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Nnamdi Kanu Lauds Ijaw Women After IPOB-Bayelsa Meeting

January 27, 2020 2:08 pm

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) threw encomiums on Ijaw IPOB-Bayelsa women after their meeting earlier today on his verified Facebook Page.

He also admonished enemies of the movement who hide under the Ijaw Youth Council Organisation to cause bad blood between IPOB and the IYC and warned them that Biafraland is owned by Biafrans and will forever remain so.

Read Also: IPOB Releases Kanu’s Parents’ Burial Broadcast Poster

In his words:

“Behold the current generation of Ijaw womb that gave birth to Biafra. We say kudos to our IPOB mothers in Bayelsa.”

“To …

Osinbajo: Govt Has No Business Running Oil Refineries

Biafra: Osinbajo Speaks On Nigeria After Civil War

January 27, 2020 1:51 pm
Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said all Nigerians, despite ethnicities, must join hands together to build a strong nation where everyone can legitimately aspire to the limits of their dreams and visions in all areas of national life.

According to his Spokesman Laolu Akand, Osinbajo stated this on Monday in his address at a special Town Hall Meeting at the National War Museum in Umuahia, Abia State, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Civil War.

The event was hosted by the Civil War Museum in Umuahia under the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) and

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Going Back To Work After A Six-Week Holiday

January 27, 2020 8:05 am

Members of the two chambers of the Ninth National Assembly who have been on an unprecedented six-week Yuletide vacation will resume tomorrow, Tuesday, January 28 to commence the 2020 legislative calendar. Expectedly, there will be exchange of banters among themselves at the Chambers, before the federal legislators settle down to serious business with the Chief Whips of both the Senate and House of Representatives calling the lawmakers to order for business of the day.

In starting the business of the day, both the Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan and House Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, will not be oblivious of what …

Simi Esiri And Dr Sid Split After 5 Years Of Marriage

January 26, 2020 9:31 am

For months now, there have been speculations that the Esiris – Dr Sid and Simi – have called it quits. But, there were no official statements or evidence to back it up which made it look like baseless rumors.

Now Simi has let the cat out of the bag, confirming what their fans feared. She announced her separation from her husband and music star, Dr Sid, also known as Sidney Esiri, today (Sunday, January 26).

The couple got engaged back in 2013 and tied the knot in 2014. Also, …

Rivers: 5 Young Men Go Insane After Intake Of Unknown Drink

January 24, 2020 2:14 pm
Five young men have reportedly gone insane after drinking mixed herbs with gin fondly called ‘Kaikai’ at Omuakwuru community in Igboo-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The victims, who are young men from the community, committed the act of drugging themselves when they went for the burial of one of their elders, Blessing Wokowa.

Read Also: Yoruba’s Have Come Together To Fight A Common Enemy – FFK

A source in community, who confirmed the incident said, “The boys started misbehaving immediately after the intake of the root mixed with local dry gin which was prepared by one of

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Dickson’s Critics Will Regret After His Exit – Bayelsa Govt

January 18, 2020 4:30 pm

The Bayelsa State Government yesterday maintained that those who were bent on taking the outgoing Governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, to the cleaners, since the loss of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election, would regret it after his exit.

Speaking during the monthly transparency briefing for the month of November, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, argued that  Dickson will go down in history as one of the best performing governors in the country.

During the meeting,  government through the Special Adviser, Treasury, Accounts and Revenue, Mr. Timipre Seipulo also …

Buhari Leaves Nigeria After Meeting With Security Chiefs

January 17, 2020 2:28 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for London, to take part in the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit holding on January 20.

According to NAN, Buhari performed some official assignments including his meeting with security chiefs, before flying out of the country.

The president also joined hundreds of Muslims faithful at the Aso Rock Mosque, where he observed the two raka’at Juma’at prayer.

Earlier this week, Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said in a statement that the London Investment Summit would be hosted by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.

According to the organisers, the event is

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2023: Buhari Reveals What He Will Do Before, After Election

January 17, 2020 2:25 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that as a beneficiary of a free and fair election in the country, he would bequeath the same to his successor and the nation in 2023, “quietly.”

Buhari said he was already looking forward to a peaceful hand over in 2023, stressing that he was morally bound to fulfil that wish.

He spoke at a dinner with members of the legal team for the 2019 presidential election petition on Thursday night in Abuja and was contained in a statement signed and forwarded to DAILY POST by his Media Aide, Garba Shehu.

The President recounted that

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War

50 Years After The Civil War

January 15, 2020 3:52 pm

 

A wound can heal, but the scar it leaves on our bodies will be a constant reminder of what caused the wound. It’s been 50 years after the end of the Civil war, but nothing has changed.
Everything that caused the war are still in place today, and they are even worse than they were.

 

One of the greatest wrongs Nigeria did as a country is to hide its past and practically blocked every discussion about the civil war.
That was a war that took the lives of over 3 million people, mostly children.

I read the …

Imo: What Ohanaeze Said About Uzodinma After Victory

January 15, 2020 4:16 am
The Youth Wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has congratulated Sen. Hope Uzodinma on his Supreme Court victory on Tuesday, saying that it is a `victory well deserved’.

It said that the Supreme Court had once again reassured the masses that the court remained the last hope of the common man.

The National Publicity Secretary of the group, Chief Osmond Nkeoma made this known in a statement he made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Tuesday.

Read Also: 2023: INEC Speaks On When Registration For PVC Will Begin

He thanked God for the success of Uzodinma

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Ihedioha

After One Year, Ihedioha Returns To Thank God

January 12, 2020 7:55 am

In the spirit of thanksgiving and gratitude to God for honouring his request to succeed during his electioneering campaign last year, Governor of Imo State, Hon Emeka Ihedioha, attended The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries 2020 international crusade held at Mgbidi, Imo State with his wife, Lady Ebere Ihedioha.

The governor said the crusade, titled “What has been determined, shall be done”, marked exactly one year he was at the crusade to commit his candidature to God, by asking the participants to pray for him, which they did. ‘Today marks the anniversary of that historic visit to this place and …

EFCC Set To Probe Peter Odili After 13-Years

January 8, 2020 8:52 pm

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will reopen the investigation of Peter Odili, former governor of Rivers state.

In 2007, Odili got a court injunction preventing the EFCC from investigating or arresting him.

The court order also restrained the anti-graft agency from probing the finances of the Rivers state government.

EFCC has Named Rivers State as Number two Headquarters of Money Laundering.

Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the EFCC, on a visit to Port Harcourt on Tuesday said investigation into allegations of money laundering against the former governor would be reopened.

Read Also: Obi: Imo Can Be

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