Politics

How Should President Buhari Dance?

November 24, 2019 4:08 am

You would not give him credit no matter what he does, would you? Let us cut the pretence. You simply want this administration to bumble: a foil for wanting your country to fail. So, the issue really is not about whether President Muhammadu Buhari is performing as a President or not. It is about your inability to overcome your own prejudice. The orchestrated babble and raising of unnecessary dust over the situations in Nigeria are just ways to deny this administration due credits for the commendable uplift being achieved in many areas of our national life.

Five years …

Ballot

How The People’s Will Was Suppressed By Guns

November 24, 2019 4:07 am

The people’s voice against a common enemy was so loud at the polling units, but INEC in cahoots with security agencies constricted the entire process, and what was preordained to be a celebration of democracy ended in mayhem. Even at the detriment of the people’s safety, they trooped out en masse, voted, and the results transferred from polling units to local government collation centres indicated that APC was defeated.
It was more apparent when agents representing the ruling party in some polling units, despite trying to woo would-be voters, left the venue while counting was in progress. Others instigated assault …

Media

Social Media Bill: Short Walk To Totalitarianism?

November 24, 2019 4:02 am

I have consistently tried to create levels of differentiation between democracy and dictatorship, especially dictatorships of the military variant as we have had in our country. I have argued that Nigeria is still very far away from the goal posts of what could be called a democratic society. In my view, the environment does not as yet look anything democratic because the actors are largely strangers to the ethos and what is more, too many of them are tied to the old order, not to talk of the fact that the presence of General-presidents suggest that we are still in …

Reviewing Nigeria’s 20 Years Of Democracy

November 24, 2019 4:01 am

Kayode Fayemi gives a incisive insight into Nigeria’s 20 years of democratic journey in a speech delivered at a meeting in Washington DC, the United States, and titled: “Twenty Years of Democratisation in Nigeria: Successes and Challenges”

Let me thank the leadership of the United States Institute of Peace – President Nancy Lindborg, Ambassador Johnnie Carson and the team for the continuing interest in Nigeria’s democratic journey and particularly for the privilege of speaking at this important event. It is always a pleasure to return from the blast furnace of Nigerian politics to the rarefied atmosphere of intellectual engagements.

All …

Cannavaro Boost As Guangzhou Win Feisty China Title Clash

November 23, 2019 3:41 pm

Fabio Cannavaro revived his chances of holding onto his job at Guangzhou Evergrande as his side went two points clear at the top of the Chinese Super League on Saturday with two games left.

Brazilian Anderson Talisca scored a goal in each half in an ill-tempered 2-0 home win over title rivals and reigning champions Shanghai SIPG.

Evergrande are top of the CSL on 66 points with Beijing Guoan second on 64 and SIPG on 62. All three have played 28 games.

The 46-year-old Cannavaro is under fierce pressure to deliver the domestic title after he was temporarily moved aside

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Kanu

Ahmadu Bello Is The Progenitor Of Hate Speech – Kanu

November 23, 2019 1:33 pm

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has revealed through his verified Facebook page that Sir Ahmadu Bello started hate speech in Nigeria which they now to pass a bill on in the country.

 

“Sir Ahmadu Bello the preliterate Fulani Caliphate feudal lord with his primitive xenophobic tendencies was and still remains the undisputed progenitor of hate speech and irredeemable hater of non-Muslim ethnic groups in the disasterous British colonial experiment known as Nigeria. Fulani were the first to utilise hate speech to advance their domination of the political space in Nigeria, but today they …

Air

Air Peace: Allegation Against Allen Onyema False

November 23, 2019 7:19 am
Ejiro Eghagha, AirPeace Chief of Administration and Finance has denied allegations made against her by the  US Attorney in Atlanta, Georgia in relation to purchase of Aircraft, Aircraft spares and Aircraft maintenance for her employer.
Eghagha insists that none of the allegations involve any third  party funds but relate to funds belonging to her employer and utilized in the Airline business.
This response is coming a few hours after news  involving the  Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline broke.
He is being charged with bank fraud and money laundering for moving
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Contract Extension: Rohr Gives NFF 2-Month Ultimatum

November 23, 2019 3:25 am
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has threatened to quit his job if the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) fails to extend his contract within two months. His current contract with the Nigerian Federation is expected to expire in June next year.

Recent reports claimed that Rohr had held talks with the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, where the German tactician demanded the extenuation of his contract by two or three years.

The Super Eagles are unbeaten since the conclusion of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, registering back-to-back impressive draws against Ukraine and Brazil and have maximum

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Ndidi

Ndidi Not For Sale, Rogers Insists

November 23, 2019 3:24 am
English Premier League side Leicester City are not planning to sell Wilfred Ndidi and other key first team players in the January transfer window, according to manager Brendan Rodgers.

The Nigeria international is known to be on the radar of the top clubs in the English topflight but a departure from the King Power Stadium in the winter transfer market is certainly not on the cards.

‘’We want to grow, and there’s a lot of development left in this squad. We’ve absolutely no plans to lose anyone in January,’’ Rodgers said to The Telegraph UK.

‘’Our job is to keep …

DSS

Sowore, Bakare Sue DSS Boss, For ‎₦1bn

November 23, 2019 3:23 am

Embattled Publisher of Sahara Reporters and his compatriot Olawale Bakare also in Directorate of State Security Services have sued the Director General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, claiming ‎₦1 billion.

The duo took out the action in a Federal High Court, Abuja where they are each claiming N500 million as damages for the violation of their fundamental rights to life, dignity of their persons, fair hearing, health, freedom of movement and association.

According to the court papers, their arrest and the attack on them by the operatives …

Obasanjo Preaches Love, Mutual Respect Among Nigerians

November 23, 2019 3:22 am

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised Nigerians, particularly members of the Baptist Church to continue to live by virtues of love and mutual respect displayed by Jesus Christ.

Delivering the anniversary lecture entitled, ‘The Faith of Our Fathers: Preserving Our Baptist Heritage’, at the 20th anniversary of the Baptist conference, Igede Ekiti ,yesterday,  Obasanjo stressed the need for members to sustain the principle of faith and absolute trust in the Lord Jesus Church bequeathed to them by the founding fathers of the church.

The former President explained that Baptists must continue to manifest the practice and teaching of the lifestyle …

Appeal Court Upholds Ganduje’s Election

November 22, 2019 5:25 pm
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Friday upheld the election of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State.
The court ruled that the appeal filed by Abba Kabiru Yusuf and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lacks merit.

The five-man panel of Appeal Court Judges led by Justice Tijjani Abubakar unanimously dismissed the appeal in its entirety and affirmed that Governor Ganduje was elected by the majority of Kano voters.

Meanwhile, counsel to the appellants, the PDP and Abba Kabiru Yusuf, Bashir Yusuf

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