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I respect General Buhari’s decision not to represent the Boko Haram. That however does not make it the right decision on the matter. I don’t read crystal balls. But this unwise decision will return to hurt Buhari as leader and politician as did an earlier mistake he made in reaction to a false and malicious news report

Those who parade themselves as leaders are shortsighted tribal bigots who look at every attempt to move the country forward from tribal point of view. These failed and tribal leaders have become virus in our system. They have successfully infected every cell in our national body, and have polluted the minds of their infected followers, brainwashed them against the growth of the country

With your unparalleled and unflinching support and encouragement we have overcome all obstacles placed on our path as we collectively rejected domination, bad governance, bad leadership, and undemocratic conduct in the management of our commonwealth. Collectively, we set an example and political milestone for Nigeria and Africa as we showed that it was possible to defeat negative political forces, run elections without violence, and campaign on performance and the support of all strata of society

I should like to dispel the putrefacious stench of the fart that seems to have overtaken the subject by returning all of us to certain basics that have not changed since President Goodluck Jonathan approved the setting up of committees to inquire into different aspects of the petroleum sector and particularly since the reports were presented and accepted

First, how many years did the Federal Government, under Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, approve for the concession – 12 years or 36 years? Can Bi-Courtney present any document to the public, either in the press or at a public hearing by the National Assembly, substantiating its claim to 36 years of concession?

If oil at USD150 did not deliver food, water and basic infrastructure to the teeming masses, what benefit do the ordinary people expect to get with oil at USD75 or USD80? Does it make sense to anybody at this time that both parliament and the executive get engrossed in a shouting match on whether oil is sold for USD75, USD78 or USD80 dollars when the proceeds of sale are lost, squandered, frittered, pocketed or remain unpaid with the oil majors?

But veteran sports writers such as Ikeddy Isiguzo, Onochie Anibeze, Patrick Omorodion, Paul Bassey, Ayo Ositelu, Toni Ubani, and former international stars like Nduka Odizor, Adokie Amiesimaka, Segun Odegbami and others have warned and suggested that until the critical factors undermining the implementation of past National Sports Policy are checked, McKenzie recommendations will be difficult to implement in environmental that allows politics to reign unabated

You would think the teeming population of the youth, which currently stands at over 350 million aged between 15 and 24 in Africa, is alarming enough. This is not until you are privy to the number of young Africans that arrive every year on the labour market – that stands at 10 million per annum

The NGO has pioneered policies and partnerships that support investigations into the often unrealized economic and health restoration potential of traditional medicines. At the same time, BDCP has supported Nigerian scientists while raising the socio-economic profiles of the country’s traditional health practitioners

The incident brought government closer to the people; it highlighted the value of strategic institutions such as the National Emergency Management Agency, which deployed human and material resources nationwide, and worked with other agencies such as the Red Cross, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and the state governments to ameliorate the people’s suffering

They graphically, in details, with clips, pictures narrated how Joshua abuses women, whites, blacks, minors, choir members, sisters of same parents, wives of his workers and pastors, etc. Even Bisi confessed she was also mercilessly, thoroughly abused, used, manipulated and rendered useless by this man