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Abduction: Live up to your responsibility – Atiku tells Buhari
Former Vice President Atiku Atbubakar, has called on the President Buhari-led government to began to live up to its responsibilities. The former Vice President said this following the abduction of students from Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Chikun local government area of the state, describing it as one too many. Atiku in a post on Twitter stated that it is time to stop pretending that all is well with Nigeria and focus on protecting lives and properties which is the primary responsibility of the Government. In his words: “This is one abduction too many. We cannot continue to pretend that…
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Nigeria’s next president should emerge from the South – Southern Governors insist
The governors of the Southern States have insisted that the next President of Nigeria must be from the South. This was part of the decisions reached at the meeting of the southern states governors in Lagos today July 5. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state who is the Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, disclosed this while reading from a communique jointly signed by the governors after a closed-door meeting in Alausa, Lagos State today July 5. “The Forum reiterates its commitment to the politics of equity, fairness and unanimously agrees that the presidency of Nigeria be rotated between Southern and…
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I’m done with partisan politics. Those saying I want to form a political party should visit Yaba Left – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to claims of having plans of forming a political party ahead of the 2023 general elections. In a statement issued by Kehinde Akinyemi, his special assistant on media affairs, the former President stressed that he is done with partisan politics. He also said those who think he wants to float a new political party should visit Yaba Left (a psychiatric hospital in Lagos). It read; “In my part of the world, when you say goodnight in a place, you do not go back there and say good evening. The one who reported that may…
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I won’t retire from Politics till I die – Shekarau
Former Governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau has revealed that he will not retire from politics until he dies. He stated this while addressing reporters after inaugurating the Shura Consultative Assembly in Kano. He noted that even when he is too old to contest or campaign will give still give political advice. Shekarau said, “I have no time to retire from politics until death.” “In fact, why I have come back to speak for the second time is to dispute this aspect. As far as I am concerned, there is no time for me to retire from politics. “I…
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FG should apologise to Igboho, stop Pursuing him as a Criminal – Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has called on the Federal Government to apologise to Sunday Igboho after his home was invaded by officials of the Department of State Services. The DSS invaded Igboho’s house in Ibadan, Oyo State, in the early hours of Thursday with intelligence that he was stockpiling arms to cause chaos within the region. In an interview with BBC Pidgin published on Monday, Soyinka said the government’s actions and rationale for invading Igboho’s home “stinks.” “My advise to the government is that they should stop pursuing Igboho as a criminal, because you have begun by acting in a…
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Bandits kidnap scores of students in Bethel School, Kaduna
Suspected bandits, on Monday morning, stormed Bethel Secondary School, Maramara Chickun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped scores of students. According to Mr. Daniel Muhuta, a security guard in the school, “I escaped narrowly. They came around 1.00am and started shooting. I was at the back of the school domentary when I heard shooting and decided to pin down.” As of the time of filling this report, security personnel have cordoned off the area, even as parents and relatives of the kidnapped students gathered at the main entrance in a sorrowful mood.
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Obasanjo part of Nigeria’s problem – Eedris Abdulkareem
Veteran Nigerian musician, Eedris Abdulkareem has blamed former President, Olusegun Obasanjo for being part of Nigeria’s problem. The controversial rapper stated that Obasanjo had in prison promised to transform Nigeria but failed to keep to his promise when he became President. He said, “Obasanjo will never be my friend, I worked with him because there was this tsunami in America and we were part of the fundraising program sponsored to raise money for Nigerians out there. ”Obasanjo is part of the problem of this country. When he was in prison, he promised to do a lot of things if he…
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Yoruba Nation Lagos rally: We didn’t fire live bullets – Police on girl’s death
The Lagos State Police Command has reacted to the murder of a teenage girl during the Yoruba Nation rally in Ojota. Public Relations Officers, Muyiwa Adejobi described it as a “rumour” and a calculated attempt to create confusion and fears in the minds of the people. The spokesman declared that officers did not fire a single live bullet during the demonstration adding that the corpse was found wrapped and abandoned at a distance, far from Ojota venue of the rally, behind MRS Filling Station, inward Maryland. The location, he explained, is on the other side of the venue and has…
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Stray bullet kills 14-year-old girl during Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos
A 14-year-old yoghurt seller, simply identified as Jumoke, has been killed by stray bullets reportedly fired by a security operative, who was dispersing Yoruba Nation agitators at Ojota, Lagos State. Viral images on social media show that bullets ripped open the victim’s stomach. Jumoke was reportedly displaying drinks at a shop when the stray bullet hit her. Her body has been covered with a piece of cloth as a crowd gathered at the spot. Yoruba Nation protesters on Saturday, assembled at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, despite the heavy presence of armed policemen and soldiers. They chanted different kinds of…
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BREAKING: Police disperse Yoruba Nation protesters with tear gas, water cannon in Lagos
Security operatives have dispersed Yoruba Nation protesters who gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos. The protesters stormed the venue in their numbers as the Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, was addressing journalists. However, immediately after Odumosu left, the police cannon trucks sprayed water on the protesters. They also fired tear gas at the crowd. The protesters, who fled the scene in different directions, regrouped at the bridge also at Ojota.
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“Kenyan government abducted and tortured Kanu for 8 days before handing him over to DSS”- Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer insists
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) has alleged that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the group, was abducted and tortured for 8 days by the Kenyan Government before he was handed over to the Department of State Services. Kanu, who is being prosecuted on charges of treasonable felony, was rearrested after jumping bail and repatriated to Nigeria last Sunday, June 27. The Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Wilfred Machage, denied his country was involved in Kanu’s and admonished Nigerians to ask the Federal Government how the IPOB leader was apprehended. On Friday night, July…
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We got intercept that they are planning to kidnap my Son – El-Rufai
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has disclosed that some bandits terrorizing the state are currently targeting his seven-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Sadiq El-Rufai. The Governor made this known in an interview with BBC Pidgin, on Saturday. He said he secretly withdrew his son from Kaduna Capital school following intelligence that the bandits were planning to attack the school to kidnap his son. “My son and my daughter are registered in the school because his sister turned six and we had to register her. “But we have had to temporarily withdraw them for the security of the school because we got…
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