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Opinion: Northern Sentiment Southern Ointment by Mansur Isah Buhari

26Dec

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Economy, News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

Opinion: Northern Sentiment Southern Ointment by Mansur Isah Buhari

A northern or southern president cannot solve our problems, a Nigerian president can. You can't have excuses and results. Sentiments don't solve problems; they compound them. Every region in Nigeria has its peculiar sentiment issues. I chose to talk about northern sentiment because I can authoritatively do so without the fear of being sentimental. The north is most interested in having a northern President rather than a Nigerian president. The only experience and qualification one needs to have the total support of an average northerner to become a president is "Alhaji" or "Malam" contesting against a "mister". Now that the north is gradually burning, we want the rest of Nigeria to join us in speaking up because Nigeria now belongs to all of us. Most times when they do spea...

Opinion: Buhari, You Don’t Need More Time Sir! By Reuben Abati

20Dec

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News, Nigeria

Opinion: Buhari, You Don’t Need More Time Sir! By Reuben Abati

On the occasion of his 76th birthday, on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari who is running for a second term in office, was quoted as having said that he needs more time in office. More time in office means: “vote for me for another term of four years.” “Allow me to serve you as your President for four more years.” I congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari on the occasion of his 76th birthday. I know him fairly well. I can write a long epistle about him. I can also write on what I know about him and how his path and mine have crossed, but that is one of the many stories in my head that will be told someday. The time for that will come. This piece is meant to congratulate him and advise him. At 76, President Buhari can definitely look back at his life with joy, a measure of contentmen...

Nigeria: PDP Hails Peter Obi’s Performance At Presidential Debate

15Dec

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Nigeria, Press Statement

Nigeria: PDP Hails Peter Obi’s Performance At Presidential Debate

…Berates Osinbajo On N8 trillion Subsidy Scandal The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congratulates its Vice Presidential candidate, Governor Peter Obi, for his outstanding performance at the 2019 Vice Presidential debate on Friday. The party says Peter Obi amply displayed an unprecedented understanding of the dynamics of the critical sectors of our economy with practical solutions to the myriad of problems as against Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who dwelt on false performance claims and displayed scanty understanding of economic issues. The PDP applauds Peter Obi’s articulation of statistics; of practical steps to revamp our economy, trigger wealth creation, massive employment and return our people to productivity, through the revitalization of our productive and manufacturing sec...

Nigeria: Dogara Dissects Buhari’s Admin, Says It’s Repressive

13Dec

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News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Dogara Dissects Buhari’s Admin, Says It’s Repressive

Ahead of the 2019 elections, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has methodically cut up the re-election seeking President Muhammadu Buhari administration, disclosing that the Constitution and the laws of the country are often trampled upon with impunity by the administration. As the fourth highest ranking officer in the country and a lawyer, Dogara certainly knows what he is talking about. It is also a seeming indictment of the Legislative arm of the Federal Government for not patriotically standing up against such noticeable acts of impunity. ‘’There is a growing phenomenon of disobedience of rulings of courts of competent jurisdiction by many chief executives of government’’, he added. According to the speaker, ‘’this is an ominous development that can only ...

Nigeria: Buhari’s Re-election will not Help Nigeria’s Cause – Northern Elder’s Forum

10Dec

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News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Buhari’s Re-election will not Help Nigeria’s Cause – Northern Elder’s Forum

The northern elder's forum has declared that re-electing the incumbent president Muhammodu Buhari will not help Nigeria's cause. Making this announcement, the chairman of the forum, Professor Ango Abdullahi said that the forum has decided to back a different candidate in the forth coming presidential elections. He noted that the forum cannot be blamed for their decision as it was obvious to all that he, Buhari was not in control, a fact which was confirmed by his wife. Ango Abdullahi said “As things stand today, we in the Northern Elders Forum do not believe that Nigeria’s cause will be helped by Buhari’s re-election in 2019. That is why we have decided to pick one of the other presidential candidates from the North for next year’s contest. “It would be futile for anyone to blame any...

