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Fayemi In The US, Says Leaders Must Be Held Accountable

November 21, 2019 5:44 am
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has urged Nigerians to always hold their leaders accountable to strengthen the nation’s democracy.
Governor Fayemi pointed out that democracy goes beyond the right to choose leaders through the ballot, but stimulating civic engagement to better the lives of the citizens.
The Governor stated this  Wednesday while delivering a paper at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Washington DC, United  States.
Governor Fayemi’s  lecture was entitled: “Twenty Years of Democracy in Nigeria: Successes and Challenges.” in the event with the theme : Deepening Democratic Governance in Nigeria.
In attendance were Benue State Governor,  Samuel
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Jonathan

Why We Visited Jonathan — APC Leaders

November 18, 2019 12:54 pm
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, said they visited former President Goodluck Jonathan  after Saturday’s governorship elections in recognition of his  position as the father and leader of the state.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, led APC leaders including governor-elect David Lyon, to visit the former president’s home on Monday.

Sylva noted that as a former president and leader of the State, Jonathan deserved to be respected and honoured by all  Bayelsa people, irrespective of their party leanings.

“Being a former president of the country and

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Ekweremadu Urges Leaders To Honour Odumegwu Ojukwu

Ekweremadu Urges Leaders To Honour Odumegwu Ojukwu

November 5, 2019 4:25 am

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the greatest honour political leaders can accord the leader of the defunct Republic of Biafra, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, is to build a united but restructured and just Nigeria, which he lived and died for.

Ekweremadu disclosed this yesterday in his opening remarks as chairman of the second Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Memorial Lecture at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra State.

His words, “From the structural imbalances, which inescapably counts against the South East zone in particular in its voting power at the National Assembly, the distribution of national …

Dokubo Meets Leaders Of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators

Dokubo Meets Leaders Of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators

October 26, 2019 2:26 am

The coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, said at the weekend that though he observed distortions in the structure of the programme on assumption of office, he has maintained zero tolerance for any form of illegality under his watch.

He said even as he had never altered the structure he inherited, especially with regards to beneficiaries captured in the database of the Amnesty Programme, he took steps to redress glaring irregularities and cases of injustice. He spoke yesterday in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, at a meeting with 97 leaders of Niger Delta ex-agitators at the Transcorp …

In Spain: Catalan Leaders Bag Jail Sentences For Sedition

In Spain: Catalan Leaders Bag Jail Sentences For Sedition

October 14, 2019 3:54 am

Spain’s Supreme Court has sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in an independence referendum in 2017.

Three other defendants were found guilty of disobedience and will not serve prison sentences.

The 12 politicians and activists had all denied the charges.

Separatists in Catalonia were planning mass civil disobedience ahead of the verdict.

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Africa unite

African leaders to invest $1 trillion on infrastructure

August 26, 2019 9:41 am

African nations are targeting to invest $1 trillion over the next 10 years to bridge the worrisome infrastructure gap on the continent.

This is as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service

(FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler revealed that effective 2020, Nigerian banks will commence charging Value Added Tax (VAT) on local and foreign transactions.

The infrastructure funding, which will spring from a plethora of onshore and offshore investors will see the continent extracting its Value Added Tax (VAT) from the investments to address other concerns.

The Executive Secretary, African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), Mr Logan Wort made the …

Afenifere Leader’s daughter’s killing: Yoruba youths react

Afenifere Leader’s daughter’s killing: Yoruba youths react

July 13, 2019 12:45 am

Following the killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere Chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, by persons suspected to be herdsmen in Ondo State, yesterday, a youth group, Yoruba Youth Socio-cultural Association (YYSA), while expressing shock over the incident, has given Miyetti Allah a three-day ultimatum to fish out the perpetrators of the nefarious act.

Confirming the murder of the daughter of the factional leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, its spokesman, Mr. Yinka Odumakin in a statement said 58-year-old Mrs. Olakunrin was killed by persons suspected to be herdsmen while heading to Ore Junction from Akure, Ondo State, where she …

How Yoruba leaders disintegrated Afenifere, by Segun Osoba

How Yoruba leaders disintegrated Afenifere, by Segun Osoba

July 8, 2019 1:33 am

Chief Segun Osoba, a former governor of Ogun State under the Alliance for Democracy (AD) (1999-2003) and one of the founding members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) interacted with journalists about the preparations for his 80th birthday anniversary coming up on July 15, 2019 and his book entitled Battlelines: Adventures in Journalism and Politics, being launched today. He discussed how journalism impacted his life positively, various assassination attempts on his life and the problems of Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, among other national issues. SEYE OLUMIDE was there.    

How did you feel celebrating 80?
I feel elated that the …

African leaders launch free-trade zone

African leaders launch free-trade zone

July 8, 2019 12:16 am

African leaders launched a continental free-trade zone on Sunday that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in a new era of development.

After four years of talks, an agreement to form a 55-nation trade bloc was reached in March, paving the way for Sunday’s African Union summit in Niger where Ghana was announced as the host of the trade zone’s future headquarters and discussions were held on how exactly the bloc will operate.

It is hoped that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – the largest since the creation of …

Presidency: Igbo must strategise for 2023 – Aghanya

Igbo leaders meet in Ebonyi over 2023 presidential project

June 25, 2019 5:58 am
Igbo leaders will today meet in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State to begin move for the nation’s presidency in 2023.

To this end, the first state chapter of the South East for Presidency 2023 Movement would be inaugurated at the Women Development Centre (WDC) to be graced by distinguished religious, traditional, political and social actors.

Former Minister of Power, Prof Chinedu Nebo; erstwhile Ambassador to Japan, Dr. Grant Ehiobuche; one-time Aide de Camp (ADC) to the late Biafra warlord Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bishop Obi Onubuogu, and others dignitaries are attending the event.

National Coordinator of the movement, Rev. Okechukwu Christopher Obioha, told The

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No Going Back On 2023 Igbo Presidency - Ohanaeze

Igbo leaders remind Ndigbo to get ready for self-defence

June 9, 2019 10:35 am

After an Emergency Consultative Caucus meeting in Enugu, a follow up call by Concerned Pan-Igbo organisations for the Igbo to get ready to defend themselves of the threat of impending attack by some jihadist organizations was issued.

The apex Igbo organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo had earlier last week issued such a call to Ndigbo.

Convened by Professor Uzodimma Nwala led Alaigbo Development Forum (ADF), the groups after exhaustive discussions came out with the following decisions:

“That there is obvious agenda of a bloody Islamization and jihad to conquer, occupy, take over and enslave Alaigbo and elsewhere in the Federal Republic of …

G20 leaders lay new principles for lending, borrowing

G20 leaders lay new principles for lending, borrowing

June 9, 2019 7:37 am

G20 Finance leaders on Sunday adopted new principles to ensure countries that lend and borrow for infrastructure spending do so in a sustainable manner.

This is a move seen as addressing concerns that China’s lending practices have saddled some emerging nations with huge debt.

The principles, signed off by the Group of 20 finance leaders who gathered in the southern Japan city of Fukuoka, called for securing transparency and responsible, sustainable financing for infrastructure projects.

“We stress the importance of maximizing the positive impact of infrastructure to achieve sustainable growth and development while preserving the sustainability of public finances,” the …

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