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Biafra: Afenifere slams Buhari for saying Igbo is ‘a dot in a circle’
Afenifere, the apex socio-cultural organisation in the South West, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for his recent comment against the Igbo nation. Buhari had during an interview with Arise TV on Thursday said that ‘”IPOB is just like a dot in a circle. Even if they want to exit, they will have no access to anywhere. Reacting, Afenifere noted that ”the President takes delight in ridiculing the Ndigbo which he used IPOB to represent.” A statement signed by its Secretary General, Chief Sola Ebiseni in Akure, Afenifere noted that to Buhari, “the Igbo and their territory is just a dot…
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Igangan: Buhari would have threatened Igbos if cows were killed – Eedris Abdulkareem
Veteran Nigerian rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, has reacted to the recent massacre in Igangan, a town in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State. Eedris slammed President Buhari for not speaking up against the attack. In a series of posts on Instagram, Eedris wondered how the President would have reacted, if it were cows that were killed in the South East. He noted that the North seem to be more bothered about the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the South East than the destruction of lives and properties being carried out by Boko Haram terrorists…
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‘Your threats make us stronger’, IPOB replies Buhari
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has said that Buhari’s threat cannot stop the group from actualizing Biafra. Buhari in an interview on Arise TV had said his government would organize the military and police to treat IPOB in the language they understand. Reacting to this, Kanu, who spoke via his spokesman, Emma Powerful, said Buhari’s threat would make IPOB and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) stronger. He said: “They have been doing that before now, let me tell you threatening cannot change IPOB, he can stay in the Aso Rock threatening Nigerians but not…
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IPOB is just like a dot in a circle, will have no access to anywhere if they secede – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the Indigenous people of Biafra clamoring for secession as like a dot in a circle, it has no where to go. The President said this during an interview on Arise TV on Thursday. He stated that IPOB will not have “access to anywhere” even if they eventually secede from the country. “That IPOB is just like a dot in a circle. Even if they want to exit, they will have no access to anywhere, he said “And the way they are spread all over the country, having businesses and properties, I don’t think IPOB knows…
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Twitter, Facebook, others must get licence from NBC – FG
The federal government has directed all broadcast service providers and social media platforms operating within the Nigerian space to apply and obtain licence for their services from the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission. In a statement by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and others must now be registered in Nigeria. He revealed this to State House reporters after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. He said Twitter had also reached out to the government seeking high-level discussions to resolve the issue. Nigeria had banned Twitter in…
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Behave yourselves, ensure security of Nigeria if you want jobs — Buhari warns Nigerian youths
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Nigerian youths to behave themselves and ensure the nation’s security if they want jobs in the country. President Buhari, in an interview with Arise TV on Thursday morning, expressed worry over the spate of violence in the country. The President blamed the Endsars protesters for the lack of investments and jobs in the country. Buhari noted that no investor can invest in an unsecured environment, a situation he quite agreed is currently bedeviling the Nation at the moment. ”I told them to tell the youths if they want jobs they should behave themselves, make Nigeria…
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Nigeria to sell unused electricity to Four Countries – TCN
Nigeria is in talks with four West African countries to sell unused Electricity to them through a planned $570 million Northcore Power Transmission Line. This was disclosed in a statement by the acting Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and Chairman, Executive Board of the West African Power Pool (WAPP), Engr. Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz, on Wednesday during the WAPP meeting on the Northcore project in Abuja. Reports have it that about 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity are not utilised daily across the Generation Companies (GenCos) in Nigeria and could be exported. “The power we will be selling…
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IPOB: We promise you hell, ESN not cultists – Nnamdi Kanu dares Abba Kyari
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has vowed that the group would resist men of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, in the Southeast. Kanu made the remark while accusing the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team led by DCP Abba Kyari of killing cultists and tagging them Eastern Security Network, ESN, operatives. The IPOB leader maintained that ESN operatives were not cultists and would never be killed. Kanu, who spoke through the Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, said the group would not tolerate the victimization of Igbo youths by security agents. In a statement…
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It will be idiotic to break Nigeria – Obasanjo tackles secessionists
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the call for the disintegration of Nigeria. He said it is “almost idiotic” to push for Nigeria’s disintegration at a period that Africa gears towards political, social and economic reintegration.” Obasanjo on Wednesday at the luncheon and investiture of Kehinde Isijola as the new Ogun State Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyor (NIS), held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta conceded that the situation remains unpalatable in Nigeria; he, however, said disintegration of the country is never the solution. Obasanjo opined that Nigerians should blame themselves for the worst of…
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CAN finally breaks silence on TB Joshua’s death 3 days after, sends condolence
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) finally breaks its silence on the death of the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations Prophet TB Joshua. The association sent a condolence message to his wife Evelyn Joshua three days after his death. CAN president Samson Ayokunle, in a terse message, described him as “one of the foremost Nigerian charismatic pastor, televangelist, and philanthropist who devoted his entire lifetime to the propagation of the gospel.” He said, “The news of the demise of your darling husband, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, who was until his transition at the age of Fifty-Seven (57)…
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Defy FG’s order and continue to use Twitter, National Assembly Minority Caucus tells Nigerians
The joint National Assembly Minority Caucus has called on Nigerians to ignore the ban on Twitter operations in the country by the federal government and continue using the microblogging platform. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Minority Leader House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu and the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe on Wednesday. The Joint Minority Caucus also dismissed threats by the APC-led government to arrest and prosecute Nigerians using Twitter. It tells Nigerians to go ahead and use their Twitter as they would not be contravening any law in Nigeria or any international statute. “The…
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Governor Ayade’s aide resigns, says “his ideology is not in tandem with that of APC”
The Special Assistant to Governor Ben Ayade on Safety Commission, Victor Bassey Effiong, has resigned his appointment. In his resignation letter dated Wednesday, June 9, Mr Effiong said that “his ideology does not go in tandem with that of the All Progressive Congress (APC)” “After a period of consideration I have decided to remain with the People’s Democratic Party which I was a pioneer Youth leader in my Ward Uyanga in Akampa LGA,” the letter read. “Let me thank His Excellency Sir Prof Ben Ayade for the opportunity given to me to serve our dear state as Special Assistant. This…
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