Nigeria: Reject APC, Buhari, PDP Urges North-West As They Storm Sokoto For Atiku

3Dec

By Akanimo Sampson1 Comment

News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Reject APC, Buhari, PDP Urges North-West As They Storm Sokoto For Atiku

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential campaign train is in Sokoto, an ancient city located in the extreme North-West Nigeria,near the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River this Monday to market their candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as part of their North West Presidential zonal rally Those who know better say the name Sokoto, a modern/anglicised version of the local name, Sakkwato, is of Arabic origin, representing suk, 'market'. It is also known as Sakkwato, Birnin Shaihu da Bello or Sokoto, capital of Shaihu and Bello. Being the seat of the former Sokoto Caliphate, the city is predominantly Muslim and an important seat of Islamic learning in Nigeria. The Sultan who heads the caliphate is effectively the spiritual leader of Nigerian Muslims. Against this...

Nigeria: Angry Youths Disrupt Oil Production As Akwa Ibom Crisis Takes Toll On American Oil Major

29Nov

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Economy, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Angry Youths Disrupt Oil Production As Akwa Ibom Crisis Takes Toll On American Oil Major

The unfolding political crisis in Akwa Ibom State, one of the big oil states in Southern Nigeria that has been relatively very peaceful till the advent of a seeming czarist regime in 2007, could trigger off some dangerous economic consequences for Nigeria if not contained urgently. Though what is playing out in the state is being stoked by a few political demi-gods masking as the face of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari’s party, the crisis has no ideological basis other than incurable personal greed for accumulation of the common patrimony. From 1999 when the current democracy came into, political gangsterism was alien to the peoples of Akwa Ibom. But a club and dagger politics was foisted on the state when Obong Victor Attah left office in 2007. The po...

Nigeria: 38 Groups On Warpath Over Agricultural Biotechnology

20Nov

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Agriculture, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: 38 Groups On Warpath Over Agricultural Biotechnology

The move by the Federal Government of Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch to sway the citizenry to accept agricultural biotechnology has drawn the ire of 38 civic groups in the country. The groups have also denounced the release of Genetically Modified Cotton into the country The GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and over 35 other groups in a statement wired to this reporter on Tuesday condemned efforts by government and biotech corporations to persuade Nigerians to accept agricultural biotechnology and denounced the registration and release of genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties (Maycho C567 BG II and Maycho C571 BG II) into Nigeria. This is coming as the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Agriculture in con...

Opinion: Can Buhari Still Hold On Beyond 2019?

20Nov

By Akanimo Sampson2 Comments

News, Nigeria

Opinion: Can Buhari Still Hold On Beyond 2019?

The battle for the Presidential power of Nigeria is on. There are the main front runners like President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as well as a number of ‘’lesser’’ power seekers in the race who are equally capable of causing a major upset. The race is on against the backdrop of some core issues in the polity. For instance, prospects for enduring electricity supply in the country are still not appearing very positive. With the current power situation, the obvious implication is that poverty and unemployment will continue to bit harder except government determines to take the bull by the horn. Electricity demand in Nigeria is estimated at 297,900MW by 2030, less than 12 years from this outgoing year. To meet that target, investors in the sector are expec...

Nigeria: South-East Endorsement of Atiku Carries No Weight – Buhari

16Nov

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News, Nigeria

Nigeria: South-East Endorsement of Atiku Carries No Weight – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buahri on Friday said that the endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, carried no weight as he was advised by well-meaning leaders from the South East to disregard the endorsement. President Buhari specifically said that the split within the Ohanaeze Igbo socio-cultural group over the reported endorsement of Abubakar, for the 2019 election did not surprise him. Speaking at a meeting with a select group of South-east leaders led by the National Chairman of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, Buhari said that the moment the so-called resolution was announced, he got calls from well-meaning leaders from the region asking him to disregard it as it was wit...