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15-year-old secondary school student allegedly abducted in Enugu, forcefully converted to Islam and about to be married off in Kaduna
Human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu has raised an alarm over a 15-year-old secondary school student, Chioma Chinedu who was allegedly abducted in Enugu, forcefully converted to Islam and about to be married off in Kaduna. Gwamnishu in a post on Facebook said Chioma was abducted and converted to Islam in Anchau village of Kaduna State, and has allegedly been hypnotized by her abductors who have refused to let her go. He said he will continue to collaborate with the Igbo community till she gets out and is rehabilitated. He wrote; 15 YEAR OLD JSS 2 STUDENT CHIOMA CHINEDU HYPNOTIZED AND…
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NDDC has been a Cash Cow for Politicians – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has expressed that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is a cash cow for politicians in the country.He stated this during the commissioning of the Police Barracks, Special Protection Unit (SPU) base 6 at Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday.“NDDC has been a cash cow for politicians,” he said. “You will see competition who will be the Managing Director, Executive Director (Finance), Executive Director (Projects).“These are people who will make sure money is available for politics. You have portfolio contractors from Abuja. Every now and then, the MD will be…
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NDDC has been a Cash Cow for Politicians – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has expressed that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is a cash cow for politicians in the country.He stated this during the commissioning of the Police Barracks, Special Protection Unit (SPU) base 6 at Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday.“NDDC has been a cash cow for politicians,” he said. “You will see competition who will be the Managing Director, Executive Director (Finance), Executive Director (Projects).“These are people who will make sure money is available for politics. You have portfolio contractors from Abuja. Every now and then, the MD will be…
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Join us in shutting down Nigeria on October 1 – IPOB calls on Oduduwa agitators, others
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has called on other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria to join forces in shutting down the country on October 1 and reject Nigeria’s Independence Day celebration.Spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, in a statement urged those agitating for Oduduwa Republic and Middle Belt to put their differences aside and rise together against their common enemy. He said the group’s objective is to deliver all indigenous nationalities and so, all nationalities must reject Nigeria with their impunity in order to be free from Fulani subjugation. The statement reads: “Following our earlier declaration of October 1st sit at…
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Another northern president will lead to Oduduwa, Biafra declaration – Ohanaeze
Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide has warned Northern Governors against insisting on producing President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. The group says it will fuel the agitation for Biafra and Oduduwa nationsAccording to a Statement by Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Ohanaeze Secretary-General, he accused the northern governors of being proponents to Nigeria’s breakup.The statement reads: “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide maintained that attempts to jettison the rotational presidency in 2023, and the North insisting to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari will be unfavorable and weaknesses towards sustaining the unity and stability in the country as it will favor the declarations of Oduduwa and Biafra nations…
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2023: Power should remain in North until Southerners learn unity – Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has said that he wants power to remain in the north after 2023 to teach southerners the power of unity.Omokri said this while reacting to Northern Governors’ rejection of power shift to the south.Recall that the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) had said that the south’s insistence on producing the next president of Nigeria contradicts the provisions of the constitution.Reacting to the development, Omokri, in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Tuesday, claimed that the southerners united with northerners to betray an innocent southerner in 2015.He tweeted, “I support Northern Governors’…
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Masked gunmen abduct Air Vice Marshal Oladimeji Smith in Lagos
Masked Gunmen have abducted a former Chief of Logistics, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Sikiru Oladimeji Smith (rtd) in Lagos State.The incident occurred on Monday evening around Ajah where the victim was reportedly working on a site. Corporal Odiji, driver of the victim who raised the alarm in an audio on Tuesday morning, said the gunmen were shooting sporadically before whisking his boss away to an unknown destination. “Please, this is an emergency. I am Corporal Odiji attached to AVM Smith. Oga was just moved from the site we were working. Some gunmen wearing masks just came,…
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Politician Shina Peller ponders on how to get Nigerian youth to replicate the drive and commitment they have for BBNaija to the 2023 general elections
Politician and club owner, Shina Peller has shared that he is thinking of how he can get Nigerian youths to replicate the same voting zeal and commitment they have towards the reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, for the 2023 general elections. He shared this in a post on Instagram. According to him, the 2023 elections will afford Nigerians the opportunity to reset the country as there would be no incumbent President on the ballot papers. He wrote”Me thinking of how I can get the youth to replicate the drive and commitment they have for Big Brother 9ja to the…
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If Nigeria breaks up, all of us will lose out – VP Yemi Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said Nigerians will be the ones to lose out if the country breaks up. He said there is a need to promote the message of Unity. The Vice President made this known in a statement released by his spokesperson, Laolu Akande when he received the national executive of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ), at the presidential villa in Abuja. He however advised journalists to be professional in the discharge of their duties whilst spreading the gospel of Unity. He further stated that though the elites will survive the breakup of the country but a vast…
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Prayers offered during Olojo festival will transform Nigeria – Ooni of Ife
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi said the prayers offered during the 2021 Olojo festival would transform Nigeria.The Monarch gave the assurance during the “Ancestral Traditional Propitiation,” on Monday in Ile-Ife, Osun.The appeasement involves an annual visitation by the Ooni to his family compound in Ile-Ife after the Olojo celebration.Ogunwusi told Nigerians to expect positive happenings in all sectors of the economy.“There is no way Nigeria will not feel the positive impacts of the Olojo festival prayers,” NAN quotes him as saying.The Ooni added that the light sighted when he appeared with the “Aare crown” on Saturday was a…
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Abacha remains our hero in Bayelsa – Governor Diri
Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri has said that former military head of state, Sani Abacha, remains a hero to the people of the state. He said this following Abacha’s decision to create the state 25 years ago on October 1, 1996. Speaking during a thanksgiving service on Nigeria’s 61st independence and Bayelsa 25th anniversary at the King of Glory Chapel in Government House, Yenagoa, Diri thanked Abacha for creating the state even with it’s eight Local Governments which was less than the constitutional requirements as he described him to be a great man and hero. “Let me use this medium to…
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Nigeria’s eNaira Official Platform goes Live, Records One Million Hits barely 24 hours
The official website of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) digital currency, the eNaira, has gone live, exactly one week to the planned launch of the initiative. The website has already recorded over a million hits barely 24 hours after going live.The eNaira is a digital currency that will be issued by the CBN.The development shows a reflection of the level of interest in the proposed digital currency.eNaira users will benefit from the website’s simplified financial transactions. Users will be able to send money to one another using a linked bank account or credit card; customers will have the ability…
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