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You Can’t Ban Open Grazing, Miyetti Allah Challenges Governors
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a factional umbrella body for herdsmen in the country, has said it is opposed to the ban imposed on open grazing of cattle by South-West governors. It said the enforcement of the ban was tantamount to an eviction notice. This is however against the position of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, which...
Obasanjo Remains Nigeria’s Most Genuine Living Statesman –Ikpeazu
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as “Nigeria’s most authentic living statesman whose life’s odyssey has become an invaluable source of history.” Ikpeazu stated this in a warm birthday message to Obasanjo on his 84th birthday on Friday, noting that the former president lived for Nigeria and gave the best of his years to the sustenance of...
NDDC Responsible For Poor Quality Roads In Abia Not State Govt — Commissioner
Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu has said Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC should be held responsible for poor quality of federal roads in the State, denying the involvement of the state in executing shoddy road contracts in the state. The Commissioner in a phone-in radio programme on Friday in Umuahia monitored by ABN TV wondered why...
Nnamdi Kanu ‘A Nobody’, Causing Ethnic Cleansing In Igbo Land — Ralph Uwazuruike
The founder of Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra and leader Biafra Independent Movement, Ralph Uwazuruike, on Monday accused the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, of allegedly inciting ethnic cleansing in the South-East zone and parts of the South-South region. At a press conference in Owerri, the Imo state capital, Uwazuruike accused Kanu, whom...
Alleged Attack On Yahaya Bello: Apologise Now, APC Tells Abaribe
The All Progressives Congress, APC has demanded an apology from Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, over an alleged unprovoked attack on Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The governing party equally demanded that the Senator representing Abia North, should retract defamatory statements made against the governor or be prepared to substantiate same in Court. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘APC to PDP:...
DSS Finally Releases Sacked Ganduje’s Media Aide
The Department of State Services on Monday released Salihu Yakasai, the sacked media aide to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, from the custody. A brother to Yakasai, Abdullahi, made this known via his Twitter handle. “Alhamdulilah. My brother @dawisu is out. Thank you all! #freedawisu,” Abdullahi tweeted. Many Nigerians on social media had condemned the arrest of Yakasai hours after criticising the...
Why We See Uzodinma As Igbo Saboteur — MASSOB
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB has revealed why it branded Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state as an Igbo saboteur. This group says this follows his deployment of milliary on the Eastern Security Network, ESN. The Biafra self-determination progenitor group however condemned the attack, on Tuesday, of the police station in Aba Abia state,...
Reflection: The Chosen Life of Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha
Anyone who has found his or her ultimate purpose in life, and is on a quest to fulfill that mission, is unstoppable. This is true for every human being with a positive and focused direction in his or her life. Definitely, the Universe will conspire at all times to help him or her achieve that purpose. Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, the...
Biafra Beyond You, Stop Putting Ndigbo In Danger, Obiozor Warns Nnamdi Kanu
The President-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor has said that the dream of actualisation of Biafra is beyond the capacity of young men like Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB. He further warned him to desist from making comments that will pitch Igbo against the Nigerian nation as secessionists,...
PDP Condemns Arrest Of Ganduje’s Aide Who Criticised Buhari Over Poor Performance
Opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday, condemned the arrest of Salihu Tanko Yakasai, by the Department of State Services, DSS. The party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, demanded the immediate release of the Yakasai who was whisked away by security operatives on Friday in Kano hours after he criticised the All Progressives Congress...