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culf:GTB were used by an external entity,it was not actually the complaints he made that led to his arrest. He had been targeted for arrest. 2 Likes |
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CJStarz:It seems they want to cut his wings,he has overstep his boundaries. The gtb episode s a smokescreen 1 Like |
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EmekaStanley:okay |
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has sent a warning to two former presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress (AAC), accusing them of trying to cause division within the student body. In a statement released by NANS National Public Relations Officer, Comrade Samson Ajasa Adeyemi, the student group said both politicians were backing efforts to destabilize the association’s leadership. The statement mentioned Atiku Abubakar’s cousin, Atiku Abubakar Isah, claiming he was being ed financially to stir conflict among students. According to the statement, secret meetings have reportedly taken place between Atiku Abubakar and his cousin, with the alleged goal of influencing student politics. NANS described this as dangerous and unacceptable. “NANS is not a tool for any political party or figure,” the statement read. “We reject any attempt to use our platforms for political games, especially ahead of future elections.” The student body warned that if the interference continues, it will organize protests across universities and declare Atiku unwelcome on campuses across Nigeria. NANS also urged the public, media, and security agencies to pay attention to what they called efforts to weaken the independence of the student movement. “We are standing firm to protect the unity and voice of Nigerian students,” the statement added. © 2022 - Politics Nigeria Ltd. All Rights Reserved. |
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EmekaStanley:Good insight, hope to see more of these |
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AndroidAI:You have the mindset of a bad, greedy and self-centered person. No parents especially the father will abandon his child(ren) unless something happened. This life is not all about money, one should know his root, Even if someone should meet the parents after many years of isolation,there can still be reconciliation, blood is thicker than water. |
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[quote author=immortalcrown post=135224321][/quote] You can know someone and that person can still be a stranger,it depends on the scenario. In this case,the wife of the sole is a stranger |
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Buhari’s seven years: The gains and the pains As President Muhammadu Buhari marks seven years in office today, Nigerians speak in tandem that government has not lived up to its promises to the citizens and that its actions and inactions have given rise to despondency in society. Some observers said that a lot of things have drastically gone wrong in the last seven years in of the economy, education, security, and in virtually every aspect of the nation’s life. Pundits argue that the Buhari istration has not done enough to justify the overwhelming given to it by Nigerians to salvage the country from its woes. In just seven years, the pains are so excruciating that Nigerians are simply gasping for breath. The pain is felt all over the place and in many homes. In the year 2022, Nigeria is the world headquarters for extreme poverty, and the third most insecure nation in the world. The economy is not growing, while population is expanding. Nigerians are now unemployed in record numbers. Nigeria is now more indebted than at any time in her history. Peace has eluded the country. Nigeria is in crisis due to insecurity. As a Chibok mother lamented in Abuja at the fifth year anniversary of the missing Chibok girls, who haven’t still returned home till date, “freedom to live and peace are the best this government can offer us, but it has failed and also in all its promises.” A university lecturer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “Nigeria has taken a prominent position among the worst secured countries on earth as insecurity thrives at an unimaginable rate under the watch of Buhari, an ex-military general, who was voted in for his alleged discipline, honesty and anti-corruption stand. “With the incessant attacks from Boko Haram, sustained onslaughts by bandits, free flow of ransom to kidnappers, and reign of unknown gunmen, Nigeria is now dreaded by peace lovers across the world. “While Buhari failed to ensure security of lives and property in the country, he failed more in his fight against corruption, as Nigeria has witnessed the worst looting in the seven years Buhari has been in the saddle.” According to the university don, “It is evident with the pardon of looters of public funds who decamp to the APC, the president’s political party, and the offering of olive branch to former opposition party who, according to Adams Oshiomhole, former chairman of the APC, are saints the moment they the ruling party. “Again, the poor handling of the economy by the president still steers on the face of Nigerians today. With two recessions in succession in 2016 and in 2020, under Buhari, the president failed. “As well, the country has witnessed the worst inflation, highest level of unemployment, highest death rate from sufferings, lowest purchasing power and decline of the once rising middle class.” He also recalled that “The worst for many is the official