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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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Buhari fires NAPTIP DG, Mohammed 4 months after his appointment, replaces him with Waziri-Azi
The Director-General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Senator Basheer Mohammed has been sacked after four months in office. He has been replaced by Hajia Fatima Waziri-Azi. His abrupt sack was contained in a statement on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. Garba explained that the sack of the four months old NAPTIP DG followed the recommendation of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq. He quoted Hajiya Sadiya as saying that the recommendation of Fatima Waziri-Azi was based…
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Do your worst, anti-open grazing law stays – Akeredolu blasts Miyetti Allah
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has blasted the Miyetti Allah Kataul Hore over plans to move against the anti-open grazing law in the state and other southern states. Akeredolu who recently signed the bill into law vowed that nothing would make him and other governors rescind their decision. The governor stated this on Wednesday in a statement issued by his aide on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr Doyin Odebowale. Recall that the group had through its secretary, Saleh Alhassan stated the anti-open grazing laws would affect the relative peace and stability currently enjoyed in communities. Akeredolu said the move…
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Don’t welcome President Buhari on Thursday – Reno Omokri tells Imo state residents
Reno Omokri has called on Imo indigenes not to welcome President Buhari to the state on Thursday. The President is expected to visit the SouthEastern state on Thursday September 9, to commission some projects. Reno in a tweet shared said any Igbo who turns up to welcome Buhari to Imo State should be marked and made a ”political pariah forever in the state.” In his words; ”Any Igbo that turns up to welcome Buhari to Imo on Thursday should be marked. Buhari wont be in power forever. Don’t hurt or use violence on such a person. But make him a…
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VAT: I will take over FIRS Offices in Rivers if the agency continues to bully the state –Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to “take over” all offices of the Federal Inland Revenue Service in the Rivers state if the government agency continues with its “bullying”. The governor spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt, the state capital, while addressing business owners in the state. He told the oil firms, construction companies and other business owners operating in the state to start remitting their Value Added Tax to the state government beginning this September. Wike lamented about the injustice in the country saying Rivers generated N15bn in June 2021 but got N4.7bn while “Kano produced…
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We have been compromising economic progress to fight insecurity – Pantami
Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has said his ministry has been prioritizing security over economic progress. Pantami during the launch of the NCC’s strategic vision plan (SVP) on Tuesday, September 7, in Abuja spoke on his ministry’s contribution to the fight against Insecurity. According to him, security takes precedence over economic benefits. “We have even been compromising the economic progress of our sector because of our aim in supporting security institutions, he said. “At any point in time in the telecommunication sector, our position is ‘security takes precedence over economic benefits’. Security is our priority followed by…
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IPOB should speak to Buhari in language he understands during Imo visit – Adeyanju
Human Rights activist, Deji Adeyanju has asked the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to speak to President Muhammadu Buhari in a language he understands prior to his visit to Imo state on Thursday. Adeyanju said IPOB’s proposed sit-at-home order would send a very loud message to Buhari when he visits Imo State tomorrow. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the rights activist warned that residents of Imo State may be killed if they troop out to welcome the president; hence the need to stay indoors. In his words; “IPOB should speak to Buhari in the language he understands tomorrow…
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