Iyabo Obasanjo dissects Olusegun Obasanjo

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Before Nigerians get carried away by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent scurrilous attack against President Muhammadu Buhari, we dust from the archives an open letter written by his daughter, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello in December 2013. It was at another juncture in Nigeria’s democratic journey, when Obasanjo wrote a scathing letter to former president Goodluck Jonathan, laced with poisoned arrows, very unsparing of the man from Otuoke. Iyabo replied him in like manner, dissecting her father, exposing his hidden traits, his pretensions, selfishness, corruption and other things. We are republishing the…

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Brazil’s ex-president Lula barred from travelling, passport seized

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A Brazilian court has ordered former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to hand over his passport and not to leave the country. Lula was planning a trip to Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, where he was set to participate in a meeting with African leaders to discuss efforts to eradicate famine on the continent. The decision came a day after an appeals court rejected Lula’s appeal against a lengthy prison sentence for corruption after the ex-president was found guilty of having received illegal benefits from the state oil company Petrobras.…

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Toyin Saraki takes universal health campaign to Davos

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Mrs Toyin Saraki, Founder Wellbeing Foundation Africa has taken the campaign for Universal Health Coverage to the World Economic Forum in Davos. Saraki who spoke at high level meetings, disclosed her interventions in the area of health coverage and called on the international community, national Governments and influential individuals to ensure that 2018 is the year of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Mrs Saraki who is also the wife of the President of the Nigerian Senate, has been involved in campaigns in Nigeria and beyond focused majorly on maternal and child…

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Nigerien court jails nine soldiers for coup plot

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A Nigerien court jailed nine soldiers for between five and 15 years on Friday for an attempted coup against President Mahamadou Issoufou in 2015, a court document showed. In December 2015, the government said it had foiled a coup and arrested people planning to use aerial firepower to seize control of Niger, a largely desert West African nation, a major uranium producer and Western ally against Saharan jihadists. In the judgment read out by Judge Ibrahim Daoudika, the suspected ringleader, General Salou Souleymane, got 15 years, as did two others.…

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Turkey’s Recep Erdogan threatens to expand offensive to other northern Syrian cities

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to expand Turkey’s offensive against the Afrin region in Syria to other cities in the country’s north to remove the presence of the Syrian Kurdish militia that Ankara views as terrorists. “We will continue our fight until there is no terrorist on our border leading to Iraq,” Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara, vowing to “clean up” the city of Manbij, east of Afrin, also held by the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia. Turkey launched its military operation dubbed “Olive…

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Trump to apologise for retweeting anti-Muslim videos

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U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with the UK ITV broadcaster, partially released on Friday, that he was prepared to apologise for his retweets of UK right-wing group’s anti-Muslim videos. In November, Trump retweeted several unverified videos, originally posted on Twitter by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of the far-right Britain First movement, which claimed to show violent acts committed by what the group considered Islamists. “If you’re telling me they’re horrible racist people, I would certainly apologise if you would like me to do that. I knew…

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Federer blows away Korean giant killer for Aussie Open final

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Roger Federer majestically moved into the Australian Open final on Friday, after his opponent, South Korea’s Hyeon Chung retired injured, with foot blisters. Federer had already ruthlessly claimed the first set 6-1 and was cruising 5-2 in the second set, when the Korean decided to opt out of the game. The Swiss ace, who has 19 Grand slam trophies in his name, will now meet Croatian Marin Cilic in the final on Sunday. By qualifying for the final, Federer has become the oldest person since 1972, to play in the…

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No case of Lassa fever confirmed in FCT – Director

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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it has not yet recorded any case of Lassa fever in the territory. The FCT’s Director of Public Health, Dr Humphrey Okoroukwu made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. He dismissed the speculation on the reported case of Lass fever in Asokoro General Hospital as “false”. Okoroukwu explained that some samples of the suspected cases were taken to Irrua Laboratory in Edo State and the result was negative, while that of another suspected…

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Nigeria Set to Vaccinate 25 Million People Against Yellow Fever, Says WHO

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The Nigerian government with support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners will today launch a mass vaccination campaign to prevent the spread of yellow fever in the country. According to WHO, more than 25 million people will be vaccinated throughout 2018 in the planned campaign, which it declared is going to be the largest yellow fever vaccination drive in the country’s history. The organisation revealed that the immunisation plan is part of efforts to eliminate yellow fever epidemics globally by 2026. The preventive campaign it said, will use…

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President Buhari has failed – Femi Okunnu

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Elder statesman and former Federal Minister for Works and Housing, Alhaji Femi Okunnu, SAN, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed Nigerians following his inability to end the killings by herdsmen in many parts of the country. He said this while speaking with newsmen at his office in Lagos. Okunnu, who is thee National President of Ansarud-deen Society of Nigeria, said: “I am troubled about these unnecessary killings. Let me say this, people of my generation are in the process of committing suicide when we see the way the…

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