The Press Lodge : February 2017

Tuesday 28 February 2017

What the Igbos want in Nigeria (1) By Obasi Igwe

Members of the Movement for the Survival of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) during their rally to mark the 17th anniversary of the movement, yesterday, in Awka, Anambra State.

AFTER waiting in vain for sixty fruitless years after Biafra, what the Igbos see in Nigeria is a country that probably have another chance to be a united and peaceful. What they need and want for the country now, is the ultra-modernisation and reopening for full commercial use by the Igbo nation and others, of the Igbo ports of Port Harcourt, Bonny, and Opobo; their road, rail and air links to inland Igbo commercial centres of Agbor, Asaba, Onitsha, Nnewi, Owerri, Enugu, Azumini and Aba and, by so doing, the economic and financial re-empowerment of the Igbos, starting with the underservedly impoverished southern Igbo communities of Ikwerre, Etche, Bonny, Opobo, Obigbo, Ali-Ogba, Ndoni, Ahoada, Egbema, etc., collectively known as the

Power, Influence And The Culture Of Sycophancy by Mariam C Mohammed

Are power, economic advantage and sycophancy hopelessly entwined? Is sycophancy – and not hardwork or competence – the real visa to an individual’s career dreamland or lifestyle Eldorado in our societies?
Do people in power or position of influence encourage a culture of sycophancy among their followers and subordinates, even though deep down they know it’s all pretence and a bubble waiting to burst?
Take a look around and observe your environment… and up to the wider society. Have you noticed how the average person in our society respects money and

Full text of inauguration speech by new Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) swearing -in

Humbled by the uncommon kindness of the Almighty God and an unequivocal expression of preference by the good people of Ondo State, exemplified by the victory of our great party at the last gubernatorial election, I am extremely delighted to share with you all the joy of this day of glory.

We are grateful to Almighty God for granting this state such a beautiful day and a beautiful moment like this. I thank the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and leader of our great party, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, for his leadership and unwavering stance to support what is just and noble.
Today’s celebration would, perhaps, have been impossible without his steely disposition to always stand against all acts not

Governor Ganduje During prayer for President Buhari

THE 108 KHUTBAH ON DU’A: THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON OF A BELIEVER; DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AT MASJID ABUJA, BY IMAM YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI ON 24^TH FEB. 2017/26 J/ULA 1438AH

TOPIC:DU’A THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON OF A BELIEVER

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

My dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam, Today’s sermon will discuss the topic:Du’a the Most powerful weapon of a believer.

The term Du’a is an Arabic word which simply means invocations and supplications.Du’a is the Arabic root word of Da’aa meaning to 'call out, to summon and to pray for something. In Islam, Du’a is the act of supplication and

One of the major reasons that the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, is going through crisis is former President Goodluck Jonathan’s failure to provide direction and leadership to the party. After losing the elections, the position of the BOT chairman, which was an exclusive preserve of former presidents, was rejected by Jonathan.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo ended his romance with PDP by tearing his party card or rather he got someone to tear the

President Muhammadu Buhari

It’s been 35 days since President Muhammadu Buhari left the shores of this country for his medical vacation and there has been pressure on the President to publicly address Nigerians to douse the tensions in the country.
But to me, that is not necessary as it will still not stop the rumours as the enemies of the president are hell bent on declaring him incapacitated. Doubters will claim it was the president’s double or his voice was stage managed or some other ridiculous theories. When I hear intelligent people, who should know, insisting that the president is unconscious and in coma and saying all the pictures were photo shopped, I weep for this country.
I love Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s reply to

How would posterity judge my generation?