rating of Nigeria by the United Nations as the poverty capital of the world. “Nepotism has never been this bad in the country under the president, while Nigeria has been more divided in the seven years of the president. “Education and health have not done well as the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the infrastructure gaps, while universities have been under lock and key severally under Buhari.” For the remaining one year in office, many do not see any magic as things are already out of hand and a huge challenge for whoever will emerge president of the country in 2023. Recently, Peter Obi, one of the presidential aspirants, recalled that in the first five months of last year, “As a nation, we earned 1.847 trillion; we used N1.802trillion, which is about 98percent, to service debts, remaining N45 billion for a nation of 200 million people.” Addressing the nation’s senators during his consultation, he said: “You approved last year a budget of N14 trillion and we are supposed to borrow N4 trillion, in the end we borrowed about six, seven trillion. This year, you approved a budget of N17 trillion, which the government said they were going to generate a revenue of over N10 trillion, from where? And that’s why I am first pleading with you; can we build a better Nigeria? It is not about politics, it is not about who becomes president, who becomes governor, we can make this country better.” “Nigeria is on top of the list of fragile failing states. Go and look at the list of terrorised nations, Nigeria is No 3. We are now ranked the same place as Afghanistan and Yemen. The first ingredient of a failed country is when the government is no longer in control of its territory. Today, we are the world poverty capital; what it means is that Nigeria has more people living with poverty than the two biggest countries of the world combined – China and India (2.8 billion). We have more people living in poverty than the two countries combined. We today have 50 million children out of school; 60 to 70 percent of them have never been to school at all. So, they are not out of school; they have never even experienced it not to talk of coming out of it.” He further said: “Your country’s stress level – this country is now the most stressful place for people to live in. Go and check the stress level index. The misery index has also worsened. We have the highest employment rate compared to South Africa. We have 33percent unemployment; when you include underemployment; that is 55percent out of which 60percent of this are young people in their productive age doing nothing. At the age they are supposed to be the engine of production, they are not doing everything. So you have millions of them all over the space. “We have just also overtaken India in infant mortality. The list is endless: In drug prevalence now, the global rate is 5.8percent Nigeria is 14.9percent and 70percent is among the young ones; that is where your country is. Your debt level is totally unacceptable. “Today, we are owing 98 percent of our revenue to debt. And I can tell you by end of this year, it will be hundred and something percent of our revenue.” Some Nigerians however, would argue that in view of the challenges that have plagued his istration, that President Buhari has recorded some achievements in some sectors to his credit. Some believe that President Buhari has made significant achievements in some sectors, such as the g into law of the Electoral Amendment bill in February, 2022. It was seen as a step in the right direction toward reforming the electoral system in Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general election. The g of the bill into law had elicited wide applause among political stakeholders across Nigeria and beyond. Observers say that the innovations would guarantee the constitutional rights of citizens to vote and to do so effectively, it would improve the effectiveness and transparency of the election process. In the last two decades, elections at all levels in Nigeria have been trailed by controversy such as; vote buying, voter intimidation, thuggery, result manipulation among others. This, among others, allows the electoral empire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transmit election results electronically. Buhari had said that he received inputs from relevant MDAs after thorough reviews of the bill and its implications to Nigeria’s democratic processes, said it contains salient provisions that could positively revolutionise elections in Nigeria through the introduction of new technological innovations. Another major achievement of the Buhari’s istration in the last seven year is the g into law of an Executive Order to grant financial autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary across the 36 states of the country. The order also mandates the ant-general of the federation to deduct from source amount due to state legislatures and judiciaries from the monthly allocation to each state for states that refuse to grant such autonomy in 2020. The Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami said the Executive Order No.10 of 2020, made it mandatory that all states of the federation should include the allocations of both the legislature and the judiciary in the first-line charge of their budgets. He had said consideration was given to all other applicable laws, instruments, conventions and regulations that provided for financial autonomy at the states. According to the AGF, “A presidential implementation committee was constituted to fashion out strategies