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Buhari’s unpresidential gradation of national bloodletting By Farooq Kperogi

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President Buhari’s media aide by the name of Lauretta Onochie said a few days ago that her principal is an “adult” who does whatever he wants. But, apparently, he is only an adult in chronological age; he is emotionally and mentally a child. What “adult” grudgingly chooses to do what is right—i.e., something as basic as commiserating with people writhing in agony by physically visiting them— only after much pressure has been brought to bear on him by vast swathes of people? But the president’s reluctant decision to compensate for…

Nigerian Gov’t Paid Ransom For Release Of Chibok Girls- Senators

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Some senators have hinted that the release of some of the Chibok girls kidnapped in April 2014, involved payment of ransom to the Boko Haram terror group. The senators said this on Thursday while deliberating on a motion seeking the intervention of the federal government in the rescue of the 46 girls who were reported missing at a school in Yobe after insurgents invaded their school. While the federal government has confirmed that negotiations took place in the release of some of the 276 captured Chibok girls, it has however…

Reps, Senate React As President Buhari Rejects Peace Corps Bill

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President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the bill to establish Peace Corps which was transmitted to him last year. According to Vanguard, Buhari has refused to append his signature to the NPC Establishment Bill, which was officially sent to him by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Omolori, in the last week of December 2017. The 30-day window under, which the president should sign a bill duly transmitted to him elapsed on January 31, 2018. The President now leaves the National Assembly with the only option of mobilising…

Breaking: DSS Invites Kassim Afegbua For Chat on Thursday Despite “No Case” Declaration By Police

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Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Security Services (DSS) has invited Mr Kassim Afegbua for a chat with its Director-General, Mr Lawal Musa Daura on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. This invitation was coming from the DSS few hours after Mr Afegbua voluntarily honoured Police invitation at Force Headquarters and was subsequently cleared of any wrong doing by the police authority Wednesday morning. Kassim Afegbua has immediately consulted his lawyers for further advice on the new development. According to Afegbua’s lead counsel, Dr Kayode Ajulo, he stated that his client…

Kenya’s Raila Odinga ‘Inaugurates’ Himself As President

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Raila Odinga, 72, the Kenyan opposition leader, has taken an unofficial oath to be “sworn in” as the nation’s people’s president On Tuesday afernoon, Odinga took his oath as he was cheered on by thousands of supporters who had gathered in Nairobi’s Uhuru Park. “Today is a historic day for the people of Kenya,” Odinga said in a speech after taking his oath. “The people have gathered here in the hundreds of thousands to say enough is enough with the electoral rigging.” “Today’s step is one step towards the doing…

Parents Chain 12-year Old Boy For 2 Months

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The Police in Ogun on Wednesday arrested a 33-year-old woman, Yomi Kazeem, and her mother, Yemi Kazeem, for allegedly chaining a 12-year-old son for two months over allegation of stubbornness. The State’s Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ilyasu, who paraded the suspects at the scene of the crime at Ife-lagba community in Obada area of Ewekoro council area described the development as unfortunate. Ilyasu said the arrest followed an alert received by men of the Federal Special Anti- Robbery Squad, who were on routine patrol around the area on Wednesday. He…

NAF Wings Female Fighter Jet Pilots

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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday, winged 11 additional young pilots as part of its human capacity development efforts. Among the newly winged pilots were 2 female Regular Combatant officers who qualified as pilots on fixed wing aircraft. The young pilots, who recently completed their one year flying training course at Westline Aviation, South Africa, were decorated with their pilot wings by the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), retired Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike, who was the Guest of Honour at the occasion. In his remarks, retired Air Chief…

My biggest regret in recent times By Kola Olapite.

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I find it unavoidable to break a cherished golden silence consequent on my absolute inability to further stomach the impudence going on in Buhari-led administration . With a contrite spirit, I am openly unfolding my heart-felt regret regarding the roles I played in embracing Buhari’s APC change mantra which preceded the national elections of 2015 in Nigeria. I was even alleged to have taken money from APC’s godfather, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu whom I saw last about ten years ago at a public function. Can you imagine! Consequently, I will…