Permit me to preface this piece by celebrating two of my friends whose promotions provided the occasion for me to reflect again on an issue that keeps returning to my attention, especially on the Nigerian conundrum of development and progress. I am indeed (just like very many in different forms) obsessed with Nigeria, and often frustrated as to how we could be so blessed and yet so impoverished. Almost any issue communicates significance for me on how Nigeria can regain its greatness and empower its citizens. And in celebrating one of

The Political Permutations Towards 2019 (1)

Almost two years into the Buhari/Osinbajo administration, the anxiety in the political arena and uncertainty in the economic sphere are palpable. No Nigerian leader has ever gotten the genuine love and support of the ordinary people of this country like Buhari. It appears, unfortunately, no one has over squandered his enormous goodwill like him too. This year, 2017, will define the success or failure of the Buhari era. This is why it is important to bring out the salient issues clearly so that mistakes can be corrected and what remains of the goodwill can be saved and possibly built upon.
Buhari had the misfortune of wasting very precious time, 166 days in all, before forming his cabinet. Buhari’s greatest misfortune is that he appointed some of the

THE LOOTERS, THE DOLLAR AND US by Kadiri Abdulrahman

As usual, their stupidity will not let them see that their activities are straining and stressing the system.
Soon it will torpedo.
Let me tell you what is going on if you lack discernment.
N51trn was what they earned from 2010 to 2015 from sales of crude oil alone.
NPA, customs and FIRS were just pocket change.
Then add to that $62b foreign reserve and over $20b Excess Crude Account(ECA).
They pilfered all, essentially for domestic spendings like salaries, a make believe infrastructural development like patching of roads. At the end they left $30b in foreign reserve and $2b in Excess Crude Account.
Effectively stealing about $64b of our savings.
I hope you

Buhari has been absent for a month, but his deputy is pressing ahead.

Nigeria’s president has been missing in action for more than a month now. But thanks to the work of his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence has not been as keenly felt as it might have otherwise.

Buhari departed from the country on January 19, ostensibly for a short period of medical leave in the U.K., activating a clause in the constitution that made Osinbajo the acting president in his absence. However, his return has been repeatedly delayed: his spokesman Garba Shehu released a fresh statement Tuesday, assuring Nigerians that his extended leave was due to doctors advising the

In Nigeria, Looting Is The Name Of The Game By Tony Okoroji

These days, if my cell phone rings 10 times, you can be sure that seven times, the guy on the other side has a problem waiting for me to solve. I don’t get fooled anymore if he spends some time asking about the wife and the children and work, the weather and the economy.
Have a little patience… he will get to it. He will tell you that you are the only one who can save the situation. His landlord is on his case and he needs money urgently to settle the very troublesome landlord or to pack to a new place. The children are at home because of ‘ordinary’ N80, 000 to pay their school fees. The wife is in hospital and if you do

THE defection of former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) late last year could not have come as a surprise to many. This is on account of the widely held belief that his conduct, deportment and principled disposition are totally at variance with the questionable image of the PDP. His progressive bent, on the other hand, endeared him to many leaders of the APC who with eager and cheerful readiness accepted him into their fold as soon as he made known his intention to defect.

Many Nigerians live in nostalgia of the mature manner he handled the bid by desperate moneybags to secure for the then President Olusegun Obasanjo a preposterous third term. This they had hoped to achieve by

THE world’s cruelest tricks may be the ones presidents play with their health. A late 19th century United States president Grover Cleveland had a reputation for good breeding and integrity though these attributes could not help much when the country he led was in depression and workers were frequently on strike. There was more trouble. While brushing his teeth one morning, Mr Cleveland felt a lump on the roof of his mouth. He summoned his physician and together they assembled a full medical team, complete with a dentist and

When a thankful thanksgiver with a heart full of thanks organises a thanksgiving service, it should be expected that he would give a testimony. Former Delta State Governor James Ibori, who returned to Nigeria after serving time in the United Kingdom for corruption–related crime, gave a curious testimony at the First Baptist Church, Oghara, Delta State, on February 12, prompting reflections on thanksgiving.
When is a thanksgiving service a thanksgiving service, properly so called? Ibori’s testimony was a testimony to the elasticity of the idea of thanksgiving. Ibori said: “Today, I have decided to speak for myself. I am not a thief; I cannot be a thief. Today is the day they

BENEFIT OF REMEMBERING DEATH IN ISLAM by DEPUTY IMAM MUHAMMAD BASHIR

THE 107 KHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AT MASJID ABUJA, BY DEPUTY IMAM MUHAMMAD BASHIR ON 17^TH FEB. 2017/19 J/ULA 1438AH

TOPIC: BENEFIT OF REMEMBERING DEATH IN ISLAM

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the most Merciful

My dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam, Today’s sermon will divert a little to the topic: Benefitsof remembering Death in Islam.