and modalities for the implementation of financial autonomy for the State Legislature and State Judiciary in compliance with section 121(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended).” Malami had maintained that the implementation of financial autonomy of the state legislature and state judiciary would strengthen the institutions at the states and make them more independent and able in line with the tenets of democracy as enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution. Also, the Buhari istration the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC). PACAC was established by President Buhari in August 2015 to, among other things; promote the reform agenda of the government on the anti-corruption effort, and advise the present istration in the prosecution of the war against corruption and the implementation of required reforms in Nigeria’s criminal justice system. It was the very first committee the President set up after he was sworn into office. In the last few years, PACAC has empowered judges and prosecutors to operate effectively in carrying out their responsibilities through workshops on the new istration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. In recent times, President Buhari has received wide applause among stakeholders on the decision Speaking recently, Monday Ubani, a former 2nd Vice-President of Nigeria Bar Association, said the g of an executive order giving financial autonomy to state legislature and judiciary by President Buhari was commendable. Ubani, however, called on the President to engineer a constitutional amendment to address several areas of leakage of public funds. Ubani said, “This is a thumb up for President Muhammadu Buhari. We need more of this kind of thinking and innovation in governance to revive Nigeria. “The truth of the matter is that Nigeria is being killed incrementally by her leaders through brazen stealing of her resources that should have been used to develop the country and the people.” Similarly, in 2019, the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) implemented its guidelines on the istration of local government funds. The guidelines limited the cumulative amount that can be withdrawn from a local government to not more than N500, 000 daily. The NFIU said the guildelines are to guard against the overbearing influence of state governments in the istration of local government monthly allocations. The guidelines are aimed at reducing crime vulnerabilities created by cash withdrawal from local government funds throughout Nigeria effective from June 1, 2019. However, the state’s governors had challenged the agency decision, while instituting a legal action. The state governments had argued that the guidelines were in breach of the financial autonomy of the various states as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution. But delivering on the case recently, the judge Ekwo Inyang, held that the essence of the NFIU guidelines is to entrench financial transparency in government transactions at the local level. The Judge, Ekwo, agreed with the AGF that going by Section 23 (2) (a), Section 28 (2) and Section 31 of the NFIU Act, the unit has the power to make the guidelines. © BUSINESSDAY MEDIA LTD 2025. |
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Thundafireseun:Did they have right to check his phone,is he a criminal. What are they looking for in his phone. The rule of law is being abused in Nigeria. 2 Likes |
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Mushmush:what did he do wrong? These are some of the price he have to pay for fighting for the masses. 6 Likes |
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Train is actually the worse type of transportation.The only good thing about is that it is cheaper and also carry bulky good's
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Vinnie2000:Get your facts right and stop these beer parlour analysis. Okowa ed APC to avert arrest and probe from EFCC,he has no voice and nobody will listen to him, he's already a spent force. Sheriff Oborevwori ed APC in order to secure his second term. The rest decampees are insignificant as most of them followed their leaders as is characteristics in Nigeria politics. Okowa is a serial betrayer,one who betrayed the entire south south region |
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The state governor is the de facto leader of the party in the state. There's is no cause for alarm because elective positions will be shared to compensate some party . Omo agege which is the major contending force will likely be going back to the Senate and he might be rewarded with the Senate president. Festus keyamo although not a formidable force in the party will also be given a ticket to the house of representatives. Ogboru, Ibori,Okowa, James manager will be kingmakers in the party in the state. Okowa decamped to avert arrest and probe by EFCC. I see Ned nwoko, decamping to another political party to pursue his political ambition for governor of Delta state. |
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Like father like son. All channels from where oppositions will come from in the journey towards 2027 and beyond should be blocked or taken over. 1 Like 1 Share |
