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Buhari Blasts Secessionist Agitators, Insists Nigeria Must Remain One
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned those agitating for the separation of the country, insisting that Nigeria must remain one, united and indivisible under his stewardship. He stressed this in a message at the launch of Kudirat Abiola’s Sabon Gari Peace Foundation held in Zaria. The president said those agitating for succession and separation of the country are either ignorant of history...
Nigeria’s Deterioration: Come And Save Us From Buhari, NADECO Writes UN
The umbrella body of pro-democracy groups in Nigeria, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), has formally written a ‘Save our Souls’ letter to the United Nations (UN), asking the international body to prevent the collapse of the country. The letter made available to the media, Sunday, and signed by NADECO’s General Secretary/Spokesman, Mr. Ayo Opadokun, was a reference to the one...
Former President Gbagbo Seeks Divorce After 30 Years In Marriage
Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo filed for divorce Monday from his wife of three decades, his lawyer said, days after his highly anticipated return to the country. Gbagbo’s lawyer Claude Mentenon said in a statement that after years of “repeated rejected requests for Simone Ehivet to consent to an amicable separation”, the ex-president had asked an Abidjan court for...
Nigeria’s Situation Worrisome, Daily Survival Now Miracle — Clergy Laments
Anglican Bishop of Nnewi diocese, Rt. Rev Ndubuisi Obi has decried increasing hardship in the country, attributing the dangerous trend to zero leadership at the federal level. He said Nigeria’s current situation is so worrisome that surviving each day had become a miracle. The prelate spoke at the Bishop Court Nnewi, Anambra State, during a press briefing ahead of the diocesan...
Gov. El-Rufai Declares Monday Public Holiday To Mourn Ex-Deputy, Bala Bantex
The Kaduna State Government has declared Monday, July 12, as a work-free day in honour of the late former Deputy Governor of the state, Barnabas Yusuf Bala (Bantex). This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media & Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye on Sunday. According to the statement, Architect Barnabas Bala, who served as Deputy...
Ohanaeze To Set Up Delegation To Monitor Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that it will send a delegation to monitor the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Ohanaeze, in a communiqué Sunday after its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, said its National Legal Adviser would lead the delegation comprising eminent Igbo leaders. The communiqué was signed by Ohanaeze’s...
72 Killed, Shops Freely Looted In South Africa After Jacob Zuma’s Prison Sentence
Stores and warehouses in South Africa were hit by looters on Tuesday for a fifth day running despite a move by President Cyril Ramaphosa to deploy troops in a bid to quell unrest that has claimed 72 lives. As large-scale pillaging erupted in the economic capital of Johannesburg and southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, the crisis burst into the political arena,...
We Can’t Allow Igboho Get New Passport, Escape Nigeria — FG Vows
The Federal Government has said Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, is trying to acquire a new passport to flee the country. It added that the government had placed Igboho on the stop-list in order to facilitate his arrest and directed the security agencies to apprehend him anywhere he is found. In the security circle, a person whose name...
Buhari’s Govt Filled With Evil, Wilderness — Oyedepo
Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has recalled his warnings in 2015 about the current administration. Speaking on Sunday during a sermon at the church’s headquarters, Canaanland, Ota in Ogun State, Oyedepo described President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as evil filled with wilderness. Oyedepo, who was speaking on the power of prophecy, said he warned...
Man Bags 205 Years Imprisonment After Killing 5 Relatives, Says He’s Not Asking For Leniency
Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 205 years in prison for fatally shooting five members of his family and he offered no explanation for his actions, saying that he must have a lot of hate. Before receiving his sentence, Christopher Stokes told the judge in Milwaukee County Circuit Court that he wasn’t asking for leniency and that he deserved to...
