Year: 2018

NEMA Counters Reps Committee With ‘Hard Facts’

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The management of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has countered the claims of violation of public trust against it by the House Of Representatives Committee on Emergency and disaster preparedness with ‘hard facts.’ The agency said the findings by the committee against the agency did not reflect facts placed before it. The management in a comprehensive statement on Saturday, insisted that the Committee was only economical with truth in its report. The full statement below. The House of Representatives, at its plenary on 8thNovember 2018, received the Report of…

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2019: Middle Belt Group Back PMB For Second Term, Give Reason

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance in office is outstanding and, therefore, deserves a second term, the Middle Belt Youth Leaders Forum (MBYLF) has said. The forum said Buhari has done creditably well in his more than three and a half years leadership sojourn in Nigeria. According to the youth group, before Buhari took over the mantle of leadership in 2015, there was absolute total absence of sanity in our national as well as absence of sense of national pride. The National President of the group, Comrade Aaron Adah while addressing the…

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“Corruption Allegation against Ayogu Eze Insulting, Baseless and Reckless”——ICN

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  The Independent Campaign Network ICN, a campaign group routing for the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Senator Ayogu Eze, has reacted to an allegation by one Mr. Jackson Ude, the publisher of an online magazine, Point Blank News, whom it described as an agent of the Enugu State government, who recently accused Senator Ayogu Eze, of embezzling the sum of N250 million, meant for some road maintenance in connivance a former Managing Director of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency FERMA, Mr Gabriel Amuchi.…

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In Defence of Gov. el-Rufai Against Obi, The Bigot By Molokwu Bonaventure

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Since former Anambra state Gov. Mr. Peter Obi was nominated the running mate of the 2019 PDP Presidential standard-bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, so much meaningless noise is spurred by his candidature. What is more worrisome is the exhumation or somewhat re-appraisal of his eight years tenure as Governor as imagined stamp of his splendor. Also, Obi’s admirers feel he is unblemished and spotless. So, there is the desperate attempts to equate the administration of Nigeria, with Obi’s governing of his state. Irrationally, Obi’s whatever perceived perfection as Governor is lifted…

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Odi/Zaki-Biam Massacres: Group Wants Obasanjo, Danjuma Banned Fom Entering US, UK

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The United States of America, United Kingdom and others have been asked to restrict entry for former President Olusegun Obasanjo and TY Danjuma, erstwhile Minister of Defence as a consequence for their alleged involvement in mass killings and detention of innocent citizens that took place under various guises when they held sway. Policing Nigeria Awareness Initiative, who made this call in a letter addressed to the Embassy of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and others specifically pointed out the massacres of innocent Nigerians in Zaki Biam, Benue…

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PDP And How Not To Repent By Reginald Okoli

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Opposition is the nerve which propels democracy and good governance. A vibrant opposition spices governance, in the same measure, a weak opposition devalues itself and destroys the same values it seeks to entrench in government. Nigeria’s opposition PDP has found itself in a quagmire in playing the opposition game. Each time its mouth parrots on any national issue, a confounding emptiness assails Nigerians. They exude shallow thoughts and most times, exhibits a poor grasp of the issues the party seeks to prick the ruling government to stand on its toes.…

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Group Berates  Atiku Over Security Search Alarm

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…Says PDP’s candidate is being hunted by the ghost of yesterday The Africa Civil Rights Centre has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar for “whipping up a storm in a teacup” over the routine screening reportedly conducted on him by security operatives upon his return to Nigeria from Dubai on Sunday. The group in a statement signed by its executive secretary, Dr. Enemaku Ocheni expressed shock that the PDP candidate can deploy such antic in a bid to score cheap political point.…

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2019: Christians Urged To Mobilise Against Candidates With Pro-same Sex Marriage Agenda

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More shocking revelations have emerged on the recent strategic meeting held in Dubai between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his team members. This is just an indication have emerged that Atiku has allegedly signed an agreement to legalize gay marriage if voted into power in 2019. According to the Young Christians Forum in Nigeria, the alleged agreement, which was a pre-condition for him to get the support of some pro-LGTB nations, also required him to repeal the same sex marriage act in…

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IMN: BEFORE ANOTHER DESCENT INTO DARKNESS By Eleoja Adesola

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Reading the Punch Newspaper editorial, titled “Stopping Army-Shiites’ bloody clashes” gives one the impression that all Nigerians will act rationally and that the appeal in the piece would be taken to heart by all. Such desire is prompted by the knowledge that Nigerians behave alike; we have a tendency to fidget until the fire gets out of hand and singe us before we resort to lamenting “had I know”. The proper thing is not to prevaricate but to take decisive stand for the overall good at all time. This is…

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2019: Between Buhari and The Rest By Prince Ugo 

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The elections are around the corner, and as usual, the atmosphere is tensed with a litany of candidates vying for the highest office in the country. While this is a welcome development, it also indicates that our democracy is experiencing stable growth. I am also particularly impressed with the number of individuals that have signified interest, even though most of them are jesters. I decided to pen this article after a long sabbatical. And here I am again, giving my opinion on this all-important 2019 general elections. I am sure…

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