Day: June 17, 2017

Why The Biafran Struggle Have Persisted – Ben Bruce

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The senator representing Bayelsa west constituency, Sen. Ben Murray Bruce, has explained the reason behind the prolonged struggle for Biafra actualization and restoration. The senator, in a video clip went back to history, detailing the psycho-causes of Nigerian Civil war in 1967 and the consequences of ignorance and negligence of the federal government over what he called non-inclusion of the ‘bight of Biafrans’ on the Nigeria map. Ben Bruce explained that the reason behind the continued agitation was because the Federal Government erased the civil war from the consciousness of…

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Is Buhari Nigeria’s Last President?

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Tangentially, I take the title of this article to be humdrum. Why? Goodluck Jonathan was prognosticated to be the last president of composite Nigeria, but the doom prognosis is now legend. Without obviating the trepidation and tension that eclipsed the country before and during the 2015 general election, Nigeria survived Jonathan; I believe it will survive President Muhammadu Buhari. However, the whirling of events in the past few weeks gives me colly-wobbles. The unity of Nigeria is not only held by a tenuous thread at this time, the country is…

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How I led my gang to hijack bullion van with N200m – Evans

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Billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudi Onuamadike popularly known as Evans have continued to make more confessions since his arrest. In his latest, the suspect has disclosed that he and his gang once hijacked a bullion van and took N200m from it. He said the bullion van robbery was carried out on the Aba-Port-Harcourt Road and was one of three of such. He told journalists on Friday, “In 2007, I travelled to South Africa to deal in drugs and returned to Lagos the following year after a customer, who did not want to…

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Lesotho’s new prime minister sworn-in

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The new Prime Minister of Lesotho, Mr. Thomas Thabane, on Friday took the oath of office as the head of a coalition government, two days after the murder of his estranged wife. Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC) party won snap elections on June 3, but failed to get an outright majority, leading it to negotiate joint rule with the Alliance of Democrats (AD), Basotho National Party (BNP) and Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL). But his inauguration was marred by the murder of his estranged wife Lipolelo, 58, who was gunned…

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2018 Volkswagen Polo revealed, specifications, features and expected price in India

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The next generation Polo will make its public debut at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor show in September. It has received major upgrades at the interior and exterior. Volkswagen has revealed the sixth generation of the Polo in Berlin, exterioraGermany. The next generation Polo will make its public debut at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor show in September. It has received major upgrades at the interior and exterior and will be sold in three versions, Trendline, Comfortline and Highline variants. In addition of these variants, there will be a special edition of Polo…

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ISIS media chief die in U.S airstrike in Afghanistan

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A U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangahar province killed Islamic State’s director of media, Mr. Jawad Khan. His death “will disrupt the [Islamic State] network, degrade their recruitment process and hinder their attempts to conduct international operations,” Gen. John Nicholson, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement. The U.S. said the strike on June 3 targeted a major militant “hub” in Achin district, cutting their communications and connections to the Islamic State group in Syria. U.S. and Afghan forces have been battling Islamic State militants in Nangarhar…

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West Africa Disease Control Centre to take-off in Abuja soon – Osinbajo

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Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo, has reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to the take-off of the regional centre for disease control before the end of this year. He spoke yesterday while declaring open the 18th Assembly of Health Ministers at the ECOWAS Commission Secretariat in Abuja. The centre which will be based in Abuja was established by the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) in 2016. Osinbajo said access to healthcare remained a significant problem in the region, adding that member states should do more, especially in the area of funding to fight…

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Nigeria’s problems bigger than one person – Jonathan

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Immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan has admitted that the problem of Nigeria is bigger than one man to handle. He said accusations and counter accusation by opinion leaders would take the nation nowhere, stressing that there was need for Nigerians to put all hands on deck to push the nation forward. Jonathan made this known through the former Secretary to the Federal Government, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, at the 5th Memorial Lecture of late Professor Celestine O. E. Onwuliri, at Nnarambia Mbaise on Friday. Celestine Onwuliri was among the over…

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