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We Want Biafra Not Igbo President In 2023 – MASSOB/BIM

February 11, 2020 5:49 am

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the  Biafra Independent Movement (BIM), yesterday, said they were not part of agitation by some South East leaders pushing for an Igbo to become President in 2023.

The groups said their interest and agitation remained the actualisation of the sovereign state of Biafra  and appealed to the Federal Government to grant them Biafra independence ahead of 2023.

Chief Larry  Ikechukwu Odinma, who addressed the media in Abakaliki, as  Minister for Planning and Strategy in the New Republic of Biafra, said Igbo were more focused on getting …

PDP

PDP Reacts To Lai’s Comment On $500m Loan For NTA

February 11, 2020 12:02 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to forget the move to secure $500 million dollars (₦182 billion) loan, purportedly to upgrade the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP National Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement Monday night.

PDP advised the National Assembly to turn down the request by President Muhammadu Buhari government to plunge Nigeria into more debt through his request for additional $29.9 billion dollars loan.

The party noted that under the Buhari Presidency, foreign debt has accumulated to $83 billion dollars with nothing to show for

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Borno: Boko Haram Days Are Numbered – Buhari

February 10, 2020 11:59 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with families of victims of the latest attacks in Maiduguri, Borno State.

He assured that his administration will continually frustrate the devilish operations of Boko Haram, and bring it to an end.

Buhari condemned the “murderous and cowardly attack on innocent passengers by the Boko Haram terrorists near Maiduguri’’.

In a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari added that his administration is ever determined to frustrate their goal to hold Nigeria to ransom’’.

“The commitment of this administration to protect the lives of Nigerians will not be derailed by the cowardly and indiscriminate violence

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Francis Fadahunsi

Nollywood: Senator Fadahunsi ‘Bombs’ Fashola

February 10, 2020 11:57 pm

The Senator representing Osun East senatorial district at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Francis Fadahunsi has berated the Minister for works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola over his recent outburst against Nollywood.

The lawmaker expressed disappointment over what he termed “unintelligent blame games” on the part of government, in a bid to play down the level of vices in the system.

This was contained in a press statement made available to journalists by his media Adviser, Sam Segun-Progress in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State.

Fadahunsi opined that the level of employment the movie industry is generating for

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South East To Launch Own Regional Security Outfit

February 10, 2020 11:56 pm

The South-East Governors’ Forum has resolved to launch a regional security outfit to protect the geopolitical region of Nigeria.

After meeting in Enugu, the leaders have also written the Federal Government in this regard and were equally satisfied with the arrangement that would lead to the enactment of the law to back up the programme in all Houses of Assembly across the region.

However, chairman of the forum and Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, pointed out that the governors have yet to choose a name for the security outfit that is similar to southwest’s Amotekun.

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Jonathan and Waziri

Jonathan Fires Back: Why I Sacked Ex-EFCC Boss, Waziri

February 10, 2020 11:56 pm

 

Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has branded former Chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, as a liar for saying that she was fired from office because of her probe of some oil racketeers.

But the former President said Waziri was sacked based on Nigeria’s interest and global standing.

A statement issued by Ikechukwu Eze, Media Adviser to Jonathan on Monday said the former president read media reports credited to Waziri, in which she claimed in her new book that she was removed from because of her probe of some oil racketeers.

“We …

Oyo

Oyo APC Lacks Knowledge Of Good Governance – PDP

February 10, 2020 2:55 pm

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop celebrating the maladministration represented by the immediate past government of Abiola Ajimobi.

The party, in a statement yesterday, by its Publicity Secretary, Akeem Olatunji, said APC is a party of individuals with little or no knowledge of what good governance entails, noting that in the last eight months, every right-thinking resident of Oyo State has been full of praises for the well-thought-out policies and programmes of Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration.

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According to the …

APC Leader Urges Kaduna Politicians To Shun Blackmail

February 10, 2020 2:54 pm

A chieftain of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Yusuf Ali, has appealed to politicians in the state to shun politics of blackmail with the intent to tarnishing the image of their opponents.

Ali, made the remarks in a statement issued at the weekend.

He said a situation whereby politicians in the state take delight in setting up their opponents in order to destroy their image is appalling and despicable.

Read Also: Why We Are Building More Appeal Courts – Bulkachuwa

“Politics is supposed to be a clean game even though we say everything is fair in politics as …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo

Osibanjo: Nigeria’s VAT Rate Lowest In Africa

February 10, 2020 2:54 pm

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria’s current Value Added Tax (VAT) rate is the lowest in Africa.

The vice-president stated this in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, Monday at the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Clinics for Viable Enterprises.

According to Osinbajo, “Many people have said this is a higher tax rate for consumers and has complications on those who are trading as well. You must remember that this is the lowest VAT rate in the whole of Africa.

“Why it is true is that Ghana has reduced its VAT rate from 15 per cent to 12.5 per …

Okada

‘Lagos Not Distributing Free Mini Buses To Okada Riders’

February 10, 2020 2:49 pm

“I urge the {Lagos} residents to disregard this trending report on social media platforms that secret plans are underway to provide all registered okada riders that have LASRRA and NURTW identification cards with new mini buses as a way to curb the menace of unemployment. It is a lie. It is unconfirmed and a deceitful attempt to mislead innocent members of the public’’ 

With this official statement, the Lagos State Government on Friday refuted the fake news trending on social media that it was planning to distribute free mini buses to commercial motorcycle {okada} riders to ameliorate their suffering.

Describing …

MASSOB

Burial: Abia CP Creating Unnecessary Tension – MASSOB

February 10, 2020 11:34 am

The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has warned the Commissioner of Police, Abia State, CP Ene Okon to stop creating needless tension in Abia State.

They accused the Police Chief of making unguarded and insensitive statements on the burial of the late traditional ruler of Afaraukwu, and father of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, HRH Eze Israel Kanu and his wife, Ugoeze Sally Kanu.

He said the warning issued by the police against the presence of IPOB members during the burial was uncalled for

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Abubakar Tsav

That Buhari Failed, Is NOT Unanimous – Tsav Replies NEF

February 10, 2020 11:34 am

Former Lagos Commissioner of Police and member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) Board of Trustees, Abubakar Tsav, has decried the statement issued by some of the forum members on President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, saying the board was not aware of the statement.

Tsav told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Makurdi, that the statement was not a “unanimous decision of entire NEF membership.”

According to him, members of the board of trustees were not invited for the meeting where the decision was taken.

A Professor Ango Abdullahi-led NEFmeeting on Sunday had declared that the …

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