Politics

Former governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife has said the Igbo speaking people won’t leave Nigeria because of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Ezeife said Buhari had been trying to push the Igbos out of Nigeria, but they would not leave.

The elder statesman disclosed this while addressing reporters on Thursday night at a public presentation of three books on the revival of Igbo culture by the founder of a non-governmental organisation, Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI), Dame May Ikokwu.

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He accused the President of being responsible for the political tension in the …

Buratai gave the suggestions when he spoke on Friday while delivering a lecture in Adamawa State capital, Yola.

Speaking on the topic, ‘The Nigerian Front in the War on Terror: Security or Development, during the lecture segment of the 24th, 25th and 26th Combined Convocation of Modibbo Adama University Yola, Buratai mentioned low human development and widespread poverty as a major predisposing factor to insecurity.

He similarly identified porous international …

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami said an investigation has revealed that a yet-to-be identified Federal lawmaker was a major sponsor of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho.

Malami said the investigation unravelled how Igboho got monies from 43 bank accounts, across nine banks.

But at first blush, the report appears to cover Igboho’s financial records long before he got involved with Yoruba nation agitation.

Igboho did not get involved with agitation until early 2021.

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His involvement with Igangan crisis with Fulani settlers was …

The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, on Friday narrated how the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, hijacked the EndSARS protest to carry out nefarious activities.

Malami disclosed that Kanu took advantage of the EndSARS protest last year to create mayhem that led to the death of security agents.

The AGF alleged the Indigenous People of Biafra leader, IPOB, seized the protests through subversive and inciting statements.

Addressing a press conference in his office, Malami said: “As you are aware, Nnamdi Kanu, the self-acclaimed leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been …

Chinese President Xi Jinping has fired a letter to Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari over diplomatic relations with Nigeria.

Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said President Xi stated this in a letter addressed to the Nigerian leader.

According to the Chinese leader, Nigeria is an important strategic partner of China in Africa, adding that China-Nigeria cooperation has been the pacesetter of China-Africa cooperation.

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He said China would use the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment …

The Jigawa State Government says it has introduced another way of paying the retirees their benefits to ease their sufferings.

This was stated by the new Executive Secretary of the Jigawa State and Local Governments Contributory Pension Scheme, Alhaji Kamilu Aliyu, while addressing the beneficiaries on the payment of October retirees.

Africa Daily News, New York reported that Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar had sacked Hashim Ahmad Fagam for allegedly sponsoring protest over APC local Government Congress and replaced him with Alhaji Kamilu Aliyu.

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the final report of the Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution, formed after the EndSARS protest in 2020, is being awaited.

On Thursday, he assured that the state government would make full disclosure of the report to the public.

The governor guaranteed that his administration would not make an attempt to cover up the findings and recommendations.

Sanwo-Olu said the report would be helpful in strengthening true reconciliation and preventing the re-occurrence of the civil unrest.

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The governor explained that the panel was …

US President Joe Biden on Thursday used the backdrop of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial to accuse Republicans of following Donald Trump into a ‘deep black hole’ of white supremacy and voter suppression.

The blistering speech at a ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the memorial to the slain African-American civil rights hero on Washington’s National Mall was unusual for Biden’s direct attacks on Trump.

Biden claimed that the Republican state representatives, ranging from governors to officials in charge of overseeing elections, have launched ‘an unrelenting assault’ on access to free elections ahead of next year’s midterm legislative …

South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma made his first public appearance on Thursday for the first time since his release from prison on medical parole last month to lay charges against a chief state prosecutor.

Africa Daily News, New York gathers that Zuma walked into a police station in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, where he is on trial for corruption, to open a criminal case against advocating Billy Downer for allegedly leaking his medical records.

The Ex-President was accompanied by one of his daughters and waved to people queueing outside the building as he walked past.

A small crowd of …

President Muhammadu Buhari has showered praises on former Senate President, Dr. Ken Nnamani for the role he played in stabilising the nation’s democracy while presiding over the Senate.

The Commander-in-Chief stated this, Thursday, at the launching/public presentation of the book, ‘Standing Strong: Legislative Reforms, Third Term and Other Issues of the 5th Senate,’ written by Nnamani.

Represented by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, President Buhari said but for the courage of Nnamani and his colleagues, the seamless transfer of power in 2007 would have been difficult, if not impossible.

He said: ‘We thank Senator …

The Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) Mr. Fidet Okhiria, has refuted claims of terrorists/bandits attacks on its train within the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor.

Okhiria, who spoke to newsmen confirmed that part of the rail track was destroyed.

However, he attributed the incident to suspected vandals, saying investigation to unravel what happened is underway.

‘It’s true our rail track was damaged,’ he said, adding that he couldn’t confirm if its a terrorist attack.

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He said the track was destroyed by suspected vandals as vandalism of the NRC facilities have been on the increase in recent times.…