We excuse their use of uncivil language to advance their spurious positions, it is understandable; we know how desperate they are to hoodwink Nigerians, but let us state here that we won’t go into the gutters with them.
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What our old and aged go through near the end, especially at the hands of families, only they can tell. Once when Goodall had a fall at home, he screamed and screamed for help and no one came for two days
The last few surveys I have made of Nigerians of different categories in connection to the reelection bid of the President in 2019 have been encouraging.
The list is contained in the latest edition of the magazine that celebrated 10 outstanding and talented prodigies ruling the world as super stars in different fields of endeavours.
It is on record that rape cases have increased tremendously in recent times and this is quite alarming. In Kano State alone, 547 cases of rape and other sexual assaults were recorded in 2016, while 334 were recorded in 2017. Lagos State recorded a total of 162 cases of rape in 2016.
Upon his assumption of office in Nigeria in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari, recognizing this fact, decided that he would focus on the abuse of campaign financing and tackle electoral corruption. The way he has gone about it and the conduct of his own political party, the All Progressives Congress, should be a useful global study in how not to tackle the challenge of campaign finance
All of us are behind Buhari; we have seen that they want to destroy the Fulani because of Buhari.
The failure of leaders to restore peaceful coexistence, meaningful standard of living, unionism, oneness in spirit and brotherhood are among the reasons that fertile the germination of this nation into the current state it is today.
It is of course almost impossible in our type of society for political congresses of this nature to hold without untoward incidents. A major reason for this is that in our type of societies power is a major means of production, material accumulation and dispensation of privileges
This is the day the Lord has made, and we rejoice and are glad in it. Today, the people have spoken and their voice has been heard resoundingly.
On 4th May 2018 Mr. Layefa Walter wrote the following: “Please don’t forgot that it was under Buhari’s watch that Nigeria dropped a bomb on refugees at an Internally Displaced People’s (IDP’s) camp in Rann, Borno State and called it a ‘regrettable operational mistake.’ That mistake killed about 250 people. Yes, 250 unarmed Internally displaced people were killed.
In our dear country, Nigeria, many of our compatriots who are labelled “billionaires” engage in all manner of senseless orgies and unwholesome public displays in order to be rated among the richest Nigerians. Some even lobby to be included by Forbes magazine as among the richest persons in the world. There is nothing men have not done to be seen as stupendously rich, even when they are in debt all over the place.
What exactly that is peculiar in this case? Was this the first time a structure would collapse with even greater tragedy in the world? Definitely not. What is astonishing and remains astounding till today was the extraordinary dimensions and jigsaw puzzle of the collapsed building.
The foregoing accounted for why his 2018 New Year message that Ibrahim Dankwambo, current governor of Gombe State, should be supported to succeed President Buhari may not be taken with a pinch of salt, just as the message may move some of those who matter in politicking to the direction of the 66-year old accountant-turned politician in the next electioneering.
In virtually all the states, the ward congresses were marred by violence, with special drama in Anambra State, where the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, and a former governorship candidate of the party, Tony Nwoye, could not even agree whether what was held was a congress or an imaginary clan reunion.
From what has happened since May 5 to date, it goes without saying that this is an unfair contest where the National Working Committee Chairman has clearly demonstrated that he does not care what happens to our dear party now and in the nearest future
The delegates gave every aspirant their ear, but only one their voice
That the Speaker will be returned by the people of his constituency for another term as their representative is no longer the issue, as both his party and the entire populace are resolute on that.
When in 2016 Adeosun confidently postured that Nigeria did not need the IMF medicine but would resolve its problems organically, there was consternation, even ridicule. But two years on, the minister has been proved right.
Allegations of missing money are often translated into naked truth, in this season, without due reflection, and regard for the facts of the case. This is so, in this instance, because of reports of corruption involving and surrounding the OPL 245 transactions and foreign investors – Shell and ENI, into which the courts in the home jurisdictions of those companies are inquiring