Death is a reality in which all human beings accept and believe in; however, it is also a reality which most of us like to keep out of our minds. In Islam, death is not an end to our existence; it is a passage, which takes us from this world to the next stage of life (grave) then to hereafter. Whether we like it or not will certainly come to every one of us. Muslim’s' Success or failure at the time of death depends on how much he prepared before that day. Preparing for death is a lifetime’s assignment. It begins on the

President Muhammadu Buhari’s extension of his vacation has put the rumour mill on the overdrive. JONATHAN NDA – ISAIAH, in this report, examines the controversy surrounding the president’s health condition. President Muhammadu Buhari ‘s letter to the senate informing them of his decision to extend his vacation threw spanners into the already heated up debate about the health of the president. Even the attempt by the acting president, Yemi Osinbajo to calm frayed nerves in this regard did not do much in cooling the lips of hot blooded critics. Osinbajo told Nigerians last week that the president is hale and hearty, but some Nigerians have kept expressing doubts about the credibility of the statement.
Last week, the president was poised to return to the country at the weekend. All arrangements were made for his return and even protocol officers in the Presidential Villa were on standby, waiting for orders to proceed to the airport. Speculations about his imminent return was heightened when the president called the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.
It was, however, learnt that the doctors attending to him prevailed on the Buhari to stay back in London until they were satisfied with his health condition from the series of tests and results carried out.
Keen observers of the

Ekwueme should learn from Shagari By Isyaku Dikko

Former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme

“One of the things that frightened them []Ekwueme’s non-Igbo supporters] was the massive take over of his campaign by not only Igbos but his Anambra Kinsmen. It may not be his fault but this is what happened. So it turned into Igbo presidency even before he []Ekwueme] was elected. And Obasanjo came out categorically to say he’s a Nigerian, not a Yorubaman. And he’d been abused by these UPN/Afenifere characters. And he’d also told them off, in Nigeria and abroad. So he had massive support. So this Ibo politics the Igbo bourgeoisie wanted to use backfired on them. Ekwueme had a very good chance. A lot of people would have said yes, we don’t want these retired generals but they blew it. And they are doing it again.” - Dr Bala Usman (Weekly Trust May 11-17, 2001.)

It is good to learn some lessons from your boss especially when the boss is older and more experienced than you, as is the case between former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, and his boss, former President Shehu Shagari. It is possible that Ekwueme had learnt some lessons from Shagari, but it is apparent that he did not learn the most important lessons. Otherwise,

How Conspiracy Theories ‎Led To Boko Haram Killings And Destructions By Gov. Kashim Shettima

Being text of the 2017 General Murtala Muhammed memorial lecture titled, 'MANAGING THE BOKO HARAM CRISIS IN BORNO STATE: Experiences & Lessons for a multi-party, multi-ethnic and multi-religious Nigeria' delivered by Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima at the Shehu Musa Yar'adua Center in Abuja on Monday, February 13, 2017.

Gov. Kashim Shettima

Apart from the immeasurable national impact he made within just 198 days (less than seven months) in office, what is decidedly affirmed to be the late General Murtala Muhammed's most famous speech set the stage for Africa's epochal confrontation with colonial, racist and settler regimes in Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Rhodesia (renamed Zimbabwe), and South Africa. At the Extra-Ordinary Summit of African Heads of States under the Organisation of African Unity, held in Addis Ababa, the political capital of Africa, on January 11th, 1976, Africa's martyr General Murtala Muhammed, put the world on notice. The speech aptly titled "Africa has come of age" declared that our countries, and by

Needless fuss about Buhari’s ill health By Vincent Akanmode

WHAT does a country stand to gain from the death of its president? In more specific terms, what would Nigeria profit from the demise of President Muhammadu Buhari? It seems more probable that such an ugly development would disrupt national peace and hinder the nation’s development. Yet some Nigerians have turned the compassing of the President’s death into a past time. Since Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose placed the infamous advert on the front page of a national newspaper in the build-up to the presidential election in 2015, wherein he insinuated the likelihood of

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF HUSBAND & WIFE IN ISLAM (2) by IMAM YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

THE 106^th KHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AT MASJID ABUJA, BY IMAM YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 10TH FEB 2017/ 12^TH JUMADA ULA 1438AH

TOPIC: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF HUSBAND & WIFE IN ISLAM (2)

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the most Merciful

My dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam; Our last week’s khutbah mainly centered on duties and responsibilities of wife and today’s sermon will look at the duties and obligations of Husband in Islam.