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Okhuadams:Why are you celebrating your slavery |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement istration (DEA) on Thursday informed a United States District Court that they required an additional 90 days to produce investigative reports related to an alleged drug case involving President Bola Tinubu dating back to the 1990s. In a t Status Report submitted to the District Court for the District of Columbia, the two federal agencies, alongside the plaintiff, Aaron Greenspan, made the request to extend the timeline. The case concerns Tinubu’s alleged involvement in a Chicago drug ring in the early 1990s. However, Greenspan, an American legal transparency advocate and founder of the platform PlainSite, rejected the 90-day extension and instead proposed a 14-day deadline for the FBI and DEA to produce the relevant records. The District Court, presided over by Judge Beryl Howell, had previously ordered the agencies on April 8, 2025, to search for and process records relating to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted by Greenspan. The original deadline for the agencies to submit their report was May 2, 2025. Greenspan filed 12 FOIA requests between 2022 and 2023, seeking information about a Chicago-based drug ring in which four individuals, including Tinubu, were allegedly involved. Naija News reports that these requests also sought documents on other individuals linked to the case: Lee Andrew Edwards, Mueez Abegboyega Akande, and Abiodun Agbele. Previously, both the FBI and DEA had issued “Glomar responses,” refusing to confirm or deny the existence of the requested records. However, the court ruled that such responses were inappropriate in this case. In the t Status Report filed on May 1, 2025, the FBI and DEA informed the court that they had begun searching for non-exempt portions of the requested records. They anticipated completing their searches within the next 90 days. Despite this, Greenspan argued that the agencies should produce unredacted versions of the documents they had already identified by next week. He also emphasised that the remaining records should be provided within 14 days, accusing the agencies of failing to provide a valid rationale for why the document search would take up to 90 days. He signed Greenspan’s proposal for a 14-day extension and two lawyers representing the defendants, Edwards Martin Jr. and Jared Litman. The report reads, “Aaron Greenspan (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement istration (DEA), the only remaining defendants in this case, respectfully submit the following t status report proposing a schedule to govern further proceedings, pursuant to the Court’s Order of April 8, 2025 (ECF No. 47). “Pursuant to the Court’s order, the defendants FBI and DEA must search for and produce non-exempt records responsive to the plaintiff’s FOIA requests (FBI Requests Nos. 1588244-000 and 1593615- 000, and DEA Request Nos. 22-00892-F and 24-00201-F). “The FBI and DEA have initiated their searches for responsive, non-exempt, reasonably segregable portions of records requested by the plaintiff and anticipate completing their searches in ninety days. “Given the years-long delay already caused by the defendants and the fact that many responsive documents have already been identified, the plaintiff proposes that the FBI and DEA complete their searches and productions by next week, or, at the very least, produce unredacted versions of the already-identified documents by next week, with the remainder completed in 14 days. The defendants provide no rationale for why their search for documents should take 90 days. “The plaintiff intends to request reimbursement for his costs: the filing fee of $402.00 and $38.22 for certified mail postage, totalling $440.22. “The defendants propose that the parties submit a t status report on or before July 312025 to update the Court on the case status following the agencies’ search for responsive, non-exempt, reasonably segregable records requested by the plaintiff. The plaintiff proposes that they submit a t status report on or before May 31, 2025.” Copyright © 2025 Naija News. All rights reserved. |
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The All Progressives Congress on Thursday dismissed critics and opposition figures anticipating damaging revelations from the planned release of files by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement istration on President Bola Tinubu’s past, labeling them “clowns.”https://punchng.com/political-showdown-looms-over-fbis-tinubu-file-release/ 4 Likes 1 Share |
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Okoyiboz3:Pull off that your ethnic lens and stop deceiving yourself. We are all Nigerians, we grew up in the same environment with same value system. Maybe, that your perceived holy tribe live in mars |
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These are stories actually told to children to control their behaviours.
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WhizdomXX:He is fond of taking wrong political decisions 1 Like |
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They should not to be blamed entirely because nigeria is a highly religious nation. They were thought to pray instead to work It has been indoctrinated in the psyche of an average Nigerian.. They never knew that faith without works is dead 1 Like |
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To calm Omo agege nerves,he will be settled with s Senate ticket and ultimately a Senate president. Keyama will also likely be settled with a Senate or house of rep.ticket. As for great Ogboru,he has outlived his usefulness politically,he started on a wrong note. He may be compensated with a minister |
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Why are Nigerians so violent by nature?
