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Nothing About Nigeria’s Democracy Is Irreversible -Fayemi

December 8, 2019 3:07 am

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, at the weekend warned that there was nothing irreversible about Nigeria’s democracy. Fayemi said the idea of a democratic system should not be tied only to elections, to the detriment of other critical elements of an egalitarian society.

The governor made the assertions at a conference on 20 years of democracy in Nigeria at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, the United Kingdom, where he was a special guest speaker.

He said, “What we established in 1999 is the right to choose our leaders via the ballot. What we must not …

Much Ado About Constituency Projects

December 8, 2019 3:03 am

The idea of constituency projects was initially novel. It was conceived and designed to confer both the political and development advantage on the legislators, whose primary responsibility is to make laws for the growth and the overall good of the country.

But over time, the Nigerian factor set in and the idea ran into multiple hitches, although not solely a fault of the lawmakers, whose priority it is to identify what projects to be sited where. The discontent was basically that funds released were either not commensurate with identified projects or that there was no proof at all that the …

Klopp Doesn’t Care About Christmas No. 1 Spot For Liverpool

December 6, 2019 4:30 pm

Jurgen Klopp says he does not care about being top of the Premier League at Christmas as he prepares his Liverpool team for a hectic few weeks.

Liverpool, who finished a single point behind champions Manchester City last season, travel to Bournemouth on Saturday with an eight-point lead over Leicester. City are a further three points adrift.

A win on the south coast would mean Liverpool cannot be caught before December 25.

Only three times in the past 11 years has the top-placed team at Christmas failed to go on to win the title — and on every occasion

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Truth About ‘Foreign’ Religions

December 5, 2019 11:10 am

Every now and then there is talk about foreign religions. The two religions to which our minds race at the mention of foreign religions are Christianity and the Islamic faith. We read and we hear of years of resistance and wars in different lands and in different communities, in centuries past. The natives everywhere see the advent of the religions as an intrusion into their own ways of life; it was an attempt at supplanting their religions and ways of worship for those of the Whiteman. The people of old not exposed to Western education resisted them. The modern man, …

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Epstein’s Razor: The Truth About The Sex Predator’s Death

November 30, 2019 10:48 am
The American people are understandably furious that sex predator Jeffrey Epstein cheated justice by taking his own life.

Or did he? From almost the moment Epstein’s body was found Aug. 10 at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, imaginations have run wild with conspiracy theories.

No honest, intelligent person could dismiss them out of hand as Infowars delusions: Given the timing of Epstein’s death, given his apparent knowledge of compromising information on some of the richest and most powerful people on the planet, the death smells rotten.

But when investigators do their work, theories must yield to facts. And the facts we’ve

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2020 Budget Will Be About People, Says Abiodun

November 26, 2019 6:26 am

The Ogun State government has said that no vanity project will feature in the state’s 2020 budget being compiled for presentation to the state House of Assembly.

Governor Dapo Abiodun gave this assurance yesterday when he declared open the 2020 treasury board meeting at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital. He said: “Cognisance has been taken to eliminate white elephant projects or any such project that would boost the public perception of any political actor in the state.

“We must realise that our responsibilities to the people or our state go beyond channelling efforts towards the routine patterns for the use …

Five Things To Know About Africa’s CFA Franc

November 17, 2019 7:35 am

The CFA franc, a seven-decade-old currency shared by more than a dozen states in West Africa, has found itself in the spotlight over calls for it to be scrapped.

Here is a fact file:

– Colonial origins –
The CFA franc is used by 14 nations in western and central Africa. Their 155 million people account for 14 percent of Africa’s population and 12 percent of its GDP, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The CFA — its initials come from the French words for African Financial Community

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17 Katsina Schoolboys Escape From Zamfara Forest – Masari

Be Sincere About Peace Deal, Masari Tells Bandits

November 5, 2019 5:09 pm

The Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari on Tuesday urged repentant bandits to be sincere about the ongoing peace deal for the sustainability of peace in the state.

The governor, who disclosed this at a stakeholders’ security meeting held at the Government House, said government in synergy with security agencies would not hesitate to arrest and prosecute any bandit found violating the peace agreement.

Masari added that the security of lives and property of the citizenry remains the cardinal objective of his administration, hence the need for the repentant hoodlums to be sincere about the dialogue or face the wrath …

PFN Backs Osinbajo, Says He Is Passionate About Nigeria

PFN Backs Osinbajo, Says He Is Passionate About Nigeria

October 19, 2019 6:09 am

A delegation of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), led by its President, Dr. Felix Omobude, yesterday visited Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja and declared full support for the Vice President as he continues with his duties.

Omobude, who spoke with State House Correspondents afterward, said the fellowship was solidly behind the vice president. The PFN president said it was a family visit, as the vice president was one of PFN’s constituents.

He said that Osinbajo loved Nigeria and was passionate about the country, which he always displayed in the discharge of his duties.

Omobude said …

President Trump Optimistic About US-China Trade Talks

President Trump Optimistic About US-China Trade Talks

October 11, 2019 1:20 am

US President Donald Trump sounded an optimistic note at the end of the first day of US-China trade talks in Washington DC.

“We had a very, very good negotiation with China,” Mr. Trump told reporters after the talks wrapped up.

Mr. Trump will meet directly with Vice Premier Liu He at the White House on Friday. Earlier reports suggested the Chinese delegation might leave after the first day of talks. Asian markets followed Wall Street higher after Mr. Trump’s comments.

Thursday’s talks kicked off amid a backdrop of renewed tensions, as the US blacklisted 28 Chinese entities over human rights …

Breaking: Kanu informs Emperor of Japan about fake Buhari

Breaking: Kanu informs Emperor of Japan about fake Buhari

August 25, 2019 2:02 pm

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,(IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has disclosed to the members of his organisation how he informed Emperor Naruhito of Japan about the fake Nigeria’s president, known as, Jubril Al-Sudani, an impostor masquerading as President Muhammadu Buhari.

Kanu, who just made this known, via his verified Facebook page @MaziNnamdiKanuTheLeaderIPOB, prayed the Japanese Emperor to use his authority to further expose the the purported president of Nigeria.

Read Also: Kanu orders IPOB to arrest Jubril, Buhari’s impostor

Kanu’s Statement Reads:

Yesterday August 24, 2019, I took the liberty of writing to the court of …

It has always been all about the crude oil

It has always been all about the crude oil

August 22, 2019 10:32 pm

By Odumodu Gbulagu

It’s common knowledge that Nigeria economy is dependent on crude oil, no matter every effort to diversify the economy.

While few people know about the scramble to control this goose that lays the golden egg, many Nigerians are blind to the fact.

After Buhari won elections in 2015, Ibe Kachikwu was the GMD NNPC(the company that controls the goose and its golden eggs),but he was tactically removed from there, and made a junior minister of petroleum, while Maikanti Baru was made the head of NNPC, and Buhari became the minister of petroleum.

A senior minister of …

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