Governor Nyesom Wike has again drowned his kinsman and former political associate, Chibuike Amaechi, in the turbulent waters of Rivers State politics. Amaechi is Nigeria’s Transportation Minister, President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign manager, and former governor of the big oil and gas state. As a sitting governor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015, Wike heroically dislodged him from the politics of the state. Again, with the minister’s historic deployment of the military to assist him foist his political supremacy on the state, the outcome of this year’s polls tend to show that Amaechi has no electoral…
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The Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Benjamin Ozumba, has installed and inaugurated 100kva Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) gasification plant for generation of electricity in the institution. This, he said, is part of efforts to make UNN the hub of innovation in sub-saharan Africa. Addressing newsmen in Nsukka, Enugu State, yesterday, shortly after inaugurating the plant that uses organic waste to generate electricity, Ozumba said by the time more of the plants are produced, the university would no longer depend on Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) for electricity supply. “I’m happy the university, under my watch,…
The Chairman of Atiku-Obi Presidential Campaign Organization, Anambra State, Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze has called on INEC to make public polling unit results and other materials used for the 2019 presidential election. Obaze, the candidate of the PDP in Anambra 2017 governorship election and the immediate-past Secretary to Anambra State Government, made this call in a statement personally signed and also tweeted by him in Awka on Monday. According to him, it is intriguing that INEC continues to withhold polling unit results and other election materials, long after the presidential election results were announced. He said INEC’s refusal to make the election…
No fewer than 16 persons have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack by suspected herdsmen on Agagbe community in Gwer West Local Government Areas of Benue State. Commander of the joint military operation in the state code named, Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, Major-General Adeyemi Yekini, who confirmed the attack, said seven corpses had so far been recovered by his troops from the community. Yekini said he received report from Sub-Sector Commander of OPWS in Gwer West Local Government Area, Flying Officer Mohammed Abubakar, that at about 4:30pm on Saturday, some of his reliable sources from Agagbe informed him that…
In Nigeria, it is believed that getting a job once you graduate from the University, finished the mandatory one year National Service, depends on who you know and not what you know. That is to say, nobody gives a damn about the skills you have for a job, the question is, “Who do you know”. If as a fresh graduate, you still believe that your chances of getting a job depends on who you know, it actually means that you have not invested in yourself enough. Most undergraduates don’t really know the worth of investing in themselves until after graduation.…
“Hoodlums and miscreants led by Musliu Akinsanya a.k.a. MC Oluoma, Jamiu Adedumoye a.k.a. Desokan, Ijebeta, Kadiri Jamba, Olojo, Ahmed Killer, Sikiru Salawu a.k.a. Youngest, Sunday Oseni a.k.a. Stainless, Ganiu a.k.a. Koko Zaria and others took over the conduct of the election at the polling units stated above with arms and ammunition.” The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of sponsoring thugs to rig the elections held in Oshodi, Lagos State. The claim was made in a petition by Honourable Sunday Olaifa, the PDP Chairman of Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area chapter, dated February 24, 2019. The petition…
18th February, 2019. The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, Headquarters, Abuja. Dear Sir, RE: ALLEGED SHOOTING OF A MAN (NOW DECEASED) AT SHAGAMU INTERCHANGE ALONG IJEBU ODE, OGUN STATE BY OFFICERS IN CUSTOM’S UNIFORM SUSPECTED TO BE OFFICERS OF THE NIGERIA CUSTOM SERVICE PETITION FOR THE COMMISSION’S HOLISTIC INVESTIGATION INTO THE ENTIRE INCIDENTS AND THE CALL FOR COMPENSATION AND OTHER NECESSARY REDRESS FOR THE DECEASED’S FAMILY The above subject matter refers, please. I am a legal practitioner and a human rights activist. Yesterday (the 17th day of February, 2019), there was a video in circulation via the…
Atiku Abubakar polled 410,266 votes while President Muhammadu Buhari had 378,072. tiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), soundly defeated President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, securing 410,266 votes to his opponent’s 378,072. However, after the figures were announced one local government after another, the APC agent rejected Atiku’s victory in three local governments — Numan, Michika and Madagali — arguing that since the first had been plagued by herdsmen and the other two by Boko Haram, it was impossible to get such huge population of voters with Permanent Voter cards…
The Ogun East Senatorial District election has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission . The Returning Officer for the district , Prof. Chris Nwoka made the declaration in Ijebu-Ode on Monday . Before the declaration the APC had a total of 84,929 votes, while the PDP polled 82,457 votes from results so far collated from nine local government areas. There was chaos in the hall as Nwoka was about to declare the APC senatorial candidate, Senator Mustapha Olalekan winner over his closest rival, Sosanwo Ayoola of the PDP. The PDP supporters protested against the results, lamenting the…
The world’s population ratio between men and women has fluctuated over the course of history, with each gender trading positions. Today, the ratio between single males and females has remained relatively equal, but within certain countries there has been a wide gap. There are several explanations for this, including the violent treatment of women, wars that have resulted in mass migration and gender inequality that has caused women to leave their home countries for better work opportunities. With that, here is a look at 15 countries where men have difficulties finding a wife due to a shortage of women…
