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Nigeria may become failed state - Echefu

Nigeria may become failed state – Echefu

August 20, 2019 6:23 am

President, Congress for Non-Political Party Members (CNPM), Comrade John Mayor Echefu, has warned that if caution is not taken, Nigeria may be history, as every group is showing loyalty fatigue to the nation.

In this interview, he spoke on various national issues.

What is your view on the state of the nation?

Nigeria is in a slippery slope to something that is very disastrous to the corporate existence of this nation and we must do everything possible to avoid this from happening. It is sad, very sad.

The situation is so bad and we have never experienced what we are …

Why EFCC raided Ambode’s residence

Why EFCC raided Ambode’s residence

August 20, 2019 5:59 am
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission Tuesday raided the residence of the former governor of Lagos State in Epe.

EFCC spokesman Tony Orilade told The Guardian that the raid was in connection with an ongoing investigation into finances of Lagos State under the former governor.

“It is just the continuation of the ongoing investigation,” Orilade said.

The commission secured a court to freeze three accounts of the state earlier in the month. The accounts are domiciled in First City Monument Bank, Access Bank and Zenith Bank.

The accounts, EFCC said, needed to be frozen until the conclusion of the investigation

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Strategy, PDP will use to re-claim Anambra - Hon. Azubogu

Strategy, PDP will use to re-claim Anambra – Hon. Azubogu

August 19, 2019 9:57 am

Member, representing Nnewi North, Nnewi South and Ekwusigo federal constituency, Chris Azubogu has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can take over Anambra State if the opposition party does the right thing.

In this interview, the three-term federal lawmaker also decried the insecurity situation in the country and expressed the need for the National Assembly to come up with laws that would deal with the menace.

The people are worried about the security situation in the country, what roles will the legislature be playing in the issue of security?

The general challenge of insecurity in the country have been …

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Attack on Ekweremadu a ‘polite warning,’ says Nnamdi Kanu

August 19, 2019 1:11 am

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Sunday commended members of the secessionist group for assaulting a Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

“The courageous act by IPOB at Nürnberg Germany is a polite warning to those engaged in selling our collective interest to Fulani caliphate,” Kanu tweeted on Sunday.

Ekweremadu Saturday was physically assaulted by some IPOB members in Nuremberg, Germany.

He confirmed the attack in a statement by his media aide Uche Anichukwu.

The Senator said he was disappointed by the conduct of the IPOB members and had reported the attack to the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany, Yusuf …

How 2 UK firms outsmarted Nigeria with Yar’Adua on sick bed

How 2 UK firms outsmarted Nigeria with Yar’Adua on sick bed

August 18, 2019 12:02 pm

The several months late President Umaru Yar’Adua spent on the sick bed prior to his demise on May 5, 2010, paved the way for Process & Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), a tiny natural gas company to hoodwink the federal government into allegedly signing a gas supply and processing agreement (GSPA) which may cost the country a whopping $9 billion following last week’s British Commercial Court ruling, THISDAY findings have shown.

If the judgment is executed and the aforementioned amount is to be paid, the UK firm might walk away with 20 per cent of Nigeria’s external reserves, which stood at …

Ihedioha calls for peace between NAF, communities over land

Ihedioha calls for peace between NAF, communities over land

August 18, 2019 11:12 am

Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo has called for peace between the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and its host communities over a land dispute, according to Mr Chibuike Onyeukwu, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, in a statement.

In the statement issued in Owerri on Saturday, Ihedioha noted that the dispute between Obube and Umuowa communities in Owerri North and Ngor Okpala local government areas respectively and NAF Regiment 211 had lingered.

The governor who visited the area with the Commandant of the Regiment, Group Capt. Phillip Bindul, appealed to the communities to withdraw the case on the matter from …

APC vows to appeal Ekweremadu’s victory

Ekweremadu assault: Revolution has begun – Ohanaeze youths

August 18, 2019 2:37 am

The youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that the latest attack on former Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu was an ominous sign that some fire of revolution might have begun to burn across the land.

It however condemned the purported assault on the lawmaker at a New Yam celebration event in Nuremburg German and called for a more humane approach to things.

In a statement this evening, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, President- General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide said: “Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide watched keenly the recent harassment and assault on the immediate past Deputy Senate President, Sen Ike …

Why I dissolved Ohanaeze branches in Ghana, London – Nwodo

Why I dissolved Ohanaeze branches in Ghana, London – Nwodo

August 18, 2019 1:35 am

President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has said he dissolved the organisation’s branches in Ghana and London because of increasing factions.

Nwodo said the leadership of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation was worried about the development and would no longer tolerate any faction in the body, anywhere in the world.

The Ohanaeze boss spoke at Abagana in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state during the celebration of this year’s New Yam Festival, organised by the President of Igbo World Assembly, Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze.

He lamented the seeming disunity among Ndigbo and urged the people to …

RUGA: IPOB accuses Umahi of dispossessing Ebonyi landowners

RUGA: IPOB accuses Umahi of dispossessing Ebonyi landowners

August 18, 2019 12:45 am

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has accused Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi of ordering the arrest and detention of Ezza people to dispossess them of their land for the suspended Rural Pastoral Grazing Areas (RUGA) of the Federal Government.

In a statement made available to The Guardian and signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, IPOB said its attention had “been drawn to the purported mass arrest of supposed members of IPOB in Ebonyi State by Governor Dave Umahi” under the guise that those abducted were Biafrans planning an anniversary.…

US states in lawsuit against Trump’s new immigration policy

US states in lawsuit against Trump’s new immigration policy

August 17, 2019 7:52 am
Five attorneys general of U.S. states and cities have filed a lawsuit against a new immigration policy by President Donald Trump administration to deny possible permanent residency to immigrants who receive some federal benefits.California is leading the coalition, and its Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra was joined by his counterparts from the states of Maine, Oregon and Pennsylvania, as well as the District of Columbia, to challenge Trump’s policy to restrict immigrants’ access to legal status if they use food or medical benefits offered by the federal government.

The new policy, also known as the “Department of Homeland Security

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US sanctions caused Iran’s currency devaluation – Report

US sanctions caused Iran’s currency devaluation – Report

August 17, 2019 7:26 am

The UN expert on human rights in Iran has said in a report that US sanctions reimposed on the country in 2018 have hit oil sales and caused the devaluation of its currency.

“The negative impact of the reimposition of economic sanctions” by Washington has been “felt strongly by ordinary Iranians,” Javaid Rehman said in his report to the General Assembly circulated Friday.

“The sanctions have hit oil sales, imposed wide-ranging restrictions on traders and businesses and triggered the devaluation of the Iranian currency,” he said.

“All these factors have contributed to raising the scale of austerity and pushing inflation …

Nigerian Senate to spend ₦5.5b on official cars for members

Nigerian Senate to spend ₦5.5b on official cars for members

August 15, 2019 12:57 am
The leadership of the National Assembly has begun moves to procure operational vehicles for the lawmakers that make up its dual legislative chambers.It was learned yesterday that meetings in that regard started among presiding officers in the Senate even before the apex legislative body embarked on its eight-week recess, which ends on September 24, 2019.

A National Assembly official confirmed the meetings on condition of anonymity, saying the cost of the cars would be deducted from lawmakers’ allowances.

He hinted that the preferred brand being considered for senators is Toyota Land Cruiser Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

The Bukola Saraki-led Eighth

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