The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said that a complete restructuring of Nigeria is needed if the country must move forward. Makinde stated this in Awka, on Thursday, during the 12th Annual Zik Lecture. According to the governor, over 60 years after independence, Nigeria has managed to remain indiscernible after going through the civil war and several elections. He eulogised the late Nnamdi Azikiwe, saying that the Zik of Africa fought to ensure Nigeria remained one. He said, “A complete restructuring of Nigeria is needed at the moment if the country must move forward. What we should be talking…
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The Labour Party candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has challenged the Federal Government to disclose the nation’s incurred deficit by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday, lamented that the current administration inherited a bankrupt country from the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. According to him, the revenue generated by the Tinubu-led administration is being used to repay what was taken from the country. However, in a series of tweets via his profile on X, the former Anambra State governor said on Thursday that the FG should disclose the…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the redeployment of the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, CP Tolani Alausa. News correspondent had reported that there were a series of protests in Yenagoa, the state capital, for the redeployment of CP Alausa over his alleged bias in the build-up to last Saturday’s election. A senior police source told newsmen that part of CP Alausa’s sin was his alleged involvement in organizing a stakeholder meeting in collaboration with a political party in the state and trying to lure the IGP to attend. The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his call that opposition parties merge to defeat the ruling party in the next presidential election. The APC said Atiku, the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, and his party failed at the polls since 2015 and have failed to offer credible opposition to Nigerians. Atiku, on Tuesday, when he hosted the national executive committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Abuja, had expressed concerns that Nigeria was moving towards a “one-party dictatorship” state and called on other…
Off-season governorship elections were held across three states of the federation on November 11, 2023. Before the elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) assured Nigerians of an improved, seamless, and transparent outing. But the aftermath of the November 11 polls, held in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states, is a reminiscence of the anticlimax of the February 25 Presidential Election, when lofty promises made to the general public who throng registration centres to get their Permanent Voter Cards turned out to be a mirage. So far, 2023 has been a bad electoral year for the country. Nigerians had gone to…
Date: 2023-Nov-16 🎯TOPIC: HE FEELS YOUR PAINS 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/HQj6wCgX5wI?si=rR0kpIRxhysDW-dD ✝️TEXT: Hebrews 4:14-5:1-14(NKJV) 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] confession. 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all [points] tempted as [we are, yet] without sin. 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 5:1 For…
The World Council of Churches, WCC, has called on the federal government to intensify efforts in addressing economic injustice and protecting persecuted religious groups. WCC Executive Committee meeting, which made the call yesterday in Abuja, emphasized the economic inequality in Nigeria and the growing daily challenges faced by many Nigerians, as wealth continued to accumulate in the hands of the elite. Bishop Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohn, the Council’s Moderator of the Central Committee, stated: “A significant proportion of Nigeria’s population is undernourished, representing a major hunger crisis for the nation. WCC urges the government of Nigeria to do more to address…
As the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee met in Abuja, Nigeria, on 8-14 November, the governing body published a statement that included deep appreciation of Nigeria’s “astonishing diversity of cultures, languages, and religions”—as well as appeals to the Nigerian government to address economic injustice and other grave challenges facing the nation. He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) The executive committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Abuja, Nigeria,…
At least 62 passengers escaped death on Tuesday as an aircraft belonging to Nigerian airline, Value Jet skidded, off the runway at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State. The incident caused panic among the passengers in the oil-rich state after the jet reportedly landed at 3.30 pm the passengers and five flight crew members were on board. The Port Harcourt International Airport is situated in Omagwa, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. “The airline confirmed the incident in a statement, saying the “ValueJet aircraft slipped on taxi turn after landing safely and cleared off the runway at…
Nigeria Relies on Paper Superiority to ‘Kill’ Crocodiles of Lesotho in World Cup Qualifier. …Meets in Uyo on Thursday at 5pm. The Super Eagles of Nigeria will on Thursday open their African zone final qualifier series with a Boardroom soccer tactics as she files out against the Crocodiles of Lesotho at the 30,000 capacity, Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Thursday at 1700 hours. The aspect of the Boardroom tactics is reliance on past experiences and assumption of superiority as the Eagles who assembled at Uyo on Tuesday had two training sessions on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning and are…