Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has claimed that there are more “yahoo people” in government than on the streets. Speaking at the 4th graduation ceremony of Nexford University on Saturday, Obi described the country as a “crime scene,” highlighting the urgent need for quality leadership to address Nigeria’s challenges. He urged graduates to become catalysts for positive change in their communities. “When we talk about vices, don’t think it’s just the yahoo boys on the streets,” Obi said. “The truth is, there…
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50% Telecom Tarrif Hike: Nigerian Workers To Protest Feb 4
Nigerian workers are preparing for a large-scale nationwide protest on February 4, 2025, in response to the recent 50 percent increase in telecommunications service tariffs. This move was announced by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday. The protest follows the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) approval on January 20, 2025, allowing telecom companies to raise their service charges by 50 percent. The announcement has sparked widespread outrage, with the NLC leading the charge against the hike. In a statement, the NLC emphasized that the protest is aimed at resisting the…
Read MoreInvasion of PDP Premises: Anyanwu Sues for Peace, Charges Members to Remain Calm
By Rufai Abdullah, Abuja National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has called on members of the party to remain calm, adding that every misunderstanding affecting the party would be treated internally and resolved. Anyanwu said this while reacting to the attempted disruption of the Board of Trustees meeting at the National Secretariat of the party, Wadata Plaza, Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, “no crisis is beyond amicable resolution. This can only be achieved when individuals involved approach issues with love. I am a…
Read MoreIPOB, Not kidnap Group, But Igbo Freedom Agitators,Says Fr Ebube Muonso
” I support movement against Igbo marginalisation “ The Spiritual Director of the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry, Uke in Anambra State , Rev Fr Emmanuel Obimma has opined that kidnappers were hiding under the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to unleash mayhem and criminality on innocent citizens in the South-East, even when they are not real agitators. Rev Fr Obimma popularly known as Fr Ebube Muonso who expressed dismay at the escalating insecurity in Anambra State in particular, noted that IPOB remained a movement agitating for an end to…
Read MoreIPOB’s Lawyer Blasts Sheikh Gumi For Asking FG To Arm Igbo Youths To Fight Biafra Agitators
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has expressed dismay at the recent proposal of a prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who asked the federal government to arm Igbo youths to counter Biafra nation agitators. Describing the proposal as malicious, misguided, divisive and inflammatory, the IPOB lawyer said Gumi’s outburst was driven by questionable obsession with monetary benefits in exacerbating terrorism and banditry across Northern Nigeria. He added that his actions have contributed to the region’s dire state of insecurity. Ejiofor stated this in a statement…
Read MoreSITTING DOWN, WATCHING, PRAYING, AS PRESIDENT TRUMP ROLLS OUT HIS ROBUST AGENDA FOR AMERICA
You need to be here to feel the pulse of most Americans, who’re not excited and didn’t find what Trump is doing funny, and who don’t pretend in their dislike and hatred of him , as the boss of the White Supremacists Group , whose lawlessness and reckless disregard to what America stands for, totally negate civility in the American Culture, Politics,Democracy , Justice System and Dream . Recall that Trump explored the feelings of frustration , anger, disappointment , displeasure and despair of those red necks or white supremacists,…
Read MoreI Now Rely On Rent From My Kaduna House To Feed – Buhari Laments
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the current hardship in Nigeria. Buhari disclosed that he now relies on rent from one of his two houses to feed himself. Addressing the All Progressives Congress, APC, Caucus at the Katsina State Government House, the former president insisted that he never enriched himself in a corrupt way while in office for eight years. He noted that he has only three houses in Daura, Katsina State, and Kaduna State, Buhari, insisting that nobody could blackmail him for illicit enrichment while in office. The former…
Read MoreNursing mother allegedly k!lls maid for watching TV with her kids in Owerri
A nursing mother received the ire of members of her community after she allegedly k!lled her maid in Owerri, Imo State. A video shared online shows the nursing mother carrying her child in a hospital in Owerri. A crowd surrounds the woman as they accuse her of k!lling her maid who is seen lying lifeless in a hospital bed. As they confront the woman, the crowd gets agitated and someone had to warn them not to hit the nursing mother. “Guy, no hit am, no hit am,” a…
Read MoreCourt Sends Gospel Singer, Timileyin Ajayi To Prison
A Nasarawa State High Court has remanded an acclaimed gospel singer, Timilehin Ajayi, at a correctional facility over the killing of his 24-year old girlfriend, Salome Enejo. Ajayi is being charged with culpable homicide as he was arraigned on Monday at the High Court of Justice, Lafia before Justice Simon Aboki. The state Counsel, Stanley Ifeanyi, told the court that Ajayi killed Enejo, a member of the National Youth Service Corps, in the FCT. Ifeanyi said that the offence violated Section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria,…
Read MoreFelix Achinike Aguocha Goes Home Fri, Jan, 31
The remains of Pa-Felix Achinike Aguocha of Amakwu Umuegbe Alaenyi Ogwa Mbaitoli LGA, Imo State will be committed to mother earth on Friday January 31. A release from the family informed that, there will be a service of songs at his compound on Thursday January 30. On Friday January 31, his body leaves New Heaven Mortuary Alaenyi to his home town, Amakwu Umuegbe. There will be a funeral service at St. Joseph Catholic Church Alaenyi Ogwa followed by interrement at his compound
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