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Presidency: South Easterners will help in wealth creation and fight against poverty ravaging Nigeria – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that a president from the South East will bring about unity to the country. He said this while receiving a 2023 Presidential aspirant, Mao Ohuabunwa on Thursday in Abeokuta. The former President noted that a South East president will help in wealth creation and fight against poverty ravaging the country. “Beyond bringing unity to Nigeria or being the cement that holds Nigeria together, I believe that Southeasterners can model hard work and entrepreneurship. “This will help in wealth creation and fight against poverty, which is ravaging Nigeria,” Obasanjo said
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“Ndigbo are more ready than any other group has been in Nigeria in the struggle for the presidency” – Former Minister of health, ABC Nwosu
A Former Minister of health, Prof ABC Nwosu has expressed that the determination to produce a Nigerian President from the South East is still on course. Speaking in an interview with Sunnewsonline, Nwosu noted that Igbo Presidency is now more realisable than when the idea first hit. According to him, a president of United Igbo extraction is needed for nation building and that Ndigbo are more ready for the job of nation building than any other group in Nigeria He said;I am fully back now to work with my colleague on the subject of nation building and presidency from the…
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Insecurity: Buhari does not get the encouragement he deserves – Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has expressed that President Muhammadu Buhari does not get the necessary encouragement he deserves in his effort to secure the country and revive the economy. Adesina said this in reaction to the Global Terrorism Index 2022 report released last week by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) where Nigeria recorded the second-biggest reduction in deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa He accused the Nigerian media of paying less attention to the achievements of Buhari, particularly those bordering on his wins against insecurity. According to him, if the report had gone…
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Bamise: “He brought out a knife, dragged me to the back seat of the bus and raped me” – Another alleged victim of arrested BRT bus driver recounts ordeal, provides evidence
Andrew Nice Omininikoron, the BRT bus driver arrested in connection with the brutal murder of 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayankole, who was a passenger on his bus has been accused by another woman who claims she was his victim. The victim who was said to be a sales girl at a shop in Ajah provided evidence of her rape. Narrating her encounter, the alleged victim, name withheld, told Punch that the incident happened on November 25, 2021. According to her, she closed from work around 8pm and boarded the BRT bus driven by the suspect. The driver was to convey her from…
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“It is better for power to remain in the North than for power to go to the South West for another 8 years” – Deji Adeyanju
Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju has said that it will be unjust for power to go to the South West than for it to remain in the North. In a post early on Friday, Adeyanju opined that the South West should not produce the next president if truly power should go to the south.According to him, the South West was in power for eight years and as Vice President for another eight years. He described people clamoring for power to go to the South West as tribalistic and selfish. In his words: “It is better for power to remain in…
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Yoruba Nation can be achieved without firing a bullet – Igboho
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho has assured his supporters that their ambition can be achieved without firing a bullet. He made this known in a statement issued and made available to the press on Thursday by his counsel, Yomi Alliyu.According to the statement, Igboho, who called for calm among his supporters, vowed not to relent in the push for self-determination, thanking those who relentlessly worked towards his release from detention. Ighoho explained that self-determination can be better achieved through dialogue instead of war, citing the ongoing war in Ukraine and the violence in some parts of Southeast.“He continues to preach…
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“You cannot say that the country will move forward when over 50 percent is one gender controlling everything” – Minister of women affairs, Pauline Tallen
Minister of women affairs, Pauline Tallen has called for gender equality in the affairs of the country. She said it will cause the country to develop more effectively. Speaking at an event marking the 2022 International Women’s Day, organised by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) on Thursday, March 10, the Minister called for concerted efforts to fight gender inequality in Nigeria, saying it was not a mistake that God created both genders to complement each other. She said: “We can only develop more effectively when we have gender equality. You cannot say that the country will move…
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“APC Presidential ticket will likely go to the South-South, ThiefNubu and Osinbajo camp will weep” – Adeyanju
Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju has disclosed that the ruling All Progressives Congress APC will likely zone it’s presidential ticket to the South-South. He shared this in a tweet via his Twitter handle. He said according to many sources in the APC, the South-west will not get it. In his words: “APC presidential ticket is likely to go to the South-South and the advantage and both have is that they are considered to be Igbo men. “South West will not get it according to many sources in APC. The ThiefNubu and Osinbajo camp will weep and cry and you heard…
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APC must not become like other parties, we should be democratic and Fair – Tinubu
National chairman of the ruling all Progressives Congress APC and Presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu has urged members of the party to be democratic and fair in all it’s dealings. He said it will help the party have a greater impact on the country In a statement released on Thursday, the former Lagos Governor noted that while party members are free to pursue their own political aims, they must always keep the “greater collective purpose” in mind. “Recently, President Buhari made a characteristically concise and important statement regarding the strength and purpose of our political party, APC,” he said.“He underscored the…
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Miss cell Pageant: We must ask whether Chidinma has a prison official zaddy who she is making very happy. Her hair, skin and clothes look better than 90% of free females – Reno Omokri
Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has condemned the Miss Cell Beauty pageant which saw the alleged killer of Super TV CEO, Chidinma clinch the title. Reno in post he shared on Facebook expressed that Prison is a place of punishment and rehabilitation and once it becomes a place of fun, the whole purpose is defeated. According to him, the act is unacceptable. He further questioned the state of Chidinma’s hair, skin and clothes which he said looks better than 90% of females that are free in the world. He wrote; “Prison is a place of punishment and rehabilitation. Once it…
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We gave him rat poison because he saw our faces – Two teenage brothers narrate how they abducted, killed neighbour’s 8-year-old son in Oyo
Officers of the Oyo State Police have arrested two teenage brothers, Waliu Abd Razaq and Iliaz Abdul Razaq alongside their father, AbdulRasaq Padun, for the abduction and murder of an 8-year-old boy, identified as Raheem Bamimore. Raheem was declared missing on Friday, March 4, 2022, in Saki town but was later found dead in an uncompleted building along Ogbooro road, in Al-Barka area two days later. It was reported that the 8-year-old came back home from school around 12:30pm on that fateful Friday, dropped his backpack and rushed out. His parents had declared him missing after he didn’t return home.…
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APC: Our Presidential Candidate is expected to come from the South – El-Rufai
Governor of Kaduna state Nasir El-Rufai has disclosed that the Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is expected to come from the South whilst the position of the Party’s National leader will be held by a Northerner The Governor made this known in an interview on Channels Television Politics today “Our expectation is that our presidential candidate will come from somewhere in the south,” he said He stated that the southern caucus of the ruling party will then decide which part of the area the candidate will come from.“It is up to the southern caucus of the…
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