Author: Michael Chibuzo

…House of Reps petition Canadian government as Amaka Patience Sunnberger deletes tiktok account  A Nigerian lady based in Canada few days ago on tiktok live threatened to poison and kill Yorubas and Benin people she comes in contact with in Canada. The lady who has now been identified by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission as Amaka Patience Sunnberger in a roughly 2-minute tirade spewed invectives against the two Nigerian ethnic groups. The source of her anger is unclear in the viral video. Amaka Patience in the video said, “record me very well; it’s time to start poisoning the Yoruba and…

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By Temitope Ajayi  By his advanced age and eminent status as a former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is by no means qualified to be an elder statesman. Statesmen are highly venerated and revered people to whom we go for advice, guidance and direction. But sometimes, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar behaves as if he should be removed from that exclusive club. Or how else can one interpret some of his utterances and statements? Or is the former vice president merely playing politics? But politics should have its season and time and should sometimes give way for nation-building and patriotism.…

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The Honourable Minister of State for Defense, Dr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle MON has been awarded a Fellowship at the Nigerian Institute of Security and Strategic Studies. The Honorable Minister of State, Defence joins other notable Nigerians who have been elected to the Institute’s Board of Fellows including the Controller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nanna Nandap and the immediate past Director General, State Security Services, Mr. Yusuf Magaji Bichi. The Institute of Security and Strategic Studies (ISSS) is a research institution dedicated to national security and strategic studies. The institute conducts research, analysis, and policy recommendations in areas such as…

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The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election and former Governor of Anambra State between 2006 and 2014, Mr. Peter Obi has called for the passage of a Freedom of Information Bill despite an existing FOI Act that was passed by the national assembly and signed into law by former President Goodluck Jonathan on 31st May, 2011. Mr. Peter Obi made this call on Tuesday morning while weighing in on the arrest of a self-acclaimed investigative journalist who uses his X (twitter) handle @PIDOMNIGERIA to post propaganda, malicious and defamatory contents, leaked official classified information and general fake…

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 President Tinubu has welcomed the latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics on the state of the economy, as the country’s Gross National Product (GDP) posted another growth. According to NBS, the real GDP grew by 3.2% year on year in Q2, higher than the 2.51% recorded in the same period of 2023. After another report on declining food and headline inflation, this latest report affirms that the economy is on the right trajectory and is indeed on the path to recovery. As the President said in his August 4, 2024 national broadcast, our economy is recovering. Sooner than…

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President Bola Tinubu yesterday approved the appointment of new Directors-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS). Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed was appointed as the new Director-General of the NIA. He replaced Ahmed Abubakar who tendered his resignation letter to the President two days ago. Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi on the other hand was appointed by the President to head the DSS as Director-General. He replaced Yusuf Bichi who also reportedly tendered his resignation to President Tinubu. The new NIA DG, Ambassador Mohammed has had an illustrious career in the foreign service since joining the…

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The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said in the early hours of Tuesday: “The NFF Executive Committee has approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee to appoint Mr. Bruno Labbadia as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles. The appointment according to the NFF is with immediate effect.

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By Fredrick Nwabufo The Student Loan Scheme is a conception of the purest, noblest, and loftiest of intentions and design. It is a bond to secure the nation’s future and a promissory note to a prosperous destiny for many young Nigerians. The kernel of the scheme is to remove the impediments of finance and guarantee access to higher education and skill development for ALL needing Nigerian students irrespective of where they come from, where they worship, what they look like, who they know or do not know, or whatever is their political interest and social complexion. It is for ALL…

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By Michael Chibuzo  Yesterday, Kalu Aja who has built a reputation for himself as a master of hiding behind vague takes and false innuendos to propagate mischievous and sometimes highly erroneous narratives struck again. This time around, his target was the appointment of Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria following the retirement of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on Thursday. Typical of Kalu, he posted on his X handle: “According to the Nigerian constitution, which the President and CJN swore to, this is illegal and unconstitutional. But I am not a lawyer, so let me go back to…

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The Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Hon. Dada Olusegun has called out an Obidient Influencer and Labour Party Chieftain, Morris Monye over his hypocritical flip flops on the student loan scheme. This followed a misguided quoted post by Morris Monye on his X handle where he insinuated that no single University in the South East is among the list of institutions which has so far received student loan disbursement as published by NELFUND. Morris Monye who is notorious for spewing propaganda and amplifying false news on 13th March, 2024 posted on his X handle that the federal…

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