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Daily Archives: October 2, 2016

Reuben Abati: What Nigeria Means To Me [MUST READ]

Reuben Abati: What Nigeria Means To Me [MUST READ]

The various reactions on Independence Day yesterday can only compel us to ask one question: what does Nigeria mean to you or me? I had written a piece on Friday, September 30, in which I advised that Nigerians should embrace [...]

October 2, 2016 What the papers say

Alert: Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky, Wife In Terrible Health Conditions In Illegal Incarceration

The popular leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky and his wife are still in custody and suffering from serious health conditions as a result of lack of access to adequate medical care, a Nigerian [...]

October 2, 2016 What the papers say
Joseph Prince Daily Grace Inspiration: A Brand New Body At The Blast Of A Trumpet

Joseph Prince Daily Grace Inspiration: A Brand New Body At The Blast Of A Trumpet

Daily Grace Inspiration is a devotional that brings you the message of grace from Joseph Prince, the world celebrated TV preacher and pastor. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, [...]

October 2, 2016 What the papers say

Independence Day: Nigerian Army Releases 348 Boko Haram Suspects

Some 348 persons suspected to be members of the Boko Haram terrorists group have been cleared and released by the Nigerian Army in restive northeast Borno State, an official said on Saturday, October 1, 2016. The general officer commanding the [...]

October 2, 2016 What the papers say

International Observer Says Edo Guber Poll Results Were Doctored

International Observer Groups such as the American Observer team, the British Council and others from the Netherlands and Scotland and African Union observer team have expressed reservations about the conduct of the Edo governorship election held on Wednesday, September 28, 2016. [...]

October 2, 2016 What the papers say
Arbitrary Detentions By Buhari’s DSS: The 1999 Constitution Wails As Nigeria Turns 56 (READ)

Arbitrary Detentions By Buhari’s DSS: The 1999 Constitution Wails As Nigeria Turns 56 (READ)

Intersociety, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, writes an open letter to Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s federal attorney general decrying the human rights abuses perpetrated by security agencies in the country since President Muhammadu Buhari was [...]

October 2, 2016 What the papers say

Niger Delta Militant Group Claims Capture Of 24 Nigerian Soldiers

The Concerned Militant Leaders, CML, of the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria has declared that 24 soldiers captured during their encounter with military men on the morning of Friday, September 30, 2016 will not be released, The Sun reports. Also, [...]

October 2, 2016 What the papers say
Donald Trump

Donald Trump Campaign Reeling As Report Shows Possible $1 Billion Tax Avoidance

Hillary Clinton’s campaign Saturday night seized on a New York Times report about a 1995 tax record filed by Donald Trump, in which the Times showed he declared a $ 916 million loss that could have allowed him to legally [...]

October 2, 2016 What the papers say
#SoundOff: The Lies In Buhari’s Independence Speech

#SoundOff: The Lies In Buhari’s Independence Speech

Today is a Sunday and I swear to God, I am tired! I am tired of a president who lies without flinching. I am tired of a government that is constantly lying to its citizens without repulsion. Here are some of the [...]

October 2, 2016 What the papers say

JUST IN: Goodluck And Patience Jonathan Visit Bayelsa (PHOTOS)

Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan along with his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan are visiting their home state of Bayelsa on Sunday, October 2, 2016 after marking the October 1 Independence Day in Abuja. Dr. Jonathan, who has been dubbed by [...]

October 2, 2016 What the papers say

BREAKING: President Buhari Resigns, As Oshiomhole Set To Be Appointed Oil Minister.

Barring last minute political maneuvering, President Muhammadu Buhari will be resigning from his position as Nigerian Oil Minister, as the failed governor of Edo State, Mr Adams Oshiomhole has been penciled to be the Nigerian new Minister of Petroleum Resources, on [...]

October 2, 2016 General