The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has identified the lack of unity and love as the key problems affecting the growth of the country, insisting that Nigerians must embrace unity for the country to move forward.
The vice president made this assertion in Owerri, the Imo State capital, during the wedding of the daughter of Governor Hope Uzodinma.
He called on the newlywed to love themselves as Christ loved the church.
He said, ‘In marriage, two different people from different backgrounds, are brought together and they become one. This should be a lesson for Nigerians.’
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Secretary-General, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr Anthony Sani, has tasked former Minister of Defence, General T.Y Danjuma (Rtd), to speak up if he is patriotic enough about issues bothering Nigeria.
General Danjuma had at a public lecture recently said that if he was to speak about the state of the nation, the people would no longer sleep.
In this exclusive interview, Sani said that it is better for the retired General to speak up than to keep entire Nigerians in suspense.
The ACF scribe also spoke on other national issues. Excerpts:
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An editorial by a prominent national daily (not THISDAY) had stirred a serious national debate in the course of last week. This was to the extent that the newspaper concluded that given the current state of the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari, had not only taken the nation back to his obnoxious days as a military head of state in the 80s, that he would henceforth be referred to as a general since his alleged democratic transmutation was incongruent with his disposition in power.
What’s more? The newspaper also claimed it would cease to refer to his government as an administration …
A Saudi military student reportedly condemned America as a “nation of evil” in an online manifesto prior to opening fire Friday at a US naval base, killing three people before being shot dead by police.
The shooting, which took place in a classroom building at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, left eight others wounded, including two sheriff’s deputies who responded to the attack.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the shooter was from Saudi Arabia — the same nationality as 15 of the 19 men involved in the 9/11 attacks, some of whom attended civilian flight school in Florida.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, has assured that the Federal Government is committed to ideas that will help in nation-building.
The Minister spoke on Monday at a book launch by the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of Sun Newspapers, Mr Onuoha Ukeh, in Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
He commended the author for consistency holding the government accountable by being a voice for the poor.
The book being launched, with the title ‘The Powers That Be: Thoughts and reflections on people, power and politics’, attracted a host of dignitaries, with Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, Bayelsa State Governor …
Faouzi Lakjaa, President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), declared in February that VAR technology will be introduced in the Moroccan football league starting next season.
“Referees will also be trained for the task ahead”, the Moroccan FA boss said.
“The VAAR technology will be implemented to avoid referees mistakes similar to those during the 2018 FIFA World Cup”, he added.
The North African country’s Football Federation
Italy became the second team to qualify for Euro 2020 after a 2-0 win over Greece on Saturday, while three-time champions Spain edged closer to the finals despite conceding a stoppage-time equaliser away to Norway.
Chelsea midfielder Jorginho dispatched a second-half penalty as Italy, wearing green kits for just the second time in history, registered a seventh straight win in Group J.
The Azzurri, who failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, added a second in Rome on 78 minutes through a deflected strike from Juventus forward Federico Bernardeschi.
Roberto Mancini’s side joined Belgium in the draw for next …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday described the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Japan as a disgraceful outing, adding that it was evidential of the poor attention given to President Buhari by world leaders and investors at the seventh Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD)
This, the party said, has further confirmed the rejection of Buhari’s government by the international community.
The party in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, also described as a national embarrassment and shame that President Buhari “could not seal any meaningful economic agreement at the conference but only came home …