The sleeping position says a lot about your personality, habits and even worries. So take a look and discover what your positions in bed says about you. According to sleep experts, it is possible to verify the relationship between the ones positions in bed and the individual personality. Body https://parentswishlist.com/how-much-sleep-do-babies-need/ language exists at all times and also when we are sleeping. You may be surprised to learn that your sleeping position can also affect your health. 1. The Fetus. It is sleeping sideways, shrunk with the knees towards the chest, arms crossed near the legs. It`s name derives from the position…
Like during the military dictatorship of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha (1993-98), the European Union (EU) and the United States are likely to impose strangulating sanctions on Nigeria if the elections go against the run of play. Already, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Catriona Laing, has warned that power seekers and political elite who incite or execute violence during this Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly polls will have their visas banned and assets in the United Kingdom seized. At the moment, Nigeria still remains EU’s most important market and supplier in sub-Saharan Africa after South…
The Presidential ambition of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate in the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar got a boost yesterday following the decision of two candidates to drop out of the race in support of the candidacy of the former Vice President. Dr Nicolas Felix and Barrister Chuks Nwachukwu, Presidential candidates of the Peoples Coalition Party, PCP and the All Grassroots Alliance, AGA, respectively, announcement their endorsement of Atiku at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. According to them, the former Vice President has demonstrated sufficient willingness to address the multi-faceted challenges facing the nation, adding that as…
Abuja, Nigeria, 12 Feb 2019: It is with some disappointment that we note the release from President Bill Clinton expressing his inability to visit Nigeria because of recent “conversations” that have made the intended visit inexpedient. We understand the reasons given by President Clinton and wish the situation on the ground were more ideal as to make his visit more conducive. We note that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, a man with a history and pattern of peaceful democratic activity, had looked forward to President Clinton’s visit. We quite understand the reasons given by President Clinton, coming…
It is easier to solidarise in “struggle” than in victory. In 2013, the PDP galloped from one crisis to another until it imploded and lost power at the centre in 2015. But the party’s eclipse happened after it had enjoyed 16 years in power. Currently, the APC is embroiled in tremulous wrangling. And this is just after three and a half years of savouring victory. A few days ago, I watched as Adams Oshiomhole, APC national chairman, gave Rochas Okorocha, Imo state governor, a dressing-down at the presidential rally in the state. I was shocked at the national chairman’s indiscretion…
By this time in 2015, the drums of war were sounding with much ferocity such that morbid fears were triggered in the polity. Nigerians of Igbo extraction, in the northern part of the country, were particularly gripped. Their peripatetic nature predisposes them to such existential threats in periods of national anxiety and collective doubt about the harmony of our shared nationality. For instance, there is hardly any nook and cranny of Nigeria where you would not find an Igbo plying a trade or the other, no matter how titular. Therefore, the Igbo race always stands at the greatest…
Erudite Professor, poet and world acclaimed Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe was apt and right when he proclaimed long time ago that: leadership was the bane of the country’s desired growth and development. His honest and candid position is widely accepted across the divides of both policy and decision makers in Nigeria and all over the world to the extent that the “problem” has become a popular aphorism in speech making, music, standup comedy and public presentations. It is said that a problem identified is half solved. However, the already identified affliction of the nation tends to defile all possible and…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11 February 2019 – The African Union Commission, the African Development Bank and global partners today launched the Continental Nutrition Accountability Scorecard to raiseawareness and reinforce commitments by African governments to help end malnutrition. His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho and African Union Champion for Nutrition, and Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank co-hosted the scorecard launch on the sidelines of the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The nutrition accountability scorecard offers an opportunity to lay a solid foundation…
Buhari addresses supportes in Kwara “I will continue to remind you of where the country was when we came in, where we are now, what we have done and where we are going,’’ President Muhammadu Buhari told supporters in Ilorin. At the presidential campaign tagged, “Next Level’’ which held on Monday, President Buhari said: “I assure you of my undertaken in 2015 – fight against corruption, provide security and economic development’’. He explained that the government had been able to fight corruption fiercely and would continue. President Buhari said that the government would retrieve all looted funds and channel the…
While Nigeria is preparing for what is possibly the most important elections in her history, some citizens are attempting the suicidal option of an election boycott even at a time they have the best opportunity to make a very bold statement with their votes and at a time historical facts world over shows that election boycotts do not work and, in fact, is to the grave disadvantage of the boycotters. This is true considering that those who are calling for the boycott of the forthcoming Nigerian elections seem to actually be those in more desperate need of a change of…
