAYS WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE EFCC. Dear Mr. President, I write to you with profound respect and inestimable concern for your office and person. As a Nigerian, one of your subjects, I feel it would be most unpatriotic if I fail to draw your attention to certain administrative inconcinnities in this nation of ours; after all, Nigeria is the collective property of Nigerians – region, colour, and language distinction notwithstanding. I may not have the toga of acclaimed celebrated writers in Nigeria, even though I must execrate that…
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The founder and President of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and National Chairman of the Unity Party Of Nigeria (UPN) Dr Frederick Fasehun has said that since the coming of the new administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria has degenerated and that the the change the APC government promised was having a negative effect as Nigeria’s domestic issues has been amplified and magnified negatively. Fasehun made this known during a press conference Tuesday in Lagos. Below are text of the press conference ‘FUEL HIKE AND OTHER MATTERS’ Gentlemen of the Press: It is out of the depth of concern for…
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The south west media handlers must be wondering about their journalistic acumen as the country dives in a tailspin. They must be wondering what sort of hypnosis they were under when a favorite son was hammering on the “million sins” of Buhari. The south west media, acting like drunken sailors danced, sang hymns of drunken sailors, mocked and hyped on the messiah called Buhari. They refused to read the nauseating contents anthoured by their son. In the “million sins” of Buhari, the future of Nigeria under Buhari was in stark black and white. Today, those who naively thought by bankrolling…
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As part of its intimidation and harassment of lawyers in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission last week bore its fangs this time, on a human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, over what is at best described as ‘spurious’ allegation. In what many have seen as clampdown on lawyers in the country, especially those defending suspects alleged to have committed various offences, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) last week arrested and arraigned a human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, before a Federal High Court in Lagos on a one-count charge bordering on a lease of a forfeited in…
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Ebonyi State Government yesterday banned the arrival of cattle into the state by herdsmen. Governor David Umahi told newsmen that the decision to stop cattle rearing in the state was because there is tension in the state over the recent activities of herdsmen in the country. He made this known during a meeting with security chiefs in the state at the state Police Command. He further stated plans to implement laws that would restrict movement of cattles and other animals such as goats and sheep. Umahi added that those who have been resident in the state for years as cattle…
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Christine Lagarde President, IMF 1900 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC, NW United States May 16, 2016 Dear President, 1) There is every likelihood you missed a lot of what’s driving Nigeria on your most recent visit. This was expected given that on a strictly business trip you couldn’t meet with ordinary Nigerians to feel their pulse, what they think about their lives steadily going down the tubes. Against the backdrop of great expectations, you missed the disillusion and despair that’s taking over the nation. Sorry, you couldn’t see the faces of fear and desperation up close and personal. 2) Permit me…
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When America saw the killing in the north in 2011 just because GEJ won the presidential election, they predicted the disintegration of Nigeria in 2015 knowing and believing that there would be another presidential election and GEJ will again win and the war will begin. 2015 came, they analysed and interpreted the Dogs and Baboons soaking in blood statement. America got prepared, they waited in Ghana and observed the happenings, the world tuned their ears listening for the sound of bombs and watched expecting the first attack. The “clock stood still” tension walked through the cities, terror became neighbours, everybody…
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Ex-governor is alleged to have, amongst other offences, while he was the Governor of Abia State in 2003, procured Slok Nigeria Limited to retain its account domiciled with a commercial bank in the sum of 200 million Naira and that the sum formed part of the funds illegally derived from the treasury of Abia State government through another commercial bank. However,his trial was stalled by Justice Anuli Chikere who said she could not go on with the case when an aspect of the matter was still pending at the Supreme Court. Justice Chikere adjourned the case to June 30. …
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The elected president of Nigeria is Muhammadu Buhari but there is a power behind the throne that many Nigerians are not even aware of. This person is so powerful and influential that he is said to have the closest ear of the president, more than anyone else. His name is Mamman Daura. The two men are related by blood: President Buhari is Mamman Daura’s uncle although Daura is two and half years older than the president. The nephew-uncle relationship is described as extremely close and dates back to childhood years. Now that Buhari is in power as the Commander-in-Chief of…
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By this time last year, those who claimed to have massively voted for Buhari and his party APC knew that the presidential campaign theme, change, with brooms as party logo was one of the most expensive political gimmicks ever in the history of Nigeria. After six months and what passed for a charade as ministerial screening drama at the not-so-hallowed chambers of the national assembly, it dawned on Nigerians that Buhari wasn’t the messiah heralded to take the country to dizzying heights of self-rediscovery, that the renaissance promised Nigerians was only a pipe dream. For the second time in their…
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For a long time many pundits knew a war-monger and over confident president would try to rumble military hardware into the Niger Delta, thinking that would annahilate the people of the region. However, such a military tactician failed to factor-in the fact that a well oiled guerilla outfit stands to give the invading forces a run for their military might, a run for their war chest. The war of attrition that will evolve as a result could eventually consume not only the Niger Delta but the invaders as well. So, a reminder here may come handy: there will…
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The Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently retool, refocus and aggressively lead by example on all fronts or risk plunging Nigeria into a state of despondency. In a statement released by the Director of Social Communications of the Diocese, Monsignor Gabriel Osu, Okogie accused the president of waging a shoddy corruption war and acting disdainfully towards the judicial authorities while millions of Nigerians were left to face unimaginable social problems. “He must retool, refocus and aggressively face the social, economic (fiscal and monetary) problems we have head…
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* Muhammadu Buhari seen by some as leading the battle against corruption. *But worrying allegations swirl around one of Nigerian leader’s close allies. *Rotimi Amaechi accused of misappropriating £338m commission probing sale of state assets. *Also accused of diverting £140m of state funds into Buhari’s presidential campaign. When David Cameron was caught on camera last week before an anti-corruption summit describing Nigeria as ‘fantastically corrupt’, the African state’s president rallied to the Prime Minister’s defence by agreeing with him. But although Muhammadu Buhari is seen by some as leading the battle against corruption, worrying allegations swirl around one of his…
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By October 2016 we will display our Currency, Flag, Passport, our ruling Council and our Territory to the world. To the United Nations, we are not asking for much but to free the people of the Niger Delta from environmental pollution, slavery, and oppression. We want a country that will turn the creeks of the Niger delta to a tourism heaven, a country that will achieve its full potentials, a country that will make health care system accessible by everyone. With Niger delta still under the country Nigeria we can’t make it possible. So we are calling on the Ban…
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BREAKING: Fresh crisis in PDP as Jerry Gana and others allegedly ‘sack’ party chairman Modu Sheriff.