As we have said previously, Islam is very much concern with issues related to marriage and what comes after marriage agreement. In order to maintain peace and good harmony among families, and between husband and wife; Islam has prescribed certain duties and

If You Betray Buhari You Pay With Your Life.....Pastor Tunde Bakare.
Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari chose him as running mate in 2011, because he wanted a vice-president who can hold the nation together if he dies in power.
Both men contested the election under the platform of the then Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), but lost to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Addressing his congregants in Ogba, Lagos, last month, Bakare said Buhari rejected former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s choice of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance.
He said all what transpired

Those that think Nigeria will not be good again should know that there nothing that God can not do though we may be suffering today God still change our situation for the better. Nothing last forever and there is a time limits for everything on earth. What we need now is to pray to the Almighty God for

Journalism is about information gathering and factual presentation of facts and figures with a view to disseminating same information to either reading,viewing or listening audience.
My recent transfer from Kebbi state to Katsina and even there to the historic town of Daura,has afforded me the opportunity to pay a visit to the one and only 84 year old surviving elder sister of president Muhammadu Buhari,Hajiya Rakiya Adamu, alias Amadodo.
The visit was sequel to

Misinformation That Continues To Poison Our Minds By Tochukwu Ezukanma

My recent article, the Messages of Ahiara, an incisive piece buttressed with logic and reason, which refuted some popular but erroneous notions of tribalism and secession in Nigeria, drew a lot of hostile responses from some of my readers. They lobbed curses and hauled invectives at me. However, to me, it was all exhilarating. I relish rejoinders to my writings, be them abusive or appreciative.

One of my milder critics accused me of demonstrated dislike for Biafra and its leadership. Yes, I detest the Biafra leadership because, in its recklessness, arrogance and despotism, it brought about the death of hundreds of thousands at the glory of their youth and the starvation to death of more than one million hapless and

THERE is a lot of heat in the country. Nigerians debate anything and everything. The views are varied and can differ so much that there can be a long debate and disagreement on the colour white. However, on one point are all agreed; there is hunger in the land. But even on this, there are differences in reaction. There are those organising rallies to drum support for the government to tackle the problem. There are others holding rallies on the same issue against the government demanding that it delivers on good governance including affordable food. To tackle hunger, Government set up a Task Force to

Charles Oputa (Charle Boy) and Sahara Reporters publisher Sowore Omoyel during One Voice Nigeria rally at the Premises of National Theater, Iganmu in Lagos. February 6, 2017.

By Jideofor Adibe pcjadibe@yahoo.com (07058078841 SMS only)

The past few days will probably be a turning point in the relationship between President Buhari and some of the most ardent supporters of his candidacy in the 2015 elections in the country. At least five key supporters from this group - Eniola Bello of ThisDay, syndicated columnist Sonala Olumhense, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and Sahara Reporters publisher Sowore Omoyele - indicated that their romance with the retired General was over.

In a very critical article published in ThisDay of February 5 2017, Eniola Bello threw well targeted and

President Muhammadu Buhari

By Muhammad Ajah

Life and death are two things that every human being needs to be referred to as mankind. Except for the controversies over Jesus’ life, no man born has ever been argued to live forever. No number of years lived by man would be enough for him to accept death willingly. It is even an axiom that life becomes sweeter as one grows older especially for those who plan for it. In known history, the first human being on earth, Adam, lived over 1000 years. And he did die. However man resists death, it must come.
Nonetheless, man’s wishes may not be God’s, though coincidences occur. And God, being Infinite and Incomprehensible made it so. If not, man being so impatient and violently wicked, would wish for his fellow mankind death at will, even with the slightest provocation. Mothers being human, though