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The defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has set the stage for a potential leadership tussle within the party. His move comes just days after the collapse of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) structures across Delta’s 25 local government areas and wards into the APC. Despite Oborevwori’s high-profile entry, Ovie Omo-Agege, the former deputy senate president and the APC’s gubernatorial candidate in 2023, insists he remains the leader of the ruling party in the state. The APC constitution does not explicitly define leadership at the state level. However, governors traditionally assume control, leveraging their political influence and access to state resources. This convention now places Oborevwori in a strong position to steer the party’s affairs in Delta. Omo-Agege, who has been managing the party alongside Festus Keyamo, the minister of aviation and aerospace development, maintained his leadership claim despite not currently holding any elected office. Party insiders acknowledge that while Omo-Agege has played a significant role in keeping the party structure intact, it is customary for sitting governors to become de facto leaders upon ing the APC. “Currently, Omo-Agege is not holding any political office; he is just saying he remains the leader of the party in Delta State because he has been holding the party together with Festus Keyamo in the state. We all know that the governors are the de facto leaders of the party. They usually dictate the ,” Vanguard quoted a party insider. Meanwhile, Keyamo has publicly recognised Oborevwori as his leader, signaling a shift among key figures within the party towards aligning with the governor’s leadership. “Today is the day the Lord has made in Delta State. Finally, finally Delta is APC! Thank you, Mr. President for your leadership that has attracted the best to our Party. Thank you, my leader & Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori for your foresight and courage in taking this bold decision,” Keyamo said in a post on X welcoming the defectors last week. While welcoming the governor and the former PDP into the APC, Omo-Agege emphasised unity and collaboration, assuring stakeholders that the transition is being handled with care. “In line with outcomes of deliberations with the national leadership of our party, the Progressive Governors Forum, and Delta APC stakeholders, I wish to assure all stakeholders that any issue arising from this development is being carefully considered and managed with prudence and foresight, in the best interests of our party and our beloved state. “Let us embrace this development with unity, understanding, and a shared commitment to the progress of Delta State and Nigeria,” Omo-Agege said in a statement on Sunday. © BUSINESSDAY MEDIA LTD 2025. Exit mobile version |
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fabolouz1:This is one area NAFDAC is not taking seriously. Drugs has really taken a toll on a good percentage of Nigerian youths. The police that supposed to arrest the dealers are collecting bribe from them. The youths that are the future of the nation are being destroyed through hard drugs. 5 Likes |
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yarimo:To study what, but you know who suppose give am scholarship.you are just pretending 1 Like |
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kayperry:But NLC has been politicized, they have their own political party now,the labour party(LP) Anyway, you made a valid point, the love of money is one of Nigerians problem |
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Inspirer1:When a bad leader is in power the people cry. 3 Likes |
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LifeNot4DWeak:They're likely to be two causes. either the food you eat doesn't digest properly or there are too many warms in your bowel 9 Likes |
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Freetech:Government failure to provide basic infrastrure like constant power supply (electricity), increase in electricity tariff and outright removal of petroleum subsidy. These led to the telecom companies to increase their tariff because their operational cost has increased because of the above. Banks uses the services provided by these telecom companies, they have to increase as well,therefore,it boils and watered down to the consumers. So the government is the main cause of all this burden heaped on Nigerians. 1 Like |
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Denko2721987:I am afraid tribal sentiments may affects it. Anyway it can be tried because, the hardship in the country now cut across every ethnic nationality.no one is spared 1 Like |
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Nigeria workers works like an ELEPHANT and eat like an ANT.While their leaders live in affluence. The minimum wage cannot buy a bag of rice. Those that laboured for the nation seems to have laboured in vain because their pension were never paid. Many of them died in frustration, while waiting to collect it.Those of them still alive are living in hell as there's no fund to take care of themselves in their old age. What is it to celebrate on workers day?.is it SUFFERING AND FRUSTRATION? |
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