Fresh crisis has erupted in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party after a former Minister of Information and a founding member of the party, Jerry Gana, led a group of other leading members to announce the takeover of the party from its national chairman, Ali Sheriff. Mr. Gana, who appears to head a group within the PDP called “Concerned Stakeholders”, met on Thursday at the Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja. After the meeting, which was co-chaired by a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ibrahim Mantu, a former Minister of Education, Tunde Adeniran, and media mogul, Raymond Dokpesi, a communique was…
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Francois Hollande President of France 55 Rue du Fraubourg Elysee Palace, Paris France May 2016 Dear Sir, The upcoming bilateral terrorism talks _____________________________________ 1) Kindly permit me to salute you through this open letter whose season started some years ago and made popular by no other than our own former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. You might have read his latest book, “My Watch”. The Nigerian people will be happy to have you this coming weekend, more so in these times of heightened insecurity not only here in Africa, but all over the world. Like Ghanaians say in Twi, Akwaaba, you are…
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NIGER- DELTA Avengers, Thursday, listed some oil blocs allegedly owned by former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma, ex-Minister of Petroleum, Alhaji Riwalnu Lukman, other Northerners and South-Westerners in the Niger-Delta region and issued them a two-week ultimatum to shut down operations and evacuate the workers from the locations or have them blown up. The militant group, pressing for a sovereign state of the Niger Delta, in an electronic mail statement by its spokesperson, Col Mudoch Agbinibo, forwarded to Vanguard at 8.27 am, warned: “If at the end of the ultimatum and you still…
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THE recent statement by H.E. Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State to the effect that the Second Niger Bridge has gulped N140 billion in consultancy services is misleading; the facts prove otherwise. How could a project whose total cost is put at N108 billion spend N140 billion in consultancy alone? Unfortunately, the statement has raised much dust and is capable of putting Nigeria in bad light. By giving the erroneous impression that corruption has crept into the newly conceived mega bridge project, the international community, especially, willing investors in the project, could be scared away, which is not in our…
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What point was the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, trying to make when he responded to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, who had described Nigeria as “fantastically corrupt” and as “possibly one of the two most corrupt countries in the world” (along with Afghanistan)? Shehu’s swift comeback to this diplomatic gaffe was to suggest that Cameron was working with an “old snapshot” of Nigeria, that things had changed since the coming of Buhari. This is a rather disappointing response from Nigeria, one that does not add any sauce to the power dynamics at…
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Olusegun Obasanjo says though President Muhammadu Buhari might not be grounded in the economy, he is doing well in his fight against corruption and the battle against insurgency. According to The Nation, Obasanjo said this at Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, during a conference on African Development. “PMB served under me and I know him a little bit. He hasn’t deviated from what I knew him for. Actually he is not a perfect man, indeed no leader can be perfect,” Obasanjo was quoted as saying. “Buhari might not be grounded in both the economy and foreign affairs, he is doing…
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The Federal Government has finally removed subsidy from sale of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol with immediate effect. NNPC sources this afternoon said marketers are now free to bring in cargoes and sell, subject to meeting standard quality control. It however added that a benchmark of N145 per litre, as a recommended pump price, at which any trader, irrespective of the source of foreign exchange used to import cargo is guaranteed adequate profit. Details later…
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David Cameron: calls Nigeria fantastically corrupt. President Muhammadu Buhari should read this before jumping on his presidential jet for the journey to London. He may shelve the trip and if he insists on going, he may not shake hands with Prime Minister, David Cameron. His host, Cameron has demonstrated no iota of regard for him and his country Nigeria, dubbing it a ‘fantastically corrupt country’. Cameron was caught on camera giving this description of Nigeria and Afghanistan when he met Queen Elizabeth last month. during a ceremony to mark her 90th birthday. The anti-corruption summit is scheduled to hold in…
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“I got a visa, I am travelling tomorrow.’’ I kept a straight face, at first. Then I realised the implication of keeping a straight face. “Oh wow!!! Congratulations. I am so happy for you.” I said that several times so as to convince the person. It’s not that I wasn’t happy for this person but how will I interact with a person every single day for the last few years and bare my heart to this person and the person NEVER mentions once any intention of travelling abroad. Now that the journey is a day away, this person is announcing…
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