Because of this, and also for posterity’s sake, I will say the few truths I know about INTELS – the company, the owners and some of the politics surrounding it, in order to help commentators and followers of the never-ending Nigerian drama to make an informed opinion about the situation. I must also add quickly, that the opinions that I will express are from my personal findings through archival investigations and interviews with people who have worked with the company for a couple of years.
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According to a statement signed by the Director Media and Publicity, Atiku Care Foundation Kaduna, Jacob Onjewu Dickson, notable among those at the gathering organised by Hajia Fati Mohammed, to celebrate her elevation to the position of North West Women Leader were: Prince of Kannywood, Alhaji Adams Zango, Rabiu Rikadawa, Abida Mohammed and Fati Washa.
As someone with great admiration for the former Vice President and who has preached his suitability for the Presidency of Nigeria at such a time like this when our unity is threatened, I was in a hurry to read through the publication, hoping to find what was greater than corruption that Mohmmed Lawal was talking about. I could infer from the tone of the writing the anger in the heart of the responder and this betrayed his sincerity.
The Waziri Adamawa, in a press statement signed by his media office on Wednesday, noted that the appointment of Adams as the new Kakanfo is a call to national duty.
However, it is also often envied by many, especially rivals, because generosity endears a person to the people, and it is not something that anybody else without such inclination can wake up one day and start practicing. A sociologist researcher, Kyle Irwin, from Baylor University in Texas revealed that “givers” can be quite unpopular at times, because they make certain people look bad. Or make them feel jealous or like they are not doing enough. Hence, they ensure that “givers” are punished at all cost!
The book, a compendium of contemporary information on pension matters, discusses exhaustively the characteristics, intricacies and implications of the various pension reforms and payment schemes in Nigeria.
The confusion and power struggle between the then President Olusegun Obasanjo and erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar, though political, were fuelled by allegations of non-compliance with due process over activities of agencies under the purview of Abubakar, including the Petroleum Trust Development Fund. Court cases afterwards merely favoured the former Vice President.
The politics of identity, i.e. choosing a leader because of his identity rather than his ability, has failed us and will keep failing us for the simple reason that when you have a problem, you don’t look to where the person who can solve it comes from or how he worships his Creator. You just look to whether or not he can solve your problem.
The occasion, held on Saturday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, brought together the elites of Adamawa State to honour Abubakar, who many described as the pillar of democracy.
The news of the attendance of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, spread through the city and several supporters besieged the venue.
As 2019 gets closer and the issues are debated, it is only normal for persons and groups to take positions on their preferred candidates. The issues that determine the choices of groups and persons are many and differ from strata to strata. I spoke to a career politician and a local government council chairmanship aspirant in one of the south-south states a few weeks ago and he made it clear at the meeting that why my preferred candidate for president in the 2019 election was same choice as his,
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Director of Publicity of the ACF, Jacob Onjewu Dickson, on Wednesday.
The minister, who had been in the eye-of-the-storm over her comment on her choice of presidential aspirant for the 2019 election, had a closed-door meeting with the party’s leadership at the secretariat.
Femi Fani-Kayode stated this on Sunday in a message he sent to the press stating also that the sun of the ruling All progressive congress is about to set and that the minister also known as mama Taraba also have a duty to let Nigerians know more about the Chibok girls.
“The minister is entitled to her opinion; but I would have saluted her if she had resigned her appointment because she cannot blow hot and cold at the same time,” Amosun said at a book launch in Abeokuta.
The report became public less than 48 hours after the Minister was caught on tape declaring support for former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to emerge in 2019 as the country’s president
She had on Wednesday disclosed in a BBC Hausa Service interview that she would rather resign as minister than abandon former vice the president “if he decides to run for presidential elections in 2019’’.
Alhassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba, had in an earlier video recording during a Sallah homage to Abubakar referred to him as President-in-waiting in 2019
Atiku Abubakar said in a press statement released by his media office in Abuja on Wednesday that the news is surely a boost for Nigeria – it tells investors, local and foreign, that our economy is worth investing in.
Atiku stated this in a statement he issued on Sunday and he enjoined everyone to imbibe the spirit of unity, emphasized that the defeat of the indomitable Lions of Cameroon by the Super Eagles was a demonstration of the fact that the country will strive and succeed if everyone is united and stop the act of enthroning ethnicity.