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‘Resist being used by Politicians’ — Ooni warns Sunday Igboho
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has warned popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho to resist being used by politicians seeking to hijack his agitations against killer herdsmen in the South West. Oba Adeyeye made this known in an interview with Arise TV on Thursday as he commended Igboho for taking on the campaign against herdsmen but also advised him not to take laws into his hands instead, allow constituted authorities to handle the herdsmen menace in the region. “Let us be very objective. He (Igboho) is being a mouthpiece for the downtrodden. He came up and everybody is listening…
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You can’t do better than your predecessors – Boko Haram leader, Shekau tells new Service Chiefs
Leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has said the newly appointed Security Chiefs cannot do better than their predecessors in their fight against insurgency. According to HumAngle, Shekau made this known in a nine minute audio. He revealed that he heard about the retirement of the previous service chiefs and their replacement, but said his message is to call them to Islam. He mentioned the names and the roles of the new service chiefs and called them to repent as he affirmed that they cannot win the war against his gang. “Leo Irabor, the head of the military,…
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“Everyone believes they have the divine power to heal you” – Former Governor Gbenga Daniel’s son, Debola shares his frustration with living in Nigeria disabled
Debola, former Governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel’s son has expressed his frustration with living in Nigeria as a disabled person. He said everyone believes they have the divine power to heal people with disabilities. He shared this in a tweet via his twitter handle, he wrote “One of the most frustrating things about being disabled in Nigeria, is everyone believes they have a divine call to heal you. Everywhere I go, “I command you to get up in the name of Jesus”. Then that awkward moment of staring at each other. Why you gon make God look bad?
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We cant force Nigerians to take COVID19 vaccine – Sultan tells FG
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has said the Federal government cannot force Nigerians to take the COVID19 vaccine. Speaking during the sensitisation programme on COVID-19 vaccine for Muslim Scholars and Imams in Nigeria on Wednesday, January 27, The monarch noted that what the Federal government needs to do is sensitize the public on the importance of taking the vaccine and not force people to take it. He said; “I believe that we cannot force people to take vaccine. There are myths, people talk of conspiracy theories. I am not giving an answer to anything. If the vaccine is…
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I am coming for killer herdsmen in Ogun – Sunday Igboho
Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has declared his intention of going after killer herdsmen in Ogun state. The activist in a statement said that God wanted to liberate the people of Ibarapa, Oyo state from the captivity of herdsmen which made him go there. Igboho said; “What many people do not know about this whole issue is that it was God that wanted to liberate Ibarapa people from the captivity of herdsmen that I went there. The suffering that the people of Ibarapa were going through was brought to the fore by the death of Dr.…
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Buhari has not appointed new Service Chiefs – Femi Falana
Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana has faulted the appointments of the Service Chiefs by the president. Falana termed the act as “inchoate”. Falana in a statement he shared, argued that the service chiefs have only been nominated and not appointed because Buhari is yet to forward their names to the national assembly. According to him, the 2013 judgment which described the appointments of Service Chiefs without the concurrence of the National Assembly stated that it was illegal and unconstitutional. The statement read; “Yesterday, President Buhari was reported to have appointed new service chiefs for the…
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Buhari’s regime out of Steam to tackle corruption – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has expressed that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has run out of steam in the fight against corruption and has resulted in the manipulation of the judiciary by powerful people in the country. He said this while speaking in an interview on AIT’s Kakaaki on Wednesday. Soyinka expressed that the system had become corrupted so badly that court cases were being stretched out through technicalities. He said: “There are so many people who should be in prison if this government had not run out of steam, and so the system is being manipulated. “There are…
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Buhari signs regulations to make use of Face Masks Mandatory
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection 2021 into law. This act makes the use of face masks in public places mandatory among other measures to curtail further spread of COVID-19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, made this known to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. He revealed that the President signed the document on Tuesday in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 4 of the Quarantine Act, Cap. Q2 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2010. According to the SGF, part 1 of the act deals with…
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Soldiers rejoice over Buratai’s removal as Chief of Army Staff (video)
Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has shared a video of soldiers celebrating after the Lt. General Tukur Buratai was removed as Chief of Army Staff. He wrote; ”See soldiers rejoicing over the removal of Tukur Buratai as the Chief of Army staff of @HQNigerianArmy imagine what’s #Nigerians will do when his incompetent boss @MBuhari is also retired permanently from #Nigeria’s political space. imagine it!”
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“I don’t wish my enemy such” – Edo Immigration spokesperson regains freedom, narrates how kidnappers sold her to another gang
The spokesperson of the Edo State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Mrs Bridget Esene, who was abducted by unknown gunmen has been released. According to her, she was kidnapped by five armed men who trailed her to her church at Ikhueniro, a community in Benin City on Sunday January 24 and was released at about 4p.m. on Tuesday, January 26. “I was forced into the car and driven out of the church premises by the five gunmen who later sold me to another set of kidnappers who are suspected herdsmen. The armed men later took me into the forest…
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”Denying Igbo Presidency in 2023 is a tacit admittance that the civil war has not ended” – Emeka Egwuonwu
Senior Special Adviser to the Anambra State Governor on Community Liaison, Emeka Egwuonwu has said that if Igbos are denied the presidency in 2023 it will be an admittance that the ”civil war has not ended.” He said it would be total injustice for anybody to deny the zone the number one seat in the country in 2023. Speaking with Sunnewsonline, Egwuonwu made it known that Igbo Presidency has been long overdue as it is the only way to integrate the Igbo people into the country’s governance mainstream. “Without mincing words, Nigeria has not been in any way fair to…
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Buratai will be brought to Justice at ICC – Fani-Kayode
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has expressed that the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai would be brought to justice at the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a tweet via his twitter handle, the former Minister lent his voice to the calls for the prosecution of the former COAS over extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses during his tenure since his resignation on Tuesday. He wrote: “Burutai has gone but one day he will be brought to justice at the Int. Criminal Court for his atrocities which include Operation Python Dance, the religious cleansing of Shia…
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