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Mailafia assassinated over proposed sit-at-home for Christians – Simon Ekpa alleges
Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the death of Obadiah Mailafia, former Deputy Governor of the Nigerian Central Bank, CBN. Ekpa suggested that Mailafia may have been assassinated. He proposed that President Muhammadu and his “Jihadist cabals” may have assassinated Mailafia. In a tweet, Ekpa wrote: “If Dr Mailafia has been assassinated by @NGRPresident @MBuhari and his Jihadists cabals, that will tell you how hard he hit them with a week sit at home proposal for all Christians in Nigeria. “They don’t want to see him live…
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Borrowing to accumulate debt for next Generation is criminal – Obasanjo
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed that borrowing to accumulate debt for the next generation is criminal. He stated this in reaction to the Federal Government’s plan to source for fresh loans. Speaking to Channels Television on the sidelines of an event in South Africa, Obasanjo noted that if the existing debt is left unserviced or unpaid, it might become a problem for successive administrations. The former President although noted that borrowing is not a problem, however what could be a problem would be what the borrowed money is used for. “But if you are borrowing and accumulating debts for…
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2023: Nothing will happen if a northerner succeeds Buhari – Baba-Ahmed
Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has expressed that nothing will happen if a northerner succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He said this while delivering a keynote address at an event organized by the students wing of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, being the maiden Maitama Sule Leadership Lecture Series. Ahmed-Baba said the the North was not for sale and that northerners would surprise those waiting for them to queue up in 2023 and be given money in exchange for their votes. He explained that northerners would…
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You’ll lose your investments if you carry drug traffickers – NDLEA chairman warns tricycle owners
Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has warned tricycle owners, popularly known as Keke Marwa, that they will lose their investments if they are caught using the popular means of transportation to move drug traffickers or illicit substances in any part of the country. Marwa issued the warning at the weekend when all the 36 states chairmen including the FCT of Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria, TOAN, represented by seven zonal chairmen of the body, paid him a visit in Abuja to seek partnership between the NDLEA and the association in the…
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President Buhari departs Abuja for New York (photos)
President Buhari this morning September 19, departed Abuja for New York where he will be attending the 76th UN General Assembly. The session opened on Tuesday, September 14. The theme for this year’s UNGA is, “Building Resilience Through Hope – To Recover from COVID-19, Rebuild Sustainably, Respond to the Needs of the Planet, Respect the Rights of People and Revitalize the United Nations.” President Buhari will address the Assembly during the General Debates on Friday, September 24 where he will speak on the theme of the conference and other global issues. In the course of the Assembly, the President and members of…
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Anambra will fare better under APC — Senator Andy Uba
The Anambra state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Andy Uba has assured that the state would fare better under an APC-controlled government. He said this while addressing members of Afa Igbo bu ofu, a nongovernmental organization, who joined APC ahead of the governorship election. Uba said that by supporting his aspiration, members of the group have joined other Anambra people who are determined to liberate the Anambra state. “I know that this group is eager to join others to liberate Anambra people and I assure our people that they will see a new Anambra, he said…
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Femi Fani-Kayode dines with Pantami months after calling him a religious bigot
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has taken to social media to laud the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami who he described as his friend for inviting him to dinner in his (Pantami) home on Friday. Recall that Fani-Kayode had in April 2021, labelled Pantami as a terrorist who does not deserve to hold public office following the minister’s past comments that indicated a tie with a terrorist group. “He (Pantami) is a religious bigot, an ethnic supremacist, an unrepentant jihadist, a lover of bloodshed, carnage and terror and a psychopathic and clearly insane individual,” he said. Fani-Kayode…
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Sit-At-Home: Kidnappers, Criminals have hijacked IPOB agitation – Umahi
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has expressed that the secessionist agitation of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra has been hijacked by criminals and kidnappers. He said the group is no longer in control of the whole agitation as a result of the alleged hijack by unscrupulous elements. Umahi, who is the Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, spoke on Friday on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme. He expressed that the people of the South-East geopolitical zone are industrious people who don’t sit at home on Mondays. The governor stated that though IPOB had announced the suspension of its…
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Buhari to leave Nigeria for US on Sunday
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for New York, United States, on Sunday, to take part in the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76). This was disclosed in a statement issued by Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The President will address the Assembly during the General Debates on Friday, September 24 and is expected to speak on the theme of the conference and other global issues. The statement said that the theme for this year’s UNGA is, “Building Resilience Through Hope – To Recover from COVID-19, Rebuild Sustainably, Respond to the Needs of…
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We hope our suspension of publishing of rates on our platforms for now will lead to Naira appreciation from next week – AbokiFX reacts to CBN Gov’s allegation
AbokiFX has reacted to Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele declaring its owner, Oniwinde Adedotun wanted on grounds of allegedly manipulating the Nigerian forex market with the platform and allegedly engaging in “illegal foreign exchange transactions”. In a notice shared on its website on Friday September 17, the web platform that reports movements in the foreign exchange market said it will “temporarily suspend rate updates on all their platforms until they get better clarity of the situation”. AbokiFX which reiterated that the platform is solely for parallel rate information and not trading as they have “always maintained in their emails and social media…
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If you think the definition of Enjoyment, is to change ladies like Handkerchief, You will be the loser at the end – Clergyman Mike Bamiloye tells Men
Clergyman, Mike Bamiloye, has cautioned men against the habit of changing women they have affairs indiscriminately. In a post shared on Facebook, Bamiloye stated that men who change women like handkerchiefs will be the loser in the end. His post reads ”GET IT RIGHT FROM THE START…Right from the Foundation of Samson, he had been falling in love with a wrong woman. The first woman he would ever fell in love with was the Philistine lady in the vineyard of Timnath, who was being guided, so to speak, by a young lion. (Judges 14) The marriage ended up in crisis and…
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South-East, South-South Governors’ silence over Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest distasteful – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described the silence of south-east and south-south governors over the arrest of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu as ‘distasteful and loathsome’. IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful in a statement on Friday expressed that the governors are yet to openly condemn Kanu’s extradition. He said while governors from other regions are supporting their people, the south-east and south-south governors are afraid to talk about the release of the secessionist. “We the global family of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu find loathsome and distasteful, the complacent attitude of…
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