Wednesday Column with Israel A. Ebije

The Northern part of Nigeria comprising 19 states is most populous region in the country. The region has endless arable lands for agriculture, the groundnut pyramid era is a veritable testament to the agro-based bastion of the region. The region has also produced most numbers of leaders at the center than any other in the country.
With its advantage as the most populated region in Nigeria, a powerful position in determining which region, which personality gets the presidency, the region however seems lost in the mix of evolving demands of other regions. The North appears only fixated on leadership rather than a position substantial enough to provide it with safe haven incase other regions succeed in acquiring their demands anyway possible.
From the perspective of leadership, the North seem fixated on the glowing legacies of late Sadaunan of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, and have been so lost in that past that it is yet to wake into the realities of today world of change in leadership icons. President Muhammadu Buhari may have

THURSDAY Column with Mohammed Adamu

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The late American humorist, Art Buchwald said about the ‘law’ that “the more complicated lawmakers make it, the more work it generates for lawyers”. Had the ‘Ten Commandments’ been written by a lawyer, he said, “Moses could never have carried them on a stone tablet”. It would have been so voluminous, Moses would have had to haul it “down from Mount Sinai on to the Rock of Gibraltar”. Besides, such ‘divine judicature’ sullied by the pedantic pen of man, would also have been so verbose, Moses himself would have had to require an encyclopedia or concordance of ‘words’ and ‘phrases’ to decode.
Lawyers would not have written the ‘Mosaic law’ in the simple, verbial imperative of ‘thou shalts’ and ‘thou shall nots’ –because these would not lend to the contrapuntal legalism that man-made law is always hostage to. Such categorical imperatives would not have been ‘complicated’ enough to mystify the ‘law’ and thus to create the schisms necessary to generate work for lawyers. In fact if lawyers had written the

After the Second World War, the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) emerged as the two superpowers in the world. From the Red and White Kingdoms of the Nile Civilization, there have always been two superpowers in the world. One would be politically/ideologically powerful while the other would be economically strong, all through history. So it happened that the US-led capitalist camp became economically dominant while socialism/communism ideology of the Soviet bloc was

Do they know? By Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

Former Delta State governor, James Ibori

Along with six friends, I watched television footage of the crowds that cheered Chief James Ibori as he drove on the streets on his return home last week after his prison service in the United Kingdom. There was pronounced silence as we watched young and old struggle to catch a glimpse of the man. Like us, it was obvious that many in the crowds that followed his jeep at close quarters did not believe it was indeed Ibori until he, at a point, emerged from

Some days ago in the most peaceful and celebrated contest for the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo, I was elected as President General of Ohanaeze along with 16 other members of the National Executive Committee to lead our organisation for the next four years. Our mandate was profound and humbling.

We are grateful to Ndigbo for the enormous trust and confidence which they have reposed in us. Nigerians of all ethnic nationalities have joined us to celebrate the outcome of this election. They have congratulated us for

Barely a month in the Oval, Donald Trump has plunged the US as well as the rest of the world into a frenzied pandemonium. Just under 3-weeks in office, the erratic reality show star, and internet troll, with an obviously unstable persona and dreadful comb-over hairdo, has brought about policies that are threatening to tear the US apart and tilt nations to the precipice of war. Internationally, his tweets, utterances, actions and policies could likely engender real global mayhem.
The president, with his infamous extravagant pomposity, since assuming office has

Allahuma rabbi-nas adhhabal ba'sa, ashfi wa entashafi, la shifa' illa shifa'uka shifa' la yughadiru saqama.
Oh Allah! The Sustainer of Mankind! Remove his illness, cure his diseases. You are the One Who cures. There is no cure except Your cure. Grant president Muhammadu Buhari a cure that

An Ex-Convict and A People Without Shame By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú

Shame on all of you who set bad examples by taking advantage of your status and or position. Ibori has not answered for the crimes he committed in Nigeria. He must be made to answer. Ibori should be arrested. Nigeria must make an example of its anointed thieves or nothing will change.