As Nigerians prepare to vote in the general elections on 16th February, 2019 and 2nd March, 2019, an Islamic human rights organization has appealed to Nigerians to go out and vote massively on election days. In a statement issued on Monday 11th February, 2019, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) appealed to Nigerians not to adopt a lukewarm attitude towards the forthcoming general elections. The statement was signed by the founder and director of the organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola. MURIC added, “We must not be lackadaisical about this election because it is a watershed in the history of our nation. For…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8 February, 2019 – African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina is expected in Addis Ababa on Sunday, 10 February to take part in the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). Adesina, who is leading a high-level Bank delegation comprising the senior vice-president and sector directors, will co-chair, with His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho, the launch of the African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) Continental Nutrition Accountability Scorecard. The event, “A Call for Better Advocacy and Accountability for Nutrition Investments,” will be jointly launched with several partners including the ALN, the Global Panel on Agriculture…
“I can still vividly remember how Amaechi predicted Buhari’s emergence as President during the early days of APC and long before the issue of who would fly the party’s flag came up. When on 9th September, 2013, my appointment as the National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party was announced to Nigerians, the only brief I received was the 30-minute encounter I had with the then Governor Amaechi.. During that encounter, he kept repeating that whenever Gen Buhari (rtd) accepts to fly the flag of the emergent mega opposition political party in the country, the unseating of…
El-Rufai, ‘body-bags’ for foreigners, but mass graves for locals? By Fredrick Nwabufo Really, it was reckless of Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna state governor, to have unabashedly promised a festival of blood-letting for foreigners who may want to “interfere” with this month’s election. Although I understand the statement could have been a “blurt-out”; a slip-up spurred by a moment in the haze of bright lights and intrusive cameras, it is difficult to excuse his indiscretion. But beyond the inciteful fount of his statement, there is also “discrimination” in the chosen item for dispatch – “body-bags”. This is me being wry. Nigerians know…
Retired Lt. Gen. TY Danjuma recently warned Nigerians that Islamists must not rule Nigeria again. He accused the Buhari administration of Islamisation of the judiciary and threw his weight behind the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. The retired general and others spoke on the platform of the Northern Christian Elders Forum (NCEF). However, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) in a press statement issued on Thursday, 7th February, 2019 has urged Nigerians to ignore the retired general. The statement was signed by its founder and director, Professor Ishaq Akintola. The Islamic human rights organisation described the allegation…
Former Vice President of Nigeria and Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has said the death of Senator Joseph Waku was a great loss not only to Benue State, but also Nigeria at large. Atiku noted that the late senator’s demise came at a time his voice was most needed in the face of travails threatening Nigeria’s democracy and the country’s unity. Reacting to Waku’s death in a Press Statement in Abuja on Wednesday, Atiku Abubakar explained that “the late Senator’s contributions to deepening democracy and strengthening Nigeria’s unity were so immense to be forgotten in a hurry.” According…
The nuance of Professor Yemi Osinbajo’s electrifying whistle-stop tours of the South-West geo-political zone and pockets of towns in some of the other zones, since the commencement of electioneering for the February 16 presidential poll, has raised the stakes in the battle for massive votes, especially in Yoruba land. The vice president had already covered so much ground and was extending his tentacles to the Yoruba-speaking area of Kogi State last Saturday, when the helicopter carrying him and his ten-man team crash-landed in Kabba. But gratefully to God, none of them was hurt in the accident. Osinbajo’s grassroots campaigns in…
Before I give a historical perspective on the veracity of Nnamdi Kanu’s claim that Atiku Abubakar is “originally from Cameroon”, I must say this about this disturbed personality. Kanu is a disadvantaged character who does not take himself seriously, but who some lost Igbo sons and daughters, in terrible need of guidance, take seriously. I do not think he regards much of the rottenness that proceeds from his vocal aperture. I believe he laughs at himself and takes a dip with the cacophony that his bizarre utterances and “commandments” effectuate. Kanu is a “little scared figure” with the ego…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has pledged to end the lingering strike by university lecturers in the country, from his first day at work, if elected the next president of the country. The presidential candidate made this disclosure in Lagos, Sunday evening, at the Silverbird Man of the Year event. According to Atiku, the industrial action which has denied university students in the country access to education for a period running into four months is disgraceful and thus will receive his first attention as president if voted into…
The Chairman, Anambra State Chapter of Atiku-Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze, has called on Ndigbo to come out en masse and vote for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 16 polls. Obaze, the erstwhile candidate of the party in the Anambra 2017 governorship election, made the call in Awka over the weekend. According to him, “cogent reasons exist for Ndigbo to come out en masse and vote for PDP’s Atiku-Obi.” He said any vote for Atiku Abubakar is also a vote for Peter Obi, who would be saddled with managing the…
