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Military sending Bandits to Hell, Insecurity will become history Soon – Femi Adesina
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson has stated that the military are doing their best in the fight against insecurity. According to Adesina, the military is sending bandits to God to answer for their sins. He stated this in an article on Thursday titled, ‘I Like This Pampering. Don’t you?’ Adesina stated that these criminals that have terrorised Zamfara, Kaduna and Niger states among others were given a chance to turn over a new leaf, but they refused. The presidential aide said the military is cleaning up the country and making Nigerians proud. In his words; “From the forests of a thousand…
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God didn’t make a mistake bringing Nigeria Together – Sultan of Sokoto
Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III has expressed that Nigeria being one entity is not a mistake because God wanted it to be that way. The Sultan stated this on Thursday at the 2020 Leadership Newspaper award and conference in Abuja. The monarch called every region to come together to solve the existing problems of the country noting that the country’s division will not solve the problems peculiar to each group “If we are to go our 1 million ways, how do we survive? God Almighty will and can never make a mistake, that is his will and must be…
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You will all die if you rely on Buhari’s promises – Reno Omokri warns Ohanaeze
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has warned the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, against relying on President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise to ensure that the region is secure. President Buhari had, during his visit to Imo State on Thursday, pledged that his administration would ensure that the security crisis in the region is tackled. Reacting to the promise, Omokri, in a post on his verified Facebook page, alleged that the president lacks the ability to provide security in any part of the country. According to him, Buhari has failed in protecting the country including his state of origin, Katsina. The…
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2023: Igbos need Tinubu to produce Nigeria’s next president – Ohanaeze
The pan Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Friday has said the Southeast needs Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, if they are to stand a chance to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Dim Uche Okwukwu, Deputy President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, said Tinubu controls the votes in Yoruba land; hence the Igbos need him to produce Nigeria’s president. Speaking during an interview Okwukwu urged the people of the Southeast to show solidarity to the APC National Leader over his ill-health adding that he is the most benevolent Nigerian politician after Ahmed Bello According to Okwukwu: “Most…
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IPOB’s sit-at-home order was only on social media, Imo people came out – Uzodinma speaks on Buhari’s visit
Governor Hope Uzodinma has said that the sit-at-home order issued by proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Imo state, was only obeyed on social media. The Governor said this in an interview on Channels Television. He said that Imo residents were excited about Buhari’s visit and came all out to welcome him. He also stated that he and other Igbo leaders will be supporting the president, his administration and his policies, because he has shown sufficient interest in terms of pragmatic approach in listening and being sensitive to the yearnings of Imolites…
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Police uncover popular Church used as baby factory, arrest pastor, four others in Imo
The Imo State Police Command has arrested five persons allegedly using a church as a baby factory The suspect, 47-year-old woman, Evangelist Ugochi Orisakwe was arrested alongside her gang members namely, Chidi Orisakwe, 34, Pauline Nwagbunwanne, 42, Elizabeth Uzoma, 61, Chibueze Joy, 31. The Commissioner of Police CP Rabiu Hussaini confirmed the crime on Thursday in a release signed by the command spokesperson, Micheal Abattam. Narrating the ugly development, the police CP said, “Sequel to credible information received on 8/9/2021 at about 08:30 hours by the Imo State Command’s tactical unit, that one Amarachi Okechukwu Dioku female age 18 years,…
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Biafra: “It will be unthinkable for Igbos to leave Nigeria” – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed that it will be unthinkable for people of the Southeast to leave Nigeria because they are fundamental to Nigeria’s growth and economy. The President said this when he visited Imo state on Thursday during a town hall meeting with Igbo leaders. According to Buhari: “The fundamental thing about the Igbo people is that there is no town you will visit in Nigeria without seeing the Igbos being in charge of either infrastructure or pharmaceutical industry. “Therefore, it is unthinkable for me that any Igbo man would consider himself not to be a part of Nigeria.…
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I will help Imo fight Insecurity, Buhari tells Uzodinma
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to assist the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, fight insecurity in the state. The president also assured that he would wield his power as the president to deal with security breaches in the state. Buhari stated this while Commissioning the Egbeada-Onitsha bypass road in Owerri, on Thursday. He said that he was impressed with the level of development in the state. He stated that no society would make any meaningful progress in the face of insecurity and infrastructural deficits. Buhari said that his vision of having a secured Nigeria with huge infrastructural progress had…
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Kano’s Hisbah seized and destroyed 5,760 cartons of beer, yet Kano gets the lion share from VAT on beer – Reno Omokri
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has reacted to reports that the Kano State Hisbah Board destroyed over 5,760 cartons of beer due to religious practice. The Islamic police had also destroyed 1,975,000 bottles of beer worth over N200 million in Kano metropolis on November 8 2020. The destruction exercise, which triggered outrage from Southerners, was carried out at Kalebawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Reacting to the fresh action of the Hisbah, Reno in a statement on his verified Facebook page on Thursday, accused northerners of practising hypocrisy, saying they hate…
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Cows may cost N2m each if Lagos passes anti-grazing bill – Miyetti Allah
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has warned that the price of a cow may cost as much as N2 million if the Lagos State Government passes the proposed anti-open grazing law. Maikudi Usman who is the association’s zonal secretary for South-West gave the warning while speaking at the one-day public hearing organised by the state House of Assembly on the anti-open grazing bill in Lagos on Wednesday, September 8. According to Usman, ranching which is being proposed by the government is quite expensive when compared to open grazing. He said “If cattle are bred in one place, the…
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BREAKING: Buhari arrives Imo
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Imo State. The jet carrying Buhari landed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri, the state capital. Recall that the state Governor, Hope Uzodinma, had announced Buhari’s visit. He said the president would commission some significant projects while in the state. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, had however declared a sit-at-home over Buhari’s visit, saying that the president is not welcome to the state. Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had said the president was visiting Imo to mock people of the state.
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God won’t give Nigeria another president like Buhari – Wike replies Umahi
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday knocked his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, over a recent comment where he said that God will give Nigeria a president “who has a good heart like President Muhammadu Buhari for the good of this country” in 2023. Umahi made the statement on Monday while addressing State House correspondents after meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at Aso Villa in Abuja. Wike, in his reaction said that his colleague had lied, adding that the President himself knows that God won’t give the country another leader like him in 2023. The…
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