What is shame? Shame is a painful emotion caused by the consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety. It is doing something that brings censure or reproach. Shame is a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute. Shame arises when we compare our behaviour with the ideal social standard. That is why shame is based on self-regard and volition. When we draw comparisons that makes us feel shame, it is against existing standards that are primarily enabled by socialisation. Even though shame is often considered an emotion, it is also a state, a condition, cognition and

Buhari's Message to Nigerians (A Must Read)

BUHARI'S MESSAGE:
I am a Nigerian and Nigeria is my country. I have no place else on earth to call home except Nigeria. If Nigeria fails I fail, If Nigeria succeeds I will be exalted amongst nations. Therefore I must do whatever it takes, beyond the limits of my natural abilities, to ensure this Nigeria does not fail. I will do my bit and ensure everyone else around me do theirs.
I will not be an agent of division or subversion, because in so doing I hurt not others but my myself. I will support my government to enable them have the courage to

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF HUSBAND & WIFE IN ISLAM(1) by IMAM YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

THE 105^th KHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AT MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 3^RD FEB 2017/ 5^TH JUMADA ULA 1438AH

TOPIC: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF HUSBAND & WIFE IN ISLAM(1)

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the most Merciful

My dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam, our last week’s Khutbah centered on Innovations of marriage and Today’s sermon will discuss the topic:in Islam. Duties and responsibilities of husband and wife in islam.

Islam as a religion is very much concern with issues related to marriage and

AU: The Decline Of Nigeria And The Eclipse Of Africa by Abba Mahmood

Perhaps no other issue has shown the glaring decline of Nigeria’s foreign policy and reduced international prestige than the just concluded African Union (AU) elections, this week in Addis Ababa. Nigeria was occupying the AU Political Affairs Commissionership during the administration of Dr. Nkosazana Zuma, Ambassador Dr. Aisha Abdullahi was the Commissioner, who won the election five years due to her personal merit as well as the influence of her country, Nigeria, then. Instead of contesting for the same position this year, Nigeria opted to contest for the Peace and Security Commissioner (PSC) this time. The PSC has been occupied by

Sabo Dasuki, who is being prosecuted for "armsgate'' today is a blue blooded, Muslim Fulani Prince. People that are championing his unconditional release are the likes of Fayose and Fani-Kayode, who will go to other convenient fora to accuse Buhari of ethnic and religious chauvinism. Justice Liman of the

ONNOGHEN MATTER: Why do people with no clue on how government works keep nosing and politicizing on every issue blindly? If not for looking for a trouble where there is none; how could somebody that was born after many southern Kaduna crisis and has never been to any northern territory be talking and become biased in favour of a particular faction? Same thing with

Mr Joe Bankole

The social media have been awash with hate posts and a lot of people revel in abusing others and continually posting falsehood about others just to denigrate them or make them look bad before a gullible unsuspecting public.
Our country, which has failed over the past 57 years to develop into a nation because of some debilitating attitudes of its frustrated and uncritical citizens, continues to be the worse for it. Even the Bible insists that God will only heal a land where the inhabitants repent from their evil ways.
Some so-called leaders over this period under review have abused their office by

Handling Biafra agitations by The Editors (http://thenationonlineng.net/)

•Security agencies should be more cautious in dealing with such protests
His campaigns were characterised by an unprecedented degree of xenophobic, hysteric and divisive rhetoric. Donald Trump’s triumph over a far more personable, restrained and experienced Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election was borne on the wings of an unabashed demagoguery that fed opportunistically on the fears, insecurities and prejudices of a highly polarised, multi-cultural society.
Given the overwhelming influence of the United States on global affairs as the world’s only superpower, it was inevitable that Trump’s formal assumption of office on January 20, would elicit diametrically opposed but equally passionate, reflexive and

Kashim Shettima

If you don’t know when you have been spat on, it does not matter too much what else you think you know – Ruth Shays
Northern governors last week attempted a feat the region had long jettisoned: bringing together its assets under one roof to count its strengths and weaknesses. The governors and senior officials went beyond the routine and ritual of periodically assembling for a few days in Kaduna, mostly to run away from begging and complaining citizens. This time, they set for themselves the challenging task of putting the region’s security challenges on the table and reaching out to traditional rulers and

It is quite unfortunate that “Donald Duck” emerged as the President of the United States. For a country that prides itself as an archetypal nation and leader of the “free world”, his emergence portends disaster that is to come for the US and the world at large. Already, his administration is proving to be calamitous. Since his inauguration, there have been various protest marches against him both within the US and around the world
Up to two million people worldwide, mostly women, staged protests against Trump, proclaiming the birth of a

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